Khalid Yusuf liman
@khalidyusufliman
AI Engineer and technical leader driving AI strategy, products, and digital transformation.
What I'm looking for
I am a results-driven AI Engineer and technology leader with over seven years delivering AI-driven innovation, digital transformation, and large-scale technology projects across finance, government, and enterprise. I have designed and deployed LLM/NLP systems, AI-based policy simulation and risk frameworks, and real-time dashboards that cut analytics costs by 80%, improved marketing ROI by 40%, and reduced reconciliation time by 60%.
I lead cross-functional engineering and data science teams, manage cloud infrastructure and CI/CD on AWS, and translate AI vision into production systems using tools like TensorFlow, Keras, LangChain, and Pinecone. I am passionate about mentorship and digital skills education, hold advanced degrees in AI and business, and focus on AI governance, ethics, and aligning AI solutions with measurable business impact.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Technical Manager
Tcall Inc
May 2025 - Present (7 months)
Oversee architecture and delivery of AI products, managing engineering teams, AWS infrastructure, microservices and CI/CD to translate AI vision into scalable telemedicine and cloud contact center products.
Principal Data Scientist
GoMoney
Apr 2022 - May 2025 (3 years 1 month)
Built custom LLM-based ChatGPT solutions using LangChain and Pinecone, deployed models with Streamlit, and led data science projects from execution to production to solve business problems.
Principal Data Scientist
Sterling Bank Plc
Apr 2022 - May 2025 (3 years 1 month)
Managed the data science team within Sterling Digital Product Organisation and delivered production ML projects supporting digital banking products and analytics.
Head of Technology & Digital Innovation
FITC Nigeria
May 2022 - May 2023 (1 year)
Spearheaded internal digital transformation and led technology support and innovation teams to automate operations and deliver advisory services to microfinance and commercial banks.
Lead Machine Learning Engineer
Omdena
Dec 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years)
Led ML projects to build models forecasting African infrastructure needs for policymakers, coordinating model development, data processing and stakeholder reporting.
Head, Machine Learning & Analytics
AFEX
Jul 2021 - Jun 2022 (11 months)
Provided leadership for data analytics and ML teams, identified AI use cases, and produced reports to inform business decisions and improve operational performance.
Head of IT
London Academy Business School
Feb 2021 - Jul 2021 (5 months)
Managed IT operations and technology initiatives to support educational programs and institutional technology needs over a six-month engagement.
Project Manager & Training Supervisor
UNITeS CISCO Networking Academy
Mar 2019 - Feb 2021 (1 year 11 months)
Managed Cisco Networking Academy programs across three zones, supervised ~70 remote staff, developed revenue-generating programs and oversaw budgeting and project analytics.
Data Scientist
Hamoye.com
Jul 2020 - Dec 2020 (5 months)
Performed data science tasks and contributed to analytics projects over a six-month engagement supporting educational datasets and model development.
Digital Strategist & Trainer
Edubridge Consultants
Aug 2018 - Aug 2020 (2 years)
Developed content strategy and trained over 400 youth on digital marketing via Google Digital Skills for Africa, improving online presence for businesses.
Research Analyst
Compovine
Jan 2018 - Aug 2018 (7 months)
Conducted research and analysis to support projects over an eight-month engagement, producing insights for stakeholders.
Educator
Imaad Schools
Feb 2017 - Sep 2017 (7 months)
Taught and developed curriculum materials for school programs during an eight-month teaching engagement.
Educator
Metropolitan International School Kaduna
Feb 2016 - Oct 2016 (8 months)
Delivered classroom instruction and student evaluations during a nine-month teaching role.
Data Analyst
Hadejia General Hospital
Jun 2014 - Nov 2014 (5 months)
Collected and analyzed ward-level health indices, produced reports and presentations to support hospital decision-making over a six-month engagement.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Miva Open University
Master's degree, Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence
2025 - 2026
Master's degree in Information Technology with a focus on Artificial Intelligence completed between May 2025 and July 2026.
IU International University of Applied Sciences
Master of Business Administration, Big Data Management
2021 - 2024
Master of Business Administration in Big Data Management completed from October 2021 to July 2024.
ICMCP - Google
Certification, Ethical Hacking
2021 - 2021
Ethical Hacking - Red Team certification completed between May 2021 and October 2021.
Simplilearn Alumni
Master's, Artificial Intelligence Engineering
2019 - 2020
Master's program in Artificial Intelligence Engineering undertaken from 2019 to 2020.
Kano University of Technology, Wudil
Bachelor of Science, Statistics
2011 - 2016
Bachelor of Science in Statistics completed from 2011 to 2016.
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