Welcome to Our Newest Intern!

Sourcing Champions is very happy to welcome Saad Sheikh as a data engineer intern. 🎉✨

Saad is from Paris and has also lived in the south of France where he went to engineering school. He began studying computer science and electronics at the École des Mines de Saint-Étienne-Étienne before going to EURECOM for a semester as an exchange student. There, he took courses related to data and database management.

Saad finds the field of data incredibly fascinating due to the wide range of projects he gets to work on, each offering a unique and enriching experience. As he nears the end of his studies, Saad is required to complete a 6-month international internship, and he has chosen to embark on this journey by relocating to Amsterdam.

“I am very excited to start this new journey with a company to its way to digital transformation. By their side, I look forward to grow from this experience by drawing on theirs.”

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