Irfan Noordin, Lead Data Scientist

Irfan Noordin

Lead Data Scientist

iSaham

Location
Malaysia - Subang Jaya
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
7 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :7 years, 11 Months

Lead Data Scientist at iSaham
  • Malaysia - Sepang
  • My current job since October 2020

● Trained team in python, data analytics, data science and machine learning while building the Data Science team in the company .
● Introduced and implemented Agile / Scrum methodology for day to day work of Data Science Team.

Experience while working on projects :
● Experience in using FinBERT
● Experience in using MongoDB for production application
● Deployed models and functions in Linux server for use by website
● Built streamlit pages for ease of analysis and visualization
● Used docker to deploy machine learning model in Linux Server
● Built custom Google Analytics dashboard to produce insights affecting direction of company

Data Scientist at Red Ang Pow
  • Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
  • July 2020 to September 2020

- Cleaned data to obtain analytics insights
- Sort and clean data to be uploaded to MongoDB

Lead Data Science Instructor at General Assembly
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2020 to May 2020

● Lead instructor and part of a team working together to deliver more than 400 hours of instruction in Data Science at Misk Academy for 31 students enabling them to transition into a Data Science career in Saudi Arabia.
● Modified and enhanced Data Science curricula to fit current market and students needs.
● Data Science classes thought ranged from basic statistics and programming (python), to more advanced materials such as Neural Networks.
● Successfully transitioned to online learning in a short period of time due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Data Analyst at PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd
  • Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
  • January 2019 to February 2020

● Automated work using machine learning. Reduced work from 5 days to 1 hour.
●Built a Python program which is able to clean data and detect redundancies
●Used clustering algorithm to remove anomalies in data
● Work with engineers to analyze trends in data to determine cause(s) of machine trip or shutdown
●Extract data from PI AF and visualize data using Python and Matplotlib
● Assist in development of platform to monitor rotating equipments in various PETRONAS oil rigs.
● Consult managers and colleagues on issues related to AI and Data Science
● Work on streamlining flow of data using Python
● Obtain insights from data by visualizing data using Business Intelligence (BI) Tools - Qlik Sense

Contracted with Trisystem Engineering Sdn Bhd (July 2019 - Feb 2020)
Contracted with Onyx Engineering Sdn bhd (Jan 2019- June 2019)

Junior Data Scientist at Blockchain Technology Malaysia
  • Malaysia - Sepang
  • December 2017 to January 2019

● Selecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine
learning techniques
● Data mining and visualization
● Web scraping using Beautiful Soup(Python)
● Processing, cleaning, and verifying the integrity of data for use in machine learning models
● Create sentiment analysis model
● Determine sentiment for both Japanese and English
● NoSQL database(MongoDB) handling, configuration
● Assist marketing team with data collection, analysis and visualization
● Prepare and deploy machine learning codes in the cloud (AWS
Lambda & AWS EC2)
● Projects
○ AI Rating System
■ Create an AI rating system which will give a score to
users in an online marketplace for freelancers.
■ Rating system mimicking fuzzy logic consist of a variety
of factors namely a sentiment analysis on comments
given to the user
■ Sentiment analysis is done in English and Japanese
■ Sentiment analysis model obtain accuracy of 91% for
English and 89% for Japanese on test data.
■ Deploy code in AWS
○ KYC image recognition
■ Recognize characters in identification documents
■ Deploy code in AWS

Business Development Executive at SMH Rail Sdn Bhd
  • Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
  • January 2017 to June 2017

● Experience and familiarity in rail industry. Various engagement with key stakeholders and industry players namely TDA and Mercury Rail through negotiation meetings as well as contractual works etc.
● Conduct due diligence and risk analysis on possible business opportunities
● Prepare and manage tender to Tanzania for re manufacture of locomotives

Driver Acquisition Specialist at Grab
  • Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
  • September 2016 to November 2016

GrabHitch
• Convince drivers to sign up for GrabHitch
• Assist drivers in the registration process
• Troubleshoot problems faced by drivers during registration process

Program Instructor at Little Botz Academy
  • Malaysia - Shah Alam
  • September 2015 to May 2016

- Teach robotics to students aged 6-17
- In charge of research and development of Rero (reconfigurable robot) robotics syllabus
- 3D print parts and models required in workplace

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Mcmaster University
  • May 2015

Specialties & Skills

Training and Development
Data Analysis
Machine Learning

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Languages

Malay
Native Speaker
English
Native Speaker
Arabic
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