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Jad Abboud

Founder & AI Transformation Consultant

€750/day
San Sebastián, ES
15+ years

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About Jad

I am a founder and consultant in strategy and transformation. >15 years designing and executing data, analytics, and AI projects for some of the largest companies in the world.
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I am a founder and consultant in strategy and transformation. More than 11 years designing and executing data, analytics, and AI projects for some of the largest companies in the world.
I founded Bolldr after leading digital transformation at Bank Audi (Financial Planning & Analysis), Oracle (analytics and data science consulting), and Majid Al Futtaim, one of the largest retailers in the Middle East where I was BI & Insight Manager. I also co-founded FitHack, an AI-powered wellness platform. During that time, I designed predictive models that identified over €200M in business opportunities, real-time executive dashboards that changed decision-making, and automations that reduced processes from weeks to days.
I am not a generalist freelancer. I am a data strategist with real technical capabilities (SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, machine learning, cloud architecture) and executive experience in complex organizations. I have worked in retail, banking, oil & gas, manufacturing, aviation, and wellness. I know how to design the strategy and how to execute it.
I work with companies of 20-250 employees who are at that critical point: too big to continue with Excel, too small to have a Chief Data Officer. I build them data infrastructure that works, strategic dashboards connected to their real systems, AI automations that eliminate repetitive manual work, and digitization roadmaps that are executed in quarters, not years.
I speak Spanish, English, French, and Arabic. MBA Finance, CFA Level 2, Oracle Cloud Architect. I work from Spain with active clients in Europe and Latin America.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Fluent

  • Arabic

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Conversational

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Bolldr Advisoryby JA
    Founder & Principal Consultant
    January 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)
    • • Launched an independent consulting practice delivering data strategy, BI dashboard builds, and AI workflow automation for SME clients across Spain and Latin America
    • • Built bolldr.com and end-to-end brand identity; responsible for business development, scoping, delivery, and client management
    Analytics Consulting Strategic Consulting AI Automation Process Optimization Business Intelligence
  • Majid Al Futtaim – Xsight (Analytics Centre of Excellence)
    Business Intelligence & Insight Manager
    January 2021 - January 2024 (3 years)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    Xsight is MAF's internal of for Role spanned all verticals — Carrefour, VOX Cinemas, fashion, malls, F&B — owning the full analytics lifecycle from data consolidation to C-suite delivery.
    • • Consumer intelligence: Built a geospatial consumer model identifying 736K high-value target consumers with ~AED 900M in addressable spend. Nominated for Top Customer Analytics Use Case across the MAF group (2023)
    • • Segmentation: Engineered a unified consumer identity model integrating transactional, loyalty, and demographic data, improving segmentation accuracy by 10x and powering personalized engagement at scale
    • • Pricing & revenue: Designed price elasticity and promotional sensitivity models across retail and fashion verticals, generating AED 50M+ in incremental revenue
    • • F&B location intelligence: Built a cuisine-location recommendation model using geospatial analytics and external data, delivering 50% faster ROI realization for new restaurant openings
    • • Campaign optimization: Delivered predictive targeting models with 93% accuracy for retail brands, driving 20%+ new customer acquisition
    • • AI-powered reporting: Developed an LLM-powered insights engine embedding automated business narratives into dashboards, reducing executive reporting time by 60%
    • • Commercial analytics products: Packaged proprietary models into externally sold analytics products, securing seven-figure contracts with UAE banks and retailers
    • • Data automation: Built automated pipelines connecting POS, CRM, and loyalty data for real-time performance tracking across all verticals
    • • Market sizing: Delivered TAM analyses across hypermarket, entertainment, fashion, home & furniture, and leisure verticals, supporting expansion decisions across geographies
  • Oracle
    Senior Consultant – Analytics & Data Science
    January 2019 - January 2021 (2 years)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    Nominated for Top Talent in 2021. Led analytics engagements across oil & gas, aviation, manufacturing, banking, and retail sectors.
    • • Oil & gas platform deployment: Led end-to-end deployment of an analytics platform for the largest O&G company in the UAE, partnering with C-level stakeholders to align analytics strategies with business goals. Unlocked multiple contract renewals and cross-sales
    • • Predictive maintenance (aviation): Developed a predictive maintenance model for an international airport using IoT sensor data, reducing operational downtime by 35% and saving ~$2M annually
    • • Manufacturing optimization: Designed a production optimization model for an aluminum manufacturer, improving production efficiency by 28% and increasing throughput by 15%
    • • Retail forecasting: Built a sales predictive model with 93% accuracy, boosting sales performance by 20% and improving profitability margins by 15%. Secured a 7-figure contract extension
    • • Banking & credit: Developed an automated loan schedule generator reducing processing time by 70% (1,200+ hours/year saved). Built a credit migration model using Markov Chains, improving portfolio performance by 22% and reducing default rates by 18%
    • • Customer analytics: Delivered segmentation and churn prediction models, improving retention rates by 35% and generating $5M in additional annual revenue
    • • Designed analytics frameworks across supply chain, finance, deals, and operations management. Proposed and delivered 15+ tailored data science solutions across industries

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Education

  • MBA
    University of Balamand
    2010
    MBA
  • B.S. – Biology
    University of Balamand
    2015
    B.S. – Biology

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