Sajjad Zulphekari, who comes from Iran, joined CeADAR’s Work Ready Graduate Programme after completing an MSc in Computer Science with a specialisation in Data Science at UCD.  

“My experience on the programme has been highly positive,” he says. “I like that CeADAR is very involved with my progress and hosts weekly update meetings and is ready to provide the support I need. I would highly recommend this programme to any graduate,” he says. 

Sajjad’s placement is with Peopl.ie where he is working on the automation and consolidation of multiple partner data for analysis, reporting and customer journey personalisation. “The team is very friendly and supportive, and the work is very much in line with my interests,” he says. 

Sajjad is intent on building a career as a Data Scientist. He is currently using Python for writing scripts, which is his preferred language, but he is looking forward to the challenge of using more Machine/Deep Learning libraries like PyTorch as well as using analytics tools like Power BI.