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Favour
Sukat

I build data-driven products, solve technical complexity, and translate both into clear user value and business strategy.

Machine Learning Geospatial Analysis Statistical Modelling Data Visualisation Software Development Product Thinking Technical Writing
Favour Sukat
XGBoost CatBoost Geospatial Analysis Python R Statistical Modelling D3.js Tableau Grafana SHAP Explainability Neo4j SPARQL Java Salesforce Apex AWS Agile / Scrum Cryptography Folium scikit-learn Product Thinking XGBoost CatBoost Geospatial Analysis Python R Statistical Modelling D3.js Tableau Grafana SHAP Explainability Neo4j SPARQL Java Salesforce Apex AWS Agile / Scrum Cryptography Folium scikit-learn Product Thinking
About
Who I am

I bridge
data and
decisions.

I am a Product Manager with the technical foundation of a computer scientist and the analytical lens of a data scientist. My transition into product was born from a fundamental realization: analyzing data is entirely different from understanding which data actually matters to a product's survival. Because I know how engineering architectures are built, I don't manage by guesswork or pass off vague requests to developers. Instead, I step into ambiguous spaces to untangle product tracking, rewrite technical requirements with absolute clarity, and move teams away from vanity dashboard numbers toward the core behaviors that make a product sticky.

Outside technical work, I write. My Medium blog explores product thinking, technology decisions, and honest reflections on being in transition — because explaining complexity clearly is a skill I take as seriously as building things.

"I don't just run the analysis — I can tell you what it means, and what to do next."

"A very cleanly written report. Much of it wouldn't be out of place in a computer science journal article. The XAI analysis is particularly impressive — the level of reporting, in terms of both the way data is presented and the depth of analysis, is what I'd expect to see in a journal article."

Selected Work
3 projects
01

Air Quality Forecasting for Cities
with No Infrastructure

Next-day PM2.5 forecasting across three under-monitored cities using only open data — satellite night-time lights, meteorological reanalysis, and ground sensors. Compared XGBoost against deep learning sequence models. Applied SHAP explainability to translate complex model outputs into an intuitive, high-utility interface for urban health decision-makers, minimizing cognitive friction.

Machine Learning XGBoost TCN SHAP / XAI Time Series Python
ML / Geospatial
02

Electoral Integrity Analysis —
Plateau State, Nigeria

Geocoded 4,325 polling units, manually corrected 17 erroneous location entries, and applied geospatial neighbourhood analysis to compute voting outlier scores for each party. Built interactive maps showing the top 3 anomalous units per party — making statistical findings navigable without reading a report.

Geospatial Analysis Outlier Detection Risk Analysis Python Folium scikit-learn
Geospatial / Risk
03

Wildfire Cause Classification —
2.3M Records, 7 Algorithms

Group project classifying human vs. natural wildfire causes across a 28-year US dataset. Benchmarked seven algorithms — including CatBoost, CNN, MLP, and Decision Trees — with and without SMOTE for class imbalance. Acted as cross-functional product owner and documentation lead for a 4-person team; managed project scope under tight deadlines and translated raw model performance metrics into an executive-ready technical report. Implemented K-Means clustering and contributed collaboratively to model development.

Classification K-Means CatBoost CNN / MLP SMOTE Python Docs Lead
ML / Group Project
My Technology Path So Far
2018 – present
Legend
Work
Education
Award
Apr 2026 – present
Product Manager (contract)
Spondle
Brought a data-driven product perspective to a high-pressure launch sprint, translating a deep background in data science into actionable product strategy and execution. To streamline cross-functional alignment and eliminate development silos, overhauled the team's engineering workflows by establishing a centralized tracking architecture that significantly accelerated the path from feature requirements to active deployment. Recognizing that the company was drowning in default dashboard metrics without clear operational insight, audited the platform's user events to author a comprehensive Product Analytics Blueprint. This framework resolved overlapping internal metric definitions, introduced a retention-focused North Star metric tied directly to core user value, and successfully reframed the company's strategic growth conversation from raw user acquisition to sustainable user activation. Beyond data strategy, launched the platform's first structured beta-feedback pipeline to continuously guide product prioritization and partnered with cross-functional teams to design and execute targeted user discovery frameworks.
2026 – present
PM Practice & Product Writing
Independent · PMhelp · EA × Forage · Udemy
Actively building product management skills alongside technical practice. Writing publicly on Medium about product decisions, feature audits, and technology thinking. Completed PM Foundations (PMhelp) and EA Product Simulation (Forage).
Mar 2025 – Aug 2025
Data Science Intern
Voyage Companion · Edinburgh, UK (Remote)
Analysed AWS cost and usage data in an agile cloud environment to surface trends, anomalies, and inefficiency patterns, directly supporting infrastructure budget decisions for engineering and finance stakeholders. Built and maintained Grafana monitoring dashboards that enabled early detection of unusual spend behaviour, contributing to an 18% reduction in unexpected infrastructure costs. Prepared quarterly performance reports translating technical metrics into plain-language recommendations, enabling non-technical decision-makers to act on findings confidently. Documented analytical assumptions, data limitations, and methodologies to maintain transparency and ensure reproducibility across the team.
2024 – 2025
MSc Data Science — Distinction
Heriot-Watt University · Edinburgh, UK
End-to-end data science training. Key skills gained:
Data Mining & ML Statistical Modelling Data Visualisation Big Data (Neo4j, SPARQL, OWL, RDF) Network Security Software Engineering Research Methods Digital & Knowledge Economy
Best MSc Student · CS Department
Oct 2023 – Apr 2024
Trainee Salesforce Developer & Data Analyst
FeatureMind · Remote
Analysed customer service and case management data to diagnose workflow bottlenecks, translating findings into concrete process improvement proposals for business stakeholders. Designed and implemented data-driven workflow automations using Salesforce Flows and Apex, reducing average case resolution time by 25% across high-volume support queues. Leveraged Jira and Confluence to document technical requirements and manage sprint backlogs, and led internal knowledge-sharing sessions to drive adoption of reporting tools across the team.
Aug 2022 – Jun 2023
Graduate Data Analyst Intern
Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria · Abuja
Cleaned, validated, and reconciled over 15,000 customer and mortgage records in Python and Excel, improving data quality to 90%+ precision and reducing downstream processing delays in a regulated financial services environment. Supported analysis of mortgage application and repayment data to assist finance teams with monthly reporting, approval workflows, and portfolio oversight. Queried and maintained Oracle 12c databases supporting high-volume transaction processing, ensuring system reliability and data integrity.
2022
Best Graduating Student & Stallion Award
American University of Nigeria · Computer Science
Awarded Best Graduating Student in Computer Science and the Stallion Award for Community Excellence.
Dual Award
2018 – 2022
BSc Computer Science
American University of Nigeria · Yola · Minor: English Literature & Language
Foundation in software engineering, algorithms, data structures, OOP, and systems thinking. The English Literature minor built an early instinct for communicating precisely — a thread that runs through all technical work that followed.
Magna Cum Laude
Case Studies
Product Teardown · Mar 2026 · 10 min read

Scale vs. Sentiment: A Strategic Teardown
of Flo Health

Investigated the emerging tension between aggressive corporate monetization and direct consumer trust within the world's leading digital women's health platform. To bypass superficial metric tracking, compiled a custom dataset of 1,442 platform reviews across the iOS and Android application stores and built a BART-Large-MNLI Zero-Shot NLP Classifier to programmatically isolate systemic churn vectors.

Product Analytics · Mar 2026 · 6 min read

How to Think About Product Analytics Without Drowning in Numbers (Part 1)

Explored the structural gap between data exploration and strategic product decision-making, drawing on my transition from data science to product management to outline a value-first framework for metrics. Using a household management application as a core case study, the analysis breaks down how early-stage product teams routinely fall into the trap of measuring default, countable output metrics—such as raw sign-ups or generic session clicks—instead of tracking true user value

Certifications & Courses
Continuous learning
PMhelp
Product Management Foundations
Feb 2026
Electronic Arts × Forage
Product Management Job Simulation
Feb 2026
Udemy
Become a Product Manager
In Progress · 2026
DataCamp
Advanced Data & ML Tracks
Core focuses in Python Engineering & Statistical Analysis
Capabilities
Product competency
Strategy
Data-Informed Product Strategy
Auditing product instrumentation architectures, translating complex behavioral data into actionable growth strategies, and aligning cross-functional teams around cohesive north star metrics and AARRR-based KPI frameworks.
Execution
Technical Product Execution
Decomposing complex product requirements into engineer-first epics, defining tracking specifications inside tools like PostHog and Customer.io, and writing clear user stories with Gherkin-style behavioral acceptance criteria.
Discovery
User Discovery & Loops
Structuring qualitative feedback systems from beta groups inside Confluence, designing user discovery surveys, and translating qualitative user signals into prioritized, high-leverage sprint backlogs.
Bridge
Cross-Functional Bridge
Serving as a highly technical translator between engineering teams, data infrastructure, and marketing to eliminate operational bottlenecks, coordinate ceremonies, and accelerate release lifecycles under launch pressure.
Open to opportunities

I am looking to join product organizations where deep technical range is leveraged to drive real strategy and user value. If you are looking for a Product Manager who can write code, talk data, and ruthlessly prioritize for impact, let’s talk. drop me an email or reach out on LinkedIn.