Senior Statistician with 18 years experience in biostatistics, survey design, analysis and reporting, building models for forecasting, regression analysis, time series, stochastic processes, applied statistics and econometrics, survival analysis, quality control, experiment design, analysis of variance and reporting.

Highlights

·         Masters degrees in Statistics

·         Master degree in Information and System Science

·         Broad range of experience in data collection, statistical analysis and reporting in various areas including oral health care, complex medical studies, and human resource management

·         Team Leader for technical aspects of statistical data collection, analysis and reporting within the Department

·         Advanced database and programming knowledge in SAS, Access, SPSS and other programming languages

·         Use advanced statistical techniques for management such as Markov Chains, Total Quality Management and Six Sigma

Overview of Experience

·         Teaches the postgraduate biostatistics course (including computing) for all graduate students, and provides an advisory service for staff, graduate, and undergraduate

·         Support professional colleagues in the area of statistical modelling and analysis and provide statistical analysis to professionals in other departments

·         Substantially improved human resource data analysis and reporting adding more credibility to human resource forecasts and management practices, as well as providing more support for human resource planning by managers.

·         Performed detailed analysis of the Public Service Employee Survey specifically addressing the issue of Employee Equity; created 54 presentations which compared Industry Canada to the rest of the Canadian federal government on the issue of employment equity

·         Performed Retirement Forecast and Departure Modeling for Industry Canada overall including the effect of the Baby Boom, as well as detailed analysis by:

o        Occupational Categories

o        Work Level

o        Employment Equity

·         Developed, implemented and analysed a Career Progression Study for visible minorities, aboriginal peoples and the disabled within Industry Canada; used history event modelling from different demographic components to compare these groups to a control group

·         Prepared a human resource statistical analysis for all of Industry Canada for inclusion in the 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, and 2005-2006 Annual Reports 

Work History

Lecturer & Biostatistical Researcher 2006 - Present

      Prevent Dental Sciences and Research Center, College of Dentistry, KSU, Riyadh.

·         At the College of Dentistry- organizes and teaches the postgraduate biostatistics course (including computing) for all graduate students, and provides an advisory service for staff, graduate, and undergraduate students.

• At the PDS department - teaches and supervise an introduction statistics course (with computing) to fourth year students, provide statistical advisory service for staff and undergraduate students

·         At the CDRC

o        Review, analyse and write Biostatistical based analytical research projects and make recommendations on their implications for health care policies and strategies

o        Supervise professional colleagues in the area of statistical modelling and analysis and provide statistical support to professionals in other departments

o        Working to create and maintain databases; share and access outside data for comparison purposes; monitor, identify and analyze

o       Working to develop and document data collection, analysis and reporting methodologies to ensure consistency across the college and to maintain data integrity

o       Working to develop and organizes workshops and short coerces in statistics and computer areas for graduate and undergraduate students, staff, and others.

o       Planning to develop a website that help students to access a distance learning courses in Biostatistics, statistics computer programs, and other courses in data analysis.

Demographic & Statistical Analyst (ES4) 2004 - 2006

      Human Resources Branch, Industry Canada, Ottawa

·         Participate in annual manpower planning exercise including data collection, modelling approach, manpower budgeting and consulting; design forms and output reports and prepare relevant data for use in manpower planning and budgeting; study, review and finalize manpower reports including staff turnover, trend analysis, and various statistics

·         Perform demographic analysis through multi-disciplinary studies and research projects to enhance knowledge of workforce dynamics and impacts (actual and potential) of human resources management policies and strategies

·         Design and implement demographic studies on various population groups across the Department including strategies for long term data collection, defining and documenting data sets for comparison; analyse and interpret data gathered, create analytical, statistical and narrative reports, graphs and presentations

·         Review, analyse and write human resources-based analytical research projects and make recommendations on their implications for human resource management policies and strategies

·         Create and maintain databases; share and access outside data for comparison purposes; monitor, identify and analyze human resource trends

·         Develop and document data collection, analysis and reporting methodologies to ensure consistency across the department and to maintain data integrity

·         Analyse and test information management systems for consistency and data accuracy

·         Supervise professional colleagues in the area of demographic modelling, forecasting and analysis and provide statistical support to professionals in other sectors and departments

      Demographic Analyst (ES 3)                                                                                     2001 - 2004

      Human Resources Branch, Industry Canada, Ottawa

·         Analysed the 2005 and 2005 Public Service Survey and made recommendations for Career Development, Satisfaction, Learning, and Employee Engagement from various demographic viewpoints; prepared an in-depth comparison of the department to the federal government as a whole and made numerous recommendations and presentations on findings

·         Developed Salary Budget Allocation Model

·         Developed a model for identifying managers across Industry Canada, and subsequently developed a database of managers in the Department; used the database for demographic analysis which was included in the Annual Report

·         Performed Career Progression survey design and analysis

      Research Statistician                                                                                     June – Sept. 2001

      Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa

·         Determined the reliability of a questionnaire studying the “Information and Support Needs of Primary Caregivers of Premature and/or Medically Complex Infants”

·         Determined appropriate sample size for determining the reliability of radiological ratings for a scientific study

·         Performed statistical analysis of specific medical components of scientific studies

      Research Assistant & Teacher                                                                               1996 - 2001

      Carleton University, Ottawa

·         Performed data analysis of a survey investigating employee confidence and security in their jobs

·         Performed data analysis of a telephone survey as well as randomized survey sampling

·         Prepared a simulation model to measure how to improve productivity and reduce idle time in a manufacturing facility

·         Taught Statistics for Business and Economics (Part 1 & 2), Introduction to Probability Theory and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Statistical Analysis for Mathematicians and Statisticians, Calculus and Linear Algebra

      Math Teacher                                                                                                            1988 - 1993

      Sana’a University, Yemen

·         Performed data analysis measuring the effect of cement production on the environment

Education

Masters in Science (Information and System Science; 2000)

Carleton University, Ottawa

Masters in Science (Statistics; 1994)

Virginia Polytechnic & State University, USA

Bachelor of Science (Statistics; 1986)

King Saudi University, Saudi Arabia

Other Training & Certification

      People-Oriented Management Course, delivered by Canada School of Public Service, Ottawa

Project Management Course, delivered by a professor at Ottawa University, Ottawa

Human Resource Management Course, delivered by a professor at York University, Toronto

Extensive training in all aspects of statistics and mathematics including Simulation and Monte Carlo Methods, Regression Analysis, Time Series, Probability Theory, Statistical Distributions, Estimation Theory, Sampling Techniques, Hypothesis Testing, Biostatistics, Quality Control, Linear Programming, Experiment Design, Mathematical Statistics, Statistical Consulting, Categorical Data Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Rank Tests, Linear Regression, Calculus, Algebra, Real Analysis and Differential Equations.

Technical Skills & Additional Training

·         Statistical software including SAS, SPSS, S-Plus, Minitab, Data Mining Software, Beyond 2020, JAIS 2003, PERSIM.

·         Advanced database skills in MS Access and Visual Basic

·         Programming in C++, Java, Fortran, Pascal, HTML and DBMS

·         Technical writing

·         Negotiation skills

First Half of Academic Year 1428-1429h (2007-2008G) 

Time Day	Loc.	8 – 9 am	9 – 12 am		12 – 1	1 – 2 pm	2 – 5 pm
SAT	Duc	CDRC Consultation and Data Analysis			Noon Break	Dept. Meeting / Divisional Meeting 12:45 – 2:00 PM
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SUN	Duc
	Muc	CDRC Consultation and Data Analysis				421 PDS Consultation and Data Analysis
MON	Duc			421 PDS Consultation and Data Analysis
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TUES	Duc	Consultation and Data Analysis				Consultation and Data Analysis
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WED	Duc	Consultation and Data Analysis				CDRC Consultation and Data Analysis
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