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Tchomtchi Kamgang Daniel Merlys
FR

00Profile

Background

Trained in quantitative methods and then business intelligence, I have gained experience at a central bank, a commercial bank and a microfinance institution. I am interested in using data, AI and automation to solve concrete problems, especially in financial and decision-making environments.

Open to a first job or a paid internship.

Cameroon

Languages

  • FrenchNative
  • EnglishB1, intermediate
  • GermanBeginner

01Approach

A simple method, applied to every project.

  1. 01

    Start from the problem

    Understand the business process and the decision it supports before choosing a tool.

  2. 02

    Understand the data

    Know where the data comes from, what it actually contains and where it can be wrong.

  3. 03

    Build something reliable

    Isolated, tested and traceable business logic rather than a pile of scripts.

  4. 04

    Communicate the result

    Indicators and reports that decision-makers can read, limits included.

02Background

Quantitative training, financial institutions.

Training in quantitative methods and business intelligence, experience in financial institutions.

Experience

  1. June to August 2026

    BEAC

    Bank of Central African States, Payment Systems and Means of Payment Department (DSMP)

    Data / Payment Systems and Means of Payment Intern · Internship

    Took part in the DSMP's activities; worked on the SYGMA, SYSTAC and SWIFT payment systems within the scope of the activities studied during the internship.

    • Designed DAN, an application aimed at automating and structuring part of the off-site oversight of CEMAC payment systems and means of payment.
    • Analysed and used payment-system data; used Python and data analytics tools to automate and structure data processing.
    • Developed a tool supporting monitoring and risk analysis.
    • Produced dashboards, indicators, analyses and reports to support decision-making.

    Python · Pandas · NumPy · Streamlit · SQLite · Data Analytics · Generative AI · Automation

    Related project: DAN

  2. July to August 2025

    Africa Finance

    Formerly EIA Microfinance

    Intern · Internship

    Customer reception; account opening and management; prospecting.

  3. July to August 2024

    Afriland First Bank

    Intern · Internship

    Customer reception and guidance; account opening and management; power-of-attorney procedures; overdraft-related operations.

Activities & awards

  1. January 2026

    Startup Weekend IUSJ 2026

    Health Care project

    Participant, technical lead · First prize

    Designed a startup called Health Care; in charge of the technical side of the project.

  2. 2025

    Business Game IUSJ 2025

    Participant

    Simulation in management, strategy and decision-making.

Education

  1. Since 2026

    Master's degree in Business Intelligence, year 1

    Institut Universitaire Saint Jean du Cameroun (IUSJ)

    In progress

  2. 2023 to 2026

    Bachelor's degree in Management and Quantitative Techniques

    Institut Universitaire Saint Jean du Cameroun (IUSJ)

    Thesis defended with “Excellent” distinction, September 2026

  3. 2023

    Baccalauréat C (mathematics and physical sciences)

    Lycée bilingue de Mimboman

    Completed

03Skills

Skills by field.

Grouped by field, with no self-rated levels. When a skill was used in a project or an experience shown here, the reference is given.

Data & Business Intelligence

Programming & Data

Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

  • Generative AIUsed in DAN, BEAC
  • Local LLMs (Ollama)Used in DAN
  • Prompt engineering
  • Prompt design and optimisation
  • AI-driven automation
  • AI agents and workflows

Finance & payments

Applications & quality

04Contact

Open to a first job or a paid internship.

Email is the simplest way to reach me. My work is available on GitHub.

Send an email