Timur Bikmukhametov, PhD

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Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

About

Principal Data Scientist with over 8 years of experience in the full lifecycle of Machine Learning solutions, including strategy development, value discovery, code implementation, deployment, and monitoring. My expertise in ML and Optimization enables the creation of robust, accurate solutions, driving $3-10M in additional annual revenue per project. As a Data Science Manager, I have 4 years of experience in leading, hiring, and managing data science teams. I am capable of organizing team work under harsh deadlines and complex project scopes. ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ฒ: - Upgrading their CVs/LinkedIn - Providing 1:1 Career Mentoring - Sharing Free Practical ML Materials to support their technical growth ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ: โœ… Increased by $60M+ customer revenue by delivering 4 real-time end-to-end ML solutions that optimized Metals and Mining assets. During the projects, successfully managing the team of 7 Data Scientists. The solutions showed 2.5%+ increase of plants throughput and stabilized by 25%+ of the product variability. โœ… Identified potential $50M customer revenue improvement by completing 5 bottleneck analysis projects for Tier-1 metals and mining companies, resulting in new projects with them. โœ… Increased by 1.2% oil and gas production for 2 clients by leading the from-scratch development of the "AI Oil Optimization Assistant" solution. This is an ML software for accurate prediction and optimization of oil and gas production in real-time by using advanced ML and Optimization algorithms. โœ… Grew and structured a DS team from 5 to 20 data scientists who formed 4 internal teams responsible for specific solution directions. โ–บ Tech Skills: Machine Learning | Data Science | AI | Data Analytics | Predictive Analytics | MLOps | Time Series | Anomaly Detection | Deployment | Optimization | Git | Kedro | MLFlow | Scikit-Learn | XGBoost | Numpy | Pandas | SHAP | Scipy | Docker โ–บ Soft Skills: Team Management | Leadership | Empathy | Project Management | Presentation Skills | Problem Solving | Stakeholder Management

Experience

  • Principal Data Scientist at G42
    Mar 2024 - Present ยท 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Principal Data Scientist at Conundrum
    Jul 2021 - Mar 2024 ยท 2 yrs 9 mos

    Conundrum is an Industrial AI company that develops a SaaS platform for optimal control of metals and mining assets. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐ŸŸข Led a team of 7 data scientists in the development of machine learning modeling and optimization solutions. ๐ŸŸข Covered client communication, team management, problem formulation, model development, and solution deployment of complex ML / optimization solutions. ๐ŸŸข Data Science team hiring, growth, and development. ๐ŸŸข Support of the sales and business development from the AI-product strategy and pre-sale perspectives. ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: โœ… Increased by $60M+ customer revenue by delivering 4 real-time end-to-end ML solutions that optimized ore processing and smelting plants. The solutions showed 2.5%+ increase of plants throughput and stabilized by 25%+ of the product variability. โœ… Identified potential $50M customer revenue improvement by completing 5 bottleneck analysis projects for Tier-1 metals and mining companies, resulting in new projects with them. โœ… Grew and structured a DS team from 5 to 20 data scientists who formed 4 internal teams responsible for specific solution directions. โœ… Supported closing of 3 multi-million contracts by providing technical support to the sales and business development teams. โœ… Reduced by 400%+ the time of development and deployment of ML applications by creating a machine learning pipeline template based on Kedro framework. โœ… Decreased from 15 to 3 days the data quality assessment time by creating a standard library that generated consistent data quality reports for new client data. โœ… Improved by 70% the DS team task completion rate within a sprint by introducing and adapting Scrum practices. ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€: Git | GitLab | Kedro | Great Expectations | MLFlow | Scikit-Learn | XGBoost | CatBoost | PyTorch | Keras | Numpy | Pandas | SHAP | Plotly | Matpotlib | Seaborn | Scipy

  • Head of Data Science at Ctrl2GO Global
    Feb 2021 - Jul 2021 ยท 6 mos

    Ctrl2Go is one of the major AI solution providers for the railway and energy industries in the RCIS region. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐ŸŸข Led a team of 5 data scientists in the development of predictive monitoring machine learning models for various industrial equipment. ๐ŸŸข Structured and optimized the company's business to enhance the efficiency of the data science team's contributions. ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: โœ… Increased by 2.3% smelting plant production by supervising the solution development for optimal ore blending using MINLP formulation in Pyomo. โœ… Created a comprehensive model database/library for quicker deployment of the existing solutions in new projects. โœ… Formulated product development directions to the C-level management of the company based on the existing clients and partners and the data science team's expertise. It allowed the company management to prioritize development directions, understand risks, and estimate costs. ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€: Git | GitLab | Kedro | Great Expectations | MLFlow | Scikit-Learn | XGBoost | CatBoost | PyTorch | Keras | Numpy | Pandas | SHAP | Plotly | Matpotlib | Seaborn | Scipy | Pyomo

  • Senior Data Scientist at Zyfra Company
    Oct 2019 - Feb 2021 ยท 1 yr 5 mos

    Zyfra is one of the major Industrial AI solution providers in the RCIS region. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐ŸŸข Led a team of 3 data scientists in the development of ML solutions for problems in the petroleum industry including process modeling, optimization, and anomaly detection. ๐ŸŸข Covered Industrial AI-based product strategy formulation, management, development, and sales. ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: โœ… Increased by 1.2% oil and gas production for 2 clients by leading the from-scratch development of the โ€AI Oil Optimization Assistantโ€ solution. This is web-based ML software for accurate prediction and optimization of oil and gas production in real-time by using machine learning and advanced dynamic optimization algorithms. โœ… Increased by 5% the drilling speed and reduced by 50% the stuck pipe occurrence on a pilot test by developing a real-time ML solution to detect drilling pipe sticking events. ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€: Git | GitLab | Kedro | Great Expectations | MLFlow | Scikit-Learn | XGBoost | CatBoost | PyTorch | Keras | Numpy | Pandas | SHAP | Plotly | Matpotlib | Seaborn | Scipy | Casadi

  • Researcher in Industrial Machine Learning at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    Aug 2017 - Aug 2020 ยท 3 yrs 1 mo

    I was developing advanced industrial ML approaches for combining machine learning with process engineering physics for multiphase flow and reservoir modeling and equipment degradation monitoring. ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: โœ… Reached TOP 6 most cited papers in Computers and Chemicals Engineering Journal (Q1) within the last 3 years based on the Scopus citation system. โœ… Reached TOP 3 in the ranking of most downloaded papers for 2 publications in 2 Q1 journals. โœ… Reached over 300 citations within 3 years of active publishing. ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€: Scikit-Learn | XGBoost | PyTorch | Keras | Numpy | Pandas | Plotly | Matpotlib | Seaborn | Linear Regression | Bayesian Neural Networks | Feed-Forward NN | Gradient Boosting | Random Forest