Welcome! I'm Kanwal ✳
I turn AI ideas into products people actually use
AI programme & product leader · Dubai, working worldwide
SEE THE WORK ↓What I've shipped recently
My key strengths
From idea to production
13 AI products shipped in ten years. I take things past the demo stage, into the hands of real users, with numbers attached.
Trusted with government AI
At the Dubai Future Foundation I help assess and certify AI solutions for government use, so I know what responsible adoption actually takes.
Product & programme in one
Roadmap, delivery, and the AI inside it. I've led cross-functional teams of up to 38 engineers across three continents.
Arabic-first AI experience
I've shipped NLP that genuinely understands Arabic, sentiment, dialects and all, across 100+ languages.
Teams that outlast me
I've built AI delivery organisations from scratch three times. The goal is always a team that keeps shipping without me.
Grounded in research
Published in data science and predictive modelling, with an MSc in Computer Science. The craft has foundations.
A little about me
I help governments and companies take AI from idea to certified production. At the Dubai Centre for AI, inside the Dubai Future Foundation, I work on the certification of AI systems for government use: the evaluation criteria, the technical audits, and the official register of approved solutions.
Before the governing came the building. I spent ten years shipping AI products, with Nike, EY, PwC and Eightfold among the clients, directed multi-million AED portfolios, and built AI delivery teams from scratch three times, the largest with 38 engineers across three continents. The work has won three AI Innovation Awards.
That combination is the point: I have built the AI, not only governed it. ISO/IEC 42001 Senior Lead Implementer, MSc in Computer Science, and a soft spot for products that quietly work.
The longer story is on LinkedIn.