Data Scientist & Analytics Instructor

Hi, I'm Hervind Philipe

Data Science meets Teaching Passion

Building intelligent systems during the day,
mentoring the next generation of data thinkers at night.

Who I Am

Hervind Philipe
9+
Years in Data
15+
Years Teaching
300+
Students

Data Scientist who does Math for fun.

Working on AI during the day, mentoring in analytics at night.

15 years ago, I became a professional tutor for students to fund my high school and university. Today, I find satisfaction in sharing knowledge with individuals who love learning.

I began my data career 1 year before graduating. Over the last 9 years, I've collaborated with professionals from around the world.

Actively contributing to the creation of Artificial Intelligence, predictive models, ETL processes, and the generation of valuable business insights. I have the privilege of learning from esteemed data coaches and growing in constructive environments.

My Journey

Data Science
2020 – Now

Senior Data Scientist — Traveloka

Building analytics AI and recommendation systems.

Reduced 12 hrs of daily manual work with AI Agent for Automated Root Cause Analysis.
Increased revenue ~$70K/month via hotel search ranking improvements.
Achieved 38% conversion increase from "similar hotels" section.
2018 – 2020

Lead AI Researcher — Astra

Built real-time video & image comprehension products using AI.

OCR: surpassed Google API benchmark — 93% vs 89% on Indonesian ID cards.
Deployed Face Recognition System recognizing thousands of visitors/month.
Implemented crowd counting across 10+ large events.
2016 – 2018

Data Scientist — OLX

Helping OLX users & businesses through text and image processing.

Image quality detection: increased ad views by 20%.
Ad category recommendation: saved sellers avg 7 seconds per posting.
Abuse user detection system for multi-account paywall bypassing.
Teaching Experience
2023 – Now

Independent Data Science & Analytics Mentor

Running private mentoring sessions in Data Science and Analytics for working professionals and career-switchers.

Mentored 10+ students from diverse backgrounds and industries.
Multiple mentees successfully transitioned into data roles.
2022 – Now

Analytics Instructor — RevoU

Teaching Statistics and Python to aspiring data analysts across multiple cohorts.

300+ students taught across 4 batches — rated 4.97/5.00, Best Instructor Award.
Led 2 corporate programs (Telkomsel & Kemenkes): 40 professionals trained over 3 months.
2021

Machine Learning Instructor — Bangkit Academy

Guided university students through ML concepts, implementation, and TensorFlow certification.

Delivered ML track lectures to 72 students across theory and hands-on sessions.
Mentored 5 capstone project teams from ideation to demo day.
1 of 7 judges shortlisting 53 teams down to 15 funded projects.
2019

ML Instructor — Evolve Machine Learners

Designed and delivered intensive Machine Learning and Computer Vision bootcamps.

Built the full curriculum from scratch: 8 months, 64 sessions.
Trained 50+ students in ML fundamentals through production-level implementation.
2010

Math Private Tutor

Started tutoring at 14 to fund my own education — the origin of a lifelong teaching passion.

Self-marketed by distributing flyers to nearby schools, building a student base from zero.
30+ long-term students guided from elementary finals all the way to university calculus.

My Skills

AI Engineering

LangChain LangGraph Hugging Face OpenAI Gemini

Data Analytics

Python Tableau BigQuery SQL

Data Modeling

PyTorch TensorFlow scikit-learn Transformers

Data Engineering / MLOps

DBT MLflow Docker Kubernetes

Automation & Workflow

n8n Lark Anycross

Let's Connect

Whether it's an exciting project, speaking opportunity, or just a chat about data — I'd love to hear from you.

phervind@gmail.com