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.
  • Instagram Post & News Article

Licenses & Certifications