Dr. Ahmad Alsaber
Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science
Kuwait City,KU
Summary
Self-motivated Statistician with exceptional quantitative analysis skills. Known for strengths in assessing data reliability and creating meaningful reports. Highly skilled in technical writing and documentation. Knowledgeable Statistician with 15 years of progressive experience analyzing data in my organization settings. Adept in conducting sampling and validation using Good Clinical Practices. Offering broad understanding of statistical concepts and models with expertise in SPSS, R, STATA and Python. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
15
15
Years of Statistical Consultation
50
50
Statistical Training Courses (SPSS, RStudio, ..., etc)
42
42
Published Peer-Reviewed Articles
12
12
Funded Governmental Projects
Work History
Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science
American University Of Kuwait
15 Salem Al Mubarak St, Salmiya, Zip Code 13034, Kuwait, Kuwait
2021.08 - Current
- Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
- Took attendance, graded assignments and maintained student records to assist teachers with administrative tasks and maintain smooth daily operations.
- Revised course objectives, course materials, instructional and assessment strategies for Business courses.
- Collaborated with faculty members on Academic projects.
- Contributed to planning appropriate and engaging lessons for both classroom and distance learning applications.
- Applied innovative teaching methods to encourage student learning objectives.
- Handled classroom administration for professors.
- Proctored exams and provided remediation for learning improvement goals.
- Facilitated academic and community collaborations to increase number of community-engaged research proposal submissions to extramural funders.
- Evaluated student progress through analysis of test scores and homework completion.
- Evaluated and supervised student activities and performance levels to provide reports on academic progress.
- Created materials and exercises to illustrate application of course concepts.
- Established research agenda in Business field to publish in peer-reviewed journals.
General Manager
ASIA For Adminstrative Consulting
Murgab, Block 3, Plot 8A+8B. Omar Bin Al-Khattab Street, Shayma Tower | Floor 10, Kuwait
02.2018 - Current
- Designed modern employee recognition program which boosted productivity and improved morale.
- Boosted productivity by consolidating material planning, data collecting, payroll and accounting programs into one main system.
- Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
- Delivered business strategy and developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency
- Assessed reports to evaluate performance, develop targeted improvements and implement changes.
- Implemented operational strategies and effectively built customer and employee loyalty.
- Reduced costs, managed delivery schedules and performed risk analysis to improve overall profitability.
- Developed effective business plans to align strategic decisions with long-term objectives.
- Maximized efficiency by coaching and mentoring personnel on management principles, industry practices, company procedures and technology systems.
- Launched new, robust business management software system, resulting in improved operational insight and planning.
- Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts and costs.
- Reduced corporate risk by managing shrink processes and controlling inventory levels.
- Provided comprehensive analysis and recommend solutions to address complex business problems and issues using data from internal and external sources and applied advanced analytical methods to assess factors impacting growth and profitability across product and service offerings.
- Scaled analytical capabilities across all business areas, evolving analytics to influence bank's strategic planning and executives' decision-making.
- Applied statistical and algebraic techniques to interpret key points from gathered data.
- Coached, developed and motivated team members, providing coaching and mentoring to junior data scientists on Python or RStudio and data mining techniques.
- Planned, modified and executed research techniques, procedures and tests.
- Developed fact sheets, graphs and tables to analyze and summarize survey data.
- Attended seminars and symposiums to improve overall knowledge and understanding.
- Performed statistical, qualitative and quantitative analysis.
- Demonstrated strong writing skills to generate original correspondence and reports.
Head of Math Department
Kuwait Technical College (K-Tech)
Abo-Hulaifa, Kuwait
09.2014 - 02.2018
- Created course syllabus to clearly communicate expectations and standards for student success.
- Documented and communicated student progress on course goals to identify areas in need of improvement.
- Implemented innovative resources such as videos, metaphors and real-life scenarios to illustrate course concepts and engage students.
- Instructed students using Pearson online learning platform in addition to educating students in traditional, face-to-face settings.
- Developed class description for course catalog to engage students and increase enrollment.
- Held office hours to provide additional course support and help students navigate course curriculum.
- Initiated communication with students to address learning concerns and offer additional guidance for independent study.
- Created detailed syllabus to outline teaching methods, learning objectives and exam dates.
Statistical Consultant
Gulf University For Science And Technology (GUST)
Mishref, Kuwait City
03.2010 - 09.2014
- Performed analysis such as regression methods and other inferential statistical analysis.
- Delivered statistical analysis and research and liaised with ACS clients.
- Coordinated with internal departments to resolve statistical issues.
- Used statistics to make forecasts and provided projected figures.
- Analyzed trends and applied statistical methodology to complex data.
- Supervised databases and maintained records for all forms.
- Assisted with strategic decision-making and internal project developments, helping to drive company forwards.
- Performed data cleaning and data preparation to support high-quality data and catch errors before processing.
- Developed data tables and databases to create relation between tables to allow efficient data retrieval.
Head of Quality Assurance Office
Arab Open University - Kuwait Branch
Kuwait, Kuwait
09.2007 - 03.2010
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
- Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
- Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
- Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting.
- Monitored process checks for proper completion and correct frequency in AOU.
- PUC Annual Report 2008 and 2009.
- OUVS Annual Report 2008 and 2009.
- Member of Branch Comity 2009/2010.
- Member and Head of Examination Comity 2009/2010.
Statistical Analyst
Kuwait University
Kuwait City, Kuwait
03.2005 - 09.2007
- Manipulated, transformed and analyzed data by reviewing computer reports, printouts and performance indicators.
- Prepared statistical analysis plans and provided statistical interpretation for graphs, tables and charts.
- Developed software applications for statistical modeling and graphic analysis to understand data and drive accurate insight.
- Analyzed and interpret statistical data to identify trends and relationships.
- Acquired data from primary or secondary data sources.
- Performed data cleaning and data preparation to support high-quality data and catch errors before processing.
Education
Ph.D. - Statistics - Data Science
02.2018 - Current
- Thesis: Estimating Air Pollution and its Long and Short Run Causality with Chronic Diseases Using Vector Error
Correction Models (VECM). - Majored in Statistics, Multivariate Time Series, Data Science.
- Research Project: Exploring the impact of air pollution on COVID-19 admitted cases., The evidence of a positive long-run association between COVID-19 admitted cases and environmental air pollution might be shown in the co-integration test and the VECM. There is an affirmation that the usage of air pollutants have a significant impact on COVID-19 admitted cases prediction.
Master of Science - Statistics
03.2017 - 09.2020
- Capstone Project: Quantifying Expert Opinion for Modeling Air Pollution Using A Formal Statistical Mechanism Provided by Bayesian Methods, A formal statistical mechanism provided by Bayesian statistical methods for incorporating subjective prior information into a statistical analysis. The prior information must be articulated as a prior distribution using an elicitation methods that questions an expert and constructs a prior distribution from his answers. Typically, prior knowledge is of high value in models that contain a large number of variables and factors, as then the amount of data needed to estimate all the parameters is large and sample data will not quickly swamp the prior information. The method of quantifying expert knowledge is proposed by Garthwaite and Al-Awadhi (2005).
- Thesis: Quantifying Expert Opinion for Modeling Air Pollution Using A Formal Statistical Mechanism Provided by Bayesian Methods.
- Majored in Bayesian Methods.
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
09.1997 - 05.2002
Timeline
Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science - American University Of Kuwait
2021.08 - Current
University Of Strathclyde - Ph.D., Statistics - Data Science
02.2018 - Current
General Manager - ASIA For Adminstrative Consulting
02.2018 - Current
Kuwait University - Master of Science, Statistics
03.2017 - 09.2020
Head of Math Department - Kuwait Technical College (K-Tech)
09.2014 - 02.2018
Statistical Consultant - Gulf University For Science And Technology (GUST)
03.2010 - 09.2014
Head of Quality Assurance Office - Arab Open University - Kuwait Branch
09.2007 - 03.2010
Statistical Analyst - Kuwait University
03.2005 - 09.2007
Kuwait University - Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
09.1997 - 05.2002
Skills
Research project design
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Academic Services
Consulting in
Statistical Analytics
Literature Reviews
Journals and Publications
Academic Formatting
Sampling and Methodology
Editing
Libraries
Paraphrasing
Quantitative analysis (Survey methods)
Conferences
Computing Services
SPSS
STATA
XLSTAT
SAS
RStudio
Coding in Python
MiniITab
Excel
R Markdown
Graph-Pad Prism
SMART-PLS
Registries Services
Building up database
Data collection and database management
Coding
Smart interface
Training & Workshops
Statistical Analysis using R
Statistical Analysis using SPSS
Statistical Analysis using STATA
Research Method Program
Creating database for analysis purposes workshop
Testing of hypothesis (t-test and ANOVA) workshop
Correlation and Regression workshop
Academic Publications
Research outputs
Listing of Research outputs
[1] Adeeba Al-Herz, Adel Al-Awadhi, Khulood Saleh, Waleed Al-Kandari, Eman Hasan, Aqeel Ghanem, Fatemah Abutiban, Ahmad Alenizi, Mohammed Hussain, Yaser Ali, and others. A comparison of rheumatoid arthritis patients in Kuwait with other populations: results from the KRRD registry. Br J Med Med Res, 14, pp. 1–11, 2016.
[2] AA Al-Herz, K Saleh, A Al-Awadhi, W Al-Kandari, E Hasan, F Abutiban, A Alenizi, A Ghanem, M Hussain, Y Ali, and others. THU0128 Characteristics of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Kuwait: Results from the Krrd Registry . Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 74, pp. 240–240, 2015.
[3] Adeeba Al-Herz, Adel Al-Awadhi, Khulood Saleh, Waleed Al-Kandari, Eman Hasan, Aqeel Ghanem, Fatemah Abutiban, Ahmad Alenizi, Mohammed Hussain, Yaser Ali, and others. Low prevalence of nodules in rheumatoid arthritis patients in Kuwait: a description and a comparison of patients from the Kuwait Registry for Rheumatic Diseases. Medical Principles and Practice, 26, pp. 152–156, 2017.
[4] AA Al-Herz, K Saleh, A Al-Awadhi, W Al-Kandari, E Hasan, F Abutiban, A Alenizi, A Ghanem, M Hussain, Y Ali, and others. THU0128 Characteristics of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Kuwait: Results from the Krrd Registry . Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 74, pp. 240–240, 2015.
[5] Adeeba Al-Herz, Aqeel Ghanem, Khulood Saleh, Adel Al-Awadhi, Waleed Al-Kandari, Eman Hasan, Mohammad
Hussain, Ibrahim Nahar, Fatemah Abutiban, Ahmad Alenizi, and others. Rheumatoid arthritis patients resistant to biologic therapy, are they different?. ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY, 2017.
[6] Ahmad Alsaber, Jiazhu Pan, Adeeba Al-Herz, Dhary S Alkandary, Adeeba Al-Hurban, Parul Setiya, Krrd Group, and others. Influence of ambient air pollution on rheumatoid arthritis disease activity score index . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, pp. 416, 2020.
[7] Ali A Al-Kandari, T Kenn Gaither, Mohamed Mubarak Alfahad, Ali A Dashti, and Ahmed R Alsaber. An Arab perspective on social media: How banks in Kuwait use instagram for public relations. Public Relations Review, 45, pp. 101774, 2019.
[8] Adeeba Al-Herz, Khuloud Saleh, Adel Al-Awadhi, Waleed Al-Kandari, Eman Hasan, Aqeel Ghanem, Mohammed Hussain, Yaser Ali, Ebrahim Nahar, Ahmad Alenizi, and others. Accessibility to biologics and its impact on disease activity and quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Kuwait. Clinical Rheumatology, 40, pp. 1759–1765, 2021.
[9] Ahmad R Alsaber, Jiazhu Pan, and Adeeba Al-Hurban. Handling complex missing data using random forest approach for an air quality monitoring dataset: a case study of Kuwait environmental data (2012 to 2018). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, pp. 1333, 2021.
[10] Adeeba Al-Hurban, Sawsan Khader, Ahmad Alsaber, and Jiazhu Pan. Air Quality Assessment in the State of Kuwait during 2012 to 2017. Atmosphere, 12, pp. 678, 2021.
[11] Ahmad Alsaber, Adeeba Al-Herz, Jiazhu Pan, Ahmad T AL-Sultan, Divya Mishra, and KRRD Group. Handling missing data in a rheumatoid arthritis registry using random forest approach. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 24, pp. 1282–1293, 2021.
[12] Yousef Al-Shamali, Yaser M. Ali, Rawan A Al-Shamali, Maryam Al-Melahi, Farah R Al-Shammari, Ahmad Alsaber, and Wasl Al-Adsani. Don’t close the book on tocilizumab for the treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumoniathe jury is still out: The Kuwait experience. Plos one, 16, pp. e0254379, 2021.
[13] Moudhi Alroomi, Rajesh Rajan, Abdulaziz A Omar, Ahmad Alsaber, Jiazhu Pan, Mina Fatemi, Kobalava D Zhanna,
Wael Aboelhassan, Farah Almutairi, Naser Alotaibi, and others. Ferritin level: A predictor of severity and mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, 9, pp. 1648–1655, 2021.
[14] Mohammad Al Saleh, Naser Alotaibi, Kelly Schrapp, Ahmad Alsaber, Jiazhu Pan, Farah Almutairi, Mohammed Abdullah, Wael Aboelhassan, Noor AlNasrallah, Bader Al-Bader, and others. Risk factors for mortality in patients with COVID-19: the Kuwait experience. Medical Principles and Practice, 31, pp. 180–186, 2022.
[15] Moudhi Alroomi, Rajesh Rajan, Ahmad Alsaber, Jiazhu Pan, Mohammed Abdullah, Hassan Abdelnaby, Wael Aboelhassan, Noor AlNasrallah, Bader Al-Bader, Haya Malhas, and others. In-hospital mortality in SARS-CoV-2 stratified by gamma-glutamyl transferase levels. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, 36, pp. e24291, 2022.
[16] Hassan Abdelnaby, Wael Aboelhassan, Mohammed Al-Jarallah, Rajesh Rajan, Raja Dashti, Kobalava D Zhanna, Ahmad R Alsaber, Ahmed Abd el-Aleem, Islam Ashry, Mohammed Abdullah, and others. Outcomes of tocilizumab therapy in severe or critical COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort, single-centre study. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 26, pp. 1689–1699, 2021.
[17] Mohammed Al-Jarallah, Rajesh Rajan, Raja Dashti, Ahmad Al Saber, Jiazhu Pan, Kobalava D Zhanna, Hassan Abdelnaby, Wael Aboelhassan, Farah Almutairi, Mohammed Abdullah, and others. In-hospital mortality in SARS-CoV-2 stratified by serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels: A retrospective study. Journal of medical virology, 93, pp. 5880–5885, 2021.
[18] Mohammed Al-Jarallah, Rajesh Rajan, Ahmad Al Saber, Jiazhu Pan, Ahmad T Al-Sultan, Hassan Abdelnaby, Moudhi Alroomi, Raja Dashti, Wael Aboelhassan, Farah Almutairi, and others. In-hospital mortality in SARS-CoV-2 stratified by hemoglobin levels: A retrospective study. EJHaem, 2, pp. 335–339, 2021.
[19] Joud Al Balool, Mohammed Al Jarallah, Rajesh Rajan, Raja Dashti, Nader Alasousi, Vladimir Koteivski, Ahmed Said Taha Mousa, Retaj Al Haroun, Gary Tse, Kobalava D Zhanna, and others. Clinical outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement stratified by left ventricular ejection fraction: A single centre pilot study. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, pp. 103712, 2022.
[20] Miguel A Quiroz-Reyes, Erick A Quiroz-Gonzalez, Jennifer H Kim-Lee, Felipe Esparza-Correa, Jorge G Morales-Navarro, Miguel A Quiroz-Gonzalez, Ahmad R Alsaber, Boris Moreno-Andrade, Margarita Montano, Virgilio Lima-Gomez, and others. A Critical Analysis of Postoperative Outcomes in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Associated with Giant Tears: A Consecutive, Multicenter Study. , 2021.
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