Aliasgar Husain

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San Jose, California, United States26 yrs 11 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Led a team of 20+ in machine learning at Meta.
  • Co-inventor of 53 patents in navigation and speech.
  • Expert in building scalable solutions for small businesses.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on machine learning and data engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical LeadershipApplied Machine LearningRecommender SystemsData EngineeringLanguage ProcessingTechnical VisionEngineering Leadership

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataBuild Strong RelationshipsBusiness AcumenCloud ComputingComputer ScienceCross-functional Team LeadershipData MiningDeep LearningDistributed SystemsEngineering ManagementEnterprise SoftwareLarge-scale Data ProcessingLeadership

About

A results-oriented Senior Engineering Leader known for fostering inclusive cultures, mentoring diverse teams, and aligning technical strategies with business goals to deliver scalable solutions at top-tier tech companies. As an Engineering Leader, ML at Meta Business Suite(MBS), I lead a team of 20+ machine learning scientists, engineers, and engineering managers to drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution of MBS, a platform that helps small businesses and creators grow and succeed on Meta's family of apps. With over 20 years of hands-on product development experience, I have a proven track record of delivering scalable, robust, and innovative solutions that leverage large-scale data processing, applied machine learning, and text-to-speech technologies. My mission is to empower millions of entrepreneurs and creators around the world with the tools and insights they need to reach and engage their audiences, monetize their content, and optimize their performance. I am passionate about building high-performing teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and experimentation, and co-creating value with our customers and partners. I am also a co-inventor of 53 patents in the fields of navigation, speech, and content, reflecting my curiosity and creativity in solving complex problems. Citations - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1FwkzD4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Experience

26 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Amazon

Engineering Leader, ML

Nov 2023Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid

Al tijaarat al raabehah

Career Coach

Apr 2023Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Self employed

Angel Investor

Oct 2018Present · 7 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

Meta

2 roles

Senior Manager, ML - Meta Business Suite

Promoted

Apr 2018Jun 2023 · 5 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Led a team of 20+ machine learning scientists, engineers, and Engineering Managers to drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution of MBS that classify, recommend, and optimize engagement and monetization for small businesses.
  • Formed and led a team of 18 to drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution of the industry-first definition, classification, and segmentation of creators on Instagram and Facebook's multi-billion nodes to incentivize creator engagement
  • Rebooted team of 10+ Engineers and ML Scientists to build first-ever supervised-learning Commercial-intent classification for Whatsapp, Instagram, and Facebook Family of Apps.
  • Titles held: Engineering Manager and Sr. Engineering Manager, ML.
Technical LeadershipPattern RecognitionArtificial Intelligence (AI)Deep LearningCross-functional Team LeadershipTechnical Vision+9

Data Engineering Manager, Ads and Business Platform

Aug 2015Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Bootstrapped a global team and built ML analytics and data platform for Advertiser Classification, Ads Growth, Measurements and Solutions, and Entities.
  • Led the end-to-end data analytics roadmap, strategy, and execution of data infrastructure, ETL pipelines, and visualization artifacts.
Technical LeadershipData EngineeringPattern RecognitionLarge-scale Data ProcessingDeep LearningCross-functional Team Leadership+7

Telenav

Associate Engineering Director, Points-Of-Interest (Maps) Data & Speech

Nov 2008Aug 2015 · 6 yrs 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

  • Led a global team of 36 people for the Content and Speech strategy, roadmap, and execution for Engineering, Languages & Internationalization, and Transcription & Linguistics in the United States and China.
  • Co-invented frameworks/algorithms and oversaw data procurement/normalization of XXX Million POIs to produce curated drivable POI using acquisition framework, normalization/dedupe algorithm, ML classification and automated validation.
  • Introduced and oversaw in-device magic phrase-detector integration and conversational speech AI for mobile navigation, before “Siri” & “OK Google”.
  • Titles held: Sr. Software Engineer, Manager and Sr. Manager, and Associate Director.
Technical LeadershipLanguage ProcessingText-to-SpeechPattern RecognitionNatural Language Processing (NLP)Cross-functional Team Leadership+8

Yahoo! inc

Business Unit Engineering

Nov 2006Nov 2008 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Engineering Team lead for integration of REST-based third-party friendly-fraud re-presentment system (by Vindicia) with the payments platform eliminating resource redundancy, and enhancing cost savings estimated to be $400,000 per year. Was involved securing executive sponsorship for the project.
Technical VisionTeam ManagementProblem SolvingEngineering LeadershipComputer Science

Ariba, inc

Core Server Engineering

Jan 2003Jan 2005 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Escalate retail

Application System Engineering

May 2000Nov 2006 · 6 yrs 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Netscape communications

Backend Engineering

Jun 1998Oct 1999 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Education

Santa Clara University

Master of Science - MS — Leadership & Computer Science

Thadomal Shahani Engineering College

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Computer Engineering

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