Summary
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Work History
Education
Skills
Career Objectives
Interests
Affiliations
Accomplishments
Languages
Academic Publications
International Training and Exposure
Consultancy
References
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Justice Akodia

Justice Akodia

Data Scientist/Statistician/Port Operations Consultant
Tema,Greater Accra

Summary

Highly-motivated Data scientist/Statistician and Port Operations consultant, with over 10 years of leadership experience across various industries including health and maritime. I have significant practical experience in Port Operations systems implementation, data mining, statistical data analysis, Business intelligence, and AI. Excellent problem-solving abilities and the continuous desire to expand my frontiers through knowledge acquisition have been the reasons behind these successes.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

IT Manager

Ghana Ports and harbours Authority
Tema
02.2023 - Current
  • Management of all IT projects
  • Management of all third-party IT vendors including conduction SLA review
  • Training of operations staff
  • Provision of technical support on port operations
  • Overseeing the functioning of the Data and Analytics unit
  • Assessing system needs, improved design processes and enabled systems to align more closely with business expectations.
  • Conducting evaluations of hardware and software solutions to develop estimates, negotiate contracts and make effective selections.
  • Designing, engineered and supported various IT projects as key technical resource.
  • Overseing budgets for project, tracked expenses and timelines and communicated with key stakeholders on milestones.
  • Leading entire IT program, project and portfolio endeavors involving at least, 5 project teams and 12 development products.
  • Executing proof of concept implementations to validate product feasibility.
  • Building and establishing strong partnerships with teams, vendors and contractors.
  • Creating project plans with established timelines, assigned to appropriate teams and managed workflow throughout construction.
  • Driving continuous improvement of project delivery process by providing strong leadership.
  • Reviewing project risks and devised proactive strategies to avoid potential roadblocks.
  • Making changes to project scope and cost and implemented most effective change management processes to keep project up-to-date.
  • Leading meetings with internal team members, consultants and contractors.
  • Determining project staffing needs and led resource management.
  • Conducting periodic inspections of job sites for quality and progress.
  • Managing vendor relations and contracts through strategic partnerships which saved costs and delivered premium contract pricing.
  • Working with management team to improve workflows and eliminate unnecessary tasks.

Unit Head- IT Project and Vendor Management

Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority
Tema
05.2021 - 01.2023
  • Drafting of business cases for IT project implementations
  • collection of user stories
  • Business analysis of implementation
  • Development of project implementation plans
  • Management of IT project implementations till closure
  • Conducting SLA reviews on the performance of third party solution providers
  • Management of IT vendors
  • Leading the implementation of the main Terminal Operating Systems of the authority
  • Preparation of monthly reports

Data Scientist

Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority
Tema
10.2019 - 05.2021
  • Consolidation of corporate data across Tema and Takoradi Ports
  • Development of a data science and analytics Centre for GPHA
  • Development of BI dashboards and insights for my company
  • providing Business Intelligence(BI) solutions
  • Development of reporting requirements for yet-to-be implemented systems
  • Data mining in MS Dynamics AX 2009, Master Terminal(TOS) and Conbis Pro(TOS)
  • Gathering of statistical Requirements for the implementation of the Port Paperless System
  • Statistical Requirements gathering for the Implementation of Master Terminal(TOS)
  • Implementation of Master Terminal(TOS), a Terminal Operating system
  • Developed predictive models using machine learning, natural language and statistical analysis methods.
  • Built compelling data stories and visualizations to influence decision makers.
  • Designed models, algorithms and visualizations to distill insights from huge volumes of data.
  • Worked alongside team members and leaders to identify analytical requirements and collect information to meet company and project demands.
  • Identified data anomalies and worked with business units to perform root cause analysis and resolve issues.
  • Partnered with functional teams to evaluate new data sources and advise on data format and data dictionary.
  • Cleaned and manipulated raw data.
  • Used statistical software to analyze and process large data sets.

Biostatistician

Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority
Tema
10.2012 - 05.2015
  • Supervision of the management of medical records(Patient Case Notes)
  • Development of a system of archiving for the medical records booklets
  • Compilation and submission of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the District Health Administration
  • Implementation of MS Dynamics AX 2009.

Assistant Biostatistician

Tema Policlinic
Tema
10.2008 - 05.2012
  • Collection and compilation of clinical and public health data
  • Data Entry
  • Clinical and public health data analyses and presentation
  • management of the main software, District Information Management Systems(dhims)
  • Training and supervision of data collection activities of other public and private health facilities within the Tema Township catchment area involving 30 health facilities.
  • submission of weekly, monthly and annual reports to the Tema District Health Administration.
  • surveillance of diseases of public health importance
  • Coordinating activities of mass immunization exercises like SARS, POLIO, H1N1, etc.

National Service Person

Tema Polyclinic
10.2006 - 08.2007
  • Recording of vital information of patients
  • Extraction of diagnoses from doctors’ books
  • Analyses of clinical and public health data and presentation of results to the Metro Health directorate
  • Compilation of attendance, morbidity and mortality reports

Education

Ph.D. - Information Technology

Accra Institute of Technology/OUM(Ongoing)
Accra

MSc - Applied Statistics

Kwame Nkrumah University of Sci. & Tech
Kumasi
01.2017

BSc - Statistics

Kwame Nkrumah University of Sci. & Tech
Kumasi
01.2015

Higher National Diploma - Statistics

Accra Technical University
Accra
01.2006

S.S.S.C.E - General Science

Notre Dame Min. Seminary Secondary Sch
Navrongo
01.2001

Skills

  • Team Collaboration
  • Project Coordination
  • Scope Definition
  • Agile Work Processes
  • Problem Resolution
  • Team Building
  • Friendly, Positive Attitude
  • Planning and Organizing
  • Data Management and business intelligence
  • Critical Thinking
  • Training and Development
  • Team Management
  • Good Work Ethic

Career Objectives

To continue to give back to the  community of my country and continent, the vast academic and industry knowledge gained over the period to advance the course of the sector both locally and internationally. 

Interests

My major interest is in Data Science and AI and how to use them to discover the hidden treasures in data whilst impacting knowledge.

Affiliations

Member, American Statistical Association (ASA)

Member, London Business Analytics

Accomplishments

  • successfully set up the Biostatistics unit of the Medical Department of GPHA, Tema
  • Successfully designed all company reports in the TOS system as well as all reporting needs of GPHA
  • successfully led the implementation of Master Terminal at terminals/ICDs of Tema Port and Takoradi Port.
  • Consulted for Ghana Link, in The Gambia, for the implementation of a single window and port community system
  • Delivered a presentation for the Ministry of Transport and the Port Authority of Nigeria on Port Billing System.
  • Consulted for Safebond Car Terminal on the implementation of Port Systems
  • Sucessfully helped in the establishment of the first the Data and Analytics Unit for GPHA

Languages

English, Kassem, Twi
First Language
English
Proficient
C2

Academic Publications

 

  • Assessing The Impact of Text Message Reminders On Hospital Attendance of Diabetics and Hypertensives in Ghana using the Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test (Unpublished Academic Thesis).
  • Predicting Cargo Traffic Ratio at Tema Port-Ghana using Artificial Neural Network (Unpublished Academic Thesis).
  • Container Dwell Time: The Artificial Neural Networks Architecture That Gives Optimum Prediction (On-going Doctoral Thesis)
  • Development of a Framework on the Determinant Factors of Container Dwell Time: A Methodological Review

International Training and Exposure

  

  • MS Dynamics AX 2012(Trade and Logistics, Financials, Human resources and Projects), Koenig Solutions, New Delhi-India - October, 2015.
  • Harmonization of Port Performance Indicators at Royal Nick Hotel, Ghana, organized by PMAWCA, 2015
  • Jade Report Writing, Jade Master Terminal, Dubai- March, 2016.
  • Emotional Intelligence and Personal Leadership Training, Lome-November, 2018.
  • Seminar On the Harmonization of Ports Statistics Data and The Use of Information and Communication Technology Tools, 10-14th December, 2018. Libreville, Gabon, organized by PMAWCA.
  • Master Terminal functional training, Dubai, UAE, 2022
  • Online training on Port Resilience Against Pandemics organized by UNCTAD in 2023
  • Online 6 weeks training on International Merchandize Trade Statistics(IMTS) organized by UNCTAD in 2023

Consultancy

  • Consulted for Ghana Link Limited on the implementation of a single window and Port Community System in The Gambia in 2021
  • Consulted for Times and C Computers on the implementation of a single window and Port Community System in The Gambia in 2022

References

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Dr Vitus Anaab-Bisi 

Head of Health Services

Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority

 Tema 

+233244329093

vvanaab@yahoo.co.uk

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 Prof. Clement K. Dzidonu

Accra Institute of Technology

Accra

+23302008181817

dzidonu@ait.edu.gh

Timeline

IT Manager

Ghana Ports and harbours Authority
02.2023 - Current

Unit Head- IT Project and Vendor Management

Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority
05.2021 - 01.2023

Data Scientist

Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority
10.2019 - 05.2021

Biostatistician

Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority
10.2012 - 05.2015

Assistant Biostatistician

Tema Policlinic
10.2008 - 05.2012

National Service Person

Tema Polyclinic
10.2006 - 08.2007

Ph.D. - Information Technology

Accra Institute of Technology/OUM(Ongoing)

MSc - Applied Statistics

Kwame Nkrumah University of Sci. & Tech

BSc - Statistics

Kwame Nkrumah University of Sci. & Tech

Higher National Diploma - Statistics

Accra Technical University

S.S.S.C.E - General Science

Notre Dame Min. Seminary Secondary Sch

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