Bilal Baqar
Director Of Platform Engineering And AI Infrastructure
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBilal Baqar is a seasoned technology leader with 11 years of experience building and operating platform and AI infrastructure for research and enterprise, currently directing Platform Engineering and AI Infrastructure at the University of Chicago. He combines deep hands-on expertise in GPU-backed on-prem AI platforms, DevOps/SRE, OpenStack, containerization, and large-scale data commons—having helped build and run the Genomic Data Commons for cancer research. Bilal has a rare mix of technical depth and business acumen with a Master's in Computer Science and an MBA from Chicago Booth, and a track record of delivering 99.9%+ reliable systems. He founded a consulting practice to help organizations adopt AI/ML infrastructure and modernize cloud-native platforms, and is an active contributor to OpenStack tooling and deployment automation. Notably, his GitHub bio hides a playful Python one-liner, reflecting both technical fluency and a taste for clever engineering.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of ChicagoMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessAs Level, Pre Engineering, As Level, Pre Engineering at Edwardes High School PeshawarBachelors of Information and Communication System Engineering, IT and telecom, Bachelors of Information and Communication System Engineering, IT and telecom at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)A levels, Pre Engineering, A levels, Pre Engineering at Beaconhouse
English, Urdu
Stackoverflow
248reputation
26kreached
9answers
4questions
Github Skills (88)
python10
infrastructure10
remote-execution10
gdc10
infrastructure-management10
configuration-management10
zeromq10
recompose10
package-repository9
scale9
event-stream9
automation9
redux9
docker9
devops9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
plumgrid/charm-plumgrid-gateway
May 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:56 commits, 2 PRs, 3 branches in 1 year 2 months
plumgrid/charm-plumgrid-director
May 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:59 commits, 1 branch, 3 comments in 1 year 2 months
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