Francis M.

Francis Maduakor

4.5

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AI Finance Coach: Underwriting, Payments & GenAI Systems

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Studied at African University of Science and Technology

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Works at Reef

Available tomorrow at 11:00 PM UTC

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Francis's Coaching Offerings

Custom hourly · $79/hr

Get help with AI Financial Modeling, Expense Automation, and .

Francis also coaches for AI Strategy & Transformation and Break Into AI Careers. View all.

Francis’s AI for Finance Qualifications

Coaches professionally

Experience level: Executive

I’m qualified to coach AI for Finance because I’ve built at the intersection of financial infrastructure, payments, underwriting, data systems, and applied AI, not just studied it from the outside. As former CTO of Align Group, I led global payroll and cross-border payments infrastructure across 20+ countries in partnership with institutions including Citibank and HSBC, supporting complex enterprise clients such as Unilever. Today, I design agentic AI systems that combine financial data, document parsing, code execution, workflow automation, and decision intelligence to help teams move from manual analysis to faster, more reliable execution. I can help you understand how AI fits into real finance workflows, including underwriting, payment operations, financial modeling, compliance-aware system design, and building AI tools that can operate inside regulated environments.

Francis can help with:

AI Financial Modeling

Expense Automation

Automated Financial Reporting

Investment Research

AI Automation

Francis also coaches for AI Strategy & Transformation and Break Into AI Careers. View all.

About Francis

What if you could compress years of AI trial and error into months? I help students and professionals break into GenAI, build production-grade agentic systems, and grow into senior AI or product leadership roles. My path has shaped how I coach. I grew up in Nigeria, lived and worked in Singapore, and immigrated to the U.S., so I understand what it means to navigate new systems, cultures, and career environments. I bring that same empathy and clarity into every coaching session. Professionally, I’ve built at the intersection of AI, finance, healthcare, data infrastructure, and high-stakes operations. As former CTO of Align Group, I led global payroll and payments infrastructure across 20+ countries in partnership with institutions like Citibank and HSBC. My AI and data science work has been recognized by groups including the World Bank, Harvard research teams, and WHO-linked programs. My coaching is practical, hands-on, and outcome-driven. We can work on LLM architecture, agentic workflows, AI product strategy, code reviews, interview prep, leadership growth, or taking your AI prototype into production. You won’t leave with theory alone. You’ll leave with clearer architecture, stronger code, a sharper career narrative, a better resume, and a concrete next step every session.

Why do I coach?

I coach because I know what it feels like to be talented, ambitious, and still unsure how to break into the rooms you know you belong in. I grew up in Nigeria, lived in Singapore, and immigrated to the U.S. Every major step in my career required me to learn a new system, decode invisible rules, and prove myself in environments where I did not always have the same network, context, or access as everyone else. Mentors changed that for me. The right guidance helped me move faster, avoid painful mistakes, and see opportunities I would have missed alone. Now I coach because I want to be that shortcut for others. AI is creating one of the biggest career shifts of our lifetime, but most people are trying to figure it out alone. I help builders turn confusion into direction, prototypes into real systems, and ambition into measurable career growth. Coaching matters to me because talent is everywhere. Access is not.

Work Experience

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Co Founder

Reef

September 2024 - Present

Reef is where real estate deals become decisions — instantly. We build AI-powered intelligence systems for real estate investors, turning fragmented deal materials into structured analysis in minutes. From Offering Memorandums and broker decks to Excel models and IC memos, Reef automates the most time-consuming parts of underwriting: → Extracts and structures deal data → Builds clean, auditable financial models → Generates investment summaries and key risks We provide tailored consulting services for real estate asset managers and private equity through Nova (check https://opennova.co/) Product Lifecycle Management, Product Vision and +3 skills

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Chief AI Officer

Nightingale Health Intelligence

March 2023 - Present

At Nightingale, we build data and Generative AI systems that turn complex healthcare data into decisions that drive real outcomes. We combine data engineering, analytics, and AI to move organizations from fragmented data → actionable intelligence → measurable impact. Healthcare-native and compliance-first (HIPAA, FDA, MLR embedded), we deliver faster trials, smarter growth, and real-world impact for organizations like the World Bank and World Health Organization.

Education

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African University of Science and Technology

Masters, Computer Science

2018 - 2019

Computer Science with a focus in Artificial Intelligence, trained under expert professors from University of Aizu (Japan), Carleton University (Canada), and University of Nancy (France).

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