AI Leadership & Strategy

I am a senior AI leader and strategist with 20+ years of experience designing and scaling advanced AI systems across industry and academia. I currently serve as an Adjunct Professor at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NU), where I continue to mentor the next generation of AI talent.

Earlier, as Senior Director at Afiniti, I founded and scaled the NLP, Conversational AI, and Agentic AI functions, translating cutting-edge research into high-margin enterprise products. My work bridges the gap between technical rigor and aggressive business execution—specializing in Agentic LLM frameworks, Scaling Speech Analytics, and Responsible AI Governance.

My core areas of expertise and current interests include:

• Agentic AI & Multi-Agent Orchestration: Designing resilient, autonomous LLM systems for enterprise decision-making.
  
• Generative Speech & NLP: Scaling production-grade Conversational AI and national-scale ASR systems.
  
• AI Governance & XAI: Developing explainable and trustworthy AI frameworks for high-stakes domains like Healthcare and Finance.
  
• Green Computing: Optimizing AI infrastructure and compiler efficiency to reduce energy footprints.
  

I received my PhD from the University of Waterloo and my undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin. With 50+ peer-reviewed publications, my academic foundation in combinatorial optimization and systems design provides the technical bedrock for the scalable AI architectures I build today.