CTO @ Cognitive IT Solutions · Open to collaboration

Hi, I'm Ali
Hasnain

AI Engineer building intelligent systems that turn data into decisions.

AI · ML · Computer Vision · LLMs
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Ali Hasnain — AI Engineer & CTO
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Ali Hasnain

CTO @ Cognitive IT Solutions

4+

Years in AI & Data

50+

Projects delivered

3

Peer-reviewed papers

About me

Turning data into products that decide, see and speak

From research to deployment, I build AI systems that hold up in production.

Ali Hasnain

Hello 👋 I'm Ali Hasnain

AI Engineer & CTO

I'm an AI Engineer and technology leader with a B.E. in Computer Systems Engineering. I design, build and ship production machine-learning systems — from computer vision and OCR pipelines to real-time speech and LLM-powered agents.

As CTO at Cognitive IT Solutions I own the technical vision: architecting scalable ML pipelines, setting AI/ML best practices, and turning research into reliable products. My north star is simple — data is everywhere, so make it work for you.

Role
AI Engineer & CTO
Focus
Computer Vision · LLMs
Education
B.E. Computer Systems Eng.
Availability
Open to work

Machine Learning & Deep Learning

End-to-end ML systems — from data pipelines and feature engineering to model training, evaluation and deployment with TensorFlow, PyTorch and Scikit-learn.

Computer Vision & OCR

Real-time object detection, tracking and document intelligence using YOLOv7/v8, EasyOCR and custom CNNs for production-grade extraction pipelines.

NLP, LLMs & AI Agents

Speech-to-text, text classification and LLM-powered agents — integrating models like GPT, Groq and Deepgram into responsive, conversational products.

Data Analytics & Dashboards

Exploratory analysis, statistical modelling and interactive dashboards in Power BI and Tableau that surface the insight hiding in your data.

Career

Experience

Six roles across AI engineering, data science and technology leadership.

  1. Nov 2025 – PresentCurrent

    Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

    Cognitive IT Solutions

    • Lead the strategic technology vision and oversee development of cutting-edge AI solutions across the organization.
    • Own the technology roadmap and align it with business objectives and long-term growth strategy.
    • Establish best practices for AI/ML development, deployment and governance across all technical teams.
  2. Jun 2025 – Oct 2025

    Lead AI Engineer

    Cognitive IT Solutions

    • Led design, development and deployment of advanced AI-driven solutions across diverse business domains.
    • Architected scalable ML pipelines with robust model lifecycle management.
    • Drove innovation by integrating LLMs, computer vision and predictive analytics into enterprise applications.
  3. Mar 2024 – May 2025

    AI Team Lead

    SAINCUBE · Lyceumerce

    • Led ML model development for recommendation systems, personalized shopping and predictive analytics.
    • Optimized AI solutions to improve search relevance, customer segmentation and product categorization.
    • Partnered with data engineers on robust pipelines for training and deploying ML models.
  4. Jan 2024 – Mar 2024

    Data Scientist

    Metalink Systems

    • Led data analysis and machine learning projects to optimize business processes.
    • Developed and deployed predictive models using Python and TensorFlow.
  5. Jul 2022 – Present

    Data Scientist (Freelance)

    Fiverr

    • Delivered data wrangling and analysis, reducing dimensionality and surfacing key features. (Python, R, Excel)
    • Applied ML & DL techniques for automation. (CNN, YOLO, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn)
  6. Jul 2022 – Aug 2022

    Data Analyst

    VEZOW

    • Built a machine-learning model to predict customer churn. (Pandas, NumPy, TensorFlow)
    • Extracted insights from data sources to support strategic decision-making. (MySQL, ML, DL)
Toolbox

Skills & technologies

The stack I reach for when building and shipping AI systems.

Languages & Tooling

01
  • Python
  • R
  • SQL
  • Git
  • FastAPI
  • Flask
  • Django

ML & Deep Learning

02
  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
  • Scikit-learn
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Feature Engineering
  • A/B Testing

AI Domains

03
  • Computer Vision
  • NLP
  • LLMs
  • YOLOv7 / YOLOv8
  • OCR
  • Speech-to-Text

Data & Analytics

04
  • Data Science
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • MySQL
Selected work

Projects

Real systems I've designed and built — from autonomous vision to LLM-powered agents and analytics.

Smart AI-Based Boat for Marine Debris Collection
Final Year Project · 2022–2023
Computer Vision

Smart AI-Based Boat for Marine Debris Collection

Final-year project: an autonomous boat that uses deep learning and computer vision to detect and collect marine trash in real time, supporting environmental conservation.

  • Deep Learning
  • Computer Vision
  • YOLO
  • Robotics
AI Call Agent
Real-time speech + LLM
NLP & LLM

AI Call Agent

Real-time voice agent combining Deepgram Nova-2 speech-to-text, Groq LLM responses and Aura text-to-speech for seamless end-to-end audio conversations, served via Flask.

  • Flask
  • Deepgram
  • Groq LLM
  • Speech-to-Text
End-to-End CNIC OCR
Multilingual OCR
Computer Vision

End-to-End CNIC OCR

Multilingual OCR service that reads Pakistani CNIC cards in both Urdu and English, detecting chip presence to route extraction and returning structured identity fields.

  • FastAPI
  • OCR
  • Urdu / English
  • NLP
Emirates ID Reader
Structured JSON output
Computer Vision

Emirates ID Reader

Document intelligence system that detects and extracts data from ID cards, licenses and certificates (image & PDF), using a YOLOv8 detector with EasyOCR over a FastAPI service.

  • YOLOv8
  • EasyOCR
  • FastAPI
  • Document AI
Logistics Counting API
Images & video
Computer Vision

Logistics Counting API

FastAPI + YOLOv7 service that counts objects across images and video for logistics and inventory use cases, exposing an interactive, integration-ready API endpoint.

  • YOLOv7
  • FastAPI
  • Object Counting
  • Video
CLO–PLO Analytics Dashboard
DAX · data pipeline
Data Analytics

CLO–PLO Analytics Dashboard

Educational analytics platform tracking Course & Program Learning Outcomes — a Python ingestion pipeline into MySQL feeding an interactive Power BI dashboard embedded in a Django app.

  • Power BI
  • Python
  • MySQL
  • Django
Research

Publications

Peer-reviewed work in deep learning, machine learning and applied AI.

Paper 012023International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering & Technology (IRJIET)

A Hybrid Architecture Based on Deep Learning for Object Recognition for Autonomous Driving

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Paper 022023UMT Artificial Intelligence Review (UMT-AIR)

A Machine Learning Framework for E. coli Bacteria Detection and Classification

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Paper 032023Emerald Publishing Limited

Impact of Digitalization on Social Entrepreneurship

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Contact

Let's build something intelligent

Have a project, role or idea in mind? I'd love to hear about it.

Email

alihasnain2k19@gmail.com

Phone

+92 342 3987710

Availability

Remote · Worldwide

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