Khalifa Ismaiel | Data portfolio

Khalifa Ismaiel

Based in El Paso, Texas

About

I graduated with a masters in economics with a concentration in data analytics. I am currently seeking opportunities to leverage my domain knowledge in economics and my newfound skills in data science and machine learning.

Skills

Projects

Employee Attrition Analysis

The goal is to identify patterns in the characteristics of employees who leave the organization and use the information to predict if an employee is at risk of attrition. This information will be used to target them with incentives.

Amazon Product Recommendation System

The objective was to extract meaningful insights from the data and build a recommendation system that helps in recommending products to online consumers.

FoodHub Order Analysis

The objective was to analyze order data to improve restaurant demand and customer experience.

Travel Package Purchase Prediction

The objective was to identify which customer was more likely to purchase a newly introduced travel package.

Experience

2023-2024

Graduate Research Assistant

• Curate monthly newsletters for the general audience covering various economic indicators including employment, trade, border crossings, inflation, etc. in the Paso de Norte region. • Employed Python to create a competitive economic index for selected counties in Texas to make comparative analyses of economic performance. • Conducted exploratory data analysis on various macroeconomic indicators to identify trends or patterns.

Education

2023-2024

M.S. in Economics with Data Analytics - The University of Texas at El Paso

Combines economic theory with practical data science experience.

2023-2023

Data Science and Machine Learning: Making Data-Driven Decisions - MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

Introduction to Data Science, which includes courses such as predictive analytics, recommendation systems, deep learning, classification and hypothesis testing, regression, and prediction.

2013-2017

B.A. in Economics - University of Ghana

Introduction to Economics, which includes courses such as micro and macro economic theory, applied mathematics for economists, applied statistics for economists, cost and benefit analysis, etc.