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Dubai, Ae

New York, Ny, Us

Fair Pattern is a 20 year old Minority owned enterprise with offices in New York, Dubai, India and Bangladesh. We are a group of experienced project managers, developers, analysts with 20+ years of experience in delivering projects and resources using cutting edge Ai / ML and Cloud technology. We have been in the project consulting and delivery space for 2 decades and have catered to some large Fortune 500 companies such as Moet Hennessy, RBS bank, City of Houston, NY Department of Planning and more. Dynamic and results-oriented AI/ML, Cloud and Product development consultant with a proven track record of leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive business growth and innovation. Equipped with a strong background in machine learning algorithms, data analysis, and software engineering, I am dedicated to delivering tailored solutions that optimize processes, enhance decision-making, and unlock value for clients across diverse industries.Our Work: Led Generative AI/ML projects from inception to delivery, collaborating closely with clients to understand their business objectives and requirementsConducted exploratory data analysis and feature engineering to extract meaningful insights from large datasetsDeveloped and implemented machine learning models to solve various business challenges, such as predictive maintenance, demand forecasting, and customer segmentationDeployed models into production environments and monitored their performance, iterating as necessary to ensure optimal results

Old Greenwich, Ct, Us

• Successfully managed an online simulation product called Websim, that lets users back test financial models using python codes or alpha expressions on a set of market data for TOP 3000 US stocks• Setup Jira Agile Scrum to migrate issue lists from BugZilla and drove developers and other BA’s to utilize Jira for sprint based deliveries• Delivered several business requirement documents along with flow diagrams and use cases for multiple projects within Websim• Successfully managed the delivery of converting Websim web version to a fully featured mobile application for Iphone and Ipad along with a 60 page mobile application Functional Requirement • Actively involved with QA test cases, UAT testing and release management• Researched and helped setup MYDBR, a MySQL based tool to create Ad hoc reports utilizing MySQL stored procedures• Wrote MySQL queries on a regular basis for Ad hoc management reports • Gained knowledge in trading simulation, Sharpe ratio, Correlation of Alphas, Turnover, Drawdown, PNL

Gogarburn, Gb

RBS Group – OCT 2013 – PresentProject Manager / Business Analyst• Successfully delivered a high visibility project on time and on budget to be used by the US Treasury and other high profile Investors• Delivered a 72 page Business and Functional requirement document for the RBSMobile project. This project is a thin iPad client that tiers with several service layers to bring in confidential strategy articles from RBS analysts and 3rd parties round the clock as well as Market data and charts for FX, Rates, CDX, ABS, MBS, Equities, Commodities, etc.• Delivered technical requirement document with data flow, web service flow, caching rule and security architecture by collaborating with tech lead• Created project plan, work breakdown, time estimation and planned resources for the project• Conducted regular business stakeholder Agile sessions, managed client expectations, risks and delivered project plan and updates every Friday on a weekly status review• Thorough understanding of the entire SOA architecture for this project as it harvested and pulled data from multiple different SOAP / XML web services as well as Rest based services• One of the key achievement of this project was to automate the testing of iOS builds using built in Xcode Automation scripts which covered 95% of the test cases. Performed performance benchmark tests and memory performance by using Xcode Instruments. • Utilized agile development methodology with a 2 weeks sprint based delivery, maintained Project Plans, JIRA, SVN repository, TFS for developer defects tracking• Strict QA process was implemented with QA team with daily defect management sessions after Beta release. • Ipad app was approved by Apple store within 24 hours of submission.

Houston, Tx, Us

• Delivered a high visibility water payment portal project initiated by Houston Mayor Anise Parker• Project Managed the City of Houston Water Bills Portal – www.houstonwaterbills.org for its conversion from classic ASP to Asp.Net / HTML 5, implemented responsive design for 320, 420 and 720 px as well as a Mobile iOS version. Managed 4 web developers and 1 QA resource to ensure timely delivery of project releases• Planned and interviewed resources for the construction and QA phase• Arranged daily scrum sessions to go over tasks and new items• Maintained Jira for task tracking and delivery status• Delivered a 165 page functional requirement document with business flow diagrams, use cases and wire frames for the City of Houston Permitting project • Utilized Agile development methodology with weekly scrum sessions for a sprint based delivery

Houston, Texas, Us

• Delivered a high usage and crucial supply chain project with $5 million budget that has 12,000 users in 80 locations• Duties involved delivering key requirements for eTrace Base, QOTD and FTL RIG applications every week with an agile development methodology• Maintained project plan for an Agile delivery and worked on project specification and architecture documents for new releases • Managed client and field expectations within the Schlumberger network in a highly challenging environment• Implemented internal software to tackle bugs and everyday maintenance • Monitored application performance, SQL indexes and application response time• Used VSTS to monitor web application load and performance• Minimized post deployment issues by having a thorough pre deployment checklist and a controlled deployment• Helped design multiple SOA to extract integral data from Etrace DB to be used in other SLB applications• Managed a team of 8 .NET developers, 2 QA, to ensure rapid delivery of key items• Presented to the board of managers every week on project status, key issues, resource issues, etc

• 8 years of intense project management experience and managed 35 offshore resources • Interviewed, hired and managed a team of 35 developers, QA engineers, architects• Managed and delivered successful projects utilizing both onshore and offshore resources in PHP5, .Net 1, 2, 3.5 MS SQL, XML, MySQL, C#, ecommerce, payment gateway integration • Worked on multiple ecommerce projects with deep understanding of user experience, adaptive sites, personalization, shopping cart management, usability and targeting the right content to the right audience, payment gateway integration, security and compliance• Successfully managed client expectation, project needs, delivery and QA with a strong focus on usability, efficiency and testing• Maintained multiple project plans and utilized Agile / Waterfall delivery methodology • Have very good knowledge on business layers, data layers, .NET architecture, Visual studio 2005 and 2008, UML, SQL Enterprise, SOAP, XML

Finance And Economics Certificate, Economics

Marketing, Marketing

Bs, Computer Science And Math