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 Leader & Builder

AI Transformation Lead and hands-on AI engineer with deep experience building and shipping production AI systems — multi-step Agentic AI pipelines, RAG architectures, LLM API integrations, and autonomous workflow agents. Currently leading end-to-end AI transformation initiatives at Think Studio, building multi-step agentic systems and RAG pipelines on Vercel with streaming LLM endpoints and multi-provider AI routing.

Founder of Aiqarus LLC, an enterprise AI agent platform targeting regulated industries (healthcare, legal, insurance, finance) with compliance-first infrastructure aligned to SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and EU AI Act — featuring multi-agent orchestration with DAG-based workflows, smart model routing (~6x LLM cost reduction), and human-in-the-loop approval gates.

Previously drove AI transformation at Agoda, building SASA (an AI-powered workflow automation system) that automated 35+ approval workflows, reduced SLA cycle times by 40%, and achieved 85% AI tool adoption within 60 days. Strengthened through Antler's venture-building environment, applying founder-level discipline in rapid prototyping and validating venture-scale AI opportunities.

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AI Engineering

LLMs, RAG, Agentic Systems, MCP

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LLM Training & Alignment

SFT, QLoRA, SimPO, GGUF

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AI Transformation

Enterprise Adoption & Change Mgmt

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Compliance & Governance

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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Cross-functional Leadership

C-suite Reporting & Stakeholders

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Global Experience

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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