Dr. Mirza Muhammad Waqar

Director - Data Engineering at EMPG Labs

Dr. Mirza Muhammad Waqar started their career in 2008 as a Junior Software Engineer at Zameen.com. Dr. Mirza Muhammad then progressed through various roles, including Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, and Engineering Manager. From 2017 to 2021, they served as the Director of Engineering at Zameen.com. In 2021, they joined Dubizzle Labs as the Director - Data Engineering, where they are responsible for designing and maintaining data storage solutions, building data warehouse models, and automating data pipelines.

Dr. Mirza Muhammad Waqar's education history is as follows:

- From 2012 to 2019, Dr. Mirza Muhammad Waqar attended the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, where they obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Computer Science.

- Continuing their education at the same institution, from 2008 to 2011, they pursued a Master of Science (Msc CS) degree in Computer Science.

- Prior to that, they attended Allama Iqbal Open University from 2003 to 2007, where they earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.

- In 2000, they studied at Govt. Shalimar College for two years and completed their Intermediate education in the field of Computer Science.

- Dr. Mirza Muhammad Waqar began their formal education at MC boys High School in 1998 and completed their Matriculation with a focus on Science.

In addition to their academic degrees, Dr. Mirza Muhammad Waqar has also obtained several certifications in various subjects. These certifications include:

- AWS Fundamental Course in the AWS Machine Learning from Udacity (obtained in August 2020)

- Change Management from the International Business Management Institute (IBMI) (obtained in August 2020)

- Problem Solving from HackerRank (obtained in August 2020)

- Python from HackerRank (obtained in August 2020)

- Risk Management from the International Business Management Institute (IBMI) (obtained in May 2020)

- Advanced Statistical Methods in Python from 365 Data Science (obtained in April 2020)

- Basics of Project Management from the International Business Management Institute (IBMI) (obtained in April 2020)

- Intro to Data and Data Science from 365 Data Science (obtained in April 2020)

- Tableau from 365 Data Science (obtained in April 2020)

- Tableau + SQL from 365 Data Science (obtained in April 2020)

- Introduction to Python Programming from Udacity (obtained in January 2020)

- Introduction to Python from DataCamp (obtained in October 2019)

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  • Director - Data Engineering

    February, 2021 - present