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Knowledge Engineer | Al Engineer | Ontologist | Semantic Architect | AI Data Context Engineer

Alicante, Spain
Worldwide
B.Sc Geology, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Alicante, Spain
Worldwide
B.Sc Geology, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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Azuka Emeka okoye knowledge engineer resume v20.pdf

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- Familiar with W3C’s Semantic Web technology stack (RDF, OWL, SHACL, SPARQL, SKOS, WebID-TLS) concepts and techniques to design, implement and maintain complex Linked Data and Semantic Data models.
- Experienced in representing Real-World Objects and Concepts with data for human and machine comprehension with Semantic Technology.
- Experienced in leveraging Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) tools like Llama-Index, Langchain and prompt engineering to build Large Language Model (LLM), Conversational AI, Generative AI apps with Knowledge Graphs and Vector Databases like ChromaDB, Pinecone.
- Ability to lead the design and development of Knowledge Management Systems like Knowledge Graph.
- Experienced in applying Natural Language Processing to Semantic Data models to solve business problems
- Experienced with the Low-Code MVC based Knowledge Graph (Model) driven development using Python & Single Page Apps (JavaScript, HTML5) for building Semantic Web applications.
- Knowledge of Data Integration and Management concepts such as Semantic Data integration, Knowledge Graphs, FAIR principles, Data pyramid, Data Governance, GDPR, Open Data and Data Privacy principles.
- Experienced in Data Modeling & Ontology Engineering based on Open Source and new RDF/OWL schemas, ability to translate business needs into concrete Ontological Representations (data schema and organization).
- Experienced in prototyping, testing, and productionizing ETL & ELT Pipelines to recognize entities in a Knowledge Graph, infer new knowledge (Knowledge Base Population, Relation Extraction, Entity Matching, Named Entity Recognition, Reasoning) and to keep Linked Data resources up to date from various data sources.
- Experienced in Data manipulation and Transformation using SQL, SPARQL, Relational Databases, Graph Databases like Virtuoso, Fuseki.
- Experience with definition, structuring and optimization of hierarchical data sets, definition and maintenance of hierarchical relationships of terms for Taxonomies & Thesaurus using SKOS.
 

Languages

EnglishFluent

Project history

Knowledge Engineer

Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
Ontology (DIO) , a structured computational data model on Disease Incidence or Outbreak
information on COVID-19. Ontology modeling concepts: inheritance, relationship types such as
symmetry, transitivity. Developed hierarchical taxonomy based on SKOS. (RDF, OWL
Ontology, SKOS, SHACL, SPARQL). 2020.

Consultant

Lagos State Ministry of Health Data Governance Strategy Project
requirements and define information assets needed to enable strategy. Inventory and document
data assets, their ownership and governance model, and their maturity. Produced conceptual
data models that link key processes and requirements to information needs. 2021 - 2022.

Knowledge Engineer / Lead

COVID
Ontology (DIO) . Built a pipeline of automated Ontology Reasoning to automatically extract
knowledge from the scientific literature/data to be combined with local and external datasets
including DBpedia. Collaborated with an Epidemiologist to inject more knowledge and created
algorithms. (RDF, Disease Incidence Ontology, Virtuoso Triple Store, RDFlib, Python,
Networkx). 2020 -2021.

* Project lead / Knowledge Engineer , Red Flag Project, a Knowledge Graph and Data
Analytics platform on Ghana Public Sector Corruption . Designed and developed OWL-
based Corruption Ontology and SKOS-based Taxonomy. Built a bot to extract semantically
enriched data from 33 web sources of Ghanaian news. Features include Dashboard, Semantic
Search, Corruption data classifier, Corruption Pipeline Analytics and Legal Analytics (RDF,
OWL, SPARQL, Turtle, JSON-LD, JSON, HTML5, Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, D3.js
Visualization, NetworkX, Data.World, MySQL, Semantic Search, Document Classifier
using Naive Bayes Algorithm). 2018-2019.

Technical Lead / Software Engineer

Penplusbytes
Software, a WordPress client software that publishes Semantic enhanced blog posts on
maternal health using schema.org microdata and generates metadata in a private
Knowledge Graph where Semantic Search is used for discovering and findability. The
client software also allow edited blog posts to be annotated with URLs from Wikipedia and
Ghana Open Data portal. (Visual Basic, RDF, OWL, SKOS, SPARQL, WordPress,
Microdata, Semantic SEO) . 2017-2018 .

Knowledge Engineer

Music; Mokolo, African Film Foundation
Designed and developed OWL-based Music Ontology and SKOS-based Taxonomy. Built the
Music in Africa portal with Semantic Search in collaboration with the software development
team. The search is interlinked with MusicBrainz, Wikipedia, LastFM mashing up their
individual search results using a common vocabulary. (OWL, RDF, JSON, Php, Virtuoso,
SPARQL, Drupal, HTML, Music Ontology). 2012 -2014.




* Knowledge Engineer: Linked Open Election Ontology, an ontology for publishing election
data on the web . Designed and developed OWL-based Ontology on Election and SKOS-based
Taxonomy. (RDF, OWL, JSON-LD, Turtle, HTML). 2015.

* Knowledge Engineer: Mokolo, African Film Foundation, for its Mokolo Data, a Knowledge
Graph and Linked OpenData on African Films. Designed and developed OWL-based Music
Ontology and SKOS-based Taxonomy. Collaborated in the development of Knowledge Graph
Portal with engineering team. Built the Semantic Search module which takes into account
results from DBPedia, which is interlinked with the Mokolo RDF representation, in order to
augment information not available from Mokolo. (OWL, RDF, JSON, Php, Virtuoso,
SPARQL, Postgres, HTML, Movie Ontology, DBpedia ). 2016-2017.

General Manager

Openlink Software
Responsibilities:

* Business Development and Strategic Alliances
* Development and Management of Africa's Operations
* Head of Direct and Indirect Sales
* Head of Software Development

Business Achievement :

* Increased sales to $300k+ from $110k
* Developed the Ghanaian indirect sale market
* Increased the number of partners in the African Market by over 700%
* Nigerian Information Technology And Telecom (NITTA) Award for Best Indigenous Software
2002
* Redefined and prioritized the group's goals for Africa, improved focus and drove the delivery
on key initiatives in the area of deploying enterprise technology solutions

Projects Implemented :

* Lead / Developer : Implemented an Enterprise Portal solution at DSV Pipeline Nigeria
Limited (Virtuoso Server Page, CSS, DHTML, Javascript, Virtuoso)




* Lead Consultant : Implemented CRM solution for Northgate Nigeria Limited to effectively
manage customer service contracts, entitlement, and field service (including charging customers
as needed)

* Developer : Contact Manager Application for BottomLine Publications to manage customer's
database, subscriptions & issues. (XML, Virtuoso, XHTML, CSS)

* Project Leader / developer: Post-merger Banking Integration Pilot Project for four Nigerian
banks. Based on SOA using Virtuoso to integrate Flexcube, Equinox & Kapiti Banking systems,
which uses Oracle, DB2 & Sybase and created a front-office teller interface over a Data-
Junction (XML, SOAP, Web Services, Virtuoso) .

* Project Leader / developer: Central Bank of Nigeria Banking Reporting System Project for
IBTC Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. (PHP, Java, XML, XSLT, VSP, OpenLink ODBC
driver, Virtuoso)

* Project leader / Developer: Customers Account Mandate/Signature Card Replication
Project for Union Bank of Nigeria PLC and Hallmark Bank. (PHP, Java, XML, XSLT, VSP,
HTML, Javascript, Oracle, Virtuoso)

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