Uwais Iqbal
Founder at simplexico
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolUwais Iqbal is a founder and Legal AI specialist with 12 years of experience building and productising NLP and ML solutions for law firms and legal teams. He leads simplexico, a consultancy that has educated 3,000+ legal professionals, surfaced 100+ targeted use cases, and delivered bespoke AI prototypes that drive adoption rather than hype. Previously he built extraction and production ML frameworks at Eigen and developed domain-specific transfer learning and multimodal research at Thomson Reuters, combining deep technical chops (PyTorch, spaCy, FastAPI, AWS) with product-minded delivery. Uwais blends physics-trained analytical rigor with humanities perspectives from advanced degrees in philosophy and Islamic studies, which helps him translate complex AI concepts into strategic differentiation for legal clients. He’s known for pragmatic pilot-to-production workflows that prioritise education, rapid validation, and user adoption—helping firms avoid common AI pitfalls and actually deploy value.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Physics, Master’s Degree Physics at Imperial College LondonTraditional Scholarship Degree Islamic Studies, Traditional Scholarship Degree Islamic Studies at Jamia Siraj Ul UloomMaster of Arts - MA Islamic Studies, Master of Arts - MA Islamic Studies at SOAS University of LondonHigh School, High School at Ilford County High SchoolLeytonstone Business and Enterprise Specialist SchoolMaster of Arts - MA Philosophy, Master of Arts - MA Philosophy at King's College London
Arabic, Urdu, English, Persian
Github Skills (106)
transformers10
language-model10
python10
arabic-nlp10
entity-linking10
deep-learning10
fairness-ml10
cython10
crf10
scikit10
statistics10
industrial10
data-preprocessing10
neural10
ai10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
uwaisiqbal/Arabic-Almanac
Mar 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:19 commits, 1 push in 1 year 5 months
uwaisiqbal/Hans-Wehr-App
Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
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