Alaa O. Baeshen

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, +966*********, acuhmv@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS,

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS (MSBA)

GPA: 4.00

Database Management, Data Mining, Web Analytics, Business Analytics (COGNOS), Text Analytics, Data Warehousing, Big Data Analytics, Business Performance & Risk Management, 2015 March Madness Data Crunch (Deloitte) AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH (AUS), SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, BS, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIS) and FINANCE. Dean’s List (2007 – 2010)

WORK EXPERIENCE

SAUDI HOLLANDI BANK (SHB),

Compensation and Benefits Assistant Manager – Handled MIS function and reporting in compensation and Benefits

(C&B) activities.

Key Deliverables:

Effectively involved in staff remuneration process (Bonuses, Increments, and Share Grant)

Handled compensation surveys including IOB, Mclagan, and Hay Group.

Successfully managed the performance management process throughout the year including KPI setting, MYR, and Performance appraisals.

Monitored staff cost and headcount reports, also MIS reporting including internal board’s and SAMA’s reports.

Day to day C&B activities such as staff promotions/increment, internal and market benchmarking.

Involved in other HRD projects such as Staff engagement survey, and salary scale review.

Internship at Emirates National Bank of Dubai (ENBD) for 6 Weeks. REAL-WORLD TYPE PROJECTS

Worked with database management and data warehousing tools to verify and clean data, extract information and perform analyses using SQL, Excel and various traditional analytical tools. Attendance Level - Gazi University Survey -

Performed Data Mining techniques (SPSS Modeler) to determine important predictors of attendance level and its affect. Bad Language Analysis – Using Google Ngram -

Used Web Analytics methodologies and techniques to provide a solution for an advanced book rating system which is targeted at orally-offensive (swear word) language in American Literature Fashion Industry Trend Observation -

Incorporated Text Analytics to observe historical fashion data and trends to predict future fashion styles, colors, and trends

(including tools such as IBM SPSS Modeler, Python, Site Content Analyzer) An Empirical Investigation of a Country’s Innovation Ability based on Patents Granted -

Analyzed data to investigate the effect of a country’s socio-economical factors on the total patents granted to increase innovation ability by the use of COGNOS.

Pharmacy Prescription Tracking Database Application -

Constructed a database model for a virtual local pharmacy with the use of IBM InfoSphere and Data Studio/ SQL. Donor Segmentation Trends –

Completed a big data exploratory analyses to observe donor segmentation trends for a non-profit organization, utilizing tools such as Amazon Web Services, Google BigQuery, Microsoft Azure, IBM SPSS Modeler and Excel March Data Crunch Madness

Implemented Data Mining and analytical skills to predict March Madness NCAA Tournament for the 2015 Attended IBM World of WATSON 2015 – New York – part of selected group of students. ADITIONAL SKILLS

Business Analysis, SPSS advanced modular, Project Management, MS Office Suite, MS Excel, Microsoft Project, Access, Visio, IBM SPSS Modeler (with Text Analytics), IBM InfoSphere Data Architect and Data Warehousing Platform, DB2, SQL, Oracle, Python, COGNOS, R, Tableau, Qlikview, Spotfire, Jasper, AWS, Hadoop, Google BigQuery, Cloudera, E-R assistance, Visual Basic, and HTML Soft Skills: Excellent Interpersonal & presentation skills, Ability to work in teams or on individual basis to meet objectives in project, Leadership, Motivation, and Meeting deadlines, performing well under pressure. Languages: Fluent in English; Native Arabic

REFRENCES AVA ILABLE UPON REQUEST

Jan. 2006 –

Dec. 2010

Sep.2014 –

Aug 2015

United States, New York

United Arab Emirates, Sharjah

Apr. 2011 –

Jun. 2013

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

United States, New York

Jun. – Jul.

2010

United Arab Emirates, Sharjah

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