Ella Sahnan

Hello, world.

I’m Ella (aka Wati).

I’ve always like puzzles and games that include some logic element to them. I tend to gravitate towards the technical support side of things in any community I’m a part of. I guess it is the natural Educator in me.

I’m a note-taker and I like to solve problems. I take notes on everything and have always documented things, as I’m never without a notebook or a book to read.

It seems natural to me that I’m in the Data world. But circumstances has not been kind. So, here I am starting over and learning everything Data since 2017. Since I’ve become more engaged in my learning and in the communities, my learning has skyrocketed in these last 2 years (from mid-2022, depending on when you read this). I’ve completed Machine Learning courses, Deep Learning courses and now learning Data Engineering. I have also a few projects under my belt. Check them out!

Although a few of them is not Data-related, it just goes to show I can learn anything!

Tech stack

The techonologies that I’ve learnt over the years. Some I’ve used for many years, some I just learned this week, with more being added all the time.

python git github kafka vscode jupyter notebook wordpress swagger c-sharp flask pytest php postgres mysql bash docker terraform aws gcp tensorflow apache spark unity 3D windows macOS ubuntu

Projects

A few notable projects that I’ve done. More are still in work-in-progress, or in a course’s private organization’s repos that I’ve yet to replicate using a public dataset.

Machine Learning	Modding

Work Experience

2006 – present, Household Management Officer

Providing technical support for fellow students while learning Data Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning with tools and libraries like Python, dlthub, dbt labs, Mage AI, Docker, Terraform, Google Cloud Platform services & Amazon Web Services, Looker Studio, PySpark, Kafka, Tensorflow, Keras, fastai, and more for Zoomcamp and Heicoders cohorts
Develop mods for games and tools using Python, Blender, Unity and C# and more – see ellacharmed blog site, for The Sims game and Steam Workshop for Surviving the Aftermath.
Volunteer alpha and beta tester with 3 Indie Studios to provide feedback on features and user-experiences for the past 4 years
Provide game, modding and remote technical support in the community Forums, Discord & Slack chats for games developed & produced by Indie Studios and Electronics Arts (The Sims) for the past 14 years

All Eights (S) Pte Ltd

2017 – 2018, Business Analyst

(BI) Led initiative to digitize operations to streamline all siloed systems to facilitate easier, more timely and accurate data collection and analysis for Sales Analytics Dashboards

2016 – 2018, Data Protection Officer

(DPO) Ensured compliance to PDPA policies

07/2015 – 2018, IT, Marketing & Admin Executive;

(IT) Managed software and hardware acquisitions and provided technical support
(Marketing) Organized new product launchers and seminars
(Admin) Gatekeeper of communications, created quotations and coordinated Tender submissions between Management, Sales, Engineering, Regulatory, Finance and Operations Departments

Celestica Electronics (S) Pte Ltd

07/2005 – 05/2007, Business Analyst

05/2003 – 05/2007, IT Application Analyst

Led EDI onboarding projects between Asia Business Units and global partners and improved project completion by 90%.
Managed requirements gathering & gap analysis, developed EDI mapping, developed test plans, conducted UAT and rollout.
Provided Tier3 support for ticket resolution of EDI issues with EDI partners and support vendors.

Hewlett-Packard (S) Pte Ltd (c/o IM&P Services Pte Ltd)

05/2000 – 03/2003, IT Support Specialist

Provided Tier 1 Data Warehouse (inclusive of data extraction and ETL), EDI and ERP monitoring systems support using Follow-The-Sun support model
Provided Tier 1 – Tier 3 EDI support and project rollout in Asia region
Coordinated EDI data migration projects; onboarding projects between Asia Business Units and global partners.

Credits

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