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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

Ahmed Abdelaal, Data Analyst

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.

UAE-basedBilingual — Arabic/EnglishB.Sc. Management Information Systems
  1. B.Sc.

    Management Information Systems

    Al-Obour High Institute — led a 10-person graduation project, delivered with distinction

  2. 2022

    The certification foundation

    Google IT Support Professional Certificate and a year of broad, deliberate coursework

  3. 2024

    The data analytics turn

    Harvard CS50, Cisco Data Analytics Essentials, Google data analytics foundations

  4. 2024

    Misuo Sales Dashboard

    First end-to-end sales analytics dashboard, delivered for a real furniture retailer

  5. 2025

    McKinsey Forward Program

    Problem solving, communication, and adaptability — the consulting toolkit

  6. 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.

ExcelPower BISQLPython
See it proven in the Misuo dashboard

Business Intelligence

Turning analysis into dashboards and reports that make performance visible and decisions faster.

Dashboard DesignData VisualizationKPI ReportingBusiness Analysis
See it in the Misuo case study

Technical

Working with version-controlled, professional development tools that keep analysis organized and reproducible.

GitGitHubVS Code
View my GitHub

Professional

Translating technical findings into recommendations that stakeholders understand and act on.

Problem SolvingCritical ThinkingCommunicationContinuous Learning
Read my Field Notes from Misuo

Projects

Turning Analysis Into Business Impact

Every project below started as a real business problem — here's how it was solved.

What the business had
What I gave them back
Misuo Sales Dashboard — Excel dashboard overview showing total sales, orders, delivery status, and top-selling products

The answers were already in the spreadsheet. My job was to make them impossible to miss.

Featured ProjectExcel

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.

Misuo Sales Dashboard — Excel dashboard overview showing total sales, orders, delivery status, and top-selling products
The finished dashboard — one page, nine KPIs, three interactive slicers

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

ExcelPivotTablesPivotChartsSlicers

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.

0Certifications Earned
0Issuing Organizations

Google

Google IT Support Professional Certificate

A foundation in IT troubleshooting, system administration, and security.

TroubleshootingSystem AdministrationSecurity

Issued November 2022 · ID AT6E6ABTH3VJ

Google

Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere

The starting point of Google's data analytics certificate program.

Data Analytics

Issued April 2024 · ID 2ZKFWBDVQA3X

IBM

What is Data Science?

An introduction to the data science discipline from IBM.

Data Science

Issued December 2022 · ID DKWLZ9G47UVE

Harvard University

CS50x: Introduction to Computer Science

Harvard's rigorous introduction to computer science and programming.

Computer ScienceProgramming

Issued 2024 · ID 6a02d20c-2681-4b9f-bd6e-f8c56c005d1c

McKinsey.org

McKinsey Forward Program

A professional development program in problem solving, communication, and resilience.

Problem SolvingCommunicationResilience

Issued December 2025

Cisco Networking Academy

Data Analytics Essentials

Core data analytics training covering Excel, SQL, and Tableau.

Data AnalyticsExcelSQLTableau

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.