Umar Jara
Business Intelligence Engineer at Jara Analytics
Westerville, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolUmar Jara is a Business Intelligence Engineer with eight years of experience building data-driven applications and analytics platforms, combining a BS in Computer Science from Ohio State with current PhD-level work in CS/AI. He designs end-to-end analytics solutions—from BigQuery data warehouses to Tableau visualizations—and built a client-facing analytics portal using Flask and the Tableau REST API. Umar has applied machine learning and statistical modeling to practical problems, including a deployed gender pay gap regression model served via TabPy on Heroku. His background spans web and embedded systems work, MATLAB optimization for sensor integration, and high-throughput public health tools used for COVID-19 testing workflows. Known for turning messy instrumentation and test data into actionable insights, he bridges engineering rigor with product-focused analytics. Based in Westerville, Ohio, he blends academic research ambitions with hands-on production delivery.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Gahanna Lincoln High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University
English, Punjabi, Urdu, Chinese, Hindi
Github Skills (177)
transformers10
analysis-services10
language-model10
taxonomy10
python10
deep-learning10
gpu10
linter10
zero-shot-classification10
git-repo10
statistics10
numpy10
neural-network10
hyperparameter-tuning10
transformer10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
samuelstevens/watsong
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:38 reviews, 24 PRs, 70 pushes in 2 months
OSU-NLP-Group/SAE-V
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
Sparse autoencoders for vision
Contributions:1 PR, 111 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
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