Summary
Bassem Yaacoub is a data leader and team lead in onshore data design based in Melbourne, bringing over two decades of experience turning complex datasets across sales, HR, marketing, retail and finance into actionable business outcomes. He combines deep SQL and solution design expertise with hands-on delivery of automated reporting and reusable data assets that improve operational efficiency at scale. Having led data design teams for major organisations including Telstra and Medibank, he pairs technical craft with strong stakeholder and people management skills honed as a long-time small business owner. Pragmatic and results-driven, Bassem excels at balancing competing priorities to meet service delivery while driving data strategy and architecture. He is equally comfortable translating analytic insights for executives and mentoring teams to embed repeatable, scalable practices. A curious engineer at heart, he also keeps a light touch—his GitHub bio nods to a personal side (and a cat)—reflecting a leader who values culture alongside capability.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Computer Systems Engineering, Bachelor, Computer Systems Engineering at La Trobe University