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Wai Key, Lee

Senior Data Scientist | MLOps | AWS ML Specialist | Kaggle Competitions Master | INTP-A

Summary

Experienced data scientist adept at developing tabular machine learning applications, including loan and insurance underwriting models, and anomaly detection systems. Passionate about utilizing language models and recommender systems for data-driven decision-making. Skilled in MLOps, proficient in AWS for end-to-end development, deployment, and maintenance. Recognized Kaggle competition master in diverse algorithms spanning classification, regression, recommenders and time series forecasting.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Senior Data Scientist

Great Eastern Life Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
10.2022 - Current

Team lead of data science operation and compliance, driving outcomes in the following projects:

  • Predictive Underwriting: Enhanced insurance underwriting model to reduce underwriting slip through and increase straight-through processing (STP) rates.
  • Medical Claims Anomaly Detection: Improved anomaly detection model, with a primary focus on fraud, wastage, and abuse detection, to reduce erroneous medical claims payouts.
  • Medical Bill Processing: Conducting proof of concept for image classification and OCR-based itemised charge extraction from medical bills, achieved up to 60% cost savings.
  • Claim Fraud Detection Engine: Developing SAS fraud detection engine for non-medical claims, leveraging machine learning on top of life claim rules and social network analysis.

Data Scientist (MLOps)

MoneyLion Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
01.2021 - 09.2022
  • MLOps research & implementation: Version Control (DVC), Unit Testing (PyTest), Experiment Tracking (MLFlow), Model Deployment (BentoML), Model Monitoring (Arize), Infrastructure Management (SageMaker)
  • Developed AEON credit scoring model for AI showcase in digital banking license application
  • Implemented Continuous Training (CT) pipeline for loan underwriting model using various AWS services
  • Conducted POC of account level and transfer level fraud detection models
  • Developed and deployed Model Cards application using Streamlit

A.I. Analyst

Ace Resource Advisory Services Sdn. Bhd.
Kuala Lumpur
09.2019 - 12.2020
  • Developed and deployed interactive reporting dashboard using Plotly Dash (Python)
  • Designed and Implemented Python-based ETL pipelines, connecting various data sources (e.g., MSSQL, PostgreSQL) and automating with Airflow
  • Conducted POC of Screw Conveyors Failure Anomaly Detection using Sequence Models.
  • Developed Speed Process Control for Lost Cook Equipment Preventive Failure
  • Applied ML algorithms for production chemicals optimization

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Universiti Malaya
Kuala Lumpur
10.2022 - 07.2024

Bachelor of Science - Statistics

University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur
09.2015 - 02.2019

Skills

Problem Solving

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Accomplishments

  • Initiated medical bill processing project using computer vision (OCR) with more than $USD 250,000 expected annual savings
  • Delivered Oil Analysis Report Automation Dashboard with expected $USD 24,000 annual savings

Kaggle Competitions

Kaggle Profile: https://www.kaggle.com/wk6286

GoDaddy - Microbusiness Density Forecasting

(Top 1%, Gold Medal)

American Express - Default Prediction 

(Top 2%, Silver Medal)

Open Problems - Multimodal Single-Cell Integration 

(Top 5%, Silver Medal)

OTTO – Multi-Objective Recommender System 

(Top 7%, Bronze Medal)

Software

Python Programming

Machine Learning

MLOps

Cloud Computing (AWS)

Statistical Data Analysis

TensorFlow

SQL

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Computer Vision

Reinforcement Learning

Certification

AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty

Timeline

Senior Data Scientist

Great Eastern Life Malaysia
10.2022 - Current

Master of Science - Computer Science

Universiti Malaya
10.2022 - 07.2024

AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty

05-2022

AWS Certified Developer Associate

01-2022

AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate

11-2021

Data Scientist (MLOps)

MoneyLion Malaysia
01.2021 - 09.2022

A.I. Analyst

Ace Resource Advisory Services Sdn. Bhd.
09.2019 - 12.2020

Bachelor of Science - Statistics

University of Malaya
09.2015 - 02.2019
Wai Key, LeeSenior Data Scientist | MLOps | AWS ML Specialist | Kaggle Competitions Master | INTP-A