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Md Alauddin

Tech, Data And AI
Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

Summary

Innovative Data professional with 14 years of experience in data engineering & analytics. Successful in launching data-driven digital and AI products from inception to completion. Highly accomplished in influencing decision-makers and driving profitability across multiple divisions, including airline revenue management, digital marketing, digital product development, sales performance boosts. Eager to bring expertise to the growing organization in challenging new role.

Well-qualified data engineer and scientist, experienced working with vast data sets to break down information, gather relevant points and solve advanced business problems. Skilled in large scale data management, modelling, actionable analytics development. Offering ten years of experience in improving business operations.

Results-driven Computer Science professional with good technical skills, a firm grasp of business needs and an understanding of user requirements gathering. Assesses risks, troubleshoots problems and conducts tests. Excellent communication and planning abilities.

Accomplishments

  • Delivered a modern data platform on the public cloud, capable of processing terabyte-scale batch and real-time data. Primarily technical expert and team-lead for a large workstream to build out a regional data warehouse (8 brands in 6 countries) to empower business intelligence, analytics and data science use cases.
  • Delivered $20M in ROI value to the organization by building an enterprise production data platform that enables and industrialized analytics funnel and data science models that assists to boost click-through rate by 30% and improve operational efficiency by 200%.
  • Designed and implemented complex data architecture, data pipelines, data governance, DevOps processes, and production support capabilities.
  • Developed and operationalised data science use cases from inception to completion. For instance, recommender system, airline revenue optimization, digital marketing channel attribution, image compliance detection, and property valuation system.
  • Delivered a regional self-service business intelligence and data solutions for the product, sales, and marketing team that saves 40% marketing budget and generates $10M additional sales.
  • Build the first data science and data engineering team in the organization: established data governance and security framework; mentor efficient coding and scripting, team-player with excellent communication skills to disseminate results and progress internally and externally in meetings, presentations, and tech talks.
  • Guest Speaker at Google Cloud Summit Kuala Lumpur; Shared AirAsia (2018) and REA Group Asia (2019) data journey.
  • Published Google Case Study on Using data analysis to gain insights and AWS Case Study on Automated image compliance

Overview

8
8
years of post-secondary education
15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Engineering Manager, Data

REA Group Asia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
06.2018 - Current
  • Designed, IT architect, implemented Google Cloud Platform based ETL, Streaming and ML Platform, capable of ingesting/processing millions of real-time and batch events and store in Data lake; Integrate data and AI services on Amazon Web Services with mobile and web products; Developed Automated Actionable Dashboards and presented to Sales/Product/ Marketing teams and executive leadership team for data driven decision which generates $10M additional sales; Created cloud security and regulatory compliance data governance framework.
  • Optimized Digital Marketing Campaign ROI through data acquisition and data processing from Facebook, Google, and other third-party platforms.
  • Integrate them with Google Analytics performance data and calculate Cost per Lead Acquisition.
  • This optimization saves 40% of digital marketing spent.
  • Delivered Machine Learning models running in production - Achieved 9% Increased in search and Lead conversion through in-house developed Recommendation Engine.
  • Developed Image censoring model using deep learning AI model to automate content QA.
  • Launched Property Valuation Model (89% accuracy) for property agents.
  • Responsible for hiring and building exceptionally strong 20 people data science and data engineering team for Southeast Asia's leading Property Tech digital platform that operates eight brands in six different countries.

Data Science Lead

AirAsia Group Berhad
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
07.2015 - 06.2018
  • Designed, Developed cloud architecture for Airline Data Warehouse that ingests Transactional ticketing systems data and Digital Web and Mobile traffic – unstructured data, process and store in Google BigQuery Data lake.
  • Developed, Web Product Funnel, Digital Marketing, and Visitor Behaviour Analysis dashboards.
  • Funnel dashboards help products understand how product performs after new feature is released, such as drop rate, conversion rate, etc.
  • Performed Statistical Analysis and Customer Segmentation such as Price Sensitivity, Loyalty, Travel Purpose that helps 7% more customer acquisition year on year.
  • Developed Dynamic Pricing Machine Learning model using GBRT to predict daily seat sales on each Route/Flights.
  • Implement Ancillary Purchase Prediction Classification Model and used A/B testing & Personalisation campaigns to test with 10% traffic and achieved 12% raise in click rate.
  • Recommended product design changes based on personalisation experimentation results.
  • Lead team of data scientists and drive data-driven and start-up culture with Digital, Product, and Revenue management team.
  • Run POC with Microsoft Azure, AWS Redshift and GCP to select suitable Cloud data solution for AirAsia.

Senior Researcher and Technical Lead

Telekom Malaysia Research And Development
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
12.2013 - 07.2015
  • Design and develop telecom large-scale Data Warehousing on open source Big Data Platform using Hadoop, Hive, Pig, and Spark.
  • Perform innovative, descriptive, statistical significance analysis to understand Network operational equipments performance (fault rate) from different vendors and present recommendation to CTIO and Senior Tech leadership team.
  • Accomplished fault reduction by 3% via actions taken from analysis.
  • Develop Logistic Regression Classification Model to Detect Network Fault on Customer Devices upfront using various Network probe system logs.

Manager

Data Modeling and Reporting | Robi Axiata Limited
Dhaka, Bangladesh
08.2011 - 11.2013
  • Develop data model for postpaid and prepaid customer profiling in Oracle.
  • Accountable for producing and delivering Ad Hoc analysis and Business Intelligence reporting by writing Complex SQL for internal Market Operation team such as Product, CRM, Research.
  • Multi-SIM user’s Prediction ML model development with 88% accuracy.
  • Process development and required actions plan for better automation of reports.
  • Secondment to Axiata Intelligence Unit Projects in Kuala Lumpur in 2012.
  • Developed Customer Experience Management Data Model and KPI, Insights for Telecom Operators.

Business Intelligence Team Lead

Metatude Asia Ltd.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
09.2007 - 07.2011
  • Develop, maintain support IT Operation related dashboards for 8 European clients in SAP Business Objects.
  • Lead and coordinate engineering team for on-time delivery.

Analyst Programmer

Synesis IT Ltd
Dhaka, Bangladesh
06.2006 - 08.2007
  • Developed Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software for US Clients.
  • Completed requirement analysis and write software in Java and reporting modules in JasperSoft.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Engineering

Khulna University Of Engineering And Technology
Khulna, Bangladesh
09.2000 - 09.2004

Master of Science - Information Technology Researcher

Multimedia University
Cyberjaya, Malaysia
04.2017 - 06.2021

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Skills

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Quote

There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins

Timeline

Engineering Manager, Data

REA Group Asia
06.2018 - Current

Master of Science - Information Technology Researcher

Multimedia University
04.2017 - 06.2021

Data Science Lead

AirAsia Group Berhad
07.2015 - 06.2018

Senior Researcher and Technical Lead

Telekom Malaysia Research And Development
12.2013 - 07.2015

Manager

Data Modeling and Reporting | Robi Axiata Limited
08.2011 - 11.2013

Business Intelligence Team Lead

Metatude Asia Ltd.
09.2007 - 07.2011

Analyst Programmer

Synesis IT Ltd
06.2006 - 08.2007

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Engineering

Khulna University Of Engineering And Technology
09.2000 - 09.2004
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