Ahmed Ali
Data Scientist
Based in New York, NY, USA
About
Data science professional with a strong foundation in statistics, machine learning, generative AI, analytics, and visualization, complemented by a Master’s degree in Data Science. My career spans several years of experience across diverse industries, including telecommunications, logistics, consulting, and education, where I've led and contributed to projects that significantly enhanced operational efficiencies, influenced product roadmap, increased customer retention, and enabled data-driven decision-making processes.
Skills
Projects
Experience
2022-2023
Data Scientist at Cox Communications
Led the analytics support for building a Supply Chain Visibility product that used information emitted by our trackers (think of it as Apple air tags) and provided customers with a 360-degree view with granularity about assets at all times. About 65% of my role would involve building and maintaining the analytics side of the product offering, experimenting with new product features, trying out AI/ML algorithms, experimenting with Generative AI technologies, building automated pipelines, and preparing data for analytics. About 35% or so involves Keeping the Lights On (KTLO) which includes defining metrics to track organizational key results (OKRs), building business dashboards and visualization, and presenting at the Monthly Business Review.
Sept 2022 - Nov 2022
Data Analytics Consultant
Guided the company in establishing a foundation in data science by integrating metric tracking and visualization systems into their operations.
Dec 2021 - Sept 2022
Associate at New Jersey Institute of Technology
1. Data Science Associate: Helped leadership summarize university performance in a nutshell through dashboards, conducted data analysis to analyze trends of enrollment distribution, restructured data warehouse, initiated data documentation process, and built predictive models. 2. Research Associate: - Researched and tested hypotheses on student engagement in course offerings by building statistical models showing the relation between driving forces and collected metrics and presented findings via presentation and write-up for a research paper. - Guided students in comprehending statistical course concepts by teaching them and creating course material in collaboration with the professor.
2019 - 2021
Analyst at BSE Consultants
Worked as an analyst where I collected and analyzed data based on previous installations, and investigated market trends to equip buildings with the latest technology. I also managed large-scale projects ranging from residential to commercial infrastructure in collaboration with clients and contractors.
2024-2025
Data Scientist at Intuit
Led the analytics support for sales, marketing, and growth teams by collaborating cross-functionally to gather requirements, define metrics, and develop strategic business recommendations and comprehensive reports, driving informed decisions.
2025-Present
Senior Data Scientist at Intuit
Education
2021 - 2023
MS Data Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology
GPA: 4.0 Activities and societies: 1. Project Manager @ Google Student Developer Club 2. Vice President of Data Analytics @ Data Science Club 3. Student Interest Group (SIG) Machine Learning Leader @ Association of Computing Machinery.
Sept 2017 - Jan 2018
Exchange Semester at University of Southern Denmark
2014 - 2018
BS Mechanical Engineering from Kaunas University of Technology
Harvard CS50: Introduction to Computer Science Certificate
Aug 2022
Academy Accredition - Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals Cerificate
Jan 2024
Generative AI with Large Language Models Certificate from AWS