Wells Fargo

Data Science Consultant, GenAI and LLMs

Flute and Feather

Interactive GenAI, ed-tech platform for young children to learn and have fun:

flutenfeather.com

Co-Founder & CTO

Data Dam

• Offer custom analytics, informatics and data science services with a core focus on Customer Experience AI. Present and past clients include:

- Diversigen
- Loop Genomics
- Black Onyx Management
- Oplytix
- Infinity Systems
- FEI

• Previously, led product and business development efforts of an AI-powered, question-answering platform using large language models (LLMs).
Identified and developed several use cases in biotech, pharmaceutical, finance and CPG industries.

Co-Founder

1865 Analytics

Sabanto

Brief stint exploring some projects related to analyzing bag files, image segmentation, and tractor route planning calculations.

Lead Data Scientist

Microsoft

Worked on NLP and CV projects to support Flip(grid): an ed-tech product empowering millions of learners across the globe.

Senior Applied Scientist Manager

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Analyzed gene variant and clinical data from Genomics England Database to inform rare disease strategy.

Bioinformatician

Near Wellness LLC

Started and sold a dropshipping e-commerce business. Learned everything about digital marketing, Shopify, and online sales—only to realize that making money in e-commerce is way harder than it looks. Didn’t make much, but walked away with a crash course in running a business.

Founder

Eaton

Built data science models and analytics tools to help optimize commercial operations.

Data Scientist, Business Analytics

Genentech

Worked in the RnD department to support bioinformatics and computational biology projects related to biomarker development.
Worked in Marketing Science department to support commercial analytics operations.

Bioinformatics/Data Science Roles

AI, engineering, data science, and cloud infrastructure experience in biotech, manufacturing, software and banking industry. Always up for a new adventure. Hit me up at: 

ali[dot]faruqi[at]datadam[dot]io

Ali A. Faruqi

Hilopoa Technologies

- Data warehousing, business intelligence, Power BI visualisation.
- Web application development.
- ERP Integrations.
- API development.
- URA EFRIS Integrations.
- Sharepoint Development and Management
- Managing business processes using Power Apps and Power Automate and Power BI

- Developed and deployed several web and mobile applications using Java, C#, Python, and PHP.
- Experience in building and maintaining data pipelines using AWS services such as S3, EC2, Lambda, and EMR.
- Skilled in handling big data using tools such as Hadoop, Spark, and Hive.
- Designed and developed data visualizations and dashboards using tools such as Tableau and Power BI.
- Automated End to End business processes for clients using Power Apps and Power Automate

BrightLife

- Lead a team of Data Analysts, Data Engineers, and Data Scientists who work in unison to deliver value to the business through data, including app development and handling big data using AWS services.
- Using high-level skills in analytics, mathematics, and statistics to draw conclusions according to the data, and report findings to upper management for use in various capacities throughout the organization.

Data Manager

• Developed and deployed several web and mobile applications using Java, C#, Python, and PHP.
• Built and maintained data pipelines using AWS services such as S3, EC2, Lambda, and EMR.
• Created data visualizations and dashboards using tools such as Tableau and Power BI.
• Contribute to the identification of data analysis functionalities needs and the architecture of data reports
• Develop and manage BrightLife’s databases, develop dynamic visual dashboards, graphs, and reports that are easily interpretable and accessible
• Evaluate internal systems for efficiency, problems, and inaccuracies, developing and maintaining protocols for handling, processing, and cleaning data
• Liaise with the respective departmental heads and staff as a key support engine to manage all cross-departmental IT function. 
• Management and maintenance of 3rd party applications.
• Assist in development of other proprietary applications.
• Assist in credit management improvement through app development for various functions
• Clean, mine, extract, analyze large and complex datasets, using statistical techniques to show patterns, and draw valid inferences using analytics
• Create and perform sophisticated and robust SQL queries to gather reporting data for business development and strategy purposes
• Use data to monitor the health of the business and keep stakeholders apprised of key metrics and insights. Filter and “clean” data to predict performance indicators.
• Design randomized, controlled experiments to understand levers available to improve customer segmentation, repayment, retention, etc.
• Perform analyses, with statistical tools as appropriate to evaluate the impact of pilots and other interventions
• Leverage a variety of internal and external data sources to help BrightLife grow its business and maximize its credit repayment
• Manage and maintain all data sharing related relationships with all vendors.
• API integration management with vendors and software providers

Data Specialist

SafeBoda

- Built data models and set up the data needs of specific parts of the business, including handling big data using tools such as Hadoop, Spark, and Hive.
- Rolled out self-service analytics reports and dashboards that can be independently used by users in the business, including creating data visualizations and dashboards using tools such as Tableau and Power BI.
- Designed analytical and reporting frameworks to make complex data easy to understand and drive decision making for stakeholders, including using AWS services.
- Building data models and setting up the data needs of specific parts of the business.
- Analytics - understanding historical trends, user behavior, and product insights and where possible using visualization to provide a storyboard of the learnings.
- Working with departments across the organisation to measure the impact and efficiency of new products and business processes
- Working with business owners on running data driven experiments to determine strategy
- Rolling out of self service analytics reports and dashboards that can be independently used by users in the business
- Designing analytical and reporting frameworks to make complex data easy to understand and drive decision making for stakeholders
- Build, maintain, and communicate detailed reporting & models.
- Designing Dashboard in Power BI and Metabase

Data Analyst

Uganda Telecom Ltd

•	Monitor and respond promptly to any technical problems affecting the VAS nodes 
•	Customize  and support standard Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) applications that interface with the core GSM and Data Telecom Network Nodes
•	Document the VAS product catalogue and the interfaces to other systems including updating and maintenance of the configuration database management system.
•	Translate marketing requirements into design/technical requirements for all VAS Products ,Services and Platforms
•	Monitor and analyze the system performance include traffic monitoring on the basis of statistics and reports. Based on these reports, identify the areas of improvements and develop techniques for optimization
•	Second line technical support for customer complaints;
•	Installation, integration and acceptance testing of new VAS nodes and services
•	Monitor Quality and Grade of service
•	Deployment and successful integration of VAS products (SMSC, MMSC, Voicemail) into customer network environments
•	Upgrade and expand VAS products within a customer production environment
•	Trouble shooting issues of VAS integration, interfacing with multi vendors such IN, Core Network, Billing and other third parties, encompassing: SS7 and IP provision
•	Study possible basic, supplementary and Value Added Service/ feature offerings, and recommend VAS products
•	Fulfil the Service configuration and activation according to plan for Service Provisioning
•	Carry out preventive and corrective maintenance to ensure system availability and security

VAS Engineer

Designing, developing, deploying and supporting business reports based on Oracle,

MySQL and / or MS-SQL databases

Maintenance of repository of source code and collected Call Data Records

(CDRs).

Documenting all applications and reports developed, and all upgrades made to

the different systems.

Keeping track of all files (configuration files, standard reports and ad hoc reports,

collected CDRs, user requests etc.) related to the repository

Developing and implementing strategies for gathering data from operational

databases and/or third party vendors for inclusion in a data warehouse

Directing, organizing, and leading projects in the implementation and use of new

Business Intelligence (BI) software tools and systems.

Leading the integration efforts for merging BI platforms with enterprise systems and

applications.

Designing, coding, testing, and documenting all new or modified BI systems, applications,

and programs.

Producing ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) design guidelines to ensure a

manageable ETL infrastructure for the BI system.


Designing and delivering end-user training and training materials; provide technical

support as necessary.

Troubleshooting BI/DWH tools, systems, and software; performance-tune these

applications as necessary.

Acting as an evangelist for BI benefits across the organization; promote BI usage to

relevant departments.

Business Intelligence and Data warehouse developer

National Crop Resources Research Institute - NaCRRI

Data Entry for field experiments data

Design of the payroll database for casual Laborers working on the institute’s

farm.

Administration of the database including performance monitoring and tuning.

Creating backup copies of data.

Responsible for database security and also preventing data loss.

Data Entry Specialist

AfriBanana Products Ltd

Responsible for diagnosing and resolving hardware, software and end users

problems.

 Acting as the first point of contact for all IT and technical queries.

Installing and configuring computer hardware systems and IT software.
Assisting the I.T personnel in managing the Management Information Control

System (MICS) online database system.

Populating the MICS database with new information or transferring existing data

into it.

IT Technician

Experienced Entrepreneur and Data Manager with a strong background in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence using tools like Talend, SSIS, SSRS, SQLserver, Infobright Database, as well as app development using Java, C#, Python, and PHP. Skilled in AWS and handling big data for data analysis and visualization.

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