In brief
I am a technical AI consultant, engineering lead, lecturer, and researcher based in Beirut. Most of my work starts when teams need a straight answer: what is worth building, where it will break, how to evaluate it, and what plan is actually defensible.
My academic training includes a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and a Master’s in Software Engineering.
What I am known for
- Designing AI systems that can handle operational and organizational constraints
- Turning vague AI ambition into architecture, evaluation, and delivery plans
- Bringing research discipline into production decisions
- Teaching advanced AI topics without sanding off the hard parts
Current roles
- AI Engineering Lead at EDT&Partners
- Lecturer at the American University of Beirut
- Expert Contributor at O’Reilly
- Expert Contributor at Packt
- Independent technical AI consultant
Selected proof
- Advised on more than 10 AI technical due diligence projects for investors and operators
- Led AI initiatives in collaboration with AWS across consulting, delivery, and education programs
- Previously co-founded and led AI at Assentify, including an eKYC platform serving about 20,000 daily requests across 10 countries
- Designed and taught AI programs across universities, workshops, O’Reilly, Packt, Educative, and community initiatives
Research and teaching interests
My recent interests include agentic systems, graph-based AI, LLM evaluation, reasoning workflows, efficient inference, and AI for education and health. I care about the gap between what looks convincing in a demo and what still works once data, users, latency, cost, and failure modes enter the room.