Ali Khankan ,Pmp,Itil Expert Email & Phone Number

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Design, Develop and Manage AI Solutions: Architect and develop advanced AI solutions, particularly in the realms of computer vision and large language models. This involves understanding the latest advancements in AI and machine learning and applying them to solve real-world problems.• AI Strategy Development: Work closely with business and technology stakeholders to develop a comprehensive AI strategy that aligns with the company's goals and objectives.• Research and Innovation: Stay abreast of the latest developments in AI, particularly in computer vision and large language models. Conduct research to advance the state-of-the-art in these areas and apply these innovations to our projects.• Collaboration and Leadership: Lead a team of AI professionals, providing guidance and mentorship. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including software engineers, data scientists, and product managers to deliver high-impact AI solutions.• Performance Optimization: Optimize AI systems for performance and scalability. Ensure the robustness and reliability of AI models and integrate them effectively within larger systems.• Ethical AI Implementation: Advocate for and ensure the ethical use of AI, including considerations for privacy, fairness, and transparency in AI models and solutions.• Training others: train interns and other AI engineers / consultants to excel in AI development.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• AI Strategy and Solution Design: Work with clients to understand their business needs and challenges. Design, implement and propose AI-driven solutions and strategies that align with their objectives and enhance their operations.• Project Management and Implementation: Lead and manage AI projects from conception to deployment, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with client requirements. Coordinate with internal teams and external partners as necessary.• Technical Expertise and Innovation: Stay updated on the latest trends and advancements in AI and related technologies. Apply this knowledge to innovate and enhance the solutions provided to clients.• Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with clients. Understand their evolving needs and provide ongoing support and consultation to ensure the success of AI initiatives.• Training and Development: Conduct training sessions and workshops for interns, clients and internal teams on AI technologies and best practices. Help in upskilling the team and enhancing the organization's AI capabilities.• Ethical and Responsible AI Practices: Ensure that AI solutions are ethically designed and comply with relevant regulations and standards. Promote responsible AI practices both within the team and with clients.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

* Design and Implement Generative AI Models: Develop state-of-the-art generative models (e.g., GANs, VAEs) for various applications, including natural language processing, image generation, and synthetic data creation.* Research and Development: Stay abreast of the latest AI research to innovate and improve generative models. Contribute to the AI community by publishing articles, attending conferences, and participating in workshops.* Data Engineering and Processing: Work with large datasets to train generative models, including data collection, cleaning, and augmentation to improve model performance and output quality.* Model Optimization and Scaling: Optimize models for better performance and scalability. Implement efficient algorithms that reduce computational costs and enable deployment at scale.* Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with product teams, designers, and other engineers to integrate generative AI capabilities into products and services, enhancing user experience and value.* Ethical AI and Bias Mitigation: Ensure the ethical use of generative AI technologies, including addressing biases in AI models and outputs, and implementing guidelines for responsible AI.* AI Governance and Compliance: Understand and adhere to AI ethics, privacy laws, and regulatory requirements, ensuring that generative AI applications comply with all legal and ethical standards.* Performance Monitoring and Analysis: Continuously monitor model performance, conduct A/B tests, and utilize feedback to iterate and enhance generative AI applications.* Mentoring and Leadership: Mentor junior engineers and team members on AI technologies and best practices. Lead projects and initiatives to push the boundaries of what's possible with generative AI.* Innovation and Problem Solving: Utilize generative AI to solve complex problems and create novel solutions across various domains, such as entertainment, healthcare, and education.

Dubai

Accountable:* Primary for the budget of the country IT-Teams approved by the CIO [Region]; secondaryfor all IT costs of the country by introducing respective IT cost transparency based onglobal cost management standards and tools and providing proposals for the country IT budgetsand IT costs of the country.* Generating IT synergies and IT cost savings within the country by Establishment of a country IT organization which framework is based on self-similar structure principle, corporate standard processes, regulatory governance and compliance procedures and Execution of country IT Governance including Architecture, Portfolio Management, Demand Management, Security, Risk, according to global IT Governance rules and guidelines.* Deliver and manage local IT services and solutions (legacy and accepted local applications)including demand management, application development and service managementfor the dedicated solutions.* Establishes efficient communication processes and structures of all ICT related issues /risks amongst all country / local teams and management levels.* Contact person for local business to support the channeling of demands into the right processfor core or differentiating IT within the global IT Organization.* On demand reporting of ICT related statistical figures and the budgets of the ICT teams ofthe country / legal entity.* External and internal representation of country / legal entity regarding ICT issues / affairsto all business partners, authorities and third parties of all kindsResponsible:* Transforms corporate, local / country DB Schenker Logistics ICT strategy into the day-todaybusiness decisions and business development activities of the country / companyConsulted* Product related business development activities on country level regarding ICT issues* Support CIO Region x to generate cost transparency by implementation of global financialsteering mechanisms.

Dubai

• Manage Projects effectively from start to end.• Responsible to thoroughly understand and communicate stakeholder requirements to appropriate team members, and manage all requirements accordingly to realize each for the stakeholder.• Develop ITIL subject matter expertise and therefore maintain, improve, integrate, measure, and report on operational processes performance.• Heavily involved in process evolution, to develop and implement a continual service improvement cycle across all operational processes.• Acting as single point of contact for customer operational issues/concerns.• Manage / Drive periodical service reviews and scorecards with the respective stakeholders.• Establish clear ownership for project tasks, ensure that team members have the tools needed, and provide timely feedback.• Manage and facilitate delivery of project objectives. • Track progress and review project tasks to make certain deadlines are met appropriately.• Re-engineer work flows and engagement models creating efficiencies and delivery standards.• Follow the company IT Service Management procedures and measurements to meet quality, satisfaction and other business objectives.• Assess project issues and identify solutions to meet productivity, quality and customer goals.• Provide effective mentoring and help to more junior colleagues which engages, motivates them and develops an excellence culture in ITIL process management.• Build professional relationships with key business partners and peers in Service Operations functions• Proactively communicate project status, issues & risks to management.• Follow policies, procedures and methodologies.• Conduct regular status meetings with all stakeholders, keeping the stakeholder’s needs and requirements continuously in view• Work collaboratively with development staff and support staff to maintain thorough knowledge of product capabilities, and to ensure that all communications between the project and its stakeholders are precise

Dubai

• Manage a team of DBAs in different countries.• To manage application hosting. Including identifying future infrastructure needs, current trends and design and creating proof of concepts on solutions to align with the functional strategy• To implement configuration management. Including, planning and creating company's infrastructure designs and configurations adhering to industry best practices and aligning with the function strategy.• Design Disaster recovery and business continuity plans.• manage business process that is related to architecting Infrastructure, and support team activities and availability within the site, so that team members work in the most optimum way.• Responsible for ensuring the delivery of a robust and effective solution as well as provision of effective and regular communication to stakeholders, as detailed within the project controls.• organize and support the team to track project deliverables; to ensure successful results• act as the point for all communications related to Solution architect, both with internal and external stakeholders, including Services Level Agreements, performance, service targets, human factor and management issues, so that all queries are dealt with and information is given and reported.• Seamless migration of the application portfolio to hosted infrastructure.• write technical proposals and RFPs.• Serve as technical expert for MS-SQL Server database design and support issues.• Define deployment procedures and schedules.

Dubai

• Manage Projects effectively from start to end.• Assess project issues and identify solutions to meet productivity, quality and customer goals.• Provide effective mentoring and help to more junior colleagues which engages, motivates them and develops an excellence culture in Project Management.• Build professional relationships with key business partners and peers in Service Operations functions.• Proactively communicate project status, issues & risks to management.• Follow policies, procedures and methodologies.• Conduct regular status meetings with all stakeholders, keeping the stakeholder’s needs and requirements continuously in view.• Defines project schedules to plan and coordinate project activity• Manage business process that is related to architecting Infrastructure, and support team activities and availability within the site, so that team members work in the most optimum way.• Optimize and tune information systems.• Develop budgets and schedules.• Seamless migration of the application portfolio to hosted infrastructure.• Organize and support the team to track project deliverables; to ensure successful results.• Improve project decision making and problem solving• Backup, recovery, testing of recovery procedures, and archiving databases.• Write technical proposals and RFPs.• Ensures that systems stay updated on all relevant patches and upgrades.

Master, It Management

Bsc, Computer Information Systems