Freelance Data Scientist & Systems Engineer
Making operations that run on instinct, run on data instead.
Whatever it takes to bring legacy into the age of AI — real-time digital twins, ML on operational data, and integration layers for legacy systems.
Interactive demos
Real systems, running in your browser.
Each demo is a clean-room rebuild of a production system I designed, running on realistic — but entirely fictional — terminal data. Click in and use them.
Terminal Digital Twin
Explore a live-feeling 3D container terminal: click any vessel or box.
Legacy Integration Layer
Submit a move and watch it travel through a simulated mainframe message-queue round-trip, byte by byte.
Latest research
Which levers actually move the numbers.
Simulation studies on terminal operations: one question each, the result, and what the model leaves out.
About
I understand your operation before I touch your data.
I spent years operating quay cranes, driving straddle carriers and managing live cargo flows on the floor of one of Europe's busiest container terminals. I became a data scientist because I saw what better information could do for operations that still run largely on instinct and experience.
Today I work at the intersection of heavy industry and modern data engineering: integration layers for legacy operating systems, digital twins that make real-time operations legible, and ML models built for real operational problems — not benchmarks.
I don't do mystery. You'll know what I'm building, why, and where it stands. I ask the uncomfortable questions early, so they don't become expensive problems later.
What I bring
Domain knowledge
Over a decade across the full operational hierarchy of a large container terminal — dockworker to straddle driver to crane operator. I know the workflows, constraints and failure modes that never make it into a manual.
Data science & ML
Predictive modelling and reinforcement learning applied to real operational problems, with explainability built in — so the people using the model trust what it tells them.
Systems & engineering
Integration architecture connecting legacy TOS infrastructure to modern applications, full-stack development, and a builder's instinct for making things work end to end.
Career
Data Scientist
CurrentMajor European container terminal · Antwerp
ML pipelines, RL for container optimisation, integration for legacy TOS infrastructure, and a real-time digital twin for operational decision-making.
Data Science
EducationTuring College · Online
Intensive professional programme in machine learning, data engineering and applied statistics — completed while working full-time as a crane operator.
Ship-to-Shore Crane Operator
Container terminal · Antwerp
Operating single and dual-hoist cranes on some of the world's largest container vessels. Worked with technical teams on complex software and hardware troubleshooting.
Straddle Carrier Operator
Container terminal · Antwerp
Container transport and yard logistics across complex terminal layouts, with equipment reliability checks and maintenance coordination.
Dock Worker
CEPA · Antwerp
Container preparation, discharge coordination and crane guidance under limited-visibility conditions.
Available for freelance work
Have an operation that's running on instinct? Let's make it legible.
Digital twins, operational ML, legacy-system integration. If you need someone who understands the floor as well as the code, get in touch.
kenneth@kaimera.dev