Hazem Ali
Chief Executive Officer at CognitionX
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHazem Ali is a CEO and founder with nearly a decade leading Skytells, Inc. and a track record of driving AI and security innovation across major technology companies. He combines hands-on engineering experience at Apple, Cisco, AWS, and Kaspersky with strategic leadership in product and team building, specializing in generative AI and cybersecurity. A Microsoft MVP and Principal AI/ML engineer by background, Hazem blends deep technical research (MIT PhD work) with practical enterprise delivery across cloud and security domains. Based in Los Angeles, he recently launched CognitionX to extend his work in AI-driven solutions, reflecting a continuous founder mindset alongside executive stewardship. Notably, his career bridges both pharmaceutical-grade scientific training and cutting-edge AI engineering, giving him a unique interdisciplinary perspective on applied machine learning.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Researcher, AI & Machine Learning, PhD Researcher, AI & Machine Learning at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree, Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Master's degree, Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Harvard University
English, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, French, Turkish
Github Skills (88)
declarative10
google-pay10
javascript10
seo10
apple-silicon10
payment10
silicon10
apple-pay10
electron10
stripe-payments10
typescript10
stripe10
clerk10
frontend10
react10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Skytells/Framework
Mar 2017 - Sep 2020
Contributions:6 releases, 28 commits, 32 pushes in 3 years 6 months
reels-research/iOS-Private-Frameworks
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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