I am passionate about solving hard problems and developing technology that fundamentally improve our lives and broaden our knowledge. At Feersum Engine I lead a team that is building machine comprehension (text, vision & audio) services for intelligent dialog agents that comprehend and appropriately respond in local South African vernacular. Conversational AI has the potential to connect more people to much needed services ranging from coaching to customer care. I have previously lead teams and developed software for modelling & simulation, computer graphics, computer vision and field robotics projects at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa. I have experience in C++ and Python, in using frameworks such as scikit-learn and PyTorch for machine learning and deep learning, CUDA, OpenGL, Open Scene Graph, OpenCV, NLTK, and in developing for embedded and low power platforms.