Kais Hassan
Co-Founder & CDO at arabot
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Summary
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Top SchoolKais Hassan is a data-driven technology leader and Co-Founder & CDO based in Dubai with 11 years of experience building enterprise-grade search, ML, BI and Arabic NLP solutions. He holds a PhD in AI from the University of Hull and has repeatedly bridged research and production—from designing Solr-based search and Neo4J recommender systems to building ELK- and Azure-powered BI/Big Data platforms. Kais has led data transformation at healthcare and media startups, and co-founded research-focused companies that deliver practical Arabic language technologies. Known for hands-on architecture and product leadership, he combines deep technical craftsmanship with team-building and problem-solving instincts honed across academia and industry. An under-the-radar strength is his track record of extracting value from legacy systems (e.g., middleware for encrypted DMS) as well as shipping robust search and entity-extraction services in production.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at Princess Sumaya University for TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of HullInternational Exchange Program Computer Science, International Exchange Program Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Arabic
Github Skills (96)
kitematic10
phrase9
toolbox9
mariadb-database9
pdfbox9
jar8
mysql-database8
autocomplete8
vaadin8
mariadb-connector8
sentence7
language-detection7
docker-container7
sentiment-analysis7
data-access7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
kaismh/vaadin-gauge
Oct 2014 - Oct 2014
Contributions:4 commits in 1 day
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