Imaad Shaik.
DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER BY ❤️
DATA CONSULTANT BY 🛠️
01 About
Design-driven Engineer with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for lifelong learning. Currently maximizing value for customers as a Data Consultant at Bofor Oy. My philosophy is to always design processes and solutions around the users needs.
Other than work, you can either find me cycling or flying my "second" drone (please don't ask 🙈)
02 EXPERTISE
PROFICIENCY IN VARIOUS TASKS
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
75%
DATA ANALYSIS / VISUALIZATION
95%
DATA WAREHOUSING (Serverless)
80%
DATA MIGRATION / SSIS
85%
RPA / VIRTUAL AGENTS
80%
MICROSOFT POWER PLATFORM
75%
AZURE SYNAPSE ANALYSIS
80%
AI/ML
50%
DEDICATION
100%
03 PORTFOLIO
MY LATEST WORK
04 Experience
SEPT 2017 - JUNE 2018
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Aim: To radically change the way we transport water in the future (2030) so as to avoid $ 1 Trillion pipe replacement costs in the USA
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Identified key stakeholders and conducted need finding to gather insights on how people feel about the water they currently use
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Built and tested the prototype on our users to gain insight on user behavior which lead to the creation of the final concept
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Responsible for visualizing the concept with a 3D animation
Sponsored by Xylem Inc. in collaboration with Aalto University & Stanford University
SEPT 2017 - JAN 2018
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Aim: To suggest ideas to improve the order management system for Arctech machine shop
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Observed and conducted contextual interviews with the shop floor employees to know the current practice and tricks
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Built and tested a prototype of the system to optimize the order placement and tracking service
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Created a detailed user manual
Sponsored by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Oy in collaboration with Aalto University
SEPT 2016 - MAY 2017
Project Manager
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Aim: To simplify the communication protocol between 5 Control systems within the vessel and the onshore
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Managed a team of 12 students, 9 from Finland and 3 from Portugal and responsible for allocating €10,000 budget efficiently
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Identified a critical issue with the dead man alarm and suggested an integration which would reduce the warning time by a factor of 5
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Responsible for designing UI of the system and modeling the 3D models of the system in Creo Parametric and animating it with Blender
Sponsored by ABB Marine in collaboration with Aalto University & Politécnico do Porto
FEB 2016 - MAY 2016
GT&TC
CNC Machinist - Trainee
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Writing manual codes for CNC Mill and Turn
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Generating CNC codes from the 3D CAD file
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Using SIEMENS SINUTRAIN to code for the SIEMENS Sinumerik 840d
MARCH 2010 - APRIL 2016
KAT RACING
Various
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Making sure the vehicle is in race worthy condition for the riders
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Taking care of the Registrations
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Team Photographer
JAN 2013 - JAN 2016
INTERNSHIPS
Automotive Development Internship
Ezenith Education, Bangalore
Basic of Fabrication
Elite Engineering Industries, Mangalore
Bosch Gasoline Management, Diesel Engine Management & Vehicle Diagnosis
Bosch Training Center, Bangalore
General Vehicle Servicing
Bharath Auto Cars Pvt. Ltd., Mangalore
JUNE 2018
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Aim: To create a formula for customer happiness using automated data collection and the principles of Machine learning
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Conducted contextual interviews with the end users to understand their emotions when they use their mobile network
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Conceptualized the workflow and prototyped the design of the system to get meaningful input data
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Were the winners of the challenge among 17 other teams
Sponsored by Nokia Oy
NOV 2018 - MAY 2019
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Aim: To propose a tailored QFD process to utilize in the ship modularization process
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Identifying the required steps for QFD based on the ISO 16355 standards
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Implementing the process in the Shipyard and iterating the process
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Observing the challenges and reducing its effect in the recommended QFD approach
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This thesis help me build a strong understanding about the importance of user needs in a new development project, which has led me create impactful and functional reports in my current role
JUNE 2019 - SEPT 2020
DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER
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Part BI Develper, part PMO for Outfitting Department overseeing 10+ projects
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Created departmental level Power BI reports based on the user needs
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Project Engineer for the Outfitting projects supporting the Project Managers
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Skills acquired: Project Management, KPI Generation, BI Best Practices
SEPT 2020 - APRIL 2022
BI DEVELOPEMENT ENGINEER
As one of the BI development engineer, I was responsible for
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Gather reporting needs from the business (personnel) perspective
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Figuring out the best data model & working with the end users to form the report views
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Develop BI reports & distribute it to the end users
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Main tools used for development: Power BI, Power Query / VBA (when report is needed in excel)
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Skills acquired: Effective communication, Data wrangling with DB, working with DB, Managing multiple level projects
APRIL 2022 - PRESENT
DATA CONSULTANT
As a Data Consultant, I work along with our clients and our team to maximize value out of their data. Specifically,
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Collaborating with customers, sales team and technical architects to understand the requirements and suggest the best approach
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Creating and maintaining analytics reports for 5+ large to medium scale Finnish companies
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Educating and suggesting best practices for data analysis and engineering
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Owning and leading internal data engineering, data analysis, integration and helping AI development efforts within Bofor
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Creating and executing custom data migration solutions from on-premise to cloud for 2 of the largest Finnish financial institutions
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Skills acquired: Managing customer relationship; Team work; Azure Synapse Analysis; Azure Data Factory; Azure DevOps; SSMS; SSIS; Microsoft Copilots (former PVA); Dynamics 365; Power Platform; Microsoft Fabric
GET IN TOUCH
If you would like to collaborate or break some bones, please feel free to drop me a message 😎
