Experience

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Careem (Dubai, UAE)

2023 - Present

Matching and ETA Systems:

Launched priority-based dispatching reducing delivery time by 2% and courier time by 2.5%
Designed real-time GPS spoofing detection, reducing affected orders by 93%
Improved ETA accuracy by 10% through stage splitter system

Courier Operating Model Transformation:

Built end-to-end planning system for zone definition and shift optimization
Achieved $1.5M annual savings through improved marketplace balance

Senior AI Engineer

Checklens GmbH (Salzburg, Austria)

2021 - 2022

AI Checkout Automation:

Led Checkscan development for IKEA and Netto, improving profitability by 0.5%
Trained models for real-time product recognition (15,000+ items)
Automated video ingestion and annotation pipeline

Senior AI Researcher

Harrison.ai (Sydney, Australia)

2020 - 2021

Annalise CXR Solution:

Built training pipeline for detecting 120+ chest X-ray pathologies
Improved diagnostic accuracy by 45% in 250+ Australian radiology clinics
Reduced radiologist workload by 20% through automated reporting

Head of Artificial Intelligence

BTS Digital (Astana, Kazakhstan)

2018 - 2020

Leadership & Innovation:

Established ML/AI function and scaled team from 0 to 15 members
Launched Digital ID with 2M+ monthly verifications
Developed ASR service for government call center automation
Created Ainews platform with smart recommendations

Community Building:

Organized Kazakhstan's first AI course and research seminars
Developed local AI talent pipeline
Defined vision and strategic project roadmap