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Abid Ali Awan

Data Scientist & Technical Writer

Islamabad, Pakistan

About

I am a data scientist and technical writer focused on machine learning, natural language processing, and production engineering. I write practical guides, build AI systems, and help tech companies get popular.

My recent work combines LLM applications with modern MLOps patterns such as CI/CD, model serving, and monitoring. I value clear communication, strong execution, and measurable product impact.

Work

Co-Founder and ML Engineer

Houston, Texas, United States

Feb 2025 - Present
  • Lead AI consulting projects from discovery to production rollout.
  • Design robust ML pipelines with testing, monitoring, and CI/CD.
  • Build deployable services for NLP and analytics use cases.
Machine LearningConsultingMLOpsArchitecture

Technical Writer

San Francisco, California, United States (Remote)

Apr 2023 - Present
  • Write practical machine learning and productivity tutorials for developers.
  • Publish implementation-first guides with reproducible examples.
Technical WritingMachine LearningProductivity

Data Science Editor and Reviewer

Remote

May 2022 - Present
  • Review and edit data science content for technical accuracy and readability.
  • Validate examples, claims, and learning flow before publication.
Data Science EditingTechnical WritingQuality Review

Assistant Editor

Remote

Apr 2022 - Present
  • Curate article pipeline and support the chief editor on editorial planning.
  • Edit technical drafts for clarity, structure, and practical correctness.
  • Coordinate publication workflow with contributors and the platform team.
Data Science EditingTechnical WritingEditorial Operations

Data Science Copywriter

Remote

Dec 2021 - Present
  • Write blogs, tutorials, guides, and books on data science topics.
  • Align technical content with learner outcomes and search intent.
Data AnalyticsSEOTutorialsTechnical Writing

Staff Writer

Remote

Oct 2021 - Present
  • Write beginner-friendly and advanced articles on machine learning, MLOps, data analytics, and career growth.
  • Turn complex workflows into practical guides for broad audiences and new practitioners.
Machine LearningDeep LearningMLOpsTechnical WritingCareer Advice

Data Science Consultant

Remote

Sep 2021 - Present
  • Consult experts and clients on data science tooling and practical adoption.
  • Provide guidance on model workflows, tooling choices, and team enablement.
ConsultingData Science ToolsAdvisory

Technical Writer

Remote

Jul 2025 - Nov 2025
  • Published technical content on web scraping and structured data extraction.
  • Created practical API-focused guides for AI and automation use cases.
Technical WritingLLMWeb ScrapingDeveloper Tools

Freelance Writer

Remote

Jul 2021 - Jul 2023
  • Published tutorials and practical guides on machine learning and data analytics.
  • Wrote for Towards Data Science, Towards AI, Start It Up, and Analytics Vidhya.
  • Focused on beginner-friendly, project-based content with production context.
Technical WritingMachine LearningData Analytics
Studies

MSc Technology Management

Staffordshire University

2015 - 2017
Technology StrategyProject ManagementResearch

BSc Electrical Engineering

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

2010 - 2014
TelecommunicationSignalsWireless Networks

A Levels

The City School

2007 - 2009
ScienceEngineeringMath

O Levels

The City School

2005 - 2007
STEMFoundations
Projects

Fine Tuning Qwen3.5 Small

Mar 2026

Kaggle notebook for fine tuning Qwen3.5 Small.

KaggleFine-TuningQwen

Claude Agent Projects

Sep 2025

Three minimal Claude Agent SDK projects from one shot to custom tool agents.

AgentsLLMsAutomation

A to Z MLOps

May 2025

A complete end to end MLOps project pipeline.

MLOpsMachine LearningProduction

Redis ML Project

Mar 2025

Model serving with FastAPI and Redis caching to reduce latency for repeated predictions.

RedisInferenceAPI

Fine Tuning DeepSeek R1 Reasoning Model

Jan 2025

Kaggle notebook for fine tuning the DeepSeek R1 reasoning model.

KaggleFine-TuningDeepSeek

Deploying LLM Applications with Docker

Nov 2024

A Dockerized document Q and A application deployed on Hugging Face cloud.

LLMDockerDeployment

FastAPI for ML

Aug 2024

A simple FastAPI application for machine learning inference.

FastAPIMachine LearningAPI

Automating Machine Learning Testing

Jul 2024

Automating machine learning testing with GitHub Actions and DeepChecks.

TestingMachine LearningAutomation

Fine Tune Llama 3.1 for Text Classification

Jul 2024

Kaggle notebook for fine tuning Llama 3.1 for text classification.

KaggleLlamaText Classification

CI/CD for Machine Learning

Jan 2024

A beginner project on automating ML training, evaluation, versioning, and deployment with GitHub Actions.

CI/CDMLOpsTesting

Mistral 7B 4bit QLoRA Fine Tuning

Oct 2023

Kaggle notebook for 4 bit QLoRA fine tuning on Mistral 7B.

KaggleQLoRAMistral

Wav2Vec2 Large XLS R 300M Urdu

Mar 2022

Hugging Face automatic speech recognition model trained on Common Voice 8 Urdu.

Hugging FaceASRUrdu

Wav2Vec2 Large XLSR 53 Punjabi

Mar 2022

Hugging Face automatic speech recognition model trained on Common Voice Punjabi data.

Hugging FaceASRPunjabi

SavtaDepth Space

Mar 2022

Hugging Face Space for monocular depth estimation demos.

Hugging Face SpaceComputer VisionDemo

Rick and Morty Bot Space

Mar 2022

Hugging Face Space for a Rick and Morty themed chatbot demo.

Hugging Face SpaceChatbotLLM
Certifications

Nova Membership Certificate

Mar 2024

Recognized by Nova Talent for leadership potential and strong analytical profile.

LeadershipTalentRecognition

KaggleX Mentorship Program

Nov 2023

Mentored a student through development of a Hindi speech recognition project.

MentorshipSpeech AIKaggle

KDnuggets Milestone Recognition

Oct 2023

Editorial strategy contributed to sustained growth in unique page views.

EditorialGrowthPublishing

Data Scientist Professional Certificate

Jul 2023 - Jul 2025

Validated end to end skills in data management, modeling, and communication.

Data ScienceCertificationDataCamp

Data Scientist Professional Certificate

Aug 2021 - Aug 2023

Demonstrated applied competency in analytics, experimentation, and production coding.

Data ScienceCertificationDataCamp

Analyze Data with R Skill Path

Sep 2020 - Nov 2020

Completed structured R track focused on practical data analysis workflows.

RAnalyticsCodecademy

Analyze Data with SQL Skill Path

Oct 2020 - Dec 2020

Built solid SQL fundamentals for exploratory and reporting tasks.

SQLDatabasesAnalytics

Data Scientist with Python Track

Sep 2020 - Nov 2020

Completed broad training path that enabled transition into data science.

PythonData ScienceMachine Learning

Deepnote Competition MVP

May 2021

Awarded for publishing a high volume of analysis and machine learning notebooks.

DeepnoteNotebooksMVP

WiDS Datathon Top 10

Mar 2021

Placed in top ten through model ensembling and feature engineering.

KaggleCompetitionEnsembling

Registered Engineer Membership

Aug 2021

Achieved lifetime membership status as a registered engineer with PEC.

EngineeringPECProfessional Membership
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