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Ahmed Malik

Ahmed Malik

Data Analyst
Berlin,Germany

Summary

Data Analyst with 4+ years of experience leveraging Python, SQL, and Power BI to translate complex data into clear business value across the finance, non-profit, higher education, and real estate sectors. Specialized in building automated pipelines, integrating practical AI workflows and developing predictive models that reduce operational costs and streamline decision-making. A collaborative problem-solver dedicated to fostering a strong data culture and equipping cross-functional teams with reliable, actionable insights.

Overview

8
8
years of post-secondary education
8
8
years of professional experience

Work history

Data analyst

Solochoicez Pvt. Ltd
Islamabad, Pakistan (Remote), Pakistan
12.2023 - 05.2026

Global B2B IT consultancy optimizing systems for finance, SaaS, and retail clients

  • Eliminated 10+ hours of manual reporting weekly by replacing legacy Excel workflows with self-serve Power BI dashboards.
  • Ensured 100% data accuracy in recurring reports by converting manual SQL calculations into automated, Airflow-scheduled dbt models on AWS Redshift.
  • Reduced loan-demand forecast error (MAPE) by 22% against the baseline model by training Temporal Fusion Transformer models in AWS SageMaker.
  • Identified high-risk loan defaults with 87% prediction accuracy (F1) by engineering an ensemble machine learning model using PyTorch (CatBoost, NN, SVM).
  • Accelerated team issue resolution by integrating a Claude debugging workflow into weekly SQL and dbt code reviews.

Data Scientist

Data-Driven Streets
Washington D.C, USA
07.2023 - 12.2023

Civic tech nonprofit leveraging open data to enhance urban road safety

  • Reduced processing time for 20K+ weekly crash records from 8 hours to 10 minutes by building an AWS (S3, Glue, Lambda, Athena) ETL pipeline.
  • Streamlined the identification of cycling crashes with 92% precision by fine-tuning a MiniBERT classifier on thousands of police radio transcripts using Hugging Face.
  • Prioritized 12 high-risk roads for urban safety funding by applying anomaly detection in Python to historical crash patterns.

Data Analyst

Kogod School of Business
Washington D.C, USA
07.2022 - 07.2023
  • Accelerated applicant processing by restructuring the old database to relational database architecture (3NF) for 3K+ annual profiles.
  • Saved $700K in marketing costs by clustering low-conversion prospect segments using K-Medoids in Python.
  • Increased email click-through rate by 17% by running statistically powered A/B tests on message variants.
  • Streamlined counselor outreach for high-probability enrollments by building a logistic-regression ranking model on historical funnel data using Python.
  • Eliminated ad-hoc SQL report requests by centralizing campaign performance tracking into automated Tableau dashboards and ETL pipelines.

Data Analyst Intern

Ventera Corporation
Arlington, USA
05.2022 - 07.2022

IT consultancy modernizing US federal and commercial systems

  • Reduced API response time by 43% by optimizing PostgreSQL stored procedures for multi-million-record workflows (CRUD).

Sales and Marketing Associate

The Avenue 3
Islamabad, Pakistan
06.2018 - 12.2020

Commercial and residential property developer

  • Guided localized marketing strategies by collaborating with the sales team to conduct qualitative competitor analysis and market research.
  • Built a pipeline of prospective buyers through direct client networking and communicating property value propositions at promotional events.

Education

Master of Science - Data Science

University of Rochester
Rochester, USA
09.2023 - 05.2025

Master of Science - Data Analytics

The American University
Washington DC, USA
01.2021 - 05.2023

Bachelor of Business Administration - Marketing

National University of Sciences and Technology
Islamabad, Pakistan
09.2014 - 06.2018

Skills

  • Programming & Databases: Python, SQL, PostgreSQL
  • BI & Analytics: Power BI, Tableau, Google Analytics
  • Data Engineering & Cloud: AWS, dbt, Airflow, PySpark, Databricks, Delta Lake
  • Machine Learning & AI: PyTorch, MLflow, Hugging Face
  • Tools: Git, REST APIs
  • Languages: English (C2), Urdu (Native), German (A2, actively learning)

Timeline

Data analyst

Solochoicez Pvt. Ltd
12.2023 - 05.2026

Master of Science - Data Science

University of Rochester
09.2023 - 05.2025

Data Scientist

Data-Driven Streets
07.2023 - 12.2023

Data Analyst

Kogod School of Business
07.2022 - 07.2023

Data Analyst Intern

Ventera Corporation
05.2022 - 07.2022

Master of Science - Data Analytics

The American University
01.2021 - 05.2023

Sales and Marketing Associate

The Avenue 3
06.2018 - 12.2020

Bachelor of Business Administration - Marketing

National University of Sciences and Technology
09.2014 - 06.2018
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