
Timeline
About me
Senior Methodologist, Analytics and Evidence Branch
Education
Ryerson university
2014 - 2015Certificate data analytics, big data, and predictive analytics a-University of california, berkeley
2003 - 2004Activities and Societies: Research College of Natural Resources
Université de tunis el manar
2000 - 2002Masters degree mathematical economics & econometricsUniversité de tunis el manar
1995 - 2000Bachelor's degree applied quantitative methodsUniversity of south carolina-columbia
2003 - 2003Program for fulbright lnternational scholars
Experience
Institut supérieur d'informatique et de gestion
Sept 2002 - Jul 2003Instructor (statistics & probability)• Taught an undergraduate course of Statistics and Probability• Wrote course materials such as syllabus, lab sessions and handouts
Institut supérieur de gestion
Sept 2004 - Aug 2008Instructor (data analysis)Taught an undergraduate course of Data AnalysisCourse content:Principal Components AnalysisCorrespondence AnalysisDiscriminant AnalysisHierarchical ClusteringK-Means Clustering K-NN ClusteringLinear AlgebraEnvironment: SPSS, SAS
Onpath business solutions
Mar 2010 - Nov 2010Business development representativeAmerican Express Campaign
Statistics canada
Jan 2011 - May 2011Analyst• Co-authored “Understanding Family Income Inequality using Income in Canada Tables” article• Suggested better measurements for income disparities• Environment: SAS, Stata, Statistics Canada RETrieve platform
Emploi et développement social canada (edsc) / employment and social development canada (esdc)
May 2011 - Oct 2012Researcher• Wrote in-depth statistical reports for each major International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 9 category• Identified data quality issues and trends• Modeled with time series data (Logistic Regression (cross-sectional), ARIMA, Forecasting, ECM)• Extracted data using Data Cubes for analysis• Environment: SPSS, SAS
Canada mortgage and housing corporation
Dec 2012 - Apr 2013Senior researcher• Contributed in the analysis that led to publication of “Canadian Housing Observer”• Studied the changing characteristics of the existing rental housing stock and the socio-economic profile of renter households in the moderate income group (fourth quintile)• Analyzed requests and developed advanced quantitative modelling and forecasting tools and programs to help in the analysis of economic and housing markets issues.• Environment: SAS
Government of ontario
May 2013 - Aug 2013Senior research and data analyst• Analyzed data and wrote statistical profiles on Francophones in Ontario• Worked with corporate performance measurement • Liaised with all Ontario government ministries on matters related to statistics• Environment: Access
Legal aid ontario
Aug 2013 - Apr 2024• Develop statistical, econometric and Machine Learning models such as ANOVA, PCA, ARIMAX, Regression, Neural Networks, kNN,Data Envelopment Analysis, Stochastic Frontier Analysis, NLP sentiment analysis to analyze and forecast data on legal aid services • Advise other departments on statistical methodologies (auditing, surveys)• Administer and analyze surveys through different channels and platforms• Query data from different databases, manipulate and merge multiple data sets for analysis• Give presentations to Executive Management Committee• Assist LAO with establishing an organization-wide strategy for “Open Data Initiative “• Participate in different committees where statistics expertise is needed • Environment: SPSS, SAS, R, Python, Oracle SQL Show less
Senior Consultant, Statistics & Analytics
Oct 2020 - Apr 2024Statistician
Aug 2013 - Oct 2020
Ryerson university
Sept 2017 - Dec 2018Instructor, big data analyticsCIND 119 Introduction to Big Data CIND 123 Data Analytics: Basic MethodsCMTH 642 Data Analytics: Advanced MethodsCKME 136 Data Analytics: Capstone Course
Sheridan college
May 2018 - Dec 2022Instructor, data scienceDesign and teach the Data Science Capstone Project course through lectures and Labs.Help and guide students with their Data Science projects.https://caps.sheridancollege.ca/products/INFO70042__DataScienceAppliedProject.aspx
Mcmaster university
Sept 2018 - Apr 2024Instructor, deep learningUniversity canada west
Oct 2022 - Apr 2024Course instructor, business analyticsUniversity of niagara falls canada
Apr 2024 - nowAssociate professor, master of data analytics programAttorney general | procureur général
May 2025 - nowSenior methodologist
Licenses & Certifications
- View certificate
Certified analytics professional
Analytics certification boardJul 2017 - View certificate
Senior data scientist (sds™)
Data science council of americaDec 2019
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Karim Souidi, SDS™Fulbright Scholarship U.S.Department of State 2003
Languages
- enEnglish
- frFrench
- geGerman
- arArabic
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