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TECHNOLOGY, WITH PURPOSE.

Adel Ali

Product Builder · AI & Data · Founding Team at CSkilled

I take Arabic-first products from idea to launch: I write the specs, design the data and the flows, and ship with AI-assisted development. I also grow teams and communities around what I build.

Available for Collaboration Cairo, Egypt View résumé

Products & Ventures

Founder · Flutter

الحمد · Al-Hamd

An Arabic, offline-first gratitude app: one blessing a day and a two-minute guided reflection. No accounts, no server, all data stays on the device, and every daily blessing passes a source and review gate.

Visit alhamd.app
Founder · Flutter

أسوة · Uswa

A daily reflection app on the Prophet's ﷺ example: 371 lessons across 53 chapters for iOS, Android and web. A Python pipeline checked 2,229 narrations against primary collections, and 142 tests guard the build.

Visit uswahasanah.app
Client · Marketplace

Estemal Tabib

A live marketplace for used dental equipment in Egypt, with technician inspection, buyer money held until 3 days after delivery, and free maintenance. 33 pages, a 16-module ops dashboard, 20 tables and 75 security policies.

Visit estimaltabeeb.com
CSkilled · Website

cskilled.com

Rebuilt CSkilled's site off Kajabi in about 3 weeks: 46 bilingual pages (Arabic RTL and English) on Vercel, 92 redirects to keep SEO, and Python tools that generate the English site from one translation source.

Visit cskilled.com
AI · News Media

Ummah News

An AI news agent that curates, verifies and contextualises global headlines for Muslim readers. Two prototypes built: a weekly newsletter and a content hub.

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AI · Knowledge

Yaqil

A minimalist AI thinking and knowledge platform that helps users organise thoughts, connect ideas and surface insights, with a bilingual (AR/EN), node-based interface.

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Experience

Founding Team — Product, Growth & Operations · CSkilled

Jul 2024 – Present

Cairo · Arabic CS & AI academy · with founder Dr. Mostafa Saad Ibrahim (NVIDIA)

  • ▸Work directly with the founder across product, growth, hiring and operations for 7 diplomas and 5 tracks (about 440 lectures, 580 hours). The learner base grew from about 1,500 when I joined to 4,852 Kajabi contacts.
  • ▸Rebuilt and launched cskilled.com off Kajabi in about 3 weeks: 46 bilingual pages on Vercel, 92 SEO redirects and Python tools that generate the English site.
  • ▸Leading the move to an in-house learning platform (Next.js, Supabase): specified 18 screens, about 25 tables, 6 staff roles and installment payments through Paymob, Fawry and InstaPay.
  • ▸Built the analytics and attribution stack (Amplitude, Clarity, GA4, UTMs, Meta Pixel and server-side CAPI) and a 13-stage funnel roadmap, under the rule “funnel → LTV → ads”.
  • ▸Run Meta acquisition on a $1K monthly budget under written scaling rules, with a cost-per-purchase ceiling and purchases counted from Kajabi.
  • ▸Grew the team to 8: led every hiring process and interview and hired 6 people, using interview scorecards and 30-60-90 onboarding plans.

AI Model Evaluation Contractor · Mercor

Mar 2026 · Oct 2026 – Present

Remote · Contract

  • ▸Odin – Tasker (Oct 2026 – Present): write research questions, reference answers and evaluation materials used to benchmark and improve a leading AI lab's models.
  • ▸Arabic RLHF Generalist (Mar 2026): evaluated Arabic and English model responses for accuracy, reasoning and clarity, fact-checking against public sources and annotating errors with set taxonomies.

Freelance Product Engineer (AI-assisted) · Upwork & direct clients

Jun 2025 – Present

Remote

Estemal Tabib — used dental equipment marketplace (Oct – Nov 2026)

  • ▸Turned a client's business model into a live Arabic, mobile-first marketplace: technician inspection, buyer money held through a 3-day trial after delivery, and 1–6 months of free maintenance.
  • ▸Wrote the specs and shipped 33 pages in about 3 weeks, including a 16-module operations dashboard for seller review, escrow orders, payments and profit per device.
  • ▸Designed a 20-table Postgres schema with 75 row-level security policies, covered by automated security tests and end-to-end Playwright tests.

AI-Powered IPO PDF Analyzer — client in Riyadh (Jun 2025)

  • ▸Built a bilingual (AR/EN) web app that extracts offer prices and revenues from long IPO prospectuses with the Gemini API, running fully in the browser for privacy.

ALX Pathway Tutor – ENT 101 · ALX

Sep 2025 – May 2026

Cairo, Egypt

  • ▸Led weekly interactive sessions on product strategy, user research, storytelling, Agile and project management.
  • ▸Mentored learners on problem-solving and decision-making; received ALX's Certificate of Appreciation (Dec 2025).

Data Specialist · Tadabur Academy

Jun – Oct 2025

Egypt · Remote

  • ▸Led data operations from collection design to analysis of student and teacher performance.
  • ▸Analysed marketing campaigns and ran market research that shaped pricing and program structure.

Partner — Operations & Analytics · Ibn Ezz (coffee)

Nov 2024 – Jun 2025

Cairo · Hybrid

  • ▸Analysed purchase patterns and launched a loyalty program to improve retention; used sales trends to guide promotions and inventory.
  • ▸Rebuilt staff scheduling around peak-hour sales data to cut labour costs, and automated reporting in SQL, Google Sheets and Power BI.

Data Scientist · Freelance · insurance client

Feb – Apr 2025

Germany · Remote

  • ▸Built claim-frequency models for car-insurance pricing, benchmarking GLMs against gradient boosting (CatBoost, LightGBM, XGBoost) and neural networks.
  • ▸Applied monotone constraints for explainable, business-ready predictions.

Software Engineer Intern · Almdrasa

Jun – Oct 2023

Egypt

  • ▸Front-end UI work (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and testing in an Agile team.

ML Engineer Intern · Data Analyst Intern · Raqameyyah

Nov 2021 – Apr 2023

Egypt

  • ▸User-behaviour analytics and A/B tests for a bus-riding company.
  • ▸ML and data-collection pipelines (Python, Scrapy, Airflow); MySQL and Tableau reporting.

Programs · Founder & data-science training

2023 – 2024

  • ▸ALX Ventures Founder Academy (Sep – Nov 2024): validated and pitched Ummah News; built its business model, pricing and go-to-market plan.
  • ▸WorldQuant University Applied Data Science Lab (Nov 2023 – May 2024).
  • ▸McKinsey Forward Program (Jan – May 2023): problem-solving, business and design-thinking training.

Community Impact & Contributions

Technical Book Club Founder

Manara Ambassador

Manara — Largest tech community in the MENA region

  • ▸ Founded, managed, and led a technical book club with 300+ members and an average of 10+ weekly attendees across the MENA region.
  • ▸ Hosted weekly technical discussions on software design, version control, algorithm optimization, refactoring, testing, and more.
  • ▸ Aligned the club's mission with Manara's vision — empowering MENA tech talent through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and skill-building.

LeetCode Contributor

Open Source · Python

NeetCode Community

  • ▸ Contributed Python solutions to problems including Valid Anagram, Monotonic Array, and others.
  • ▸ Collaborated with the NeetCode open-source community, following best practices and peer code reviews.
  • ▸ Sharpened problem-solving skills across data structures and algorithm challenges.

Metadata Integration — Carsus / TARDIS

Open Source · Astrophysics

Python · Jupyter · PR #441

  • ▸ Implemented a metadata integration system for Carsus, a Python library used in astrophysical simulations.
  • ▸ Developed a comprehensive Jupyter Notebook and a standalone script for automation and reproducibility.
  • ▸ Authored supporting documentation and a README; submitted PR #441 with full code, docs, and reproducibility demo.
  • ▸ Received positive mentor feedback: "This looks sensible to me. Please make an application."

Leadership & Awards

ALX Certificate

Certificate of Appreciation

ALX Egypt — Course Tutor

In recognition of exceptional dedication as a Pathway Local Tutor, for effectively guiding learners through continuous online sessions.

Dec 2025
EmpowerHub Award

Collaboration & Peer Support Star

EmpowerHub — Scholarships Academy, Batch 4

Selected among the top 8 champions for outstanding cooperation and peer support across the cohort.

2024
Aspire Institute

Aspire Leaders Program

Aspire Institute — Cohort 5 · founded by Harvard faculty

Accepted into a global community of learners and change-makers, growing as a leader, collaborator, and innovator.

Oct 2025

GenAI Hackathon Finalist

PodBrief — AI Product Manager

Led product strategy for an AI assistant that helps listeners "maximize insights per minute" — from user persona to a full pitch deck.

Oct 2025

Education

B.Sc. in Data Science

Scholarship

Elmwood Institute, Oakland, California, USA

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Data Science Courses

  • AWS 400AWS Cloud Computing
  • DS 100Introduction to Data Science
  • DS 110Preparing Data
  • DS 120SQL for Data Science
  • DS 130Data Visualization
  • DS 200Python for Data Scientists I
  • DS 300Techniques for Regression Analysis
  • DS 320Natural Language Processing & Classification
  • DS 400Unsupervised Learning Methods
  • DS 440Portfolio Review
  • SE 101Introduction to Computing
  • SE 102Foundations of Linux & Version Control

Entrepreneurship Courses

  • BUS 200Business Finance
  • ENT 100Foundations of Entrepreneurship
  • ENT 110Introduction to Venture Creation
  • ENT 300Ethics and Technology
  • ENT 310Leadership and Management
  • ENT 400Special Topics

General Education

  • ART 200Principles of Design & Media
  • COM 148Communication for Impact
  • PE 101Intro to Personal Effectiveness
  • PE 301Applied Personal Effectiveness
  • PE 401Personal Effectiveness for Career Readiness
  • QNT 101College Algebra
  • QNT 102Statistics
  • QNT 105Foundations of Data Analysis & Decision Making
  • SCI 200Climatology, Ecology & Human Impact
  • SS 200Sociology: Gender Inequality & Education
  • SS 300Consumerism in Society
  • SS 360Research Methods in Social Sciences
  • WR 100Fundamentals of Effective Communication
  • WR 300Advanced Business Communication

ALX Pathways Program

ALX Africa

May – Dec 2025

GPA 3.7
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  • ENT 101 Foundations of Entrepreneurship
  • QNT 101 College Algebra
  • BUS 200 Business Finance
  • ENT 110 Intro to Venture Creation
  • QNT 102 Statistics
  • SE 101 Intro to Computer Engineering
  • SE 102 Linux & Version Control

B.Sc. in Statistics

Mansoura University, Egypt

Sep 2020 – Nov 2026

B.Sc. in Computer Science (Dropped out)

Sep 2018 – Sep 2019

Certifications

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