About Me

As a visionary AI researcher and technical consultant, I help organizations harness the power of artificial intelligence to drive innovation and solve complex business challenges. With experience spanning from startups to Fortune 500 companies, I've developed and implemented AI solutions that have impacted millions of users across various industries.

Beyond technical implementation, I focus on translating cutting-edge AI research into practical business solutions. Whether it's developing custom AI products, providing technical consultation, or leading innovation initiatives, I'm passionate about helping organizations achieve their digital transformation goals through strategic application of AI technologies.

Professional Journey

February 2024 - Present

AI Tech Lead

Generali

Leading R&D and GenAI innovations across Generali GOSP and leading collaboration with Generali Group companies.

GenAIRAGLLMsAWSAzureMLOps
October 2024 - February 2024

Senior Data Scientist, GenAI

Generali

Leading R&D efforts for optimizing RAG infrastructure and enabling automatic creation of RAG chatbots. Trained SOTA embedding models outperforming commercial alternatives.

LLMsRAGGenAIPyTorch
January 2023 - October 2024

Senior AI Research Engineer

Insoore

Led development of SOTA multi-damage detection models and automated claim management processes using Computer Vision and LLMs. Achieved significant performance improvements through innovative architectures.

Computer VisionPyTorchLLMsAWS
March 2022 - December 2022

Data Science Consultant

ELIS Innovation Hub (Generali)

Developed multiple computer vision products for Generali offices across Europe, including damage assessment, document processing, and solar panel detection systems.

Computer VisionDeep LearningMLOps
March 2021 - August 2021

Data Scientist Intern

Eventum IT Solutions

Developed the first Multivariate Time-Series Anomaly Detection tool using Self-Supervised Learning and Graph Attention Networks.

Time SeriesGATPyTorchSSL
February 2019 - June 2019

Co-Founder

flojen

Co-founded a smart home IoT startup, developing an MVP that included NodeMCU ESP32 hardware and Android app for remote device control. Won 1st place in Alexandria and 2nd nationally in the Ebdaa competition.

IoTCAndroidHardware

Education

September 2021 - January 2024

Master of Science in AI & Data Science

Sapienza Università di Roma
Rome, Italy
GPA 4.0
September 2016 - July 2021

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Communications Engineering

Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt

Skills & Expertise

AI & Deep Learning

PyTorch5/5
Computer Vision5/5
LLMs & RAG5/5
Transformers5/5
Transfer Learning5/5
Multi-Task Learning4/5
Self-Supervised Learning4/5
GANs & Diffusion4/5

Computer Vision

Object Detection5/5
Segmentation5/5
SOTA Architectures5/5
Multi-Modal Vision4/5
Document Processing4/5
OpenCV4/5

Large Language Models

RAG Systems5/5
Prompt Engineering5/5
Fine-tuning4/5
Embeddings5/5
LLM Optimization4/5
AI Agents4/5

Data Science

Python5/5
Statistical Learning4/5
Time Series Analysis4/5
Data Analysis5/5
Pandas/NumPy5/5
Scikit-learn5/5

MLOps & Infrastructure

AWS Services4/5
Azure Container Apps4/5
Docker4/5
CI/CD4/5
Slurm4/5
GPU Optimization5/5

Research & Development

Research Implementation5/5
Technical Writing4/5
Performance Optimization5/5
Model Architecture5/5
Experimentation5/5
Literature Review4/5

Business & Strategy

Product Strategy4/5
Technical Leadership5/5
Solution Architecture4/5
Enterprise Consulting4/5
Innovation Management4/5
Team Leadership4/5

Consulting & Advisory

AI Strategy5/5
Digital Transformation4/5
Technical Advisory4/5
Requirements Analysis5/5
Stakeholder Management4/5
Project Management4/5

Publications

Honors & Awards

Kaggle Competitions Winner

Won first place in two Poste Italiane competitions: Classification of Energy Consumption Clusters and Time Series Forecasting.

Top 20 Freelancers Award

Awarded 10k EGP by egFWD initiative for being among top 20 freelancers out of 100k participants.

Multiple Udacity Scholarships

Awarded 5 scholarships by Egyptian government for AI and Data Science nanodegrees (120k+ EGP value).

2nd Place National Entrepreneurship Award

Founded flojen (AI-IoT startup) and achieved 2nd Place in Egypt in competition by Ministry of Youth.

What People Say

"I am pleased to provide this reference for Ahmed, an outstanding AI Research Engineer with exceptional analytical skills and expertise in NLP, computer vision and deep learning. During our collaboration spanning over two years, Ahmed has consistently demonstrated the ability to solve complex problems and select the most suitable algorithms for a wide range of needs, from classification to language generation. In particular, he excels at designing efficient data pipelines and optimizing models to ensure high performance and accuracy. His deep understanding of data engineering and deep learning technologies has been key to developing scalable and reliable systems. In addition to his technical skills, he is a proactive and collaborative team member. He communicates complex concepts clearly and always approaches challenges with enthusiasm."
Lorenzo Ricciardi Celsi
Head of AI @ Insoore | MBA, PMP, CentraleSupélec PhD | Outstanding Industry Influence Award from Brunel University London
Managed Ahmed directlyOctober 14, 2024
"I had the opportunity to work side by side with Ahmed for 6 months, under his supervision. Despite him working part-time while completing his master studies, he was able to lead the development of an E2E Computer Vision pipeline for car damage detection. He was actively involved from data cleaning and the choice of the algorithms to the definition of guidelines for an image annotation campaign. Ahmed is one of the most efficient people I have met. His deep technical knowledge about data science and passion for computer science give him the ability to quickly spot the missing piece in the puzzle, and hence organize and structure other's people work."
Arturo Maiani
AI & Robotic Engineer at Cognivix
Reported to Ahmed at InsooreOctober 7, 2023
"Ahmed was involved in several projects that I led, during which he demonstrated skills and a positive attitude. We had the opportunity to brainstorm, discuss fruitfully and build SOTA Computer Vision models for several months. His knowledge of the field goes far beyond what is expected from a Data Science student, making him able to follow and contribute E2E, from designing to implementing AI/ML solutions."
Antonio Montuschi
Head of Group Generative AI Solutions at Generali
Worked with Ahmed at ELIS Innovation HubJanuary 2, 2023
"Under my supervision, Ahmed has proven both soft and hard skills far above his degree of seniority and experience. He is both suitable to work autonomously and in strict collaboration with other team members. His dedication to work allows him to reach goals and to meet project deadlines with extreme punctuality."
Federico Kieffer
AI Project Leader & Senior Data Scientist at Generali
Supervised Ahmed at ELIS Innovation HubJuly 5, 2022
"Ahmed is a highly motivated, highly skilled engineer. He joined my team as a trainee for 6 months, quickly he studied the learning materials required. His research capabilities were well demonstrated; he digested well highly ranked papers literature and was able to present them clearly to the team. Moreover he is driven towards application and results, he built a prototype for a time series forecasting engine using advanced algorithms. On top of the that he likes the challenge and has a can do attitude and more important he is friendly and decent."
Ahmed Ibrahim
Technical Leader Data Analytics at Nokia
Managed Ahmed at Eventum IT SolutionsSeptember 20, 2021