Kamaluddin Abdulkarim

Results-driven Statistician, Data Analyst, and Research Professional with over 10 years of experience in statistics, monitoring and evaluation, research design, impact evaluation, and data management. Experienced in designing and implementing quantitative and qualitative studies, conducting statistical modelling, data quality assurance, dashboard development, and evidence generation using modern statistical software. Strong expertise in R, Stata, Power BI, KoboCollect, CommCare, Excel, and SPSS, with extensive experience supporting government institutions, NGOs, academia, and development partners.

Published author of Statistics with R Track and contributor to several peer-reviewed journals.

Former Acting

Head of the Statistics Department at Binyaminu Usman Polytechnic with proven leadership in training, research, and institutional capacity building.

Head of Training at Lyceum Data Dynasty Ltd. (2021-01 – Present)

• Lead training on research methodology and statistical analysis.
• Develop training curricula on data collection methodologies.
• Facilitate professional capacity-building workshops.
• Mentor researchers and postgraduate students.
• Train professionals on R, Stata, Power BI, KoboCollect and Excel.
• Successfully trained hundreds of researchers, lecturers, students and development practitioners.
• Led several statistical software workshops across Northern Nigeria.
• Increased institutional capacity in research and data analysis.

Data Analyst at Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) (2023-08 – 2023-09)

Consultancy role

• Managed quantitative data collection using KoboCollect.
• Cleaned, validated and analysed survey datasets.
• Produced statistical reports and visual dashboards.
• Generated evidence-based recommendations for programme implementation.
• Delivered high-quality analytical reports within project timelines.
• Improved data quality through rigorous validation procedures.

Subject Matter Expert at Yubado Multi Concept Resources Ltd. (2023-04 – 2023-09)

Consultancy role

• Facilitated National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) training.
• Trained field officers on qualitative and quantitative research methods.
• Supervised KII and FGD data collection.
• Coordinated transcription and data processing.

Data Quality Manager at National Population Commission (NPC) (2023-04 – 2023-07)

• Managed census data quality assurance.
• Trained census functionaries on Digital Census.
• Trained census functionaries on Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI).
• Trained census functionaries on Census methodologies.
• Monitored data quality during field implementation.

Lecturer III / Acting Head of Department at Binyaminu Usman Polytechnic, Hadejia (2015-01 – 2019-12)

• Lectured undergraduate statistics courses.
• Coordinated departmental academic activities.
• Supervised student research projects.
• Taught statistical software applications.
• Served two terms as Acting Head of Department.

Data Control Officer at Dangote Cement Transport (2012-01 – 2014-12)

• Report preparation

Data/Biometric Officer at Software Technology Park Ltd. (2011-01 – 2012-12)

• Digital data capture
• Biometric registration
• Database management

Part-Time Lecturer at Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic (2017-09 – 2019-08)

2017/2018 & 2018/2019 Academic Sessions

• Descriptive Statistics
• Demography
• Biostatistics
• Industrial Statistics
• Technical English
• Small Business Management

M.Sc. in Statistics – Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (2023-12)

B.Sc. in Statistics – Kano University of Science and Technology (2010-12)

NECO Certificate – Hazel International School, Katsina (2015-12)

NABTEB Certificate – Government Technical College, Mashi (2004-12)

Primary School Leaving Certificate – Kiddies International School, Katsina (1998-12)