Experience

BrightSign

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  United Kingdom BrightSign is an assistive tech start-up that I founded, developing a smart glove that can translate any sign language, sign or gesture, including custom movements, into 90+ spoken languages using ML. The glove technology is patented and used in schools, businesses, and the public sector in 27 countries to date.



University of the Arts London

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Guest Lecturer

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom I lecture at UAL, teaching machine learning and applications in design and physical (including wearable) computing.



Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  United Kingdom I am a strategic consultant for start-ups and businesses, advising on business strategy, software development and architecture, data analytics, including big data, and machine learning.



Hepian

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CTO

  • Jul 2018 - Nov 2022

  London, England, United Kingdom Hepian is a health tech start-up that I founded, specializing in developing speech-to-text systems for medical dictation. The technology self-refines for each user, improving accuracy based on voice, accent, technical vocabulary, and phrasing patterns. As the CTO, I secured contracts with the NHS and private hospitals, enabling practitioners across 12 countries to benefit from our technology in 8 languages.



Foundry

• United Kingdom
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineer

  • May 2017 - May 2019

  London, United Kingdom At Foundry, I worked as an engineer for Katana, working on performance improvements on high-performance compute systems for clients including Disney, Sony, and ILM. I managed multiple product releases, coordinating development, QA, systems, and marketing.



Prime Focus World

• India
• Entertainment
• 700 & Above Employee

• Internship

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2014

  London, United Kingdom I attended an internship working on digital visual effects within films such as "Kingsman: The Secret Service", Dwayne Johnson's "Hercules" and "Guardians of the Galaxy". I worked primarily as a digital compositor but also did some 3D modelling and shading work. I used packages such as Maya, 3DEqualizer, ZBrush, Nuke and Houdini in this role.