Annelize Krause
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Annelize Krause

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Business Analyst with 18+ years of experience in legal, operations, and tech. I help businesses perform better by optimizing workflows and turning messy data into something AI can actually use. Now wrapping up Masterschool’s AI Data Science program with a hands-on internship for real-world work.

Featured Projects

A selection of my recent work

AI Workflows for Recruiting
Masterschool

AI Workflows for Recruiting

Six connected n8n workflows that automate an AI-powered recruiting pipeline, from inbound application intake through candidate-job matching with AI fit scoring.

n8n OpenAI Airtable Tally +3
Disaster Tweet Classification
Masterschool

Disaster Tweet Classification

Binary classification pipeline that distinguishes real disaster tweets from casual ones, using TF-IDF features and machine learning baselines on a Kaggle dataset of 7,613 labelled tweets.

Python scikit-learn NLTK Pandas +1
CIFAR-10 Image Classification
Masterschool

CIFAR-10 Image Classification

Multi-class image classification pipeline that uses transfer learning with ResNet50 to classify 32×32 RGB images from the CIFAR-10 dataset into ten everyday categories, reaching 40.2% test accuracy through a two-phase training approach.

Python TensorFlow Keras scikit-learn +2

Tech Stack

Tools I work with day to day

Languages

Python
SQL

Data Sources

PostgreSQL
BigQuery
Airtable
Excel
Google Sheets

Data Analysis

pandas
NumPy
scikit-learn

Data Visualization

Tableau
Matplotlib
Seaborn
Plotly

Tools & Workflow

VS Code
Google Colab
Git
GitHub
Notion

Experience

Career Break (Relocation & Professional Development)

Germany

  • Relocated to Germany and completed an integration course
  • Proactively upskilled in data analytics with a focus on SQL, Python, and data visualization

Operations and Data Specialist (Freelance)

Independent / Remote

  • Managed $250K in inventory across seven marketplaces and five brands, coordinating 50+ product launches and delivering 50,000+ SKUs on time by aligning cross-functional teams
  • Built a custom Access database for inventory forecasting, eliminating monthly subscription costs and improving stock accuracy across multiple sales channels
  • Digitized 60,000+ historical transactions and 10,000 merchant records for academic research, resolving data inconsistencies and enabling robust analysis
  • Streamlined customer support workflows by implementing reusable templates and centralized SOPs in Notion, reducing response times and improving onboarding and continuity across distributed teams

Services Assistant

Big 5 South African law firm, Cape Town

  • Designed and implemented a custom access-card database to track card ownership and loss patterns across six office locations, enabling identification of repeat offenders and reducing lookup time for lost cards
  • Automated a manual expense allocation process that previously involved more than five team members over five days each month, reducing administrative workload by 90% and improving accuracy in marketing spend reporting
  • Maintained and updated internal personnel databases for over 1,000 employees, ensuring consistent records and smooth operational workflows

Education

AI Data Science Career Track

Masterschool

14-month program covering Python, SQL, Tableau, machine learning, NLP, and AI-integrated workflows. Capstones in regression modeling and workflow automation; concludes with a 2-month hands-on internship.

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

University of South Africa (UNISA)

Focused on commercially relevant subjects: Company Law, Banking and Tax Law, Competition and Intellectual Property, Labour Law, and Professional Ethics. Built foundations in legal reasoning, regulatory analysis, and structured problem-solving that translate directly to analytical work in regulated environments.

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