Yasser Makram

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Accomplished 20+ year engineering and AI leader with a proven track record of scaling teams from 0 to 100+ engineers and driving business-critical digital transformations at scale. Expertise in translating complex business goals into scalable, resilient platforms, demonstrated by unlocking multi-million dollar revenue opportunities both at a startup like Cassbana or a big business like Amazon Ads. A "master builder" by nature, I maintain deep technical-Aptitude by actively architecting and deploying production AI systems. This ranges from pioneering state-of-the-art, production-ready Arabic NLP and TTS pipelines to hands-on, first-principles mastery of the modern LLM stack (e.g., LLM systems engineering, vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, distributed serving, multimodal architectures, and GPU-first principles). I thrive on bridging the gap between frontier research and robust, production-ready systems that deliver measurable financial and operational impact.