Project Manager Machine Learning

Tahir Rameez

Dallas, TX +1-469-***-**** *****.********@*****.*** LinkedIn

Lead Technical Project Manager AI, Cloud, DevOps Driving Innovation & Business Impact

• Results-driven professional with two decades of experience driving high-impact technology projects and leading cross-functional teams to achieve significant advancements.

• Proven track record scaling startups to multimillion-dollar valuations and leading enterprise-level digital transformation programs.

• With extensive expertise in AI, DevOps, data engineering, consistently deliver transformative solutions that optimize operational efficiency and elevate business performance.

• Expert at orchestrating cross-functional teams, optimizing cloud-native architectures, and driving Agile delivery excellence.

• PMP, Azure and AWS Professional Certified, with strong focus on aligning technical execution with business goals. CORE COMPETENCIES

Agile Project Management Scrum Frameworks CI/CD Pipeline Development & Optimization AI & Machine Learning Data Warehousing & ETL Process Engineering Cloud Infrastructure Design Infrastructure as Code Practices Team Leadership ERP System Integration Cross-functional Team Leadership Reporting & Analytics Systems Data Migration & Transformation Cloud- based Application Scalability Stakeholder Alignment Big Data Architecture Gen AI LLM Enterprise Digital Transformation TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure

DevOps & Tools: Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Terraform, GitHub Actions AI & Data Engineering: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Gen AI, Databricks, Apache Spark, Data Warehousing, Data Lakes Programming: Python, TypeScript, C#

ERP & Analytics: SAP, Sage ERP, Power BI, MicroStrategy, Tableau PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Technical Project Manager Digit7 – Dallas, TX 09/2022 – Present Spearhead development and deployment of AI-based products with strong focus on advanced DevOps practices and agile methodologies. Direct diverse team in optimizing product performance and reliability through enhanced infrastructure and workflows, managing end-to-end project cycles from concept to delivery.

• Led strategies that escalated Digit7’s valuation to $60M, enhancing product offerings and optimizing development processes.

• Spearheaded launch of DigitMart & DigitKart, a cashier-less smart store, optimizing customer throughput and securing Top Digital Innovator 2024 recognition from U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

• Coordinated fast-paced initiative to compile, cleanse, and train computer vision dataset with over 15,000 products, achieving project completion within two months.

• Orchestrated full-cycle deployment of machine learning model, enhancing predictive accuracy by 30% and reducing inference time by 70%.

• Engineered cost-saving cloud strategies for AI workloads, reducing costs by 40% while maintaining high performance.

• Developed and implemented CI/CD pipeline that reduced deployment time from 48 hours to 2 hours and significantly amplified release frequency.

• Fostered Infrastructure as Code practices, cutting infrastructure provisioning times by 60% and minimizing configuration errors by 50%.

• Negotiated $115K in AWS credits and led strategic vendor partnerships for patented self-checkout designs. Senior Project Manager United Industries Limited/Invictus Solutions – Faisalabad 01/2019 – 01/2022 Championed integration and optimization of IT and data-driven projects, applying Agile SCRUM frameworks and leveraging cloud technologies. Facilitated seamless project management cycles, from budget planning and stakeholder requirement gathering to execution and monitoring, enhancing project documentation and transparency through tools like Jira and Confluence.

• Engineered and executed scalable data warehousing system, merging multiple data sources to facilitate real-time analytics and slashing query response times by 50%. Additionally, overhauled ETL processes to reduce data handling times by 40%.

● Established data quality controls that heightened data accuracy by 35% and decreased analytical report errors by 25%. Simultaneously, refined cloud data storage practices, cutting operational costs by 30%.

● Coordinated large-scale data migration efforts, ensuring data integrity and improving data accessibility by 25%. Promoted team-oriented atmosphere that expedited completion of strategic data projects.

● Launched Secondary Sales system for 3,000 distributors and 45,000 retailers within seven months, boosting distribution efficiency and market coverage.

● Championed organization-wide implementation of Databricks, reducing data processing times by 50% and enhancing data analytics capabilities.

Project Manager Chenab Group – Faisalabad 01/2011 – 12/2018 Led multiple high-impact technology projects, including ERP implementation and e-commerce platform launches. Drove initiatives from planning through execution, ensuring compliance with security policies and business requirements, while enhancing operational efficiencies and system integrations across diverse business units.

• Directed seamless implementation of ERP system across multiple sectors, securing 95% user adoption rate, enhancing operational efficiency by 30%, and decreasing manual errors by 25%.

● Executed meticulous data migration for new ERP platform, achieving zero data loss and minimal disruption, while delivering project 15% under budget through astute resource and vendor management.

● Integrated ERP modules effectively across finance, supply chain, and IT departments, improving system unity and slashing report generation times by 60%.

● Formulated and enforced change management plan that increased user competency by 40% and tailored ERP system for 15% growth in business scalability.

● Automated essential business processes within ERP, amplifying process efficiency and reducing operational costs by 20%, and established extensive documentation to ensure future scalability. Additional eight years in software engineering. Notable achievements include developing and maintaining multiple projects using Python, .Net, MongoDB, creating technical specifications, and comprehensive test plans. Successfully customized ERP system to enhance operational functionality.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Master of Science, Computer Science University of Agriculture – Faisalabad, Pakistan Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Muhammad Ali Jinnah University – Islamabad, Pakistan CERTIFICATIONS: PMP Certification(PMI), AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Certified Professional Scrum Foundation Certificate, Azure Fundamentals(AZ-900) and Azure AI(AI-900) RELEVANT PROJECTS

DigitMart: Directed successful launch of DigitMart initiative, cutting-edge AI-powered autonomous "smart store within store" that transforms retail landscape by offering cashier-less shopping experience, leveraging advanced computer vision technologies to optimize store operations. Key contributions included orchestrating development of CI/CD pipeline in Azure, which eliminated manual deployment processes, and establishing robust Azure infrastructure for both staging and production phases to ensure seamless scalability.

DigitKart: Spearheaded development of DigitKart, AI-powered checkout system that revolutionizes retail by enabling customers to select, pay, and proceed without need for barcodes or cashiers. Leveraged proprietary AI-based computer vision technology to rapidly identify multiple items within seconds, streamlining transactions and enhancing shopping experience. Led cross- functional team in setup of DevOps infrastructure and supported building of AI architecture, ensuring seamless integration and operation across store environments. facilitated entry into Microsoft Start-Up Program with $150,000 in credits, and collaborated with multiple vendors to design three distinct custom Patented designs for AI-based self-checkout solution, enhancing operational efficiency and the shopping experience. DigitSquare: Conducted design of DigitSquare, SaaS-based platform tailored for annotating, training, and automating computer vision pipeline with extensive datasets, featuring AI image annotation tool providing comprehensive image and video annotation services, from concept to go-live. Additionally, initiated negotiations that secured $115,000 in AWS credits. ETL Data Pipeline for Ingredion: Orchestrated setup of ETL Data Pipeline for Ingredion, facilitating efficient data extraction from SAP to Databricks, enhancing data integration and enabling more streamlined analytics processes, improving data accessibility and business intelligence capabilities. Ecommerce Web Site (ChenOne.com, Botanicalwonders.pk): Launched ChenOne.com and Botanicalwonders.pk ecommerce websites using Magento 2, with hosting configured on AWS Elastic Beanstalk. Implemented horizontal auto-scaling to adeptly manage high customer traffic, enhancing site reliability and performance during peak periods.

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