Adnan Akhundov is a seasoned software engineer with extensive experience in machine learning and product development. Currently serving as a Staff Software Engineer and previously as a Senior Software Engineer at Meta, Adnan has also contributed to Volkswagen AG as a Machine Learning Research Engineer and Master Thesis Student. Academic experience includes a role as a Machine Learning (NLP) Research Assistant at the Technical University of Munich and a Machine Learning Engineer position at the Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics. In addition, Adnan held leadership positions as Chief Technology Officer, Product Development Director, and Product Development Lead at Simbrella. Adnan holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Technical University of Munich and an MBA in International Business from the Maastricht School of Management.