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SAFA SALIH

Data Scientist

Aurora, Colorado 80014 720-***-**** adx64t@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/safa-salih- PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Meticulous, tenacious, and knowledgeable Data Scientist and Data Analyst credited with 14 years of progressive experience, including deploying predictive models, scaling the data, applying Machine Learning algorithms, and working in big data and cloud systems

Expertise includes a proven ability to translate complex quantitative data into succinct actionable insights

Illustrate leadership and ongoing support for the sales and operations inclusive of complex reporting and predictive models, and understand processes, data, and reporting requirements

Lead and engage in collaborative communications with all members, partners, clients, and levels through ensuring transparency of information while building strong, productive business partnerships

Business and financial acumen includes critical executive reporting, event planning, forecasting, cost control, budget preparation/monitoring/adherence, data management, and simplifying and visualizing analytical outputs CORE COMPETENCIES

Fundamentals Of Statistics

Analytics Decision-Making

Support Strategic Direction

Data Analytics

Analyzing Business Problems

Business Recommendations

Customer Satisfaction/Client Services

Cross-Functional Fluency

Visualizing Analytical Outputs

Business Performance - Analytics

Fostering Collaboration

Leverage Best Practices

Communications

Leadership/Collaborator

Data Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Data Scientist/Analyst Consultant Apr 2018 – Present

Facilitate multiple projects reflective of data science and data analytics, which included monthly sales prediction, and recommender system-product recommendation

Create a retail system applying machine learning to reflect sales build predictive models driving improvements in KPI outcome

Develop a single source of truth combining all eCommerce data in one place, clean and consolidate the data, and perform exploratory data analysis

Predict monthly sales by creating multiple models such as regression model, XGBoost, RNN LSTM, and Random Forest

Identify which model is suitable for the use case data and create a final report with all findings Sabbatical Feb 2015 – Apr 2018

Stepped away from my professional career to start a family while also obtaining further training as a Data Scientist

Training included Python for beginners, Python Bootcamp, Learn Python Programming Masterclass, Learn Data Science Tutorial - Full Course for Beginners, Practical Statistics for Data Scientists: 50 Essential Concepts by Andru Bruce and Peter Bruce, and Deep Learning By Goodfellow, Bengio and Corville UN ESCWA Technology Centre, Amman, Jordan

Administrative Coordinator Mar 2012- Feb 2015

Led data analysis and visualization using SQL, Tableau, RapidMiner, and MS Excel

Oversaw contract management and processing payments using the inhouse UN system

Provided technical proficiency serving as the UN ESCWA website admin and maintained the Technology Centre website

Managed significant, high-level events planning and hosting for the UN ESCWA and UN Allies and Affiliates (UN Women, ECOSOC, UNDESA, League of Arab States, UNESCO, and others

Annual and quarterly reports prepared for the UN ESCWA Technology Centre UN ETC website admin SAFA SALIH Page - 2

UNESCO Iraq Office, Amman, Jordan

Administrative Assistant Aug 2011 – Aug 2012

Wrote and prepared meeting minutes for the Education Division

Established data cleaning and visualization using Excel

Served as a Research Assistant for the project of IPSM Iraqi public sector for modernization, through leading as the Assistant to the Director of the UN ESCWA Technology Centre, and sole UN employee in charge of overseeing this project in Jordan

Bank of Cairo Amman, Amman, Jordan Feb 2011 – Feb 2011 Intern

Managed multiple databases, input information such as data and records

Recorded notes and memos during meetings; created documents, drafts, and reports; sorted and managed files Jesuit Refugee Service, Amman, Jordan

Computer Instructor Dec 2009 – Aug 2011

Served as an educator using exceptional computer skills, which included advanced Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, and Photoshop) and taught refugees how to use and navigate

Worked as a team member to build the 2010-2012 budget proposal for the JRS Jordan and perform supervisory tasks EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Master’s in Data Science, Regis University, Denver, Colorado, GPA – 4.0, Jan 2023 Master’s in E-Business, Middle East University, Amman, Jordan Bachelor’s in Computer Science, AAFBFs University, Amman, Jordan

Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp, Udemy

Spark and Python for Big Data with PySpark, Udemy

SQL Bootcamp, Udemy

Advance ICDL (MS Office), Microsoft

Mental Health First Aid, MCU

Hate Speech Detection: NLP, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning, GitHub

Sign Language Detection: Object detection, Custom Data, TensorFlow, CNN, GitHub

Lending Club: Data Wrangling, Deep Learning, NumPy/Pandas, Scikit-learn, Keras, GitHub TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Programming: Proficiency in Python, R, and SQL. Advance knowledge in Spark, Shell Command, MongoDB, HTML, JavaScript, C++

Machine Learning: Logistic/Linear regression, Random Forest, Decision Tree, Gboost, Neural network, Deep learning (RNN, CNN), Transfer learning (TensorFlow, Yolo), Kmean, Time series, NLP, Recommender system Tools: Google Colab, Jupyter Notebook, Unix, Docker, and AWS Data visualization: Tableau, Matplotlib, Pandas, Choropleth, Plotly, Seaborn Data Analytics: Parametric and non-Parametric tests, Inferential statistics, Text Mining, Data Wrangling, and Data Extraction Software Applications, Microsoft Office, and other related software applications

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