Naqqash Abbassi — Co-Founder
I almost didn't become a CTO. I grew up in Karachi with one dream: Build something of my own. Tried a few startups in university. All failed. So in 2010, I packed my bags and moved to Munich to study Power Engineering at Technical University of Munich... with a plan to go back and build a solar company in Pakistan. That plan never happened. Instead, I ended up spending 15 years in Germany. I became a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute, working alongside BMW, Daimler, LG Chem, MIT, Stanford, and Oxford on energy storage systems. I was at the frontier of a technology that was supposed to change the world. Then in 2015, I saw something more important coming. AI. I pivoted completely. Taught myself. Did 12+ courses. Became an AIoT Solutions Architect at Arrow Electronics, then Lead for AI and Computer Vision at TD Synnex — deploying AI across retail, manufacturing, and finance for some of Europe's biggest organizations. A decade of turning AI from a buzzword into actual ROI. Along the way, I met Adam and Fernando. We were colleagues. Different countries, same team. Adam came to me with an idea. I told him it was technically possible. We left our jobs. We started Dost. The mission: build an AI that handles the repetitive, mundane tasks in finance — so humans can focus on what actually matters. Four years later, 200+ clients across Spain, UK, US, and South America. Eight months ago, I moved to Dubai. Best decision I've made. The intersection of AI and finance here isn't a trend... it's a government priority. I spend my time with CFOs and finance leaders trying to understand how AI is reshaping their world. That's what I write about here. AI. Finance. Building products that non-technical people actually love using. And occasionally... life as a co-founder with a 4-year-old daughter who keeps everything in perspective. If you're a finance leader, a founder, or a builder... I think we'll have a lot to talk about.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and AI solutions architect with extensive experience in energy systems.
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Experience: 14 yrs 6 mos
Skills
- Ai Solutions
- Software Development
- Machine Learning
- Embedded Systems
- Energy Storage
Career Highlights
- 15 years of experience in AI and energy sectors.
- Co-founder of a successful AI startup with 200+ clients.
- Expert in automating finance tasks using AI.
Work Experience
Microsoft
Mentor at Microsoft for Startups GrowthX Accelerator (3 mos)
Dost
Chief Product and Technology Officer (4 yrs)
TD SYNNEX
Lead AI and Computer Vision (EU Team) (2 yrs 3 mos)
Arrow Electronics
AIoT Solutions Architect (2 yrs 3 mos)
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Research Engineer (3 yrs 7 mos)
Research Assistant (6 mos)
Master Thesis (5 mos)
Texas Instruments
Student Assistant : GUI development on LabVIEW for a test bench (2 mos)
Internship: Power Line Communication (4 mos)
Technical University Munich... Automation and Information Systems Chair
Student Assistant: DCS System using Siemens PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) (2 mos)
Technical University Munich.. Institute of Energy Systems and Energy Economy
Internship: Hardware in Loop simulation of Siemens Building Automation Controllers using LabVIEW (3 mos)
Technical University Munich.. Institute of Energy Systems and Energy Ecnonomy.
Student Assistant (2 mos)
Technical University Munich .. Institute of Geology
Student Assitant (1 mo)
IEEE
IEEE-IIEE Annual event "e-Indus 2009" Organizer. (0 mo)
IEEE-IIEE Student Branch General Secretary (11 mos)
Siemens
Final Year Student Project. (11 mos)
Education
Master's degree at Technical University of Munich
B.E at Institute of Industrial Electronic Engineering(IIEE)
Nanodegree at Udacity