Independent Consultant · Stockholm

A. Jama
Rabi.

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Stockholm, Sweden
Available across Europe
Fully remote preferred
10+
Years Experience
12
EU Countries
32
Reports Delivered
10K+
Platform Users

Versatile data consultant.
Deliberate deep generalist.

Asian-born, European-raised, Diaspora-Somali. 10+ years consulting across 12 EU countries — engineering data pipelines, building self-service BI platforms, leading Agile delivery, and advising at executive level. Based in Stockholm, fully remote preferred.

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10+
Years
12
EU Countries
7
Languages

What I do.

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01 / 03

Data Engineering

The Backend Magic

Pipelines, models, orchestration, CI/CD. Building the invisible systems that make data usable — source to serving layer.

SQL Python Databricks dbt Azure ADF
02 / 03

Analytics & BI

Making Data Actionable

Self-service BI platforms, KPI design, dashboards, and advanced analytics that teams actually use.

Power BI Tableau DAX Data Modelling NLP
03 / 03

Advisory & Strategy

Plan, Prepare, Thrive

Modernisation roadmaps, governance frameworks, Agile delivery coaching, and capability building.

Agile Scrum Data Governance Roadmapping

Portfolio.

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13 projects
Fortum
Analytics Engineer
Apr 2023–Feb 2025

The Service department had multiple vendors with their own disparate reporting. Needed a unified in-house system — Service partner compensation was based on this data.

Outcome → Three Databricks models, an aggregate summary, single Power BI dashboard with drill-through, and a data dictionary for governance.
SQL Databricks Power BI Azure ADF DevOps
3 countries · Sweden, Finland, Norway
Securitas
Scrum Master / BA
Oct 2021–Oct 2022

Unifying and automating reporting across all business lines and subsidiaries globally. Multi-country delivery team spanning Sweden and India.

Outcome → 32 analytical reports across 12 EU countries. Self-service BI platform achieved 10,000+ uses in its first month across 10 countries.
SQL Power BI Agile Scrum SSMS
12 EU Countries · Global team
Securitas
Team Lead · AI Unit
Oct 2021–Oct 2022

Set up a new AI and Predictive Analytics Prototyping Unit from scratch. Coordinated disparate efforts across all team leads to build a cohesive implementation plan.

Outcome → Real-time coded risk map with NLP-derived risk levels from public, private, and social media data — used in sales and dynamic pricing.
Python NLP SQL Power BI
AI & Predictive Analytics · Europe
Essity
Senior BI Developer
Oct 2022–Apr 2023

Significant discrepancies in reporting from different standards used by regions and departments — rendering much of the reporting inaccurate and complicating management decisions.

Outcome → Unified analytical models for logistics across the organisation spanning 6 countries, with corresponding Power BI reports and apps.
SQL Databricks Power BI DevOps
6 Countries · Logistics
McDonald's Nordic
System Analyst
Sep 2021–Dec 2021

Map dependencies from years of patchwork fixes to support cloud migration. Understand criticalities and risk before decommissioning the existing physical environment.

Outcome → Full decommission plan: dependency report, cloud-native solutions per node, functional requirements, and risk assessment for each solution.
Oracle Snowflake Requirements
Legacy Oracle → Cloud · Nordic
Securitas
Executive Reporting
Oct 2021–Oct 2022

C-Suite required a cockpit-view reporting system. Each department and region had its own definitions — no unified view of performance across regions.

Outcome → 4-tab live report giving instant access to all critical KPIs and tracking self-service platform usage to demonstrate ROI.
SQL Power BI SSMS Agile
C-Suite · Global
Universum
Analytics Consultant
Sep 2018–May 2020

Run syndicated employer branding research projects across EMEA for Universum's global analytics practice, producing insights that drove employer brand strategy for major multinationals.

Outcome → Developed KPIs and delivered research across EMEA, with results presented at awards ceremonies in Istanbul, Warsaw, and Dubai. Crowned winners of World's Most Attractive Employers.
SQL Python Tableau Research
EMEA · Employer Branding
Swiss Re
Analytics Consultant
2019–2020

Built and deployed production-ready analytical reporting solutions and supported self-service BI adoption within one of the world's largest reinsurance groups.

Outcome → Delivered reporting infrastructure and ensured timely, consistent delivery of analytical outputs across the organisation.
SQL Analytics Reporting
Reinsurance · Global
DB Schenker
Data Consultant
2019–2020

Run a touchpoint analysis from multiple data sources to optimise recruitment messaging across all DB Schenker recruitment channels in Germany and the Netherlands.

Outcome → Delivered a data-driven messaging mix strategy covering all recruitment channels across two major markets, directly informing campaign planning.
SQL Analytics Research
Logistics · Germany & Netherlands
Lidl
Analytics Consultant
2019–2020

Improve the recruitment (user) experience by redesigning the end-to-end process for Lidl Hellas and Cyprus, and establishing measurable KPIs to track progress.

Outcome → Redesigned recruitment process with defined KPIs enabling ongoing measurement of candidate experience improvements across two markets.
UX Analytics Requirements
FMCG · Greece & Cyprus
Kollectiv Kitchens
Data Analyst
2020–2021

Early-stage food startup needed analytical foundations built from scratch — from data pipelines to production-ready dashboards — to support rapid operational decision-making.

Outcome → Built and deployed production-ready reporting infrastructure, giving the founding team visibility over operations and key business metrics for the first time.
SQL Python Analytics
Food Tech · Startup
Rakam
Data / Product Analyst
2021

Analytics SaaS platform needed product and data analytics support to understand user behaviour, develop KPIs, and build new data models that could feed into product decisions.

Outcome → Developed KPIs and built new data models informing the product roadmap and enabling more data-driven decisions across the platform team.
SQL Python Product Analytics
SaaS · Analytics Platform
Cerebellum
Independent Consultant
Mar 2014–Aug 2018

Early consulting work spanning multiple client engagements — building the cross-functional foundation that would later define a decade of data and analytics consulting across Europe.

Outcome → Delivered across business consulting mandates covering requirements analysis, stakeholder management, and technical advisory for various clients over four years.
Business Analysis Requirements Consulting
Multi-industry · Europe

What clients say.

"Having an AJ in your team is in my opinion a must if you need change and a constant focus on doing better... A consultant with a pleasant personality, who is knowledgeable, but still driven to learn every day, is well spoken, feels highly responsible for the task at hand and gives >100% every time."

Natascha Bennis-Stolk
BI Manager Europe · Securitas

"He dives into new scenarios with curiosity and a willingness to connect and bridge people and solutions. He is proactive and solution oriented and a very nice person to work with. The client business sponsor expressed it like: 'who is that guy? Why haven't we seen more of him, he is brilliant.'"

Anna-Carin Johnson
Project Lead / Account Manager · Sogeti

"AJ Rabi excellently performed the job and had a pragmatic and pedagogical appearance. He was also very easy to work with and had a very professional approach."

Jimmy Nilsson
Senior Data Architect · McDonald's Nordic

"AJ is a highly skilled Scrum Master and possesses rhetorical, analytical, and comprehending skills on a very high level. During the whole period, AJ has been a go-to person with all my problems, both when it comes to understanding a task and for actual problem solving."

Anton Carlsson
Developer · Capgemini

"I have worked with A Jama Rabi for about a year, and he has been a pillar of strength since day one. When he was joining the team as a Scrum master, he introduced structure and calm to the group."

Philip Skötte
Teammate · Sogeti

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