Career

Professional Journey

A decade bridging academic research and enterprise AI leadership.

Jan 2026 – Present

Principal Data Scientist

Addo AI

Leading the Data Science department's most senior technical role, driving AI strategy, governance, and delivery across the firm's largest enterprise accounts.

Jan 2024 – Dec 2025

Senior Data Scientist

Addo AI

Served as Team Leader of the Data Science department, leading 10–31 professionals and overseeing concurrent project delivery across healthcare, banking, government, and consumer sectors.

Jan 2021 – Dec 2023

Data Scientist

Addo AI

Delivered end-to-end ML and forecasting solutions for banking and healthcare clients, including ATM cash optimization and nursing staff forecasting platforms.

Jan 2019 – Dec 2020

Associate Data Scientist

Addo AI

Began industry career applying machine learning and NLP techniques to real-world enterprise problems.

Sep 2017 – Apr 2025

Ph.D. Fellow

Information Technology University, Lahore

Conducted doctoral research in NLP and toxic-comment classification across Urdu, Roman Urdu, Arabic, and English, publishing in IEEE Access and Language Resources & Evaluation.

Dr. Hafiz Hassaan Saeed defending his PhD dissertation at Information Technology University, Lahore
Jul 2015 – Aug 2017

Lecturer

COMSATS

Taught undergraduate Computer Science courses, laying the groundwork for a research-driven approach to AI.

Mar 2014 – Jul 2015

Visiting Lecturer

University of Central Punjab

Delivered coursework in computer science fundamentals while completing an MS at FAST NUCES.