SharpestMinds

• Training candidates in the field of data science, with a focus on natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, and AI.
• Working closely with the leadership team to provide ongoing guidance and support to candidates.
• Mentoring and educating applicants from diverse academic backgrounds, and collaborating with them on industry-level projects, code reviews, and data challenges.
•Successfully trained, mentored and matched multiple candidates with data science positions that align with their skills and career goals.

Data Science Mentor - Advisor

grmc Advisory Services

•Utilized forecasting techniques to predict future market trends and demands for multinational residential, retail and hospitality clients, facilitating strategic business decisions.
•Developed customized demand and supply models for multinational clients in the retail and hospitality industries, considering seasonality, consumer behavior, and economic indicators.
•Performed comprehensive data analysis using advanced statistical methods to identify patterns, trends, and correlations in large datasets, yielding valuable insights.
•Delivered over 10 projects with detailed reports summarizing analysis findings, recommendations, sentiment analysis and actionable insights for clients and stakeholders.
• Conducted deep market research and competitor analysis to drive strategic planning.

Senior Data Scientist - Consultant

AuDeFi

• Led the creation of a course on Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains.
• Effectively taught a non-technical cohort the fundamentals of cryptocurrency, investments, and blockchain, including conducting hands-on labs.
• Created knowledge content to help students accurately assess the risks of cryptocurrency investments.
• Demonstrated expertise in the field by delivering engaging lectures and facilitating interactive discussions on complex topics.

Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Instructor

OpenText

• Provided Global clients with reliable, professional, and high-value services in the field of Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, and Data Science.
• Worked with the Bank of International Settlements to develop a Document Similarity Engine that successfully distinguished between Absolute and Near Duplicate documents with 92% accuracy.
•  Collaborated with Legal firms in NY to build taxonomies, ontologies, and NLP models that resulted in a 50% reduction in document review time for clients.
• Contributed to the development of a Q&A bot with sentiment analysis on Microsoft Azure that received over multiple queries from internal and external stakeholders.
• Utilized the OpenText Magellan product suite to deliver advanced analytics and machine learning capabilities to clients in various industries.

Data Scientist | Computational Linguist (Covid Lay-off)

Independent Consultant

• Expertly supported researchers, academics, and startups in a variety of Arabic NLP-driven projects.
• Contributed to the development of and optimization of spam / misinformation detection models in Arabic to identify and combat bad actors on social media.

Data Scientist 

Morgan Stanley

• Led the design and optimization of surveillance models to identify suspicious and/or illegal behaviors such as money laundering, market manipulation, and illegal trading practices.
• Utilized techniques such as BERT, word2vec and tf-idf to extract meaningful insights from large, complex datasets and aid in fraud detection efforts.
• Feature engineered fraudulent profile models on different transactional levels, resulting in a 50% reduction in false positives.
• Utilized graph ML to build enterprise knowledge bases, enabling the efficient discovery of internal content between data points at scale.

Principal Data Scientist

Shutterstock

• My primary focus was on researching and building proof-of-concept (POC) models to demonstrate the potential improvements in computer vision using state-of-the-art machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) techniques.
• Contributed to computer vision research to optimize Reverse, Similar and Image Tagging API's, resulting in a 30% improvement in accuracy and speed.
• Utilized Postman and Swagger for API testing and documentation, streamlining the development and deployment process.
• Applied NLP models such as CNN's and RNN's to the image tagging API to improve search results on the consumer side at scale, resulting in a 50% increase in user satisfaction.

Data Scientist - Machine Learning Dev

Nexalogy

• Led a team of 5 in the development of NexaSecurity, a cutting-edge end-to-end machine learning product that analyzes real-time Twitter and social media content.
• Leveraged Spacy and Gensim to extract relevant named entities and produce real-time actionable reports for clients, using advanced NLP techniques in natural language processing and extractive summarization.
• Scaled the application to consume over 1 million tweets in real-time, reducing analysts' time spent analyzing social media content by 50%.
• Developed proof-of-concept models for detecting fake news in English, French, and Russian using Flask and advanced NLP techniques.

Lead Data Scientist - Product Owner - (Acquired by Datametrex AI.)

• Expertly consulted for various companies, improving data strategy and machine learning workflows.
• Pioneered the development of a rule-based chatbot for student onboarding, significantly reducing time spent at the Registrar.
• Developed a content-based recommendation engine for a major retailer, increasing upselling and cross-selling efforts.
• Conducted NLP research in the field of Arabic tweet classification and bot detection on social media.

Data Scientist

Concured

• Led the development of core products and services in NLP and machine learning, enabling content marketers to deliver relevant content to consumers in real-time through advanced technology.
• Refactored backend code into Python, improving efficiency and scalability.
• Contributed to the development of core infrastructure and products, including Content Automation and Content Auditing, to drive engagement and conversions.
• Implemented advanced NLP models like LSTM to create machine-generated trending article content, empowering content creators to deliver relevant and timely content to their audiences.

Sr. Data Scientist - Product Owner

A seasoned Data Scientist with a strong focus on Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) and a track record of delivering impactful solutions for diverse organizations. With over 7 years of experience, I've successfully led teams and projects that have harnessed AI and data science to drive innovation and enhance decision-making. 

My expertise extends from developing custom machine learning models to advancing NLP techniques and building AI-driven products. Committed to team development, life-long learning and contributing to team success.

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