Hey, I am Ahmed.
I am based in Toronto, Canada.
I studied Financial Economics and was shy of a class for a minor in Computer Science at Columbia University (CC '17).
I have been working in Analytics for the past 6 years.
I was a pre-doctoral researcher in quantitative marketing at Columbia Business School but decided against pursuing a PhD. I then started a data consulting agency during COVID-19, which led me to work in economic consulting briefly. I have been in mobile gaming for the past two years, alternating between growth analytics, product analytics, and cloud/FinOps analytics.
Quick facts about me:
- I like history and following global affairs.
- I love learning and reading about investing and businesses.
- I love visualizing and answering questions with data.
- I walk too much for my own good.
- I run without music: I use running as my meditation time.
- I really enjoy working out with kettlebells and find them terrific.
- I love reading (literature, science, biographies)
- I love movies and cinema.
- I love male fashion and good durable brands.
- I love theatre (I just finished writing a play, trying to put it together).
- I really love learning in general and am insatiably curious.
I am writing to:
- Better structure my thoughts.
- Write (ideally) every day and keep an online journal.
- Hone my essay/long-form article writing skills.
I will be writing about various topics in no particular order: Finance, Tech, History, Gamification, random thoughts that I have, Movie Reviews, life, and anything really.
Enjoy the ride and I hope this won't bore you too much!