Saif A.

Saif A. has extensive work experience in various roles and industries. Saif is currently working as the Chief Technology Officer at sparks & honey, where they have led the full re-build of pipelines, models, and SaaS applications. Saif is responsible for managing product engineering, data science, devops, and technical operations, as well as overseeing the innovation and production-ization of the latest science and technology. Prior to this, Saif served as a Senior Vice President at Omnicom.

Earlier in their career, Saif worked as the Director of Machine Learning Engineering at Kinetica DB, where they led product design and engineering efforts for their machine learning product. Saif also served as the Chief Technology Officer at DocHuddle, focusing on developing and scaling machine learning models for medical image classification. Saif has a strong background in finance and technology, with roles such as Chief Quantitative Technologist and Chief Architect at AIG, as well as Senior Associate at Goldman Sachs.

Saif's experience also includes working as a Senior Consultant at Accenture, where they designed and implemented capital markets trading, pricing, and analytics systems. Saif has also been involved in academia, serving as a course instructor at Cornell University. Earlier in their career, Saif worked as an intern at J.P. Morgan and as a research fellow at The Rockefeller University.

Overall, Saif A. has a diverse range of experience in technology, finance, and academia, with a track record of leading and managing complex projects and teams.

Saif A. holds a Master's of Science degree in Data Science from the University of California, Berkeley, which they obtained from 2015 to 2017. Saif also completed their Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Cornell University from 1997 to 2001. In addition, Saif A. has research experience as a Research Fellow and SEED Research Fellow at The Rockefeller University in the Laboratory of Virology and Immunology, although specific dates are not provided. Saif A. has also earned the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification from Amazon Web Services in August 2023.