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Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

Belgrade, Serbia

• Contributed to developing an event-driven, network-based methodology on the search for missing persons, aimed to streamline tracing, Protection of Family Links (PFL), and forensic processes using complex network analysis, name matching, information triangulation, data modeling, and geolocation. Contributed to the implementation and tool creation for the approach. Created and disseminated reports, presentations, manuals, and training materials for the approach.• Played an active role in executing pilot projects with ICRC France and ICRC Senegal Delegations, focusing on data processing, analysis, and coordination across PFL, Forensics, and Data. The Catania Pilot Project (CPP) established the identities of more than 500 persons from the 2015 Catania shipwreck, revealing fate of 182 missing persons. • Supported the Spanish Red Cross in the Missing and Deceased Migrants Project, increasing the resolution rate of missing cases on the Atlantic migration route. • Acted as a core team member in the Ocean Viking Salamat Project, in collaboration with IFRC and SOS Mediterranée, transmitting Safe and Well messages to rescued migrants' families. Developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), workflows, and data flows, facilitating the distribution of over 1,000 messages across 50 countries. • Managed the production of two "Restoring Family Links (RFL) activities for migrants going to Europe" reports for 2019 and 2020, revising the survey questionnaire, collaborating with stakeholders, and consolidating data. Developed data visualizations, researched RFL and migration trends, and created a comprehensive migration routes map. Facilitated collaborations with IFRC, Geneva (GVA), and other parties to shape the future survey format, incorporating main questions into GVA's annual M&E survey.

Baghdad, Iraq

• Collaborated with the regional protection data analyst on a detention flow analysis that mapped the transfer of detainees between detention places across the country. The analysis also gives probabilities of the next possible movement based on the location of arrest and initial detention place.• Developed a replicable events-based analysis approach to help the ICRC's Protection department respond to the large caseload of missing persons, focusing on the main Iraqi governorates with the highest numbers of missing people after the Islamic State group events.• Collaborated with the regional protection data analyst to create methodologies that help clarify the fate of the missing and develop tools that assess patterns of concern related to violence, discrimination against civilians, and the conduct of hostilities and their aftermath. A detention flow analysis that mapped detainee transfers, providing probabilities of the next possible movement was also developed.• Worked on an identity matching tool to compare names in different databases across contexts, aiding in case resolution and de-duplication.

Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan

• Ensured data quality and integrity for Protection-related data (Tracing, Detention, PCP) in CRM (Prot6), prepared monitoring and analytical reports, and maintained organized filing systems.• Supported Restoring Family Links (RFL) Deputy CoProt in analyzing the RFL caseload, managing requests, and creating the RFL Snapshot as well as with the dispatch of Red Cross Messages (RCM).• Conducted detention-related interviews with families of detainees, provided ad-hoc statistics and analysis for Tracing/Protection of Civilian Population (PCP) activities in South Sudan, and assisted in preparing ICRC standard statistics and reports.

Beirut, Lebanon

• Collected the different departments business requirements and needs • Collaborated with the various teams (Sales, Software development project management and monitoring, HR, etc.) by analyzing their data sets to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies, as well as create data visualizations to present the findings in a clear and comprehensible manner enabling the company to make informed, data-driven decisions.• Implemented charts, reports, what-if scenarios and KPIs related to each departmental need.• Worked in a highly agile environment managed by Jira, Atlassian’s agile project management platform.

• Analyzing the client’s business requirements and needs.• Setting up the optimal data model/architecture for data consolidation.• On-site implementation of charts, reports, what-if scenarios and KPIs related to different business modules, i.e. Sales, Inventory, Education, Call Center, Finance.• Worked with more than 12 customers covering project implementations, consultancy and proof of concepts, i.e: Dubai Road and Transport Authority (RTA), UNICEF, Bank of Beirut, Bank Audi, USEK, International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), J.C. Yared & Fils, Zoran SAL, Indevco, Morgan International, Prunelle, Arab Air Carriers Organization• Helped customers make better decisions and gain a better understanding of their data by providing value-added insights within innovative solutions using Tableau, Microsoft PowerBI, MicroStrategy, and QlikSense.• Participated in workshops and business review sessions with a consultative approach in delivering results.• Provided training, support and best practice advice for technical and business users.• Provided internal training for new employees on Tableau fundamentals and advanced concepts as well as Informatica PowerCenter Foundation boot camp.• Implemented data integration workflows used for various ends: data warehousing, data quality, data profiling, dashboards, etc. using the Informatica platform.• Attended the Informatica World conference 2016

Byblos

- Taught the CSC 326 Operating Systems Lab- Supported the associate dean of the computer science department in the area of data analytics and visualization research.

Master'S Degree, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science