Zain works as Director Analyst within Gartner for Technical Professionals for Advanced Analytics and AI.
His domains include building data and analytics architectures on AWS, Azure and cloud analytics platforms such as cloud data warehouses like Microsoft Fabric, data strategy, data and AI literacy as well as analytics modernization and adoption.
He also covers data, analytics and AI talent with a focus on key and emerging roles, skills and responsibilities and team organization
Before joining Gartner, Zain has worked in the academic, insurance and retail domains and has played a pivotal role in the implementation of enterprise data management and business intelligence platforms
Echelon Insurance, Manager, Enterprise Data Warehouse, 4 years
Merchandising Consultants Associates, Senior Data Analyst, 2 years
The University of Western Ontario, Senior Research Analyst, 2 years
Analytics and Artificial Intelligence for Technical Professionals
Data Management Solutions for Technical Professionals
Master of Science in Geophysics from The University of Western Ontario
Certificate in Project Management from The University of Toronto
Certificate in Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods from Goodman School of Mines
AWS and Azure data and analytics architecture - Microsoft Fabric and AWS data and analytics stack
Data management including data warehousing and data lakehouses
AI and data skills, roles, responsibilities, talent organization
AI-ready data
Analytics architecture modernization