Syed Ahmed
Interim CTO at OneFootball
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSyed Ahmed is a hands-on AI and engineering leader with eight years in AI-focused roles and a longer history in software delivery, currently serving as Interim CTO at OneFootball after leading AI R&D at Afiniti. He builds and scales cross-disciplinary teams of 50–60 engineers, economists, and scientists to deliver end-to-end ML systems—from Bayesian MCMC modeling and causal ML to constrained real-time optimization and GenAI-powered recommenders. His work includes practical innovations such as digital twin simulations for call center strategy and inference/observability platforms that close the loop between research and production. Comfortable shifting between deep technical design and product-driven roadmaps, he sets bold, measurable goals that balance incremental wins with long-term breakthroughs. Based in the DC–Baltimore area, he pairs an MS in Computer Science with a rare blend of algorithmic rigor and deployment-first engineering that consistently drives business impact.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MS Computer Science (Software Engineering), MS Computer Science (Software Engineering) at University of Southern CaliforniaAdamjee Govt. Science CollegeBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
English, Urdu
Github Skills (35)
asynchronous10
python10
async10
beanie10
mws10
orm10
pydantic10
synchronous10
odm10
mongodb10
amazon10
pymongo10
asyncio9
mongoose-plugin9
api8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
adeelsohailahmed/library-management-system
Sep 2018 - Jul 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
adeelsohailahmed/test
Aug 2020 - Jan 2022
for testing, obviously
Contributions:6 PRs, 2 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 4 months
testingtest-automation
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