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Hire Kamran I.

Canada

USD 50 /hr

Freelance Data Scientist and Reservoir/Exploitation engineer. Expert in process improvement and optimzation

Profile Summary

An engineering professional with 10 years of global experience. Proficient in data pre-processing, wrangling, visualization and analytics. Excellent understanding of developing statistical regression models and predicting process response. Adept at developing supervised and unsupervised machine learning models for clustering, classification and regression problems leading to process automation, improved efficiency and optimization. Skilled at interacting professionally with a diverse group of colleagues including executives and management. Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills. Highly motivated individual with admirable critical thinking. Strong ability to work independently and effectively prioritize tasks to meet deadlines. Developed a machine learning model for asset acquisition, predicting asset value based on regression model. Combining it with classifier model gives an output recommending investment decision or otherwise based on company’s risk appetite Improved production yield by 2000 bpd for an oil sands processing plant by developing a predictive model for optimizing critical parameters in plant operations Saved up to 2 million USD by optimizing sampling frequency through statistical data analysis and thus reducing maintenance and operating expenses of auto samplers at an oilsands processing plant Saved 2 million USD via 10% improvement in fuel efficiency by optimizing fuel gas pressure by thorough data analysis of process flow at compressor station Queried oil sands plant data in R. Performed multiple linear regression analysis to generate a predictive model for solids content in bitumen froth to improve product quality Queried oil sands plant data in R. Performed statistical analysis to optimize the frequency of auto samplers to reduce maintenance cost and developed effective data visualizations Performed data mining of oil sands plant data in Python. Performed data transformation and cleaning. Prepared visualizations in PowerBI to create an interactive dashboard for improved monitoring of KPIs Prepared several interactive dashboards and data stories using Tableau Improved annual revenues by 6 million USD through debottlenecking of gas gathering pipeline network by performing data analysis of pipeline pressure data Saved 20% capital and 12% operational budget by timely resolving SCM issues, close monitoring of cost drivers, improving budget estimations, ensuring timely executions and rationalizing inventory Part of corporate database management team. Created a visual corporate dashboard for Management’s quick referral against annual KPIs Led the project of automating economic evaluations of projects and their alignment with corporate objectives. The project resulted in improved and quick decision making by ensuring consistency in analysis Prepared project justifications and budget estimates for field development opportunities and presented detailed proposals to review committees including colleagues, executives and top management Prepared production and budget forecasts and presented it for Management’s approval Reviewed more than 15 project proposals, each exceeding 5 million USD, as a member of project review committee. Provided technical and administrative support to ad hoc projects as and when required

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Petroleum Engineering
• ☆ Data Science
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Data Manipulation
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Oil & Petroleum
• ☆ Quality Assurance & Quality Control (QA/QC)
• ☆ Data-Driven Decision Making
• ☆ Project Management
• ☆ Risk Management

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Fact Checking, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Product Development Formulation, Stability/Shelf Life Testing

Work Experience

Graduate Student

University of Calgary

September 2019 - Present

Quality Assurance Associate

Walmart Logistics Canada

September 2018 - Present

Lead Engineer, Production Operations

Pakistan Petroleum Limited

July 2017 - September 2018

Lead Engineer, Reservoir

Pakistan Petroleum Limited

July 2015 - June 2017

Senior Engineer, Reservoir

Pakistan Petroleum Limited

October 2012 - June 2015

Reservoir Engineer

Pakistan Petroleum Limited

March 2011 - September 2012

Graduate Petroleum Engineer

Pakistan Petroleum Limited

March 2009 - February 2012

Education

Graduate Diploma in Data Science

University of Calgary

September 2019 - April 2020

Masters in Petroleum Enginereing

Imperial College London

October 2011 - September 2012

Bachelors in Petroleum Engineering

NED University of Engineering and Technology

January 2005 - November 2008

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.