Danial Zakaria
Chief Technology Officer at The Abkhazian language development Bagrat Shinkuba fund
Amman, Amman, Jordan
Summary
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Top SchoolDanial Zakaria is a seasoned technology leader and machine learning engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience and over a decade of involvement in data science, localization, and production ML systems. As CTO of the Abkhazian Language Development Bagrat Shinkuba Fund, he drives language-preservation tech, having integrated Abkhaz into Google Translate and built large-scale corpora and TTS datasets used for robust model training. His background spans front-end and full-stack engineering at firms like Best Buy and Entrust, plus prize-winning Kaggle work—3D reconstruction and biomedical classification kernels that attracted hundreds to thousands of forks. Equally at home in production ML (Transformers, Keras/TensorFlow) and localization workflows, he contributed Abkhaz translations to Mozilla’s Common Voice, highlighting a rare blend of applied ML and linguistic stewardship. Continuous learner with multiple deep learning certifications, he combines practical engineering rigor with a mission-driven focus on endangered-language technologies.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc Computer Engineering at Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT)Master of Science - MS (incomplete) Computer Programming, Master of Science - MS (incomplete) Computer Programming at Maharishi International University
Arabic, abkhazian, English, Russian, adyghe
Github Skills (8)
translator10
internationalization10
localization10
translators10
translation10
translate10
open-data9
voice8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
common-voice/common-voice
Dec 2018 - Mar 2022
Common Voice is part of Mozilla's initiative to help teach machines how real people speak.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:214 commits, 6 PRs, 5 comments in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Danial's primary contribution focuses on localizing the Common Voice project for the Abkhaz (ab) language. Their work involved updating and translating various strings and phrases within the project's files (e.g., `cross-locale.ftl`, `messages.ftl`) and contributing to the translation workflow. This included adapting user interface elements and textual content for the target language, indicating a strong focus on localization.
internet-freedommachinesinitiativeopen-datavoice
danielinux7/open-text-bank
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Проект Open Text Bank предоставляет предложения на абхазском языке и их переводы на русский язык. Принимая во внимание правильный формат, который подходит для обучения моделей ИИ для различных задач НЛП.
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 48 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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