Workshops, conferences, hackathons, and milestones across my journey
Webinar SpeakerDelivered a 90-minute student webinar on how AI evolved, the physical supply chain behind it, and how early-career engineers can build durable skills for what comes next.
With: IEEE Computer Society PU Student Chapter, ZAKA Ambassadors, Google Developer Group on Campus - Phoenicia University
EarnedEarned the AWS Solutions Architect Associate and AWS AI Practitioner certifications three days apart in July 2026, bringing the total to four active AWS certifications.
With: Amazon Web Services
AttendeeAttended Salesforce's Agentforce World Tour Paris at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, focused on Agentforce and the enterprise rollout of AI agents across the Salesforce ecosystem.
With: Salesforce
Course participantCompleted four Anthropic Education courses on Skilljar covering the Claude API, Claude Code, MCP, and Agent Skills.
With: Anthropic
ZAKA AI TrainerThree-session corporate training for the Fair Trade Lebanon MarCom team on applying AI across marketing communications and content creation.
With: ZAKA AI, Fair Trade Lebanon
ZAKA AI TrainerOne-day corporate training at USEK Kaslik for staff: AM module on AI for deep research, reporting, dashboards, and presentations; PM module as an introduction to AI.
With: ZAKA AI, USEK
CreatorBuilt Bobine, a personal Python CLI that turns a URL into a vertical short-form video using script generation, speech synthesis and FFmpeg.
Personal product creatorBuilt CopyAlpha, a personal full-stack crypto copy-trading product with signal processing, configurable risk checks and multi-exchange execution.
Workshop HostHosted an "Introduction to AI" session for engineering and CS students at LAU Beirut, covering AI basics, Machine Learning, and Data Science with hands-on coding exercises.
With: Lebanese American University, IEEE Computer Engineering Club, LAU Engineering Club, ZAKA Ambassadors
AttendedAttended "Blockchain: the Future of Finance in 2026" at HEC Paris Alumni House, featuring speakers from Amundi, BNP Paribas, and Banque de France.
With: HEC Paris
Speaker / Co-hostCo-hosted and spoke at the 2026 AWS re:Invent 2025 re:Cap community event at Beirut Digital District, presenting Research to Voice. Supportful sponsored the event.
With: AWS User Group Lebanon, Beirut Digital District, Supportful
Promotional spotlightFeatured in AWS User Group Lebanon's Speaker Spotlight for the upcoming re:Invent re:Cap community event.
With: AWS User Group Lebanon
Credential announcementShared a milestone in my AWS learning journey: Cloud Practitioner, issued in April 2025, and Machine Learning - Specialty, issued in December 2025.
With: Amazon Web Services
Speaker / HostCo-hosted and spoke at the first-ever "Building Smarter with AWS" community event in Bekaa. Over 40 attendees learned about cloud computing, AI, and AWS certification pathways.
With: AWS User Group Lebanon, Michel Daher Foundation
AttendedAttended the Agentic AI Conference by Data Science Dojo, a free conference featuring tutorials and panels with AI industry thought leaders.
With: Data Science Dojo
Data Scientist InternInvestigated lactoferrin production during a July to December 2025 internship, using causal inference to inform industrial decisions.
With: Savencia
Exchange studentJoined McGill University for an April to July 2025 exchange semester within the emlyon Data Science & AI Strategy programme.
With: McGill University, emlyon business school
Guest SpeakerDelivered a session on Generative AI and its future at AUST Bhamdoun Campus, covering n8n automation, multi-agent LLM systems, and RAG architectures.
With: AUST, AUST Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
Project judge / mentorMentored and evaluated EPITECH students' GenAI projects for the inflight experience during a Vueling initiative associated with MWC Barcelona and Talent Arena.
With: MWC Barcelona, Talent Arena, Mobile World Capital Barcelona, Vueling Airlines, EPITECH
AttendedParticipated in the MSc Data Science & AI Strategy international seminar in Lisbon, exploring AI applications across industries.
With: emlyon business school
Session organiserIntroduced and helped organise Philippe Rambach's AI @ Scale session at emlyon business school.
With: emlyon business school, Schneider Electric
MentorMentored teams at the WiDS Paris @ emlyon Datathon, addressing challenges in autonomous AI systems.
With: WiDS Worldwide, Stanford University, emlyon business school, Le Village by CA Paris
StudentParticipated in the launch of Data Science Missions for the MSc in Data Science & AI Strategy, collaborating with industry partners on real-world AI challenges.
With: emlyon business school
Credential announcementShared the Project Management Professional (PMP) credential in September 2024, following its August 2024 issue.
With: PMI
StudentBegan the Master of Science in Data Science & AI Strategy at emlyon business school in Paris.
With: emlyon business school
Hackathon hostHosted a 4-hour hackathon for Park Innovation's IdeaLab Program focused on Agritech and Cleantech.
With: Park Innovation, Berytech
Jury MemberServed on the AI specialist jury at Startup Weekend Support 2024, evaluating Agritech, Medtech and SaaS project ideas.
With: Union of Arab Chambers, Scientific Center for Manufacturing and Production
Graduate spotlightFeatured in January 2024 as a graduate of ZAKA's Machine Learning programme, sharing the learning experience with prospective participants.
With: ZAKA
Workshop HostHosted an AI workshop in Zahle in collaboration with Michel Daher Foundation, introducing participants to AI and hands-on coding.
With: Beirut AI, Michel Daher Foundation
Winning-team contributorContributed to the winning team at the Tech for Accessibility Hackathon with Talal and Madiha Zein AUB Innovation Park at Beirut Digital District.
With: AUB Innovation Park, Beirut Digital District
Consulting project leadBegan the MOPO engagement in June 2023, leading an AI product from concept through production during the consulting relationship that continued to January 2026.
With: MOPO
Independent consultantStarted an independent AI consulting practice in June 2023. Across the practice period through May 2026, engagements included AI product delivery, enterprise knowledge access, sales workflows and needs-led architecture advice.
Research collaboratorCollaborated with dentistry students at USJ FMD on an object detection prototype for dental cavities.
With: Faculté de médecine dentaire (FMD)
Workshop HostLed an AI workshop for Skillnest as part of Beirut AI's Technical Ambassadors workshop series.
With: Beirut AI, Skillnest
Workshop HostHosted multiple AI workshops at the Baalbek Cultural Center, bringing AI education to the historical city with Beirut AI.
With: Beirut AI, Baalbek Cultural Center
Workshop HostHosted an online AI workshop for USJ North and Lebanese University students as part of Beirut AI's Technical Ambassadors workshop series.
With: Beirut AI, USJ North, Lebanese University
MentorSelected as one of 9 mentors for the first batch of Beirut AI's Mentorship Program, guiding aspiring AI practitioners through structured learning and career development.
With: Beirut AI
SpeakerSpoke at the DatasecCode event at USAL University, featuring presentations on AI, computing, and security.
With: USAL University, Binary Brains, Beirut AI
Workshop HostHosted an online AI workshop for LAU AI Club as part of Beirut AI's Technical Ambassadors 10-workshop series across Lebanese universities.
With: Beirut AI, LAU AI Club
SpeakerDelivered a BERT and AWS SageMaker demo at a Beirut Digital District event with around 150 attendees, followed by two NLP in Production workshops.
With: Beirut AI, AWS Community, ZAKA, Berytech, Beirut Digital District
Programme graduateCompleted ZAKA's 16-week Machine Learning Engineer programme during August to November 2022.
With: ZAKA
Workshop HostHosted an Introduction to AI workshop for the Digital Health Chapter x Beirut AI, covering AI fundamentals and applications in medicine.
With: Digital Health Chapter, Beirut AI
Workshop HostLed a 2-hour hands-on workshop on Object Detection with YOLO for Beirut AI, training YOLOv7 on a custom dataset.
With: Beirut AI
Workshop HostDelivered an Introduction to AI session for the Digital Health Chapter x Beirut AI, introducing AI concepts to healthcare professionals.
With: IJCR, Beirut AI
Workshop HostHosted a hands-on Introduction to AI workshop for IEEE AUST Student Branch in collaboration with Beirut AI, with certification provided.
With: AUST IEEE Student Branch, Beirut AI
Team MemberCelebrated Mobile Arts' achievements with a team trip to Egypt, recognizing the company's milestones and growth.
With: Mobile Arts
Technical AmbassadorContributed practical workshops on BERT, YOLO, AWS SageMaker and model deployment through Beirut AI and partner communities.
With: Beirut AI, AWS Community
Student AmbassadorIntroduced university students to Beirut AI and helped organise community workshops and hackathons.
With: Beirut AI
Learning announcementShared a learning milestone in October 2021, bringing together Google Data Analytics and Stanford's Machine Learning course.
With: Google, Stanford University, Coursera
Credential announcementShared the Azure AI Fundamentals and Azure Fundamentals certifications after ZAKA's AI Ready training.
With: Microsoft, ZAKA
FinalistAttended a 5-day Beirut AI bootcamp covering deep learning, NLP, CV, and time series. Reached finals of the Agri-hackathon with a crop recommendation system.
With: Beirut AI, ZAKA
Computer Vision DeveloperTrained computer vision models and built DeepStream inference pipelines for automotive safety on NVIDIA Jetson devices.
With: Decentra Tech
EarnedEarned Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900) certification.
With: Microsoft, ZAKA
Course announcementShared completion of Cisco's CCNAv7: Introduction to Networks course; the completion record lists February 2021.
Machine Learning Engineer InternBuilt sentiment analysis and named entity recognition pipelines on restaurant reviews during a February to April 2021 internship.
With: Vee Smart
University project contributorTrained a YOLOv3 model to detect vines in satellite imagery during a January to February 2021 university project.
With: Saint Joseph University, Chateau Kefraya
Programme announcementShared the Deep Learning Specialization, whose completion record lists November 2020.
With: DeepLearning.AI, Coursera
ParticipantCompleted the 3-month Amideast 'Start Your Own Business' workshop, mentored by Andre Abi Awad.
With: Amideast
Laravel Developer InternBuilt backend services and APIs using Laravel during a September to December 2020 internship.
With: Eddys Group
FreelancerLaunched freelance career building and customizing WordPress websites for local businesses.
OrganizerOrganized a student-led fundraising and aid campaign at USJ during the Lebanese Revolution to support those affected by the economic crisis.
With: CEUZB, Université Saint-Joseph
Assistant Technician InternSummer internship as an assistant technician, troubleshooting and repairing electrical systems on-site.
With: Fomaco sarl
Vice-PresidentServed as Vice-President of the student representative committee at CEUZB / USJ, supporting student communication and organising activities.
With: Saint Joseph University, CEUZB
StudentBegan a five-year Software Engineering degree at USJ-ESIB with progressive specialization in ML, computer vision, and AI.
With: Saint Joseph University, ESIB