Ya Gana Sheriff Hussaini
About Ya Gana Sheriff Hussaini
Ya Gana Sheriff Hussaini is a Staff Software Engineer currently working at Medallia in the San Francisco Bay Area. He holds a Master of Philosophy in Engineering from the University of Birmingham and has extensive experience in machine learning and network systems.
Work at Medallia
Currently, Ya Gana Sheriff Hussaini serves as a Staff Software Engineer at Medallia, a position he has held since 2020. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His role involves leveraging his expertise in software engineering to contribute to the company's initiatives and projects.
Previous Experience at Google/Adecco
Prior to his current role, Hussaini worked as a Network System Test Engineer at Google/Adecco from 2015 to 2016. This position was located in the United States and lasted for one year, where he focused on testing network systems.
Experience at Simplr
Hussaini worked at Simplr as a Machine Learning Engineer from 2017 to 2018 in the San Francisco Bay Area. During his tenure, he developed and deployed various models, including a ranking algorithm for Simplr's search pipeline, a Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic model, and a sentiment analysis model using historical ticket data.
Education and Expertise
Hussaini earned a Master of Philosophy in Engineering (M.Phil.) from the University of Birmingham, where he studied Adaptive Filtering in Communications from 1991 to 1993. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Maiduguri, completed from 1984 to 1988.
Background and Previous Roles
Before his role at Simplr, Hussaini was a Principal Partner at Eagle Technologies International, LLC from 2009 to 2010 in California, United States. His diverse professional background includes significant experience in software engineering and machine learning.