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Nijat Abbasli

Baku

Summary

Dynamic and results-driven Research and Data Expert with over 11 years of cross-sector experience in empirical research, product development, data analytics, and economic policy advisory. Proven leadership across government agencies, financial institutions, and the tourism sector, with a robust track record of designing and executing large-scale survey projects, developing AI-driven data platforms, and crafting actionable policy strategies. Currently serving as Product Owner at Baku Stock Exchange, leading innovations in product design, data monetization, and digital transformation of capital markets. Adept in advanced econometrics, statistics, and visualization tools such as Stata, Power BI, and Python. Dual-track career as an accomplished academic with 8+ years of lecturing in economics, committed to delivering data-informed insights and pioneering sustainable, technology-oriented solutions for institutional growth.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Owner

Baku Stock Exchange
02.2025 - Current
  • Data Monetization
  • Data Policy Strategy
  • Increase revenue streams via New Product Developments such as subscription based products, Data products, ESG products
  • Collaborated with development teams to ensure successful delivery of products.
  • Conducted market research to understand competitive landscape and trends in the industry.
  • Defined product vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with company goals.

Director of Research and Development

Azerbaijan Tourism Board
11.2023 - 12.2024
  • Main strategic research Projects
  • Surveys ( Visitor Satisfaction, Tourist Departure, Tourist Loyalty, Domestic Tourism, Destination Management)
  • Competitive analysis
  • Source Market Analysis
  • Brand Awareness and Image perception
  • Evaluation and monitoring system of marketing channels
  • Competitor analysis on Tourism Products
  • Investment Diagnostics
  • Training needs assessment

Main Digital Development projects

  • Meet in Azerbaijan Platform
  • Support for all Board's websites:

Data and Analytics project : this division is dealing with all below projects from my previous role as Head of Research, Statistics and Data

  • 1) AI based Chatbot, 2) Tourism Data Warehouse, 3) Tourism Registry, 4)Annual Tourism Statistics, 5) Social Media analysis, 6) Guest registration system

Head of Research , Statistics and Data

State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
06.2019 - 10.2023
  • Completed Projects
  • Tourism Database with visualization by Power BI: this data includes more than 50 indicators about tourism and updated monthly
  • Annual tourism Statistics 2019, 2020,2021 (published in website of State Tourism Agency)
  • Tourism departure survey (2019) and Destination management survey (2019): 5000 sample size surveys among international and local tourists
  • Service Design project. Audit on airport services.
  • Domestic tourism survey 2020: 3000 sample survey among local people, to find out domestic tourism source markets.
  • Source Market analysis: Analysis on key inbound tourism markets and strategy development.
  • Social Media Analysis: Data crawling of 300 thousand data from Instagram on touristic attractions in Azerbaijan. This project include shared posts, the audience, relevance for origin of tourists, sentiment analysis, data visualization.
  • Hotel Monitoring project: Managing fieldwork and data analytics of hotel monitoring process.
  • Tourist Loyalty Survey: Online survey have been conducted among tourists who visited Azerbaijan with e-visa.
  • Booking.com price index of hotels.
  • Hotel Star Classification Calculator
  • Occupation demand analysis of hotels and restaurants.
  • Complete analytics of hotel monitoring project. Automated analysis and reporting on a daily and weekly basis.
  • Member of Working Group for Scientific Publications under Commission of Business Environment and International Rating
  • Member of Working Group for Tourism under Commission of Business Environment and International Rating

Senior Research and Development Specialist

Mortgage and Credit Guarantee Fund of Azerbaijan
07.2018 - 06.2019
  • Design a new product development, product & process improvement, cost optimization and productmaintenance initiatives
  • Recommends processes and systems used within new product development programs
  • Prepares yield computation including product costing by cooperating with other departments
  • Develops product / process standards and specifications for new products referring to real examples from othercountries
  • Create and Develop database in cooperation with other departments and institutions and continuous update ofthe database
  • Working on new product introduction and conducting Cost & Benefit analysis of current and potential products
  • Confidently dealing with the unknown, initiate and manage changes
  • Exploring the situation at real estate market; evaluating supply and demand
  • Following economic conjuncture and providing reports based on statistical analysis indicators

PSCM Specialist

Air Swift
12.2016 - 06.2018
  • Dealing with all procurement issues for Shahdeniz 2, Construction of Onshore Facilities at Sangachal Terminal Greenfield Area.
  • Managing procurement of materials and services for Onshore Project.
  • Organizing, coordinating and facilitating Procurement with Contractors.
  • Compiling, processing and updating data.
  • Managing Procon duties for designated contracts.
  • Dealing with Purchase orders (create, track, approve) via Backbone system.
  • Dealing with tender process with suppliers, creating RFPs (request for proposal) RFQ’s andRFXs via Ariba.

Industrial Relations Assistant

Air Swift
Baku
11.2014 - 12.2016
  • Monitor current situation and forecast potential labor risks for the project.
  • Controlling overall manpower issues for the Shah Deniz 2 Program

Adjunct Lecturer

ADA university
06.2021 - Current
  • Adjunct lecturer on subjects Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Econometrics

Adjunct Lecturer

UNEC
11.2017 - 12.2024
  • Adjunct Lecturer on Econometrics, ACCA F2 (Management Accounting), ACCA F3 (Financial accounting), ACCA F9 (Financial Management)

Education

Master of Science - Economic of Public Policy And Management

Utrecht University
Utrecht School Of Economics
08-2014

Bachelor of Science - Economic and Business Economics

Utrecht University
Utrecht School Of Economics
08-2013

Bachelor of Science - International Economic Relations

Azerbaijan State Economics University
07-2010

Skills

Hard Skills

  • Research Expertise
  • Strong Analytical Skills
  • Data analytics: Stata, SQL, Phyton
  • Data Visualization: Power BI
  • Project Management: Agile, Waterfall
  • Statistics, Econometrics, Economics
  • Field surveys & Desk research
  • Microsoft Excel, Word, Microsoft PPT
  • Project Management Platforms: Jira, Clickup, Mondaycom, Trello
  • Database management

Soft Skills

  • Disciplined and Consistent
  • Thinking out of the box
  • Product development
  • Team leadership
  • Strategic planning
  • Critical thinking
  • Attention to detail
  • Effective communication
  • Effective ready teams available
  • Problem-solving
  • Friendly, positive attitude
  • Time management
  • Multitasking Abilities

References

References available upon request.

Affiliations

  • Total 120,000 Sample size survey
  • 32 data analysis & Insight projects
  • 51 Visualization Projects
  • 17 Market Research projects
  • 3 Database Construction projects
  • 5 Inventory Projects
  • 3 Registration and Listing projects
  • 4 Cataloging Projects
  • 20 Empirical analysis Projects
  • 5 Policy and Strategy Documents
  • 4 Technical / IT related projects
  • 2 CRM Projects
  • 3 AI chatbot Projects
  • 10 Website Development Projects

Languages

Azerbaijan
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Turkish
Proficient (C2)
C2
Russia
Intermediate (B1)
B1

Certification

  • Cloud Computing and Constructionof Data Warehouse in China (One Belt One Road Government Program)
  • Artificial Intelligence - Full Technest Scholarship
  • Artificial Intellgience - Full 4SI Scholarship
  • Project Management - Coursera
  • Python - Udemy
  • Power BI - Udemy

Accomplishments

  • Full Government Scholarship for BSc at Azerbaijan State Economic University
  • Full Government Scholarship for MSc. Winner of "Study Abroad" State Program
  • Distinguished Scholarship named after Musa Naghiyev
  • Diploma with Distinction at Azerbaijan State Economic University (100/100)

Timeline

Product Owner

Baku Stock Exchange
02.2025 - Current

Director of Research and Development

Azerbaijan Tourism Board
11.2023 - 12.2024

Adjunct Lecturer

ADA university
06.2021 - Current

Head of Research , Statistics and Data

State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
06.2019 - 10.2023

Senior Research and Development Specialist

Mortgage and Credit Guarantee Fund of Azerbaijan
07.2018 - 06.2019

Adjunct Lecturer

UNEC
11.2017 - 12.2024

PSCM Specialist

Air Swift
12.2016 - 06.2018

Industrial Relations Assistant

Air Swift
11.2014 - 12.2016

Master of Science - Economic of Public Policy And Management

Utrecht University

Bachelor of Science - Economic and Business Economics

Utrecht University

Bachelor of Science - International Economic Relations

Azerbaijan State Economics University
Nijat Abbasli