Data · Projects · Innovation

Yahya Mdarhri

Data Project Manager / Data Scientist / PMP® Certified

I lead data, digital & innovation projects end to end (from a messy real-world problem to a deployed solution) at the Vice-Presidency for Research of the International University of Rabat. Data scientist by training, PMP®-certified project manager by discipline.

Portrait of Yahya Mdarhri
Rabat · Data & Projects
The essentials

Professional background

Current role, education, expertise, and the people I work across: the quick picture before you dive into the full story.

Current role

Dec 2023 → Present · International University of Rabat

Digital Research & Development Engineer at the Vice-Presidency for Research, Development, Innovation & Partnerships.

Education

2018 → 2027

Engineering roots in data, a business-school master's in project management on top.

Expertise

PMP® / Agile Python Machine Learning NLP / NER Data Engineering SQL / ETL BI & Dashboards Stakeholder mgmt Cloud

Network

I work where technical teams meet decision-makers. Translating between them is half the job.

Where I'm headed

Data & AI leadership across more than one institution.

The rest of this site is what I've built. This part covers what I'm looking for next, and what I'm not.

See what's next →
Now → 2028 Program-level data & AI leadership
2028 → 2032 Head of Data / Director of Data & AI
Beyond Open frameworks & Arabic AI
What I can offer

Ways I can help

A few of the outcomes I deliver. The full menu, and the roles I can step into, are on the offer page.

01

End-to-end data projects

Scope, plan, and deliver a data solution as a full project lifecycle: from scattered spreadsheets to a deployed single source of truth.

02

Machine learning & NLP

Models that answer a real question, including under-served Arabic NLP, where I published an open multilingual entity-recognition model on Hugging Face.

03PMP®

Project delivery & coordination

The PMP discipline that turns a promising idea into a shipped result: scoping, planning, stakeholders, and delivery.

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Contact

Tell me what you're trying to build.

A platform, a model, or a project that's stalled: I'll give you a straight read on how to get it moving.

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