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Senior technical consultant with 13 years of experience at the intersection of data, AI, and information systems. Verifiable missions for the World Bank, UNICEF, and MCC in 5 countries.
What I bring concretely:
▸ AI pipelines in production — orchestration Google Document AI + Claude + Gemini for automated document extraction and validation (SmartCompta v6, in production). Not POCs.
▸ Field data analysis — Python, R, Stata, mixed methods. Evaluations on 6,600 individuals (UNICEF Sudan), MCC-validated national EMIS audit (Belize), World Bank dashboards deployed in production.
▸ Custom information systems — FastAPI/Vue 3/Docker architecture, Linux VPS deployments, AI API integration. 17 containers in production.
▸ M&E & field data collection — KoboToolbox, Tangerine RTI, SurveyCTO. Training teams up to 120 people. WB/UNICEF/MCC standards.
Native Arabic — C2 French — B2/C1 English.
Nominative references available: Ginger SOFRECO (signed certificate), Varly Project/WB (signed attestation).
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Arabic
Native or bilingual
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Ginger SOFRECO / Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)M&E Consultant — EMIS Specialist & StatisticianOctober 2023 - December 2024 (1 year and 2 months)BelizeEvaluation of the National Education Information System (BEMIS) for the design of the MCC Education Project.▸ Exhaustive BEMIS audit according to MCC standards (Accuracy, Consistency, Timeliness, Transparency) — report validated by MCC leadership.▸ Development of a mixed-methods evaluation strategy: quantitative data analysis (Python) + qualitative interviews (KoboToolbox).▸ Automation of data quality control protocols in Python — real-time anomaly detection.▸ 28 people Field Coordination:– Methodological training, mission planning, quality supervision on national coverage.▸ Strategic recommendations adopted for the implementation phase of the MCC Education Project.
- Varly Project / Banque Mondiale & UNICEFTechnical Consultant — Education Evaluations & Data Collection SystemsOctober 2022 - April 2026 (3 years and 6 months)Technical deployments EGRA/EGMA and strengthening of educational information systems — 4 countries.▸ Sint Maarten (WB) — 2022-2023 & 2025:–Bilingual (English/Dutch) evaluation of 482 students in 17 schools — Tangerine RTI on Docker VPS.–Deployment and local training on DataVizir for real-time analysis.▸ Tunisia (WB) — 2023 & 2025:–EGMA Grade 2 (2023) and EGRA/EGMA Grades 3 & 5 (2025) — national deployment Tangerine RTI.–Training of 120+ surveyors and administrators from the Ministry of Education.▸ Sudan (UNICEF/PROMAN) — 2022-2023:–E-learning impact evaluation: 6,600 students, 720 teachers, 60 schools, 5 regions.–NLP/AI pipeline (AssemblyAI) for transcription and analysis of Arabic interviews.▸ Development TangyVizir — Tangerine RTI extension:–Fork and extension of the open-source Tangerine RTI source code: DataVizir natively integrated into the editor.–EGRA/EGMA and QOBS generators, OCR pipeline (Tesseract → Gemini → Claude), 5 languages — solution non-existent in the standard Tangerine ecosystem.▸ ECM Converter v3.5 (University of Mons, Belgium) — co-developed with Pierre Varly, Feb.-Mar. 2026:–Streamlit/Claude pipeline: 7 DOCX blocks → 6 Tangerine/LimeSurvey survey questionnaires, 4 languages, dry-run mode.Reference: Pierre Varly — Varly Project | Signed collaboration certificate available.
- HBN Consulting SARLFounder & Technical DirectorJanuary 2016 - September 2023 (7 years and 8 months)Rabat, MoroccoDigital transformation consulting firm — 40+ projects, public, private, and associative sectors.▸ INDH / Prefecture of Salé / Amal Salé (2020-2021):– Platform for surveying 3,000 families (12,000 beneficiaries) in 1 month — mobile collection, MySQL, real-time dashboards.▸ Project & Alianza por la Solidaridad (2020-2022):– Support for 240 migrant women — creation of 2 cooperatives, 40 women in self-employment. Monitoring and awareness tools.▸ EU Platform / Ministry of National Education (MENFPERS) — via SOFRECO:– Bilingual (Arabic/French) educational project management system for Morocco-EU cooperation program.▸ ERP OFPPT & Amal Salé Association: registration management, pedagogical monitoring, invoicing, financial reporting.▸ Management of teams from 2 to 12 people, P&L management, budget control.
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Education
- Diplome d'ingenieur en informatique - genie logicielHigh Tech School Morocco2010Ingenieur génie logiciel
Certifications
- Digital TransformationUniversity of Virginia2024
- IBM Data Analyst Professional CertificateCoursera - IBM2023