Ahmed Raza

Data Engineering | Business Analysis | Financial Data Analytics

About Me

I'm Ahmed, a data analyst with expertise in business process engineering, project management, and financial management. I use data to build narratives and drive informed business decisions with:

Current Goals

Technologies I Use

amazon web services logo azure logo anaconda logo canva logo google cloud logo jupyter logo Kaggle logo MySQL logo python logo Rstudio logo Power BI logo

Courses & Certifications

  • Machine Learning for Trading and Finance – New York Institute of Finance
    Skills Learned: Machine Learning, Algorithmic Trading
  • Applying Data Analytics in Finance – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Skills Learned: Financial Data Analytics, Algorithmic Trading
  • SQL for Data Science – University of California, Davis
    Skills Learned: Data Science, Data Analysis
  • SQL: A Practical Guide for Querying Databases – IBM
    Skills Learned: SQL, Relational Database Management System
  • Exploratory Data Analysis in R – DataCamp
    Skills Learned: Categorical Data Analysis, R (Programming Language)
  • Data Visualization and Communication with Tableau – Duke University
    Skills Learned: Tableau, Data Visualization

Projects

  • Predictive_Analytics_Income_Data: Demonstrates predictive analytics techniques on a household dataset to predict income levels.
  • WHO-Life-Expectancy: Analyzes male and female life expectancy data across regions over the past few decades.
  • NYC_Restaurant_Analysis: Provides recommendations for increasing restaurant orders using data-driven insights.
  • Decoding-Income-Disparities: Explores income inequality in the U.S. by analyzing demographic attributes like gender, race, and age.
  • Diversity-Tech-Companies: Investigates demographic diversity in top Silicon Valley tech companies using visual analytics.
  • Travel_Review_Analysis: Examines TripAdvisor ratings across 10 categories to assess travel destination appeal.

Education

  • Hult International Business School
    MS in Business Analytics, 2025
  • Institute of Business Administration
    Master of Business Administration with concentration in Finance, 2017

Experience

  • Operations Analyst – Fuze
    Jan 2023 – Nov 2024
    • Ensured accurate trade capture, data reconciliation, and settlement by managing day-to-day operational support systems.
    • Built and maintained a weekly sales dashboard to monitor onboarding funnel metrics and identify performance trends.
    • Oversaw sales operations and streamlined client onboarding workflows, including account setup on trading platforms.
    • Collaborated with the founder to develop scalable systems and data-informed policies for People Advisory Services at the venture studio.

  • Principal Recruiter – Checkout.com
    Apr 2021 – Oct 2022
    • Managed end-to-end onboarding for commercial, tech, and engineering roles across MENA & APAC regions.
    • Spearheaded research and reporting efforts to inform recruitment strategy with data-driven market intelligence.
    • Designed and maintained dashboards to track hiring trends, benchmark competitors, and analyze talent dynamics.

  • Senior Technical Recruiter – Careem
    Nov 2016 – Apr 2021
    • Partnered with technical leaders and engineering managers to scale commercial, engineering, and product teams across Dubai, Berlin, and Karachi.
    • Analyzed recruitment and pipeline data to identify key talent metrics and built dynamic dashboards for actionable insights.
    • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement data-driven strategies that enhanced pipeline efficiency and reduced time-to-hire.

Connect with Me

📍 Boston, Massachussets
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