Doctoral studies — Computer Engineering
Polytechnique Montréal
Quantum Machine Learning Ops
Coursework completed
Section 03
Education & Awards
Academic credentials, professional certifications, and the awards and recognitions collected along the way.
Academic
Academic credentials
Exec Ed — Designing Enterprise Data Strategy
University of California, Berkeley — Haas School of Business
Data Management
Exec Ed — Leading AI Policy, Strategy & Technology
Harvard Kennedy School
Artificial Intelligence
MSc in Computer Science
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
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.
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.
DataIQ Data & AI For Good Hero Organization Award — IATA
Recognition for aviation safety data and AI work delivered for public benefit at IATA.
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.
AI 100 Award — Early adopters in North America
Recognized among the AI 100 for early enterprise AI adoption.
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.