Hassina Sainsi

Senior Data Specialist at Cohen & Company

Hassina Sainsi has a diverse range of work experience in data-related roles. Hassina currently works at Cohen & Company as a Senior Data Specialist, where they have spearheaded the design and implementation of innovative machine learning models, resulting in streamlined processes and improved efficiency. Hassina has also successfully implemented a Natural Language Processing (NLP) solution, achieving an 80% reduction in spending time on language-related tasks. Additionally, they have developed and deployed custom software solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of various clients.

Prior to their current role, Hassina worked at Cloud 9 Infosystems, Inc. as an Associate Data Analyst, where they built, tested, and deployed time-series solutions in Azure ML Studio to forecast sales for different products. Hassina also developed ETL pipelines using Azure data factory to extract, clean, and reshape data from SQL and CRM.

As a Data Science Intern at SharpestMinds, Hassina developed an NLP classifier model to predict whether a tweet is a reference to a natural disaster, achieving an accuracy of 82% using logistic regression with vectorization.

In their earlier career, they worked as an Operation Associate at PNC, where they supported data processing and data entry for a major payments processor. Hassina uncovered multiple erroneous payments, resulting in substantial savings for the company.

Hassina also has experience in the education sector, having worked as an Associate Professor at Rayat-Bahra Group, where they supervised MBA research projects and provided direction to students on data collection, sampling, visualization, and predictive modeling. Hassina also contributed to improving teaching practices to increase the pass rate of MBA students in national exams. Additionally, they worked as a Lecturer at HIMT, where they guided students on their research projects and created custom reports on their performance.

Before entering the field of data analysis, Hassina started their career as a Data Analyst at Axon Healthcare Ltd., where they analyzed sales, distribution, and product information data for a national pharmaceutical company. Hassina also performed data validation and reconciliation between disparate systems and prepared data visualization reports for management using Excel Power Pivot and VLOOKUP.

Overall, Hassina Sainsi has a strong background in data analysis and machine learning, with experience in various industries and a focus on implementing solutions that drive efficiency and improve decision-making processes.

Hassina Sainsi completed their Bachelor's degree in Computer Applications from Punjab University Chandigarh in 2001-2003. Following this, they pursued their Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance and Financial Management Services from Punjab Technical University, which they completed in 2003-2005. In 2019-2020, Hassina attended Naresh I Technologies for a degree in Data Science, although the specific field of study is not mentioned.

In terms of additional certifications, Hassina obtained the Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate certification from Microsoft in May 2021. Hassina also earned the Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate certification from Microsoft in June 2021.

Links

Timeline

  • Senior Data Specialist

    August, 2023 - present

  • Data Specialist

    May, 2022