Esraa Dandash

MY SKILLS

• Consistent Learning
• Excel, SQL, Postgres
• Tableau, Alteryx
• VCS (Git)
• Python for Data Science
• Django
• HTML, CSS, SASS
• Jquey, BS4, D3
• XD, PS, InVision
• Analytical Thinking
• Public Speaking/Presentation
• Leadership

• MY BASE CV
• MY WORK EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Data Analyst - American Express GBT, London, UK
  June 2017 - June 2018
  • Managed and cleaned clients' data using Excel, in preparation for reporting.
  • Executed SQL scripts, data consolidation from multiple sources, exploration, analysis and visualisations, highlighting corporate travel KPIs for different stakeholders.
  • Took initiative within AMEX's Business Intelligence Team to learn Alteryx to quality check and consolidate data from different sources into one database to achieve consistent global reporting.
  • Fulfilled a unique role as the only data analyst in an outsourced team, creating and regularly communicating Tableau visualisations for a multinational European organisation establishing a new, optimised travel policy.
  
• Chief Digital Office Trainee - Societe Generale CIB London, UK
  July 2018 - April 2019
  • The most dynamic role to date. Developed the prototype of the bank’s first cross-asset trading platform.
  • Built complex financial real-time dashboards using HTML, CSS, JS, Django, AG-Grid, IntroJS HighCharts to simulate new features for existing SG Markets platforms including Fixed Income, Equity Derivatives, Commodities and FX.
  • Analysed SG Markets KPIs and product features using Data Analysis skills in Excel and Python and tested new documentation tools for the team’s future members utilizing Adobe Photoshop.
  
• Teaching Assistant - City University of London
  September 2019 - August 2020
  • Leveraged both public speaking skills and passion for Technology, as the department’s youngest TA. Taught modules such as Java, Business Systems, Language Processors, Web Development and Systems Architecture.
  • Took part in City’s Computer Science department’s crisis management efforts to ensure City students’ well-being and progress during the pan- demic, utilising planning, scheduling and online delivery software.
  

LATEST PROJECTS

• Cert.

  DataCamp Data Science Certification I decided to enroll into a Data Science focused track to further develop my skill set during 2021, since urgent peronal reasons required me to stay at home. Currently Learning to import, clean, manipulate, and visualize data using multiple Python libraries, including Pandas, NumPy and Matplotlib, while advancing knowledge in statistical and ML techniques. Course Overview here.

• NMEC

  Using Adobe XD, Excel, Airtable and Front-end languages, I gathered and documented the portal requirements and user flows with the Egyptian ministry of tourism & antiquities, followed by designing the wireframes and building the front end of egypt’s first online ticketing platform for the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation, used by 800 visitors on the first day of its launch. View NMEC Website here.

• NILE

  I won this prize after getting nominated by my University for my graduation project. It was a data-driven smart envronmental assistant for corporates. The official criteria for this prize were as follows, “Awarded to a graduating student who has completed an excellent Final Year Project with strong potential to address a social need and/or have a positive environmental impact”.

• Facial Rec.

  Constructed a facial recognition system, implementing different feature extractors and Deep Learning Models. Obtaining accu- racy of 84%. The three feature/classifier combinations are HOG-SVM, SURF-SVM and CNN. The choice of these models was based on the practices and methods learned throughout Computer Vision module and online research. View project here.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• 2020

  University of London Trust Funds Prize 2020: I won this prize after getting nominated by my University for my graduation project. It was a data-driven smart envronmental assistant for corporates. The official criteria for this prize were as follows, “Awarded to a graduating student who has completed an excellent Final Year Project with strong potential to address a social need and/or have a positive environmental impact”.

• 2019

  CitySpark Finalist: Out of almost 90 contestants presenting their startup ideas, I was selected as a finalist alongside 15 other startups in City University of London’s official startup competition. My startup idea turned into my graduation project later on, which also recieved awards after implementation. Nile is my proudest achievement to date. It got an award as an idea, as an implementation and combined my passion for development, data and Earth! I am currently on the lookout for investment opportunities to start sharing more of this amazing combo with the UK Tech sector and the world.

• 2018

  Bloomberg’s Best Tech Stack Prize at HackUPC in Barcelona, Spain Awarded to a project that best integrated different hardware and software products. Collaborated in developing a smart photo booth integrating different APIs and using an Alexa Speaker, Nikon DSLR Camera and Twitter.