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My New Project

Planning a Trip to Paris with the OpenAI API

My New Course

Introduction to Python

My New Project

Planning a Trip to Paris with the OpenAI API

Data whisperer, unlocking the secrets hidden within the numbers.

My Work

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Understanding Artificial Intelligence

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Working with the OpenAI API

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Introduction to Python

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Understanding Artificial Intelligence

DataCamp Course Completion

Take a look at all the courses I’ve completed on DataCamp.

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Introduction to Python
Understanding Artificial Intelligence
Working with the OpenAI API
AI Ethics

My Work Experience

Where I've interned and worked during my career.

London Borough of Lambeth | Jun 2023 - Sep 2023

Digital Product Manager

• Worked with Assistant Director of Digital Services to define and deliver IOT and data product portfolio advancing Council's smart city initiatives and climate action plan commitments. • Led requirements gathering across seven Council Directorates, ensuring alignment with the data, digital, and technology (DDaT) strategies to create cohesive, user-focused roadmap for 20 IOT, AI, and data products. • Documented user requirements and prioritising based on business strategy and goals, establishing OKRs aligned to organisation's KPIs and business needs, putting in place plans to track progress through data to ensure improvement in service delivery. • Improved internal agile process for digital products portfolio management, use-case feasibility planning, product lifecycle planning, and identifying change management requirements. • Delivered technical direction, including specifications and infrastructure budget planning for digital product funding application.
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London Borough of Lambeth | Nov 2022 - May 2023

Project Manager, Web & Mobile

• Managed delivery of website and mobile app for The London Borough of Lambeth's Active Lambeth project for in-sourcing leisure activities • Oversaw the product lifecycle, ensuring on-time release of all committed features successfully meeting project milestones and release dates resulting in 15k app downloads within one week of launch • Owned product roadmap and projects backlog, prioritising user stories to guide iterative product improvements with backend development, front end development, content and UI design teams using agile delivery methods. • Led product risk reporting, ,documentation, training, coaching, and change management activities to ensure smooth product rollout. • Ensured adoption of, and compliance with, Government Digital Services and WCAG accessibility standards and principles, improving user experience and satisfaction.

Internet of Production Alliance | Sep 2021 - Present

Technical Lead

• Led setting strategic direction and development of technology for a global alliance developing digital infrastructure and standards for distributed manufacturing. • Managed, and contributed to software development and code reviews, including maps and GIS software, search engine, and decentralized storage utilising tech stack that includes Elixir Phoenix, Python, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL. • Led the Alliance's work in defining and testing software architecture, metadata standards and ontologies for distributed manufacturing systems using linked data (RDF) and knowledge graphs. • Championed agile methodologies to focus on lean delivery, maintainable code, and ensuring seamless adoption of standards and products.

Immersionn | May 2021 - Mar 2022

Senior Software Development Manager

• Led development team delivering multiple software projects to key clients, working with Product Director to implement effective staff selection and agile processes for start-up building a platform for 3-D immersive experiences. • Delivered continuous improvements of software development lifecycle, code reviews, testing and acceptance criteria, ensuring coherence across technology, customer service, and content development teams. • Reduced infrastructure costs by 35% by auditing and optimising AWS cloud architecture and streamlining continuous integration and application delivery (CI/CD) pipelines enabling continuous delivery and reducing release cycles from monthly to fortnightly deploys • Utilised user research and data analysis to determine the most effective strategies for product development using tech stack that includes Python, Django, JavaScript, Angular, Unity.

Open Knowledge Connective | Mar 2019 - Mar 2021

Technical Lead

• Defined project scope, planned and implemented product roadmap Built web-based platform for project and content management and community engagement • Collaborated with educational institutions to integrate the platform with institutional Learning Management Systems

Loughborough University | Dec 2018 - Present

Visiting Lecturer, Institute for Digital Technologies

• Teaching for three modules: "Digital Media and Creative Industries", "Digital Media Audiences and Markets" and "Digital Technologies for Market Analysis" as part of the MSc programme at the Institute of Digital Technologies. • Supervision and assessment of Collaborative Projects with private, public, and NGO partners involving the analysis, design and prototyping of technology solutions • Supervise student research dissertations

Immersionn | Sep 2018 - Feb 2019

Interim CTO

• Advised CEO and executive team on technology vision, trends, and investments to meet business objectives and provide technical leadership for devising investor pitch deck • Evaluated emerging technologies and drove adoption of new tech stack and Instituted agile software development processes, improving team velocity while enhancing quality

Big Think | Sep 2014 - Apr 2018

Technical Lead

• Led development of E-Learning platform for Fortune 500 clients and managed infrastructure for 2million+ monthly visits • Spearheaded adoption of modern tech stack to expand service offering and improve application response time by 50%

freelance | Jul 2014 - Present

Digital Products and Services Consultant (Freelance)

Managing software projects and delivering information technology services to clients across various industries, including education, media and manufacturing. • Planning technological and product roadmaps roadmap through to delivery • Implementing agile processes to manage software development projects and leading a team of developers to deliver product features • Developing and delivering training programmes both internally for multi- skilled teams and externally to educate clients on new solutions • Following strategic processes in product lifecycle management to reduce cost of launching new products to market and maximise profitability • Developing systems for accurately reporting key metrics to various departments and stakeholders to contribute to decision making • Identifying, assessing and recommending new technology solutions to automate existing systems, increase efficiency and reduce costs • Documenting projects completed and lessons learned to enable future product delivery, risk mitigation and milestone progression Key achievements: • Managed the development and technical operations of a web-based enterprise eLearning system used by a number of Fortune-500 companies • Developed sophisticated mobile applications and advised on web strategy for a Swiss-based leading industrial X-ray and RF technology company • Successfully managed the development and technical operations of a 2 million visits per month website with a library of 12,000 online videos • Led the curriculum development and regional management of a computer coding camp across 5 cities in the UAE, involving 25 teaching staff and 300+ students

Zeedna | May 2009 - Apr 2014

Co-Founder and CTO

• Established the business to provide a suite of hosted publishing and e- commerce tools allowing clients to easily publish content to sites • Consulted with clients on creating social networks centred around brand, organisation, group or interest to increase awareness • Led platform construction from technical architecture to staff recruitment and training, managing developers and agile product management • Utilised financial acumen to develop monetisation strategies, plan revenue modelling and pitch to investors to secure funding at multi-million USD valuation • Conducted market analysis and collaborated with the Marketing Manager to implement online marketing campaigns, resulting in several deal wins Key achievements: • Developed the business to become recognised as one of the top 10 most promising tech start-ups in the MENA region in the company’s first 2 years • Build and maintained long-term partnerships with third-party platforms for payment processing, shipping and other technical integrations

PADI | Jan 2009 - Jan 2013

Open Water Scuba Instructor (part-time)

I worked part-time (evenings and weekends) as a PADI scuba diving instructor. A hobby that turned into a serious passion for a while!

American University in Dubai (Official) | Sep 2007 - Dec 2007

Adjunct Lecturer (part-time)

Taught the Introduction to Computers (Comp 101) course.

EastNets | Jun 2004 - Aug 2005

Head of Product Development

A financial software solutions company in Dubai where I established the Product Management department for a portfolio of financial solutions including: middleware; SWIFT; anti money-laundry; financial reporting; business continuity & disaster recovery; and telecoms. My team was responsible for managing the deployment of this product portfolio across 300+ accounts and managed a number of key accounts across the MENA region.

My Education

Take a look at my formal education

Standalone course in copyright law, not part of a degree course Harvard Law School | 2015
M.Sc., TelematicsUniversity of Surrey | 1991
B.Sc. (Hons.), Communications EngineeringUniversity of Kent | 1990

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