Zaynab Taha

Data Analyst

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Zaynab Taha

Data Analyst

Data analyst with hands-on experience cleaning large datasets, building dashboards, and applying time-series forecasting and regression models to answer real-world questions. Proficient in Python (pandas, NumPy), SQL, and Excel, with a track record of turning raw data into clear visuals for non-technical stakeholders. Currently completing an MSc in Interdisciplinary AI at the University of Ottawa.

Projects

Gas Lift Anomaly Detection Dashboard Optvance.ai

Built an interactive dashboard that flagged abnormal readings in gas-lift operations, enabling engineering team to spot issues within hours instead of end-of-da

Built an interactive dashboard that flagged abnormal readings in gas-lift operations, enabling engineering team to spot issues within hours instead of end-of-day log reviews. Monitored data quality and flagged anomalies using time-series forecasting and XGBoost, pulling and transforming data with Python and SQL. Delivered weekly demos to leadership.

PythonSQLXGBoosttime-series forecasting

Wildfire Probability Prediction MIA 5100

Owned data ingestion and transformation of over 14M rows of satellite and weather data, handling geospatial data and preparing a training-ready dataset. Designe

Owned data ingestion and transformation of over 14M rows of satellite and weather data, handling geospatial data and preparing a training-ready dataset. Designed memory-efficient preprocessing pipeline.

Python

Bank Customer Churn Analysis MIA 5126

Analysed bank customer dataset to predict churn, tested decision trees and clustering, investigated data bias, and presented findings.

Analysed bank customer dataset to predict churn, tested decision trees and clustering, investigated data bias, and presented findings.

decision treesclustering

Mizan personal project

Built and shipped a full-stack food scanner recognizing meals from photos, returning nutrition breakdowns, powered by an LLM API and a hand-built food database.

Built and shipped a full-stack food scanner recognizing meals from photos, returning nutrition breakdowns, powered by an LLM API and a hand-built food database. USPTO provisional patent prepared.

LLM APIfull-stack development

JobAgent AI

Built a tool that searches job listings, evaluates fit, and applies end-to-end autonomously.

Built a tool that searches job listings, evaluates fit, and applies end-to-end autonomously.

Healthcare Practitioner Verification System

Co-led development of an AI-powered platform validating healthcare practitioner credentials before hiring.

Co-led development of an AI-powered platform validating healthcare practitioner credentials before hiring.

AI

E-Commerce Jewellery Store university project

Built a full-stack e-commerce platform with C# and ASP.NET plus a portfolio site for academic and professional work.

Built a full-stack e-commerce platform with C# and ASP.NET plus a portfolio site for academic and professional work.

C#ASP.NETfull-stack development

AgriShield DTH Technology

Built a mobile app for farm manager to oversee daily operations including tasks, crops, animals, weather, finances with voice feature and camera monitoring; fil

Built a mobile app for farm manager to oversee daily operations including tasks, crops, animals, weather, finances with voice feature and camera monitoring; filed as USPTO provisional patent.

mobile appvoice recognition

Mizan - Live AI-Powered Food Tracking App

Built and shipped a full-stack AI-powered food scanner that lets users photograph their meals and instantly get nutritional breakdowns - powered by Claude Haiku

Built and shipped a full-stack AI-powered food scanner that lets users photograph their meals and instantly get nutritional breakdowns - powered by Claude Haiku LLM API. Combines AI meal scanning with barcode scanning and a hand-curated regional database of Gulf, Arabic, and Moroccan foods - built for users whose diets are underserved by Western apps. Secured with biometric login, subscription payments, push notifications, and installable as a PWA on any device - USPTO provisional patent prepared

Claude Haiku LLM APIReactSupabasePWA

JobAgent AI

Autonomous agentic AI system that independently searches job listings, evaluates fit using NLP, and submits tailored applications end-to-end

Autonomous agentic AI system that independently searches job listings, evaluates fit using NLP, and submits tailored applications end-to-end

FlaskGroq AIGmail OAuthPlaywrightAdzuna API

Healthcare Practitioner Verification System

Co-led development of an AI-powered credential verification platform to validate healthcare practitioner documents prior to hiring

Co-led development of an AI-powered credential verification platform to validate healthcare practitioner documents prior to hiring

ReactMongoDB

E-Commerce Jewellery Store

Full-stack e-commerce platform in C# and ASP.NET; UI/UX portfolio website showcasing academic and professional work

Full-stack e-commerce platform in C# and ASP.NET; UI/UX portfolio website showcasing academic and professional work

C#ASP.NET

Wildfire Probability Prediction System

Building a fire probability prediction model using FIRMS satellite data and ERA5 weather data across Alberta and Saskatchewan. Responsible for data cleaning, fe

Building a fire probability prediction model using FIRMS satellite data and ERA5 weather data across Alberta and Saskatchewan. Responsible for data cleaning, feature engineering, and report writing; team applying XGBoost and Random Forest models. Output: fire probability heatmap for next-day resource allocation

XGBoostRandom Forest

Bank Customer Churn Prediction

Building a churn prediction model on a 10,000-row banking dataset using classification models with full data pipeline

Building a churn prediction model on a 10,000-row banking dataset using classification models with full data pipeline

classification models

Experience

Founder & CV Consultant

ZAYT CV Services

Jun 2026 — Present · 2 mos
Full-timeHybrid
  • Run a bilingual Arabic/English CV consultancy; signed 6 clients in the first two weeks.
  • Analyse client CVs for patterns and weak points to guide targeted rewrites, helping clients present stronger applications.
  • Built a live CV Scorer tool with Python and Groq AI that evaluates ATS compatibility, flags strong and weak lines, and provides actionable fixes; the tool helps clients increase their ATS pass rates and can operate standalone or be matched to a specific job description.

IT Support Specialist (Co-op)

Honeywell

Jun 2024 — Aug 2024 · 3 mos
Full-timeHybrid
  • Resolved 5–10 support tickets daily via ServiceNow across hardware, software, and network issues, and built Excel visualizations of resolution times.
  • Managed Microsoft 365 and Active Directory onboarding, delivering same-day access for new hires.

IT Engineer (Co-op)

Honeywell Saudi Arabia

Jun 2024 — Aug 2024 · 3 mos
Full-timeHybrid
  • Provided end-user support across a busy enterprise site - hardware failures, software conflicts, and network issues resolved with minimal downtime
  • Managed Microsoft 365 and Active Directory provisioning, delivering same-day onboarding access and maintaining SLA compliance
  • Handled a high-volume daily ticket queue via ServiceNow across hardware, software, network connectivity, and mobile devices through in-person, phone, and remote channels, consistently meeting SLA response times
  • Configured enterprise workstations with standardised Windows 10/11 builds, user profiles, and security settings
  • Supported on-site network setup during company events, configuring TCP/IP, DHCP, and DNS settings, which delivered stable connectivity throughout each event
  • Developed PowerShell scripts to automate routine maintenance and streamline help desk ticket triage

Founder & CV Consultant

ZAYT CV Services Saudi Arabia

Jan 2024 — Present · 2 yrs 7 mos
Full-timeHybrid
  • Started ZAYT after fixing my own CV during a job search, built a repeatable CV-improvement process, and opened the service to other job seekers, resulting in successful placements for early clients
  • Serve engineering, healthcare, and corporate clients in Saudi Arabia, managing the full client lifecycle - from initial consultation to final delivery - through WhatsApp, which streamlines communication and shortens turnaround time
  • Developed a live CV Scorer Tool powered by Groq AI API - analyzes resumes for ATS compatibility, quantification, and content strength, returning strengths, weaknesses, and fixes either standalone or against a job description

Skills

PythonpandasNumPySQLExcelPlotly/Dashdata cleaning & wranglingfeature engineeringstatisticsregressiondata validationdata visualizationquantitative & qualitative analysisscikit-learnXGBoostdecision treesclusteringtime-series forecastingIBM SPSS ModelerTensorFlowPostgreSQLMongoDBSnowflakePower BITableaubusiness intelligencereportingdashboardsstakeholder communicationrequirements gatheringPowerPointGit/GitHubJupyterWindows 10/11Active DirectoryMicrosoft 365ServiceNowhardware troubleshootingworkstation imagingremote supportTCP/IPDHCPDNSPowerShellmobile device supportFlaskFastAPIReact/ViteASP.NETC#Node.jsHTML/CSS/JavaScriptGitGitHubREST APIsETL pipelinesLLM API integrationagentic AINLPanomaly detectionprompt engineering

Education

MSc, Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence

University of Ottawa

Jan 2026 - Present
Other
  • Coursework: Machine Learning, Data Science, Systems Optimization, Time Series Forecasting, Recommendation Systems, Data Engineering

BSc, Information Technology

Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University

Jan 2021 - Jan 2025
Other
  • GPA: 3.3 / 4.0; Coursework: Database Systems, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Network Security, Software Engineering

MSc, Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence

University of Ottawa

Jan 2026 - Present
Other
  • Online; Coursework: Machine Learning, Data Science, Systems Optimization, Time Series Forecasting, Recommendation Systems, Data Engineering

BSc, Information Technology

Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University

Jan 2021 - Jan 2025
Other
  • Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; GPA: 3.3/4.0; Coursework: Database Systems, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Network Security, Software Engineering, UI/UX, Mobile App Development

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