Aloysious Kabonge · AI/ML Engineer & Data Scientist

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About

Builder at the intersection of logic and impact.

I came from Uganda to the United States with questions and resolve. In May 2026 I earned a B.S. in Data Science from the University of Mary Washington, a first-generation degree built on family sacrifice, community, and steady work.

Employers know me for shipping AI that teams can trust: schema-valid pipelines, LLM evaluation and guardrails, PII/PHI redaction, and clear stakeholder communication. Mantra: one day at a time.

Executive Support & Innovation Intern · Flatter, Inc. (Jul 2026 – Present)
AI Engineering Intern · SyncData.ai · Security & Compliance Automation
BI Analyst · Navy Federal Credit Union · PCS spend analysis
2nd Place · UMW Eagle Egg Pitch · ProofMode
NCUR 2026 presenter · Emergency Alerting RAG research

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The Journey

Persistence, mentorship, and a first-generation degree.

Aloysious Kabonge in cap and gown at his University of Mary Washington graduation — University of Mary Washington First-Generation Graduate · Class of 2026

I started my internship search as an international student on an F-1 visa, where extra documentation requirements and employer hesitation made an already competitive process harder. Early applications were rough. I didn’t yet know how to present my skills, pitch myself, or use LinkedIn as more than a listing board.

The turning point was becoming a Student Alumni Ambassador in spring 2023. That role put me in rooms with alumni and mentors who helped me rebuild my resume around the right experience, sharpen my elevator pitch, and learn the most underrated skill in a job search: following up with genuine, lasting follow-through. UMW’s Center for Career and Professional Development backed that growth with workshops and one-on-one advising.

That discipline paid off directly: a spring 2025 internship with Banduri and a summer 2025 Business Intelligence internship with Navy Federal Credit Union, both sourced through networks I had to learn how to build. Now, as a Rise Peer Mentor and Resident Assistant, I pay it forward, helping other students, especially fellow international and first-generation students, navigate the same path.

Success is rarely a solo journey. There are people who genuinely want to see you thrive.

2022Arrived at UMW from Uganda to begin a B.S. in Data Science.
2023Became a Student Alumni Ambassador, Resident Assistant, and Orientation Leader.
2025Landed internships with Banduri and Navy Federal Credit Union through mentorship and networking.
2026Graduated as a first-generation college graduate and joined Flatter, Inc.

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Experience

Where I’ve worked.

Contribute to the development and improvement of Flatter, Inc.’s PersonaOpps web application.

Research, evaluate, and pilot emerging technologies, including AI tools, to streamline workflows in Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps, translating business needs into technology recommendations.
Contribute to building compartmentalized agentic AI workflows with governance controls, automating tasks and targeting a 90% improvement in workflow efficiency.
Build and refine frontend features using Vue.js, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, translating business needs into clear, usable interfaces.
Build CI/CD pipelines in Microsoft Azure DevOps, then deploy and support frontend updates through Azure Static Web Apps.
Collaborate with leadership and technical teammates in an iterative development environment.

PersonaOppsAgentic AIAI GovernanceMicrosoft AzureAzure DevOps CI/CDAzure Static Web AppsVue.jsJavaScriptHTML/CSS

Built AI-powered compliance automation for regulated data workflows. Python/FastAPI ingestion with MinIO quarantine storage, PostgreSQL metadata, SHA-256 hashing, RabbitMQ publishing, and idempotent artifacts. Designed job state machines, Redis worker contracts, schema validation, and async pipelines. LLM enrichment via Ollama and AWS Bedrock with structured JSON, PII/PHI redaction, and executive PDF/HTML compliance exports.

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Analyzed credit and debit card transactional data to understand how Active Duty members’ spending changes during Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves, 2019–2024. Built Databricks pipelines with PySpark, developed Power BI dashboards, and delivered stakeholder presentations with actionable member-support recommendations.

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Contributed to Jade Rabbit, an AI-driven healthcare product, in banduri’s inaugural internship cohort with UMW College of Business. Applied Change Architecture and agile design thinking to surface pain points, validate problem–solution fit, and deliver roadmap insights to executives.

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Rise Peer Mentor · Aug 2023 – May 2026
Student Alumni Ambassador · Mar 2023 – May 2026
Resident Assistant · Jan 2023 – May 2026
Orientation Leader · May 2023 – Jun 2023
Student Fundraiser · Sep 2022 – Apr 2023

Concurrent leadership across residence life, alumni relations, mentorship, and orientation. Active in African Student Union, NAACP, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, COAR volunteering, and Pi Mu Epsilon.

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Education & Credentials

Training that backs the work.

University of Mary Washington

B.S. Data Science

Aug 2022 – May 2026 · Fredericksburg, VA

African Student Union · NAACP · National Society of Collegiate Scholars · Resident Assistant · Student Alumni Ambassador · Orientation Leader · COAR volunteer · Peer mentor · Pi Mu Epsilon

Certifications

AI

Introduction to Claude Cowork

Anthropic · Jun 2026

Data

SQL

DataCamp · Jul 2025

Honors

Pi Mu Epsilon

Mathematics Honor Society

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Projects & Research

Selected work.

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ProofMode

Live · Mar 2026 – Present

2nd Place · UMW Eagle Egg Pitch Competition

Problem

AI-detection tools guess whether writing "looks like" AI after the fact, an adversarial arms race that punishes honest students and is trivial to spoof.

Approach

Built proof-of-process instead of detection: timestamped writing checkpoints and revision history sealed into tamper-evident PDFs, with field-level encryption, Argon2 password hashing, and signed JWT sessions.

Result

2nd place at the UMW Eagle Egg Pitch Competition; shipped as a live product on FastAPI, Next.js, and PostgreSQL.

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Live app GitHub

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AI Use Case for Emergency Alerting Systems

Aug 2025 – Apr 2026

Presented at NCUR 2026 · Richmond, VA

Problem

Emergency alerting regulatory documents are dense and scattered across agencies, making it slow for staff to find grounded, citable answers during time-sensitive decisions.

Approach

Built a retrieval-augmented generation pipeline over the regulatory corpus, Pinecone vector embeddings for retrieval, grounded generation with source citations, exposed through both a Streamlit UI and a CLI.

Result

Selected to present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2026 in Richmond, VA.

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GitHub

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AI Alo · Local Business Automations

5 live demos

Problem

Local businesses want AI automation but have no low-risk way to see it working on their own use case before committing budget to it.

Approach

Shipped five production-style agentic assistants, restaurant, real estate, med spa, home services, and law, each with Claude tool-calling, an Ollama fallback, local embeddings via ChromaDB, an MCP server, and an operator admin dashboard. Guardrails cover 23 prompt-injection patterns plus session and rate limiting.

Result

Five distinct verticals live simultaneously on Railway, the core sales tool for the AI Alo consulting practice.

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View demos

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Skills

What I bring.

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AI Alo Demos

Five verticals. Live products.

Functional AI automation for local businesses. Claude with Ollama fallback, local embeddings, open source. Try Aria live below, no separate tab required, then explore all five.

alorestaurant-production.up.railway.app Live

This is the actual live product, not a screenshot. Open the chat bubble in the bottom-right of the frame and ask Aria about tonight's specials or book a table for two.