Zaki Medina

Zaki Medina has a diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. In 2008, they started their career as a Technical Architect at Long View Systems, where they worked until 2016. From 2016 to 2020, Zaki served as the Chief Transformation Officer and Lead Data & AI Instructor at Fast Lane. In 2021, they were a Senior Consultant - Omnichannel Supply Chain at Walmart Global Tech, as well as a Co-Founder & Principal Data Scientist at Akumena. They also contributed as an Nx Code Contributor for Machine Learning Libraries for Elixir at the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation. In 2022, Zaki took up the role of Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Ella Paradis, followed by positions as Cloud Leader, AI/ML Ops, and Advisory Board Member at CloudInstitute.io, Co-Founder & Chief Product & Technology Officer at Healthstro, and Strategic Advisor at Falkonry. Currently, they are working as a Strategic Advisor at Aeon Hire, focused on revolutionizing HR tech.

Zaki Medina completed a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with a specialization in Accounting and Finance from the University of Toronto Scarborough, from 2001 to 2004. Before that, from 1998 to 2000, Zaki attended St. Mary's Catholic School and obtained GCE "A" Levels, majoring in Biology, Chemistry, Philosophy, and Math. In 2012, Zaki attended Landmark for an unspecified degree and field of study. In the year 2021, Zaki pursued Professional Elixir and OTP programming courses at Groxio Learning.

In addition to formal education, Zaki received various certifications. These include Instructor Recognition for Skillable Announcement, reaching 100 students, and delivering 10 classes, all obtained in 2021. Zaki also received certifications from Microsoft, including Azure AI Engineer Associate, Azure Data Scientist Associate, and Azure Data Engineer Associate, all obtained in 2020. Moreover, Zaki became a Microsoft Certified Trainer in 2020-2021 and obtained Azure Fundamentals certification, also in 2020. Prior to that, in 2019, Zaki graduated from the Full Stack Web Development Program at Firehose Project. Furthermore, Zaki achieved the Certified Cisco Systems Instructor (CCSI) and Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert - Collaboration certifications from Cisco in 2003 and 2011, respectively.