Jalal Mekmassi

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Language

Dutch
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English
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Work Experience

Datascientist / AI-engineer at Databain-Collective Collaboration
November 1, 2025 - November 1, 2025
Development of AI and LLM workflows (LangChain, GPT-4o, TensorFlow) within a commercial and ethically responsible AI context. Led CI/CD rollout using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions; defined KPI-driven performance metrics; designed scalable REST API and AI Stylist agent; containerized with Docker/Kubernetes; integrated Redis, LangChain, and TensorFlow; implemented error handling and monitoring via Azure Logs and DevOps pipelines; created AI Stylist Agent in n8n with LangChain and OpenAI GPT-4o; built dynamic SERP_SEARCH_TOOL workflow and Telegram Bot integration for real-time recommendations.
Datascientist / AI-engineer at Keukenwarenhuis
November 1, 2025 - November 1, 2025
Technical business analyst for integration of a KNN AI model within e-commerce; discovery and requirements with stakeholders (marketing, IT, data) through deployment; defined success criteria for recommendation accuracy and user interaction.
Data & AI-engineer at Samskip
March 1, 2025 - March 1, 2025
Development and optimization of ETL pipelines; migration from Synapse to Fabric Data Warehouse; implementation of Power BI Direct Lake; Elasticsearch for log analysis and real-time transport data search; Postgres and SQL Server storage; large-scale data migration planning from analysis to go-live; KPI, latency, uptime metrics; stakeholder management in international environment.
Data Engineer at ING
August 1, 2024 - August 1, 2024
Development of scalable Power BI apps integrated with Exadata; CI/CD in Azure DevOps; predictive analytics with Python and TensorFlow; MLflow for experiment tracking and deployment.
Data Engineer at European Container Terminal (ECT)
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Migration and data lifecycle management; integration of various databases; Neo4j graph modeling of containers/ships/terminals; project implementation plans, roadmaps, UAT testing.
Data Engineer at Bovemij
September 1, 2023 - September 1, 2023
Migration to Azure; building ETL pipelines; financial reports in Power BI and SSRS/SSIS/SSAS; Databricks and modern data architecture implementation; technical analyst and data engineering for Azure platform; steering a multidisciplinary team; setting KPIs for data performance and BI reporting; stakeholder management with financial/ actuarial departments.
Data Engineer at Databrain
February 1, 2023 - February 1, 2023
Building OTAP environment; development of Power BI dashboards and Cognos Analytics; Redis caching; Kubernetes container orchestration; LangChain for AI chatbot workflows; TensorFlow ML models.
Data Engineer at Achmea
February 1, 2023 - February 1, 2023
Migration of financial systems; ETL processes; Postgres and Oracle storage; stakeholder management, data modelling, and UAT.
Data Engineer at T-Mobile / Tele2
June 1, 2021 - June 1, 2021
Migration of SAP & Oracle to AWS BI; use of S3 as a data lake; GDPR data warehouse; reports in Power BI and QlikView; leadership over data migration projects.
Data Engineer at Daikin
October 1, 2025 - October 1, 2025
Designed and optimized Power BI data models; integrated multiple data sources (BW, iVis, budgets); automated ETL with Power Query and SQL; partnered with finance stakeholders to translate reporting needs into scalable dashboards and KPIs; contributed to CI/CD pipelines and versioning with Git/TFVC; improved performance through code reviews and refactoring.
Domain-Analist/ PowerBI Specialist at ING
August 1, 2024 - August 1, 2024
Designed and implemented scalable Power BI applications; introduced Kimball methodology; worked with SQL Server and Exadata; built star schemas (Data Vault/Data Marts) and recommended Data Vault/ Kimball approaches; developed in Databricks and optimized performance; established CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps; utilized PL/SQL to interface with Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS.
Lead-Data-Architect/ Project Lead data-engineer at European Container Terminal
December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023
Led migration projects across Oracle/ analytics platforms; managed CI/CD pipelines; defined roadmaps and implementation plans; built Oracle Analytics reports; managed data lifecycle, master data, analytics and data integration; led knowledge transfer and delivered through UAT.
Finance Control lead/ Lead Data-migratie at Bovemij
September 1, 2023 - September 1, 2023
Led data migration initiatives for finance; extracted data from CSV/Excel and legacy systems; built ETL processes using SSIS and Data Vault 2.0 modeling; designed data marts and data warehouses; performed UAT and knowledge transfer to finance staff.
Lead data Migration/ SAP- Lead/ Lead Finance Reporting at GrandVision
April 1, 2023 - April 1, 2023
Responsible for finance BI data warehouse and reporting; SAP EDW layer (BODS, S4HANA); development of SAP WebI reports; migration from SAP to Azure; data management, monitoring and optimization.
Front-end, back-end, Data-engineer/ Project Leider at Databrain
February 1, 2023 - February 1, 2023
Leveraged Google Analytics for detailed user behavior insights; optimized Visual Website Optimizer/Google Optimize; established OTAP street in GitHub; built .NET login system; containerization and orchestration; worked with Cosmos DB and Azure Data Factory/ Synapse; connected analytics to Power BI.
Lead Project Finance Migration/ Data Architect/ Data engineer/ Data Modelleur at Achmea
February 1, 2023 - February 1, 2023
Extracted and migrated data across on-prem and Azure Data Factory; built and maintained ETL pipelines with SSIS/ SSAS/ SSIS; modeled data with Data Vault 2.0; involved in migration to Azure and SAP/EBS integration; performed UAT and knowledge transfer.
Lead Migration / BI Engineer/ Business Analyst at T-Mobile / Tele2
June 1, 2021 - June 1, 2021
Led data warehousing improvements and GDPR-compliant data architecture; migration to SAP BW; analytics with SAP WebI; drove GDPR compliance and reporting efficiencies; trained BI dashboards.
Senior Finance Associate/ Lead Business Analyst & Developer at ING
September 1, 2022 - September 1, 2022
Responsible for financial month-end and regulatory reporting; led data migration across departments; developed ETL in Alteryx; SAP BO and BODS; led a team of 6; built data models and dashboards in Power BI; tracked SOX compliance and led migration strategy.

Education

Master Information Management at Catholic University Leuven
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2015
Bachelor Geography, Urban Planning (GIS and Geo-data) at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2013
Master at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2015
Bachelor at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2013

Qualifications

AZURE AZ-900 Microsoft
January 1, 2024 - November 10, 2025
Devops Certification
January 1, 2022 - November 10, 2025
Certified Scrum Master
January 1, 2016 - November 10, 2025
Consulting Skills
January 1, 2016 - November 10, 2025
Prince2
January 1, 2016 - November 10, 2025
VWAXI BI Academy
January 1, 2016 - November 10, 2025
Agile Foundation
January 1, 2015 - November 10, 2025
TMap NEXT
January 1, 2015 - November 10, 2025
Azure AZ-900
January 1, 2024 - November 25, 2025
Devops Certification
January 1, 2022 - November 25, 2025
Certified Scrum Master
January 1, 2016 - November 25, 2025
Prince2
January 1, 2016 - November 25, 2025
TMap NEXT
January 1, 2015 - November 25, 2025
EXIN Agile Foundation
January 1, 2015 - November 25, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Professional Services, Financial Services, Transportation & Logistics, Manufacturing