Ammar Abdilghanie
Founder, CEO at BLUE ORIGIN
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAmmar Abdilghanie is a founder and product-focused data science leader with nine years of experience building AI-driven solutions for aerospace, energy, and manufacturing customers. He has led large, multidisciplinary teams at Blue Origin and Baker Hughes to deliver high-impact MVPs—such as a rocket-panel defect detector that sped inspections 50× and predictive emissions monitoring that became a market differentiator. Trained as a mechanical engineer and PhD researcher, Ammar blends first-principles physical modeling with machine learning, generative AI, and edge analytics to move projects from prototype to production in high-stakes environments. He advises on data architecture, crafts persuasive funding-ready product visions, and has practical field experience deploying systems across global operations. Now running IndustryX AI Solutions, he helps industrial clients implement Industry 4.0 strategies, predictive maintenance, and smart-factory integrations informed by his work on leadership-class HPC simulations and large-scale industrial trials.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
ME Aerospace Engineering, ME Aerospace Engineering at University of MichiganDesign Thinking Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Design Thinking Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at MIT Sloan Executive EducationPh.D Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D Mechanical Engineering at Cornell UniversityB.Sc. M.Sc. Mechanical Power Engineering, B.Sc. M.Sc. Mechanical Power Engineering at Cairo University
English, Arabic
Github Skills (7)
scikit-image5
python3
machine-learning3
skimage3
scikit3
data-science2
scikit-learn2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ama66/TimeSeries-Utilities
May 2019 - Apr 2022
Contributions:33 commits, 31 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 11 months
ama66/Data-Structures-and-Algorithms
Nov 2018 - Jun 2020
Contributions:178 commits, 175 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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