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Umayr Sheik

Co-Founder

Dubai, United Arab Emirates6 yrs experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • 7+ years of data-led problem-solving experience.
  • Proven track record in building scalable data solutions.
  • Expertise in AI implementation and advanced modeling.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a data-driven professional with expertise in AI and analytics across e-commerce and mobility sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Project ManagementProduct ManagementProduct DevelopmentProblem SolvingBusiness InsightsAnalyticsData ManipulationData AnalyticsCustomer RetentionData AnalysisData ScienceBusiness AnalysisData VisualizationAutomation

Other Skills

AI AgentsAsanaBig Data AnalyticsBusiness Intelligence (BI)Business Process ImprovementBusiness StrategyCustomer AcquisitionCustomer ExperienceDashboardsData MiningE-CommerceExtract, Transform, Load (ETL)Google BigQueryGoogle Data StudioGrowth Hacking

About

Combining 7+ years of data-led problem-solving experience across fast-scaling companies with a skillset that bridges technical expertise & business strategy. Background spans e-commerce, mobility, and fintech sectors throughout the Middle East, consistently transforming complex business challenges into actionable solutions. Expertise encompasses the full data spectrum - from exploratory analysis to advanced modeling and AI implementation. Specializing in identifying the right questions, designing appropriate methodologies, and delivering insights that drive strategic decisions and operational improvements. Technical and analytical foundation includes automation, data engineering, cloud architecture, machine learning systems, and systematic business analysis. Strong product sense and commercial acumen enable effective translation between technical capabilities and business value across diverse organizational contexts. Dubai-based professional with deep regional market expertise and proven track record building scalable data solutions that power growth and operational excellence.

Experience

6 yrs
Total Experience
1 yr 6 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Self-employed

Technical Co-Founder

Oct 2023Jul 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Led end-to-end development of AI ventures from concept to market, including successful SaaS exit and six-figure enterprise implementations across engagement, retail intelligence, and marketplace automation.
  • Built and successfully exited multilingual AI engagement platform serving event industry clients
  • Developed AI-powered catalog personalization system; secured letters of intent from major GCC hypermarket chains
  • Product-managed AI career guidance platform; secured partnership agreements with 3 universities
  • Delivered six-figure AI-augmented marketplace solution for enterprise client in dental equipment sector
  • Founded and scaled parallel used-car trading venture during tenure
  • Led cross-functional R&D teams up to 5 members; shipped production chatbots, voice agents, and recommendation systems
  • Managed full product lifecycle across engineering, design, sales, and marketing functions
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Project ManagementProblem SolvingData AnalyticsLangChainLarge Language Model Operations (LLMOps)+15

Careem

Senior Analyst

Feb 2022Oct 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Sole analyst for Careem Plus subscription program with direct P&L responsibility; drove strategic growth initiatives and built end-to-end analytics infrastructure supporting multi-city operations.
  • Owned comprehensive program analytics across growth, retention, and monetization; powered weekly executive business reviews and strategic roadmap decisions
  • Built and managed complete data warehouse and automation engine handling 100+ ETL processes and ML workflows
  • Designed and executed A/B testing framework for features, pricing, and personalization; delivered significant improvements in user engagement and payment success
  • Developed customer segmentation and targeting strategies; created data-driven campaigns addressing key churn drivers
  • Deployed NLP models on user feedback to surface actionable insights for product and retention improvements
  • Led analytics for Dineout platform launch; built hybrid recommendation system driving discovery and conversion improvements
  • Applied geospatial analytics for market expansion and targeted campaign optimization across 3-city footprint
  • Coordinated cross-functional initiatives spanning Growth, Product, Marketing, Engineering, and C-suite stakeholders
Business InsightsProject ManagementProblem SolvingSocial Media MarketingBusiness StrategyProduct Management+19

Swvl

2 roles

Data Scientist

Promoted

Jan 2021Feb 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Team Lead for Supply Matching R&D pod managing 2 Research Software Engineers; developed and deployed algorithmic solutions for live dispatch optimization with direct operational impact.
  • Researched and implemented maximum-flow algorithm for live dispatch and emergency-ride optimization; containerized solution and deployed to production with zero downtime
  • Led end-to-end productionalization from research to field deployment; compressed lab-to-production timeline to under 5 months through cross-functional coordination
  • Built real-time operational dashboards enabling 24/7 monitoring of ride and backup-captain performance metrics across multiple cities
  • Developed backup-distribution optimization model reducing captain idle time and improving demand fulfillment through predictive capacity planning
  • Managed third-party vendor integrations for IVR components; established SLAs and secure data exchange protocols
  • Partnered with Strategy team on demand forecasting models feeding monthly P&L planning and capacity decisions
  • Led quarterly roadmaps and agile development processes for research engineering team
Business InsightsProduct ManagementProject ManagementProblem SolvingOperations ResearchBusiness Strategy+13

Business Analyst

Jul 2020Jan 2021 · 6 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Owned Ops analytics as part of Central Analytics; researched and built an in‑ride movement system and pioneered containerized data stack for real‑time decision‑making.
  • Partnered with VP Operations to set OKRs, surface daily Ops KPIs and turn insights into on‑ground actions.
  • Led in‑ride movement engine: IVR workflow auto‑detected down‑rides, alerted backup captains and raised captain reliability; received recognition from CEO.
  • Ran cohort & retention modelling that informed performance‑bonus tiers, improving captain stickiness and utilization.
  • Designed & launched Ops data platform streamlining ETLs, reporting and automations; reduced ad‑hoc query latency significantly.
  • Built churn‑prediction model for down‑rides, boosting overall ride completion 8%.
  • Rolled out dispatch‑window experiment (3‑day to 5‑day horizon); A/B results showed significant CTR to ride‑details screen improvements.
  • Authored actual‑vs‑estimate framework in Python; mobility network changes now vetted through tool before launch.
  • Developed search‑to‑conversion dashboard pinpointing funnel drop‑offs; insights fed weekly growth sprints.
  • Founded internship program: hired & mentored 3 analysts, delivering API integrations and dashboard projects.
Data AnalysisData VisualizationAnalyticsPython (Programming Language)Business AnalysisProblem Solving+10

Noon

2 roles

Business Analyst

Dec 2018Jul 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

  • High impact analyst; led 2‑analyst pod, built rules‑based pricing engine (‑60% pricing errors, >2.5m AED savings) & built C-Level dashboards
  • Built & launched rules‑based pricing engine to govern pricing thresholds, slashing price errors 60% across entire catalog.
  • Mentored 2 analysts; allocated ad‑hoc requests, codified SQL best‑practices and drove cross‑functional delivery with Ops, Commercial & CX.
  • Owned Ops/Catalog/Pricing data‑mart; orchestrated ETL via internal Airflow, ensuring SLA‑compliant fresh data for 70+ stakeholders.
  • Built central inventory‑health dashboard: highlighted dead stock & sell‑through rate, lifting inventory health
  • Produced real‑time Yellow Friday sale war‑room reports; CTR, GV, conversion, low‑stock alerts—enabling minute‑by‑minute campaign tweaks.
  • Built survey system launching NPS pipeline that raised response rate & mapped pain‑points to responsible business units (FastAPI + ReactJS).
  • Led analytics workstream for Noon × Dubai Mall partnership; KPI framework & dashboards to manage out of stock cancellations
AnalyticsData VisualizationProject ManagementData AnalysisPython (Programming Language)Business Analysis+14

Intern

Oct 2018Dec 2018 · 2 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

  • Analytics & Operations intern, Managed 500k+ coupon campaign (15% CVR, AED 4m+ GMV)
  • Crafted coupon tracking system based on assigning serial number ranges to distribution zones/partners
  • Built end‑to‑end Data Studio dashboards for issuance, activation, cart mix and AOV, enabling daily optimization.
  • Conducted SKU‑price outlier detection with advanced Excel formulas & scripts, preventing margin‑eroding mis‑prices on live products.
  • Analyzed pick‑pack‑ship data with Marketplace Ops; insights raised order‑fulfilment rate by 5 percentage points.
  • Strengthened grasp of warehouse, last‑mile logistics and BTL marketing mechanics through on‑floor rotations.
Business InsightsData AnalysisAnalyticsProblem SolvingDashboardsWarehouse Operations+8

Sas

Intern

Jun 2017Jun 2017 · 0 mo · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Summer Intern, SAS Professional Services, built Python scripts to automate document organization and created a C# document‑discovery tool that supported back office staff and deployment teams on client sites.
  • Developed Python automation to classify, archive and surface service documents, removing repetitive manual steps. Achieved via deep document parsing (Word, PDF etc) and excel spreadsheet based config/auditing resulting in nested directory structuring and templated file names for discovery.
  • Built a C# utility for full‑text search across  SOPs/WOs etc, accelerating engineer look‑ups during engagements.
  • Shadowed senior consultants on Dubai banking & telco deployments.
  • Updated internal knowledge base and onboarding notes, improving new‑hire ramp‑up on tooling and workflows.
Problem SolvingData ManipulationPython (Programming Language)AutomationStakeholder Management

Education

University of Wollongong in Dubai

Bachelor of IT In Management Information Systems (BIT MIS) — Information Technology Project Management

Jan 2014Jan 2018

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