Hi, I'm Saad Sharif Ahmed

AI Product Manager & Strategist

Building LLM-powered products, autonomous agentic systems, and RAG-enabled architectures. 10+ years of cross-functional leadership across SaaS, travel tech, and digital agencies.

10+
Years Experience
40%
SLA Reduction
85%
AI Adoption
45+
Projects Delivered
Saad Sharif Ahmed

Building the Future with AI

Driving enterprise AI transformation from proof-of-concept to production

AI Transformation Lead building production AI systems at Think Studio and Founder of Aiqarus LLC, an enterprise agent platform for regulated industries. Previously drove AI transformation at Agoda — automating 35+ workflows, cutting SLA times by 40%, and reaching 85% AI adoption in 60 days. Antler EIR with deep expertise in agentic systems, RAG, LLM training, and compliance-first AI infrastructure.

40%
SLA Reduction
AI workflow automation at Agoda
85%
AI Adoption
Tool adoption within 60 days
~6x
Cost Reduction
Smart model routing at Aiqarus
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AI Engineering

LLMs, RAG, Agentic Systems, MCP

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LLM Training

SFT, QLoRA, SimPO, GGUF

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AI Transformation

Enterprise Adoption & Change Mgmt

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Compliance

SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, EU AI Act

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Zero to One

6 Products Launched

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Product & Strategy

Roadmaps, PRDs, GTM, Pricing

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Leadership

C-suite & Cross-functional

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Global

4 Countries, 12+ Markets

Featured Projects

A showcase of AI systems, products, and automation solutions I've built

Skills & Technologies

A comprehensive toolkit for building and deploying intelligent systems

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AI Engineering & Agentic Systems

  • LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude)
  • Agentic AI, multi-step pipelines, tool-calling
  • RAG architectures, vector databases
  • LangChain/LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK
  • MCP, A2A Protocol, Google ADK
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LLM Training & Alignment

  • SFT, QLoRA, SimPO/DPO/KTO
  • On-policy data generation, rejection sampling
  • LLM-as-judge, multi-turn eval harnesses
  • GGUF quantization, vLLM serving
  • Open-source LLMs (Qwen3, LLaMA)
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Programming & Infrastructure

  • Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, Bash
  • React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, REST APIs
  • Docker, Vercel, Modal, AWS, GCP
  • Hugging Face, FAISS, Chroma, Weaviate
  • CI/CD, containerized pipelines
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Compliance & Governance

  • SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, EU AI Act
  • EU Digital Services Act (DSA)
  • Zero Trust Architecture, audit trails
  • Human-in-the-loop approval systems
  • AI governance frameworks & SOPs
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Data & Analytics

  • SQL, Spark, Scala, Hadoop (HiveQL)
  • Metabase, Tableau, Apache Superset
  • GA4, GTM, A/B testing
  • Funnel analysis, cohort analysis
  • Key success metrics design & tracking
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AI Transformation & Leadership

  • Enterprise AI adoption programmes
  • Change management, workflow audit
  • P&L, pricing strategy, GTM
  • C-suite & board-level reporting
  • Agile (Certified ScrumMaster®)

Professional Certifications

Continuous learning and professional development

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Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Scrum Alliance • Credential ID: 001260903

From the Blog

Thoughts on AI, product development, and technology leadership

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Contact Information

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Location

Bangkok, Thailand

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