2023
(Incomplete) Part Time Doctoral studies — Computer Engineering
Polytechnique Montréal
Quantum Machine Learning Ops
Incomplete / Dropout
Section 03
Education & Awards
Academic credentials, professional certifications, and the awards and recognitions collected along the way.
Academic
Academic credentials
2022
Exec Ed — Designing Enterprise Data Strategy
University of California, Berkeley — Haas School of Business
Data Management
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2021
Exec Ed — Leading AI Policy, Strategy & Technology
Harvard Kennedy School
Artificial Intelligence
View certificate →2017
MSc in Computer Science
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
2013
BSc in Computer Science and Engineering
North South University
Computer Science and Engineering
Credentials
Certifications
Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
Microsoft Certified. Core AI workloads, responsible AI principles, and Azure AI services.
Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102)
Microsoft Certified. Building, managing and deploying AI solutions on Azure.
Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)
Microsoft Certified. Core data concepts, relational and non-relational data, and analytics workloads on Azure.
Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)
Microsoft Certified. Modeling, visualizing and analyzing data with Power BI.
Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
Microsoft Certified. Expert-level design and implementation of solutions on Microsoft Azure.
AI Transformation Leader (AB-731)
Microsoft Certified, February 2026. Leadership credential for driving AI transformation across the enterprise.
Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect (AB-100)
Microsoft Certified, January 2026. Architecting agentic AI business solutions.
Recognition
Awards & honours
Microsoft MVP — Artificial Intelligence, 12x (2015 — 2026)
Twelve-time Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in AI. Spoke at 400+ data science, software engineering and AI conferences worldwide with 25,000+ attendees on site and 400k+ views online. One of 5 AI MVPs in Canada and one of 200 in the world.
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DataIQ North America Grand Prix (2025) — IATA
Grand Prix, the top overall recognition at the DataIQ North America awards, for the data and AI work delivered at the International Air Transport Association.
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DataIQ Data & AI For Good Hero Organization Award — IATA
Recognition for aviation safety data and AI work delivered for public benefit at IATA.
View on DataIQ →Canada's Top 30 Software Developers Under 30 (2018)
Awarded for contributions to the Canadian IT community, AI products developed, and the impact of designed software systems.
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AI 100 Award — Early adopters in North America
Recognized among the AI 100 for early enterprise AI adoption.
See the post →University of Saskatchewan Diversity and Inclusion Award
Sponsor and founder of the first LGBTQ2S+ community award for students studying in computer science.
Earlier awards, 2011–2017
Finalist — Best Software Product 2017, SREDA Saskatchewan
Science, Technology, Innovation and Collaboration Award, Saskatoon, Canada.
Emerging Agriculture — Best Project Award (2017)
Edwards Business School, Saskatoon, Canada, 13th — 14th January 2017.
Research Fest 2016 — 2nd Best Researcher Award
University of Saskatchewan, Computer Science Department, October 2016.
Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) Summit — top 30 MSPs worldwide (2014)
Microsoft Student Partner program summit, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Nokia Future Capture Hackathon — Top 10 World-wide Finalist (2013)
Lund, Sweden, September 2013.
Microsoft Imagine Cup Bangladesh — 2nd Position (2012)
April 2012.
Panasonic Ideas Change Lives — Top 8 Innovation of the Year (2012)
Project Beetle, September 2012.
Techno Vision Global 2011 World Final
Delhi, India, December 2011.