Basil "Bobby" Latif

Fractional Chief Data Officer & Data Strategy Consultant

I help organizations build data strategy, governance, and AI capability as a fractional Chief Data Officer — without the overhead of a full-time executive hire.

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This practice is for growth-stage companies and established teams that need senior data leadership — strategy, governance, infrastructure decisions, and hands-on execution — but aren't ready to commit to a full-time executive. I embed as deeply as the engagement requires, from advisory to hands-on build.

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Current Role

Chief Data Officer

Paragon

As Chief Data Officer at Paragon, I lead the organization's data strategy, governance, and AI initiatives. I oversee the development and implementation of data-driven solutions that drive business growth and operational excellence.

My responsibilities include:

  • Strategic data leadership and governance
  • Advanced analytics and business intelligence
  • Data infrastructure and technology oversight
  • Cross-functional data strategy implementation

Clients & Partners

Paragon

Lexipol

Hyperdrive Bio

Interview Query

La Verne Medical Group

Iconycs

Upwork

Lob.com

Lojistic

Ascend.io

Sawesome Toys

Sundog Software

Selected Work

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Hyperdrive Bio

Senior Data Scientist

I have worked as a Senior Data Scientist at Hyperdrive Bio, building custom data science solutions for clinical diagnostics.

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Lexipol — Analytics Engineering

Past Engagement

In a separate engagement from my data engineering work, I previously served in an analytics engineering capacity at Lexipol — building the transformation layers, semantic models, and BI-facing datasets that powered internal reporting and product analytics.

Other LLM-Based Projects

Personal & Applied Research

Alongside client work, I build and ship LLM-based systems on my own time — local model inference, fine-tuning, and agentic tooling — to stay hands-on with the technology I advise clients on.

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Past Partners

Lexipol

I previously served as a Senior Data Engineer at Lexipol, building custom datasets.

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Interview Query

I wrote data science content on the Interview Query platform to help data scientists get hired.

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La Verne Medical Group

A medical practice in La Verne, CA. I developed contactless patient check-in using JotForm, migrated website hosting to BlueHost, and actively maintain the WordPress site.

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Iconycs

An analytics product that aims to make housing more accessible to all. I served as VP of Business Development, focusing on scaling the business.

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Upwork

A top-rated freelancer on Upwork since 2021, providing data science and analytics services to clients worldwide.

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Lob.com

I helped Lob with JSON validation, data analytics with Looker, and created a Retool App.

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Lojistic

I did sales for a shipping data analytics platform.

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Ascend.io

Declarative Data Pipelines. Smarter Data Engineering. I wrote technical documentation to show how to use the product, which involved configuring and setting up Microsoft Azure products.

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Sawesome Toys

I wrote a Python script to automate a business process for the founder of this site.

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Sundog Software

I reviewed concepts related to Analytics in AWS for one of Sundog's products.

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