Omer.

Omer Haydar

Technical Sales Engineer | AI Specialist | Ex-Founder

Overview

AI-driven leader transitioning into Technical Sales and Solutions Engineering. Proven track record of building AI departments from scratch, co-founding a successful gifting platform, and delivering high-impact ML research. Expert at translating complex technical architectures into business value and ROI.

Lahore, Pakistan

Experience

Jan 2025 – Present

WORK

Lead Data and ML Integration Engineer

SHAPE Global Ltd.

Established the AI/ML department from the ground up, focusing on team building and high-energy recruitment.

•Established the AI/ML department from the ground up.

•Managed recruitment and team energy to build a high-performing unit.

•Implemented phased release cycles and prioritization frameworks to ensure on-time delivery of complex AI projects.

Key Achievements

→Reduced index development time from months to weeks via automated data lifecycles.

→Established the AI/ML department and led recruitment.

AIKnowledge graphsBERTAzure AKSKubernetesPower BI

2025 – Jan 2025

WORK

Co-founder

GiftShift

Co-founded an AI-enabled gifting platform focused on personalized recommendations.

•Launched an AI-enabled B2C gifting platform; developed business strategy, fulfillment pipelines, and an ML-based recommendation engine for artisanal vendors.

PyTorchTensorFlowHugging FaceWeights & Biases

Jan 2023 – Jan 2025

WORK

Research Assistant

BIRL & CV Lab, LUMS

Conducted advanced research in multi-modal machine learning for medical imaging and brain fMRI analysis for psychiatric studies.

•Developed multi-modal ML systems for emotion detection and abdominal tumor segmentation.

•Conducted brain fMRI analysis for schizophrenia studies and automated network analysis for cancer data.

MLfMRI analysis

2024 – Jan 2025

PART_TIME

Teaching Assistant (CS331 & BIO101)

LUMS

Provided mentorship and instructional support to over 490 students in Computer Science and Biology courses, implementing automated systems for grading.

•Mentored 490+ students; led weekly programming tutorials and automated grading/feedback systems to improve instructional efficiency and student performance.

Jan 2024 – Jan 2024

INTERNSHIP

Clinical and ML Intern

Soliton Technologies

Improved predictive model accuracy for disease correlation using Large Language Models and optimized insurance claim processing through medical code analysis.

•Boosted predictive model accuracy by 17.4% using LLMs for disease correlation and discharge analysis; optimized insurance claim processing via ICD-9/10 and CPT code analysis.

Key Achievements

→Boosted predictive model accuracy by 17.4%

LLMsICD-9/10CPT code analysis

Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

VOLUNTEER

Director Design

PhotoLUMS

Led the design team in creating engaging social media content for a large digital audience.

•Managed a team of 9; designed content for social media reaching 280,000+ followers.

Key Achievements

→Reached 280,000+ followers through social media content.

Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

WORK

STEM Officer

Society For Promotion Of Sciences And Engineering (SPADES)

Directed a large team to organize Pakistan's premier science olympiad and managed high-level corporate sponsorships and panels.

•Led a 56-member team for Pakistan’s largest science olympiad. Managed CEO panels, secured sponsors, and spearheaded the country’s only student-run space observatory.

Key Achievements

→Secured major corporate sponsorships for Pakistan’s largest science olympiad by pitching technical value and brand alignment.

→Spearheaded the country’s only student-run space observatory.

Project Portfolio

PERSONAL

Present

Low-Compute Protein Folding Model

Developed an optimized protein folding model inspired by AlphaFold, focusing on compute efficiency. Achieved 70% accuracy with a 300% reduction in compute by optimizing attention for whole sequences and using Bayesian predictability for synthetic data.

PyTorchBayesian InferenceTransformers

Education

2025

B.S.

Lahore University Of Management SciencesSpecialization in Biology

Impact & Recognition

Awards

Society For Promotion Of Sciences And Engineering (SPADES) · 2023

STEM Officer

Led a 56-member team for Pakistan’s largest science olympiad and spearheaded the country’s only student-run space observatory.

PhotoLUMS · 2023

Director Design

Managed a team of 9 and designed content for social media reaching 280,000+ followers.

Patents & Publications

PUBLICATION

Optimizing Protein Folding via Bayesian Synthetic Data and Sequence-wide Attention

Vision & Goals

Core Drivers

What are my motivations

Driving business growth through technical innovation

Solving complex client problems with AI

Bridging the gap between engineering and sales

Objectives

Goals and Aspirations

Transition into a Technical Sales or Solutions Engineering role

Leverage AI expertise to drive revenue for high-growth tech companies

Principles

What I value

Innovation

Efficiency

Leadership

Interdisciplinary Problem Solving

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Skills & Interests

LLMs

TECHNICAL

Knowledge graphs

TECHNICAL

Deep Learning

TECHNICAL

Protein Folding

TECHNICAL

Data Science

TECHNICAL

Hugging Face

TECHNICAL

Power BI

TOOL

Intro to AI & ML

TECHNICAL

BERT

TECHNICAL

Azure AKS

TOOL

Kubernetes

TOOL

RAG

TECHNICAL

PyTorch

TECHNICAL

Weights & Biases

TOOL

TensorFlow

TECHNICAL

UNET

TECHNICAL

Object-Oriented Programming

TECHNICAL

Diffusion-based edge enhancement

TECHNICAL

fMRI analysis

TECHNICAL

Data Structures

TECHNICAL

ICD-9/10

TECHNICAL

CPT code analysis

TECHNICAL

Wav2Vec2

TECHNICAL

ASR

TECHNICAL

VLM

TECHNICAL

Linear Algebra

TECHNICAL

GDPR compliance

TECHNICAL

Computational Biology

TECHNICAL

Molecular Biology

TECHNICAL

Genetics

TECHNICAL

Areas of Expertise

ROI quantification

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Overview

Experience

Lead Data and ML Integration Engineer

Key Achievements

Co-founder

Research Assistant

Teaching Assistant (CS331 & BIO101)

Clinical and ML Intern

Key Achievements

Director Design

Key Achievements

STEM Officer

Key Achievements

Project Portfolio

Low-Compute Protein Folding Model

Education

B.S.

Impact & Recognition

Awards

STEM Officer

Director Design

Patents & Publications

Optimizing Protein Folding via Bayesian Synthetic Data and Sequence-wide Attention

Vision & Goals

Core Drivers

Objectives

Principles

FAQs

Why do you prefer "blank canvas" environments?

Why do you prefer 'blank canvas' environments?

Skills & Interests

LLMs

Knowledge graphs

Deep Learning

Protein Folding

Data Science

Hugging Face

Power BI

Intro to AI & ML

BERT

Azure AKS

Kubernetes

RAG

PyTorch

Weights & Biases

TensorFlow

UNET

Object-Oriented Programming

Diffusion-based edge enhancement

fMRI analysis

Data Structures

ICD-9/10

CPT code analysis

Wav2Vec2

ASR

VLM

Linear Algebra

GDPR compliance

Computational Biology

Molecular Biology

Genetics

ROI quantification

Let's Connect

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