Rehan Ahmed

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Data Scientist & Software Engineer.

A Data Scientist who wants to make sense of the world of ones and zeroes. Passionate about all things data, I am currently pursuing my Masters in Applied Data Science from University of Southern California on a Fulbright Scholarship.

  • Birthday:   23, February, 1997
  • City:            Los Angeles, California
  • Email:     rehanahm@usc.edu
  • Phone:   +1 213 706 5011

I have worked as a technology writer for numerous technology blogs throughout my academic career, working closely with entrepreneurs and freelancers. More recently, I have been working as a software engineer for Afiniti, one of the world's leading AI unicorns. With a deep interest in analytics, I have started my masters from one of the top colleges in the field of Computer Science in the world.

Resume

Education

University of Southern California

Masters of Science - Applied Data Science

2020 - Present
GPA 3.65

Pursuing a masters in Applied Data Science from USC, ranked at 44th in Computer Science in the world.

Fulbright Scholar

Batch of 2020

• Selected for the prestigious, fully-funded Fulbright scholarship, a US States department program.

Institute of Business Administration

Bachelors of Science - Computer Science

2015 - 2019
GPA 3.68

Selected for the prestigious Dean's List with a 40% tuition scholarship.

Chief Financial Officer, Computer Science Society

Sep 2017 – Sep 2018

• Managed a budget of PKR 0.7 Million to organize CS competitions and events around the year.
• Organized ProBattle’18 – one of Karachi’s largest technology Olympiads, attracting over 700 participants from all over Pakistan.
• Organized Word Camp Karachi – Pakistan’s first ever Word Camp.

Member, Microsoft Student Community IBA

Aug 2015 – Aug 2016

• Organized Hour of Code at numerous schools, teaching programming skills to young kids from grades 1-8.

Aga Khan Higher Secondary School

FSc - Pre-Engineering (Computer Science)

2013 - 2015
GPA 82.35%

Got my intermediate degree from the esteemed Aga Khan Higher Secondary School with an A-One grade.

Social Work

Children Cancer Foundation

Intern

Jun 2017 – Jul 2017

Worked in the marketing, department, handled interaction with donors, aided in brochure packaging and delivery.

Professional Experience

MarketLytics

Technical Specialist

Sep 2020 - Present
    MarketLytics is a digital analytics consultancy that specializes in helping marketers & product managers understand people and personalize their experiences using data.

  • Working on integration and automation of internal tools
  • Integrated Google Apps Script with GitLab version control through a Python-based Google Cloud Function using REST API calls
  • Developed a robust data streaming pipeline to push Gmail and Slack data to BigQuery for subsequent customer analytics
  • Working on an automated bot to analyze Google Analytics datalayer of ecommerce websites through Google Tag Manager and Google Cloud Run (docker) containers with Slack integration
  • Overseeing a project on establishing an easy sign-in tool to allow clients to give digital agencies access to their Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel accounts
    • Skills

    Google Apps Script | Google Cloud Function | Google Cloud Run | Slack Apps/Bots | BigQuery | Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager

Afiniti

Analyst Software Engineer
System Integration & Deployment

Aug 2019 - Aug 2020
    Founded in 2005, Afiniti is a unicorn company focused on developing artificial intelligence for use in customer call centers
  • Analysis of real-time call and agents patterns using Python and SQL
  • Designing the software architecture for deployment of Afiniti's intelligent routing solution on international clients like AT&T Mexico, CenturyLink USA, America Movil, and integrating with Avaya, Cisco, and VHT telephony technologies
  • In-depth knowledge of Linux and docker-containers for deployment of Afiniti's latest solution
  • Streamlining and automating data and implementation workflows using Python including development of internal tools for analyzing real-time events
  • Working with Centos and Dockers to deploy Afiniti in a containerized environment
    • Skills

    Python (Flask) | R | MySQL | PostGres | Dockers | Linux

UpWork

Data Analyst
Top Rated

Jul 2018 - Present
    Working on Upwork as a freelance Data Analyst
  • Top Rated status since December, 2018, earned by building an impressive reputation on Upwork with multiple clients.
  • Designed a crawler using Selenium and Beautiful Soup to scrape over 50K posts from a medical forum to perform sentiment analysis
  • Performed sentiment analysis and unsupervised clustering using K-means on medical forum data
    • Skills

    Python | R

Institute of Business Administration

Teaching Assistant
• Object Oriented Programming

Jan 2018 - May 2018

With PhD Scholar, Samreen Gul Kazi

• Introduction to Image Processing

Sep 2017 - Dec 2017

With Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition expert, Dr.Imran Nazir Junejo.

ProPakistani

Writer on Technology

Aug 2016 - Mar 2019
propakistani/rehan-ahmed
    ProPakistani is the premier and most trust worthy resource for technology, telecom, business and auto news in Pakistan.

  • Worked as a freelance writer on technology, covering Pakistani startups, entrepreneurs, incubators, competitions.
  • Interviewed and worked on detailed articles with entrepreneurs, programmers, freelancers, from around the world.

Projects

  • All
  • Personal
  • Academic
  • Professional

Pollytics

Sentiment Analysis Biden Vs Trump - Can Social Media be an alternative for election polling?.

AppsScript GitLab
Integration

Integrating GitLab version control with Apps Script using Google Cloud.

WiFile

A file explorer that works over wifi.

Pakistan Suicide Bombings

An in-depth, data-centric, analysis on Suicide bombings in Pakistan.

PyDi

A multi-platform Distributed File System, made on Python.

Kaptaan in the Light of Data

Applying exploratory and sentiment analysis on comments, tweets, Facebook, and forum posts.

Breast Cancer
Forum Analysis

Scraping, sentiment analysis and clustering on breast cancer forum data.

Afiniti Configuration
& Rule Engine

Developed a bulk-config editing and rule evaluating engine for Afiniti's latest product.

BlindSight

A Python application to help the visually impaired in their daily lives.

Terminal Emulator

A Linux Terminal Emulator, built using a Server-Client model in C.

StartupX

An ecommerce platform for home-based small businesses.

MATLAB Colorize

A simple animation tool to convert a picture into a video-animation.

Skills

Programming Languages

Python
R
Java
C

Python Frameworks

Flask
Dash
OpenCV

Web Development

HTML, CSS (Bootstrap)
JavaScript, jQuery
NodeJS

Databases

MySQL
Firebase
MongoDB
Redis

Google Cloud Tools

Cloud Functions
Google Cloud Run
Google AppsScript

Certifications

The Data Scientist’s Toolbox

by John Hopkins

The course gives an overview of the data, questions, and tools that data analysts and data scientists work with.

R Programming

by John Hopkins

The course covers practical issues in statistical computing which includes programming in R, reading data into R, accessing R packages, writing R functions, debugging, profiling R code, and organizing and commenting R code.

Getting & Cleaning Data

by John Hopkins

This course covers the basic ways that data can be obtained, from the web, APIs, databases and from colleagues in various formats. It also covers the basics of data cleaning and how to make data “tidy”.

Exploratory Data Analysis

by John Hopkins

This course covers the essential exploratory techniques for summarizing data. These techniques are typically applied before formal modeling commences and can help inform the development of more complex statistical models.

Front-End Web UI Frameworks and Tools: Bootstrap 4

by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

This course covers client-side web UI frameworks, in particular Bootstrap 4. It also covers CSS preprocessors, Less and Sass and the basics of Node.js and NPM and task runners like Grunt and Gulp.

Microsoft Office Specialist PowerPoint 2016

by Microsoft

Demonstrate that you have the skills needed to get the most out of PowerPoint by earning a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) 2016 certification. Successful candidates will have a fundamental understanding of the PowerPoint environment and demonstrate the correct application of PowerPoint 2016.

Microsoft Office Specialist Word 2016

by Microsoft

Demonstrate that you have the skills needed to get the most out of Word by earning a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) 2016 certification. Successful candidates for the Word 2016 certification have a fundamental understanding of the Word environment and the ability to complete tasks independently.

Testimonials

Fatima Zain

Management Trainee, Daraz

I had the pleasure of working with Rehan on some university projects. His ability to handle multiple projects and his data analysis skills were unlike any I’ve seen before. He has an uncanny ability to present complex data to execs and colleagues and I hope to work with him again.

Fahd Khan

Program Architect, Afiniti

Rehan is self-motivated and hard-working. He was a valuable addition to the Deployment team at Afiniti, especially with his passion for Python combined with the thirst for automation. His development skills were instrumental in cutting down the time for diagnosing and fixing critical production issues.

Umer Jabbar

iOS Application Developer, Silicon Graphics

Rehan is one of those rare professionals having an ability to evaluate viability of a deal/project before even stepping into it. He posses great analytical skills when it comes to product and deal structuring; and brings dynamism in the work environment. Not only is he good at handling multiple tasks but also possess an enterprising personality.

Contact

Email:

rehanahm@usc.edu

Call:

+1 213 706 5011

Location:

Los Angeles, California

Rehan Ahmed