Joinal Ahmed — CTO
I am a results-driven AI and ML Engineering Leader with a track record of building elite teams and driving multi-million dollar revenue impact. My career has been defined by a rapid, high-impact progression through the strategic AI divisions of the world's top cloud providers. I was recruited by organizations like Microsoft, Google, and AWS to lead their most complex and high-priority AI initiatives. After successfully delivering on these specialized programs, I am now seeking a long-term, foundational leadership role where I can bring this unique "tri-cloud" expertise to build and scale a world-class, product-focused AI organization. A few highlights of my impact: * Microsoft: As a Senior Solutions Architect (Global Black Belt), I led the technical strategy for the Azure AI/OpenAI program for the APAC region, growing the portfolio to over $3M in MRR and standardizing enterprise-grade GenAI and RAG pipelines. * Aivar Innovations: As the Head of AI, I built the entire AI practice from the ground up, scaling a diverse team to 35+ engineers and data scientists. I own the program strategy for 70+ AI projects that have delivered $1.5M+ in MRR. * Halodoc: I built the ML Engineering team and platform from scratch, scaling the team from 2 to 15 and architecting the enterprise-wide MLOps stack on Kubernetes to serve 10M+ users. * Google Cloud: I managed the end-to-end delivery of custom AI programs for enterprise clients, architecting ML pipelines on Vertex AI and leading multidisciplinary engineering teams. I thrive on building both world-class AI products and the world-class teams that create them. My core expertise is at the intersection of strategy, technical architecture, and team leadership. My specialties include: ► AI & GenAI Strategy: Driving GTM strategy, solution architecture, and revenue growth for AI portfolios (GenAI, RAG, LLM Fine-Tuning). ► Team Scaling & Leadership: Building and mentoring high-performing organizations from 2 to 35+ members; establishing performance frameworks and technical standards. ► Enterprise MLOps & Architecture: Architecting and deploying scalable, secure, and high-availability ML platforms from scratch on Kubernetes (AWS, GCP, Azure). ► Community & Thought Leadership: Founder of the Global GenAI Developer Community (5000+ engineers) and a regular speaker at international conferences like KubeCon & KCD. If you are looking for a foundational leader to build and scale your AI organization, I would be delighted to connect.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS AI/ML Engineering Leader with extensive experience in enterprise solutions.
Experience: 8 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Ai & Genai Strategy
- Team Scaling & Leadership
- Enterprise Mlops & Architecture
Career Highlights
- Led Azure AI/OpenAI program, achieving $3M in MRR.
- Built AI practice from scratch, managing 70+ projects.
- Scaled ML Engineering team from 2 to 15 engineers.
Work Experience
Aivar Innovations
Senior Architect - AI, Practice Lead (10 mos)
Microsoft
Senior Architect - GenAI (1 yr 7 mos)
AI Converge
Founding Member (2 yrs 8 mos)
International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
Adjunct Faculty - ML Systems (7 mos)
AI Solutions Architect - III (1 yr 1 mo)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Solutions Architect - AI/ML, MLOps and Analytics (8 mos)
Halodoc
Lead Data Scientist (3 yrs 1 mo)
Leadics
Senior Engineer - Computer Vision and Data Science (1 yr 5 mos)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Indian Institute of Technology, Patna
Postgraduate Degree at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
Master of Business Administration - MBA at Mizoram University
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineeerig at Assam (Central) University
Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence at Stanford Continuing Studies
intermediate at Kendriya Vidyalaya