An AuteurAnthropologist (AI + Anthropolo

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I’m an anthropologist working at the intersection of AI and human decision-making, especially in social-risk environments where mistakes are costly and accountability must be demonstrable.

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I’m an anthropologist working at the intersection of AI and human decision-making, especially in social-risk environments where mistakes are costly and accountability must be demonstrable. Over 25 years across multiple continents, I’ve learned that numbers shape budgets, while stories shape consent—and good systems need to hold both without losing provenance or context.

I design and steward evidence infrastructures for development and extractives: from resettlement data environments and compensation tracking to stakeholder and grievance monitoring, dashboards, and audit-traceable knowledge platforms. Currently, through Sociable Systems, I build source-verified research and multilingual accountability tools, extending my long-standing systems practice with governed AI approaches that keep humans in the loop and make exceptions visible.

  • Joined July 2026

Languages

  • EnglishFluent
  • AfrikaansFluent
  • PortugueseIntermediate
  • DutchIntermediate

Industry experience

  • Education
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Software & Internet
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Agriculture & Mining
  • Government
  • Professional Services
  • Other
  • Non-Profit Organization

Projects · 6

A concept for turning a script, lesson or story into an illustrated presenter-led sequence with designed scenes, narration and captions. Suitable for explainers, learning content and imaginative visual storytelling. AIvideo visualstorytelling explainer voiceover

  • AI Video Editor

A cinematic presenter concept combining an on-screen host, voice, lip sync, captions, B-roll and designed visual worlds. This demonstrates a more stylised treatment for launches, explainers and narrative media. AIvideo presenter cinematic voiceover

  • AI Video Editor

Concept image for a custom presenter video: the presenter could be you, created from one authorised photo, with your voice from an approved sample or a curated voice. The production option includes lip sync, captions and a human-style or stylised finish. AIvideo presenter voiceover captions

  • AI Video Editor

A playful story-song and video that turns abstract database concepts into a narrated creative world. It demonstrates how I can reshape technical or educational source material into an approachable script, musical story and visual experience.

Work experience· 15 roles

Founder / Principal Consultant / AInthropologist (AI + Anthropology) · Sociable SystemsJan 2026 – Present · 11 mos

Develops human-centred AI and data systems for complex social-risk environments, including grievance management, stakeholder engagement, resettlement, livelihoods restoration, and institutional accountability. Builds friendly, board- and community-legible documentation (storified data, fieldnotes, explainers), and maintains public knowledge/research platforms with source verification and multilingual artefacts. Designs and operates operational data systems such as compensation tracking with QA protocols and proof-of-payment reconciliation, and dashboard-based stakeholder/grievance monitoring with SLA timeliness checks, exception detection, cross-references, and report generation.

Founder / Principal Consultant · Sociable SystemsJan 2026 – Present · 11 mos

Independent AI-assisted media, research and digital-product practice. I create voiceovers, presenter videos, scripts, visual stories, data tools and interactive learning experiences, including Khayali and Saraloosa.

Online Data Analyst · TELUS InternationalSep 2024 – Jun 2025 · 10 mos

Evaluated online data and AI-supported outputs against detailed quality, relevance and policy criteria in a remote independent-contractor role.

AInthropologist (AI + Anthropology) — Cross-Domain Integration SpecialistMar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos
Land & Asset Data Coordinator / Resettlement Data Manager (earlier scheduling responsibilities) · Mozambique LNG Project (within role timeline)Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo
Land & Asset Data Coordinator / Resettlement Data Manager — Mozambique LNG Project · Anadarko → TotalEnergies (via enterprise project structures)Jan 2013 – Jan 2025 · 12 yrs 1 mo
Land & Asset Data Coordinator / Resettlement Data Manager · Mozambique LNG Project / TotalEnergiesJan 2013 – Mar 2025 · 12 yrs 3 mos
Land Access Planning Data Manager · Goldfields Far Southeast ProjectJan 2012 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr

Education· 6

MPhil Anthropology (cum laude) · Stellenbosch University2010

Organisations & Public Cultures. Thesis: Digital Divides and Social Transformation.

BA Humanities (cum laude) · University of Johannesburg1999

Philosophy & Development Studies.

BSc Mathematical Sciences · University of Johannesburg1999

Mathematics & Applied Mathematics.

MPhil Anthropology · University of Stellenbosch2006 – 2010

Certifications and awards· 7

IFC Performance Standards 1 — World Bank Group training2025 – 2026
AI Accelerator Generalist Program (Outskill/Superhuman.ai)2025 – 2026
AI Mastermind2025 – 2026
AI Workplace Proficiency Certification (Outskill/Superhuman.ai)2025 – 2026

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