Farzana Shaheen

Data & Business Intelligence Management Managing overall Data Analytics team inclusive of Data Engineering, Analytics, Power BI, and Product Management for multiple research projects. Implementation of FHIR data standards and machine learning models for research publications. • Research Projects and Stakeholder Management Manage research portfolios of AKU, Gates Foundation, and other funding agencies as data and digital point of contact.

Managing a portfolio of five research projects on Maternal and Neonatal health, with a core focus on developing predictive models using machine learning algorithms for targeted interventions to reduce mortality ratios. Extensive utilization of Azure SQL, Postgres, and Python to extract and transform data for reporting, quality checks, and analytics. Leading BI team, handling data KPIs, optimizing data models, and managing dashboards across the organization using Power BI and Fabric.

Business Analysis Globally managed technical projects for AKU stakeholders, particularly in East Africa and Pakistan. Successfully managed 15+ projects spanning four technical portfolios: Finance, Supply Chain, Hospital, Academics, and Labs and Outreach. Created business analysis, process flow, and data mapping documents for technical systems spanning multiple portfolios. Achieved 100% automation of PMO reporting by eliminating MS Excel and establishing a data warehouse.

As a Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst, some of the key tasks and responsibilities may include: Gathering and analyzing business requirements: BI analysts work with business stakeholders to understand their reporting and analysis needs, and translate those requirements into functional specifications.

• Manage information technology and business systems • Plan, organize, control and evaluate IT and electronic data operations • Design, develop, implement and coordinate systems, policies and procedures • Ensure security of data, network access and backup systems • Act in alignment with user needs and system functionality to contribute to organizational policy • Preserve assets, information security and control structures

• Coordinate in the implementation, configuration, and execution of IT projects • Requirement analysis, requirement specification, implementation, configuration, testing and analysis of software systems and projects across the company. • Lead business application projects as manager and trainer