About Eighty20
Eighty20 is a consultancy based in Cape Town South Africa specialising in delivering customer centric strategies and solutions to our clients. We use the power of strategy, research and analytics to help our clients understand their customers better and implement customer centric solutions that drive value to both customers and shareholders
We develop bespoke big data and business intelligence solutions for marketing and finance departments. We segment customers, develop propensity models to better predict churn, up-sell and cross-sell, and track behaviour change. Eighty20 is also a leading provider of personalisation and loyalty solutions in Africa.
Consumer markets on the continent continue to shift in dramatic ways. Eighty20 provides access to widely used consumer surveys through our online data portal. We also undertake primary research, both qualitative and quantitative, to characterise and size market segments and to identify key trends.
ANRI SMITH
Head Analyst
Anri has an Analytics background having studied to a masters level in Analytics at UCT. She is eager to marry the concepts of economics, business and statistics through her work at Eighty20. Originally being from Joburg she loves the mountainous landscape of Cape Town and discovers the new food spots in town.
Quirky thing: I love horses but they don’t seem to love me. Once in a blue moon, I go for a ride and inevitably end up falling off, or my horse spooks or something along those lines. Despite this, I keep going back.
What inspires you? I am constantly inspired and motivated by my friends and colleagues. We are a very curious bunch which drives me to learn and try new things whether it be work or personal related.
ANDREW FULTON
Director
Andrew Fulton is a director at Eighty20 and holds a MBA. His passion and area of focus is the development and marketing of Eighty20’s data products, primarily the Eighty20 Data Portal, and creating segmentations for clients using innovative data techniques.
Favourite book: The Story of Risk by Peter Bernstein.
Favourite quote: There is what is right, what is wrong, and what is going to happen.
Quirky thing: Andrew has seen 56% of the known Vermeer paintings in their home museum.
What inspires you? Working with really intelligent people.
STEVE BURNSTONE
Steven is the CEO at Eighty20 and a qualified actuary. He heads up the predictive modelling practice area, specialising in strategic analysis, business case development, financial and behavioural modelling work.
Quirky thing: Loves adventure & helping others – has paddled down the Zambezi to help plant a school; built medical centres in Mosquito Coast, Honduras; delivered a yacht from Cape Town to the Carribean.
Favourite book: Many books have shaped my thinking, too many to list a favourite. A good holiday can also be measured by the number of books one managed to read. Just finished Rocks by Marco Broccardo
Favourite quote: “All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” – T.E. Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia)
What inspires you? My faith, my family and my work
Data Engineer
Eighty20 is an exciting, innovative, and rapidly growing data science and research strategy business. We are currently looking for a data engineer to join one of our analytics project teams. The role will offer you the opportunity to design, develop and implement data pipeline solutions that assist the team of analysts and consultants to address client needs. The candidate should be highly numerate with a keen interest and proven ability in the areas of data management and interrogation.
Most of the data we deal with comes from client systems, not our own. It is therefore incredibly important that the team bringing this data into our environment, is not simply concerned with files, databases and encodings, but is also dedicated to understanding what the data is actually supposed to mean so that we ensure that the data we receive is correct and fit for purpose for downstream analysis.
Competencies and skills required:
- Relevant qualification (minimum bachelor’s degree in mathematics, engineering, computer science, information systems or equivalent)
- SQL (MySQL / Postgres / Vertica / similar)
- Proficient with a Data Processing relevant programming language
- Proficient with a ETL Pipeline tools (e.g. Airflow)
- ETL and DBA skills beneficial
- Linux and Cloud experience beneficial (e.g. AWS)
- Automation scripting beneficial (e.g. bash, cron, rundeck)
- Data exploration and validation
- Excellent problem solver and attention to detail
- Good communication skills and independent worker
