Curriculum Vitae

Work Experience

System Analyst, Pet Arabia

Aug 2021 - Present, Bahrain

  • Roles
    • Spearheading the IT infrastructure of the company and coordinating with stakeholders to further its growth in the GCC.
    • Orchestrating and developing systems on our ERP internally (Odoo v14), which includes outsourcing most of that development.
    • Operating as a Full-Stack Developer and Odoo Consultant/Developer.
    • Optimizing IT processes to achieve maximum efficiency and documenting said processes.
    • Offering capacity building and training on new processes.
  • Achievements
    • Introduced 15 crucial workflow improvements with Odoo modules.
    • Implemented a robust reporting infrastructure using Apache Airflow, AWS, and Apache Superset for data visualization. Designed and managed ETL pipelines with Postgres, delivering actionable business insights to senior management.
    • Increased sales by reducing order cancellations with Instashop by 34% by building a real-time stock API integration, eliminating the need for merchandisers’ labor.
    • Created various sales reports, inventory reports, and accounting reports.
    • Organized, instructed, and developed several data migration projects to ensure smooth transitions using pandas, SQL, and python-odoo modules. Examples include our entire inventory and stock valuation and our eCommerce site https://petarabia.com.
    • Managed multiple technical capacity building sessions for HR, Accounting, Sales, and Inventory departments in the form of in-person meetings and/or videos.
    • Succeeded in building a Tap-to-Pay system for recurring payments as part of Pet Arabia’s Bath Club Membership service using Flutter and Python-Flask. First of its kind.
    • Developed a Flutter app for attendance tracking.

ML Engineer & Associate Business Manager, plantOS

Oct 2019 - Present, Malaysia (Remote) & Bahrain

  • Roles
    • Developing ML algorithms to derive insights on accelerating yield for farmers and eliminating diseases that plague them.
    • Growing the agri-tech business in the GCC by securing sales meetings in and out of Bahrain to build a strong base for the company.
  • Achievements
    • Incorporated an experimental version of the yield prediction algorithm as part of the plantOS application using Sci-Kit Learn.
    • Developed a Fruit Object Detection algorithm using PyTorch (Fast Mask-RCNN model used) to showcase to the Ministry of Agriculture in Malaysia.

AI Instructor, Go My Code

Mar 2021 - Feb 2022, Bahrain (Hybrid & Part-Time)

  • Roles
    • Act as a part-time coach and influencer to individuals interested in switching to a Data Science career, by having them go through a 3-month program and shipping a product by the end of it.
    • Each batch runs for a minimum of 3 months.
  • Achievements
    • Successfully ran 3 batches back-to-back with a total of 8 students.
    • Secured 7 successful capstone data-science projects with the students.

Machine Learning Engineer, HakTrakNetworks

May 2021 - Jul 2021, Bahrain

  • Roles
    • As a data science/software engineer, spearheading the ML capabilities for the startup in the field of Cyber Security by leveraging my experience in software development.
  • Achievements
    • Our team successfully researched and built a prototype intrusion-detection system within headquarters using Sci-Kit Learn and Pandas. Source-code is confidential.

Regional Support Manager (MEA Region), AIESEC International

Apr 2020 - Jul 2022, MEA (Remote)

  • Developed and maintained dashboards and data structures with the Regional Team of AIESEC International to track performance growth for members in 28 countries, concretely and transparently.
  • Coached Vice Presidents and Team Leaders on the use of the dashboard tool.

National Support Manager | Information Management, AIESEC in Bahrain

Apr 2020 - Jan 2021, Bahrain

  • Developed dashboards and data structures with the National Team of AIESEC in Bahrain to track performance and potential growth of the whole entity more transparently.
  • Coached Vice Presidents and Team Leaders on the use of our data management tools.

Local Chapter Vice President | Project Management, AIESEC in Bahrain

Feb 2020 - Jan 2021, Bahrain

  • Roles
    • VP of a local chapter for AIESEC in Bahrain, leading a department to create projects that deliver social impact in the country under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
  • Achievements
    • Executed 10 social impact projects from start to finish, driving measurable impact towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
    • Coached a total of 6 team leaders on project management and leadership skills. These team leaders, in turn, coached their teams to realize these social projects.
    • Facilitated various local/national chapter conferences with my executive board team.
    • Collaborated with multiple stakeholders as partners.

Team Leader | Incoming Global Exchange Program, AIESEC in Bahrain

Feb 2019 - Feb 2020, Bahrain

  • Managed teams within the Global Exchange products to connect a group of diverse and talented individuals from around the globe with startups and NGOs in the Kingdom of Bahrain to take on internships, offering them life-changing experiences in the process.

Game Instructor, Cleverplay

May 2019 - Jun 2019, Bahrain (Part-time)

  • Taught kids from years 2-5 and introduced them to world-building using Minecraft at St. Christopher’s Primary School.

Information Technology Officer, The Hive

Nov 2018 - Feb 2019, Bahrain

  • Roles
    • Worked as a Software Developer.
    • Tutored workshops and managed tutorials.
  • Achievements
    • Managed and developed tutorials on Basic Electronics and Computers aimed at kids and young adults.
    • Further developed motion tracking software using pose estimation for clients to compete in Mashro3i 2019.
    • Conducted a Basic Computer workshop for a primary school in Karzakan, Bahrain.

Internships

Machine Learning Intern, Suprath Technologies

Jan 2018 - May 2018, Bangalore, India

  • Interned at a Data Science Startup on Customer Care Support.
  • Succeeded in creating a sentence generation tool along with a dialog script for a chat-bot using Natural Language Processing to resolve chat queries.
  • Recommendation Letter 🔥

Education

B.E. in Electronics & Communication, Acharya Institute of Technology

Aug 2014 - Jul 2018, Bangalore, India

  • Graduated with First Class Honors (Distinction).
  • Final Year Project on Breast Cancer Detection. Researched Convolutional Neural Networks and implemented one using the Keras API to distinguish between different breast cancers.
  • Extracurricular
    • Member of Nature Watch (2016-Present): An eco-club based off campus.
    • Voracious Quizzer, won 1st and 2nd place in multiple competitions across Bangalore City.

Cambridge AS & A-Levels, Al Noor International School

Sep 2012 - Aug 2013, Bahrain

  • Studied Physics, Math & Computer Science.
  • GPA 3.1
  • Built an invoicing system for a laundry shop using VB.NET as part of my final year.

Technical Projects

Personal Blog (2019-present)

  • Authored a series of articles covering a variety of topics and tools related to Data Science (and pop-culture!).

Realtime 2D Pose Estimation GUI with OpenPose (Feb 2019)

  • Associated with The Hive, Bahrain.
  • Successfully built a UI for label recognition on top of a pose estimation algorithm to compete in Mashro3i 2019.

Remote Control Car with M5Stack Wristwatch (Jan 2019)

  • Associated with The Hive, Bahrain.
  • Building a simple remote control kit to educate kids and young adults on the basics of IoT during a workshop at Brinc IoT Building.

Breast Cancer Screening using Keras (Jan 2018 - Jun 2018)

  • Associated with Acharya Institutes.
  • Final year team project on distinguishing forms of breast cancer using Keras; a deep learning framework.
  • Compiled a report on the study and worked on it while interning at a Data Science startup. LINK TO REPORT
  • Contributors: Sumanth Krishna, Srujana, Isa AlDoseri

AIESEC EXPA Assistant Tool (2019)

  • Associated with AIESEC in Bahrain.
  • Developed an automation tool using Python Selenium to scrap data from the AIESEC Management Site to update our CRM workspace.

Social Projects

AIESEC in Bahrain: Ebtikar (Jul 2020 - Aug 2020)

  • Associated with AIESEC in Bahrain.
  • Under The Patronage of H.E. the President of Sustainable Energy Authority, Ebtikar is a program where participants prepare, compete (in teams) and learn more about renewable energy and climate change. And they do so in teams where they will compete for the best idea.

Licenses & Certifications