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Fahad Hassan

@fahadhassan1

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Senior Data Scientist with expertise in AI solutions and analytics.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I seek a dynamic role where I can leverage my AI expertise to drive impactful projects, foster innovation, and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

I am a Senior Data Scientist with over 8 years of experience in building AI solutions across various industries, including Fintech, Healthcare, and E-commerce. My journey has been marked by a commitment to transforming raw data into actionable insights that drive revenue and market dominance for clients. I have collaborated with PhDs in AI research, contributing to advancements in data and AI, with published research at the intersection of AI and Quantitative Finance.

Throughout my career, I have mastered Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Data Engineering. I have led teams of data scientists and engineers, mentoring them while streamlining project delivery. My work has included developing AI-powered fraud detection models, automating risk assessments, and optimizing data governance workflows. I take pride in my ability to enhance operational efficiency and decision-making speed through innovative data solutions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

AI Architect

inDrive

May 2024 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Engineered a Kubernetes-based infrastructure with Terraform, leveraging Control Plane to dynamically allocate resources for AI model training and inference, optimizing performance and cost efficiency. Enabled ultra-low-latency AI applications such as recommendation systems, fraud detection, and autonomous decision-making systems in cloud-native environments.

Kubernetes Terraform AI Training Model Inference Recommendation Systems Fraud Detection Cloud Native Data Governance

Principal AI Engineer

Turing

Dec 2023 - Present (1 year 8 months)

Developed AI-powered fraud detection and credit risk models, automating manual risk assessments and reducing the need for human intervention. Built data pipelines to process real-time financial data, eliminating manual data handling and improving risk analysis efficiency.

AI Fraud Detection Credit Models Data Pipelines MLOps CI CD Cloud Infrastructure

Lead Data Scientist

Dastgyr

Oct 2022 - Present (2 years 10 months)

Led the implementation of the Data Science roadmap aligned with the organization's goals and technological capabilities, managing a team of 12 Data Scientists and Data Engineers. Defined the company's data strategy, including data acquisition and governance, to ensure the integrity of data in strategic decision-making.

Team Management Data Strategy Data Governance Docker

Senior Data Science Consultant

Systems Limited

Jan 2021 - Present (4 years 7 months)

Mentored the Machine Learning team at a leading Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company during MetaBio2.0, designing and developing a scalable healthcare ecosystem. Implemented EMR on Amazon EKS, enabling 5 AI use cases and optimizing containerized workloads for scalability, security, and high availability via FastAPI.

Machine Learning Healthcare Ecosystem AI Based Solutions HIPAA)GDPR Data Governance Amazon EKS fastAPI Data Discovery

Data Science Consultant

Sciensus Ltd

Sep 2019 - Present (5 years 11 months)

Developed end-to-end pipelines for managing large language models using Hugging Face's Transformers library, combined with automated retraining and version control with DVC and MLflow. Implemented quantization and distillation techniques, which improved inference speed by 13.5% and enabled scalable, low-latency AI applications.

Data Analysis Large Language Models MLFlow Model Quantization Distillation Onnx Torch.Quantization NLP

Machine Learning Engineer

Afiniti

Feb 2017 - Present (8 years 6 months)

Led AI for Afiniti's V6 evaluator product, collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize call routing outcomes. Automated model performance monitoring to dynamically update hyperparameters in production, as per best practices in MLOps.

AI AI Call Routing Model Monitoring Hyperparameter Tuning MLOps Data Quality Machine Learning Engineering

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Lahore University of Management Sciences

BS Mathematics, Mathematics

Grade: High Distinction

Activities and societies: General Secretary of Mathematics Society, TA and Student-led Research Grant recipient (2020-21)

Graduated with High Distinction (4th in Mathematics batch), specializing in Data Science, ML and Quantitative Finance. Served as General Secretary of Mathematics Society, TA and Student-led Research Grant recipient (2020-21).