Open to Data Analyst roles · UAE
Ahmed Abdelaal — Data Analyst
I answer business questions with data.
I'm Ahmed, a Data Analyst based in the UAE. When businesses need to understand why something changed, what's driving it, or what should happen next, I use data to find the answers and explain them clearly, so people can make better decisions with confidence.
Credentialed by Google · Harvard CS50 · Cisco · IBM · McKinseyB.Sc. Management Information Systems

About
Data was never the point.
I don't enjoy numbers for their own sake — I enjoy the business story hidden behind them. Why did revenue change? Why are customers behaving this way? Where is the opportunity, and what decision comes next? Accounting records what happened; data analytics explains why it happened and what should happen next. That distinction is why I chose this field.
Software engineers build systems. AI engineers build intelligence. Product managers make decisions. Data analysts provide the evidence that helps all of them. That's the seat I chose, because it matches how I naturally think.
The proof came early. With almost no practical software experience, I led a 10-person graduation project — learned exactly what was needed, organized the team, built the Android app, and delivered it with distinction. Later I moved to the UAE: new language, new culture, new workplace. I adapted, earned the company's trust, and became someone colleagues depend on — the same way I approach every dataset: verify, understand, clean, then act.
If everything disappeared tomorrow, one thing would still be true: I know how to learn.
B.Sc.
Management Information Systems
Al-Obour High Institute — led a 10-person graduation project, delivered with distinction
2022
The certification foundation
Google IT Support Professional Certificate and a year of broad, deliberate coursework
2024
The data analytics turn
Harvard CS50, Cisco Data Analytics Essentials, Google data analytics foundations
2024
Misuo Sales Dashboard
First end-to-end sales analytics dashboard, delivered for a real furniture retailer
2025
McKinsey Forward Program
Problem solving, communication, and adaptability — the consulting toolkit
Now
UAE — open to Data Analyst roles
Working in a new market and building toward a Master's in data analytics
Skills
Turning Expertise Into Business Value
The specific skills behind that approach — grouped by the value each one delivers.
Data Analysis
Cleaning, modeling, and analyzing raw data to answer the questions that actually drive business decisions.
Business Intelligence
Turning analysis into dashboards and reports that make performance visible and decisions faster.
Technical
Working with version-controlled, professional development tools that keep analysis organized and reproducible.
Professional
Translating technical findings into recommendations that stakeholders understand and act on.
Projects
Turning Analysis Into Business Impact
Every project below started as a real business problem — here's how it was solved.

The answers were already in the spreadsheet. My job was to make them impossible to miss.
Misuo Sales Dashboard
Misuo's order data lived in a flat spreadsheet with no way to quickly answer core commercial questions — which products sell best, which platform drives revenue, or how much business is lost to failed deliveries.

Key Metrics
- Total Sales
- EGP 1,281,986
- Total Orders
- 126
- On-Time Delivery
- 89%
Deliverables
- Single-page interactive Excel dashboard
- 9 KPI cards, 3 interactive slicers
- Documented data-cleaning policy
Technology
Business Impact
- EGP 1,281,986 in tracked sales across 126 orders, fully broken down by product, platform, and city.
- Uncovered a revenue concentration risk: one platform (Homzmart) drives roughly two-thirds of measured sales.
- Isolated delivery performance at 89% on-time, separating cancellations from delivery failures as two distinct, fixable problems.
Certifications
Proof of Continuous Learning
58 certifications across 15 organizations — a curated sample of the credentials that back the skills above, not the whole list.
Google IT Support Professional Certificate
A foundation in IT troubleshooting, system administration, and security.
Issued November 2022 · ID AT6E6ABTH3VJ
Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere
The starting point of Google's data analytics certificate program.
Issued April 2024 · ID 2ZKFWBDVQA3X
IBM
What is Data Science?
An introduction to the data science discipline from IBM.
Issued December 2022 · ID DKWLZ9G47UVE
Harvard University
CS50x: Introduction to Computer Science
Harvard's rigorous introduction to computer science and programming.
Issued 2024 · ID 6a02d20c-2681-4b9f-bd6e-f8c56c005d1c
McKinsey.org
McKinsey Forward Program
A professional development program in problem solving, communication, and resilience.
Issued December 2025
Cisco Networking Academy
Data Analytics Essentials
Core data analytics training covering Excel, SQL, and Tableau.
Issued October 2024
Get In Touch
Let's Turn Your Data Into Decisions
I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, collaborations, or interesting data projects. Feel free to reach out through LinkedIn or email — I look forward to connecting with you.
Based in the UAE — I read and reply to every message myself.