Gulsher Ali Baloch

ata professional with over 10 years of experience and a PhD in the field, specializes in data analysis, feature engineering, data wrangling, data visualization, machine learning, and deep learning models. I have worked on over 10 data science projects and published 15+ research articles with 140+ citations.

As an IEEE Senior Member, I have expertise in programming languages such as Python and its packages/Frameworks such as Pandas, Tensorflow, Keras, SkLearn, Numpy, Seaborn, SciPy, Matplotlib, and OpenCV. I have achieved professional certifications in machine learning and artificial intelligence from the CSAIL lab at MIT, USA, and earned a Google data analytics specialization certification and 10+ other online certifications.

In addition to my professional background, I believe in the importance of work-life balance and enjoy spending time with family and friends. I have pioneered an AI program for kids and trained 100+ teachers and over 500 students. I have worked in various roles, including research analyst, trainer, consultant, and associate professor in academia. I am interested in utilizing my transferable skills to improve business practices thorugh data-driven decisions.

• Proposed and supervised research projects to leverage the data analytics for better business practices. 
• Designed the experiments to define the problem and devised the optimum solution in 15 research projects. 
• Lead the team of senior colleagues as the program coordinator. 
• Effectively communicated the actionable insights to the team and achieved almost 50% increase in the intake.
• Analysed structured and unstructured datasets through classical machine learning and deep learning. 
• Conducted number of trainings, workshops and seminars on core data science skills. 
• Introduced data science at the school level to prepare young skilled workforce.
• Increased the reach, engagement and conversion of social media page through targeted digital marketing.

Ph.D. in image processing and machine learning, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey 02/2014 - 02/2018

• Skills Acquired:
• Expert at defining the problem and identifying possible causes in research projects
• Developed expertise to comprehend large amounts of information for solving various problems
• Experienced in responding appropriately to positive or negative feedback
• Capable to work effectively under pressure and to meet deadlines of the projects 
• Ready to comprehend new material and learn subject matter quickly 
• Mastered the ability to explain the complex or difficult concepts in basic terms and language