Chief AI Scientist | Full-Stack AI/Software Engineer | AI Researcher | AI Consultant
Hello! 👋 I'm Mehdi, an AI researcher and full-stack software engineer with over 15 years of experience in machine learning and natural language processing. I help companies and startups operationalize AI/LLM applications, from prototyping to production deployment.
- AI researcher and full-stack engineer specializing in end-to-end AI/ML systems
- Focused on operationalizing LLMs, RAG systems, and AI agents in production
- Currently working on:
- Principal Engineer, FICO (July 2026 - Present)
- Tech Lead / Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (July 2025 - July 2026)
- Co-founder / CTO, OncillaAI (Sep 2025 - Present)
- Co-founder / CTO, OscrAI (Oct 2023 – Sep 2025)
- Co-founder / CTO, TransformAI Studio (Oct 2023 – Sep 2025)
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer / AI Researcher, Underdog Fantasy (Mar 2023 – Oct 2023)
- Research Scientist / Tech Lead, Workhuman (Mar 2022 – Mar 2023)
- Lead Data Scientist, Wells Fargo (Jun 2020 – Mar 2022)
- Assistant Professor (Tenure-track), Georgia Southern University (Aug 2017 – May 2020)
- Programming Languages: Python, JavaScript, SQL, Java, SPARQL
- LLMs & Generative AI: Large Language Models (LLMs), LLM Fine-Tuning, PEFT/LoRA, RAG, HuggingFace, PyTorch, TensorFlow
- Speech & Audio AI: Speech-to-Text (STT/ASR), Text-to-Speech (TTS), Speech-to-Speech (S2S), Speech Model Training & Fine-Tuning, Voice Cloning, Speech Processing
- AI Agents & Systems: AI Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, Agentic Workflows, Production-Ready AI Systems, Google ADK, PydanticAI, OpenAI Agents SDK, LangGraph
- AI Evaluation & Quality: LLM Evaluation, Agent Evaluation, AI Observability, Benchmarking, Data-Centric AI, Argilla, Cleanlab
- AI Frameworks & Tooling: LlamaIndex, Haystack, scikit-learn, spaCy, NLTK, Qdrant, Vector Databases
- Web & Semantic Technologies: React, D3.js, Redux, RDF/S, Knowledge Graphs, Virtuoso
- Databases & Data Platforms: PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks, MongoDB
- PhD in Computer Science, University of Georgia (Aug 2010 – Jun 2016)
- Utterfinch - Write Persian, by speaking. Hold a key, talk, and clean Persian appears in any app. Your English words stay English.
- Oncilla AI – Building multilingual speech and language AI solutions, specializing in underserved languages such as Persian, Arabic, and Spanish
- Overline - Real-time AI captions and live translation directly on top of any browser video — no subtitles needed, no tab switching
- FrontaHealth – AI-powered platform that automates insurance verification, patient support, and appointment scheduling - so your small practice can operate like a world-class clinic, without the overhead
- BrandPulse – AI-powered brand intelligence and market analysis platform
- FlashVU – AI Data Analyst for marketting agencies
- A Practical Approach to Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Systems – Comprehensive guide to RAG implementation and best practices
- Newsletter: MLnotes – Bite-sized content on ML/AI careers, GenAI, agents, RAG, and industry use cases
- Visualization Blog (old): Visdecode – Data visualization, ML concepts, and applied AI
- YouTube: AI / ML / LLM Content – Tutorials and insights on Generative AI, LLMs, and RAG systems