Chiekh Alloul

Data & AI department at Careem, the first tech unicorn in MENA region and a subsidiary of Uber focusing on mobility (of everything) - Led data-driven initiatives within the Mobility of People squad in Careem - Designed and implemented an ML model end-to-end to recommend drop-off locations (incl. data generation, feature storing, serving, product design, etc.)

Iktos is a fast-growing biotech start-up, which develops AI-based algorithms for new drug design (over 40 employees and over €3m fundraised) - Co-led R&D in Data Science on peptide-related projects - Developed a new framework to encode peptides - Implemented predictive models to estimate chemical activity levels, beating state-of-the-art

Project: Global RFP for a Masterplan competition to develop a major brownfield Vision 2030’s megaproject ($5bn) in Saudi Arabia - Benchmarked best urban planning practices in coastal cities - Developed methods and tools to assess urban planners' proposals - Contributed to key presentations delivered to Saudi Arabia's leadership