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I help and consult organizations by leveraging coding, geospatial analysis, data extraction, and intelligence to understand and manage geopolitical and geoeconomic risks. I create custom systems that transform complex data into clear, actionable, and meaningful insights. Examples include:FoodLink, a platform that visualizes food resources and data in real-time;MDB-Watchdog, a tool tracking multilateral development projects in Pakistan; a Development Projects RAG system that uses document retrieval and AI-driven generation to process 1TB of data, extract insights, analyze changes, and retrieve relevant documentation; and a Public Procurement Transparency project for analyzing procurement data and ensuring compliance.
Geospatial Intelligence & Risk Mapping

Advanced spatial analysis for assessing infrastructure vulnerabilities and governance-related risks across time and space.


🛠️ Tech Stack
ArcGIS
PostGIS
Mapbox GL
GeoPandas
Python
📊 Analytical Methods
Collected and geocoded 2,500+ Chinese companies in Pakistan using structured open data sourcesInfrastructure-security co-location pattern analysis using space-time scan statisticsRisk surface modeling with multi-criteria geospatial analysis and temporal change detection
📦 Featured Application
MDB-Watchdog Spatial
LLM-Powered Multilingual Text Mining

Large-scale data collection, processing and analysis across sources times space and languages


🛠️ Tech Stack
Scrapy
PostgreSQL
spaCy
HuggingFace
FastAPI
📊 Analytical Methods
Collected and categorized 4.2M+ entries using NLP and MLMultilingual NER pipeline with full-text search infrastructureLLM-powered thematic clustering and cross-lingual insight extraction using HuggingFace Transformers
📦 Featured Application
Full-Stack Platforms & Dashboards

Development of scalable data platforms and systems with maps, feedback systems, and real-time KPIs and authentication


🛠️ Tech Stack
Next.js
Supabase
MUI
Recharts
ArcGIS Maps SDK
Vercel
📊 Analytical Methods
Built dynamic dashboards with real-time updates powered by geocoded project data, clustering, and filtering by financing source, location, and statusRefactored legacy GIS analysis into maintainable, modular components using ArcGIS Pro SDK
📦 Featured Application
RAG Knowledge Systems

Retrieval-augmented generation for multilateral policy intelligence at scale


🛠️ Tech Stack
FAISS
Gemini API
SQL
Python
📊 Analytical Methods
Built a FAISS-based semantic index with cosine similarity for long-form institutional documentsIntegrated Gemini API to generate answers grounded in top-ranked, metadata-rich chunksDesigned a chunking pipeline preserving document structure across project stagesApplied metadata filters to target phases, document types, and country-level themes
📦 Featured Application
Legal-Tech Automation

AI-powered legal analysis and compliance monitoring


🛠️ Tech Stack
LangChain
OpenAI
Neo4j
LlamaIndex
PyPDF
📊 Analytical Methods
Built a custom pipeline to clean, standardize, and segment unstructured documentsLeveraged LLMs to extract structured insights from tender and adjudication documentMapped legal entities and relationships into network graphs

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Based in Brooklyn. Working across USA, Europe, China, and South Asia.