Bachir Aoun
Senior Director Of Engineering & GenAI at Walmart
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
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Top SchoolBachir Aoun is a Senior Director of Engineering and GenAI with 15+ years of leadership experience and a PhD in physics, currently driving AI-led transformation of HR and people functions at Walmart. He combines hands-on data science, statistical modeling, and optimization with a collaborative coaching style to deliver measurable business impact across talent acquisition, learning, workforce enablement, and payroll. Previously he led conversational and NLP programs at Humana and AT&T, building enterprise-grade ML libraries and production pipelines that consolidated and sanitized large-scale conversational and voice data. His background in computational science and modeling—from battery degradation to biomolecular simulations—gives him uncommon depth in translating complex scientific methods into practical AI solutions. Known for shaping cross-functional strategy and influencing C-level decisions, he thrives on discovering well-defined problems, assembling high-performing teams, and turning rigorous models into improved processes and ROI. Based in Bentonville, he blends research-grade technical rigor with pragmatic execution to modernize people systems at scale.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master Fundamental physics - Nanotechnology, Master Fundamental physics - Nanotechnology at Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physics at Université d'Orléans
English, French, Arabic, Spanish
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Github Skills (34)
python10
machine-learning10
locker10
deep-learning10
data-science9
locking9
tensorflow9
updating9
neural-network9
organize8
package8
deep-neural-networks8
ml8
pythonic8
revit-api7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bachiraoun/pylocker
Sep 2016 - Dec 2020
PYthon LOCKER or pylocker package provides a pythonic way to create locking system that can be used for general purposes as well as for locking files upon reading or writing.
Contributions:1 review, 12 commits, 1 PR in 4 years 3 months
pythonlockingpython-3python3pythonic
bachiraoun/pypref
Sep 2016 - Jun 2020
pypref is a python implementation to creating applications preferences files and dynamically interacting, updating and pulling preferences.
Contributions:14 commits, 2 PRs, 41 pushes in 3 years 9 months
python-implementationpythonupdating
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