BHBasharat HussainPhD · CTO · AI
Career

Experience

Architect, CTO, consultant, and educator — two and a half decades of building and leading.

Lead Platform Architect — DataVenture

Dec 2025 – Present

SigmaTrov · Lahore, Pakistan (Remote)

  • Conceived and architected DataVenture — a "Bloomberg for public data" platform aggregating 89 structured financial datasets (52 US + 37 global) covering 180,000+ securities across 73 global exchanges.
  • Designed production-grade microservices backend (Python/FastAPI) on PostgreSQL with database-first bulk import pipeline; all business logic executes inside PostgreSQL stored functions.
  • Implemented fault-tolerant job scheduler using cron jobs and advisory locks to prevent concurrent execution.

AI & LLM Consultant

Jan 2025 – Aug 2025

2iQ Financial Services · Frankfurt, Germany (Remote)

  • Engineered end-to-end LLM pipelines for structured financial data extraction, achieving 91% precision on benchmark datasets across heterogeneous global filings.
  • Developed and fine-tuned ML models combined with rule-based systems for high-accuracy data extraction and insightful visualizations.
  • Reduced manual reporting effort by over 60% through intelligent automation and semantic search.

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Jun 2017 – Dec 2023

FindVaccineNow LLC · Texas, USA · Co-founding CTO — 30% Equity

  • Architected and launched a global COVID-19 vaccine availability tracking platform adopted in 135+ countries, integrated with Apple Inc., WHO, and Gavi — generating ~$400,000 USD in revenue.
  • Delivered vaccine availability data to Apple Inc. covering 20 countries, enabling integration into Apple's public health tracking infrastructure.
  • Oversaw delivery of EconoRepairs, a B2B mobile repair management platform in Texas integrating PayPal, Stripe, and ACH payment systems.
Concurrent

Chief Architect

Route Trading · London, UK · Aug 2016 – Oct 2020

Architected enterprise FinTech platforms covering AML, regulatory compliance, cross-border remittance, and fraud detection for UK/EU markets. Microservices migration improved reliability by 40%.

Concurrent

Solution Architect / Lead

Put & Track · Aarhus, Denmark · Aug 2019 – Oct 2020

Asset tracking platform with SOA back-end for real-time data; SignalR push notifications; MongoDB schema design.

Tech Lead & Principal Software Engineer

Jan 2013 – Aug 2016

Synergy IT Pakistan · Islamabad

  • Led development of enterprise publishing systems for Gyldendal — Denmark's oldest publishing company — encompassing new platform development, process optimization, and data format standardization.
  • Served as Project Lead, Architect, and technical problem-solver across multiple concurrent projects for Danish clients.

Solution Architect & Principal Software Engineer

Apr 2010 – Dec 2012

TEO International · Islamabad

  • Delivered web-based business solutions and CMS platforms using Sitecore, C#, and ASP.NET, supervising teams of 4–10 engineers.
  • Led the Gyldendal Uddannelse project (~3,200 man-hours) delivered under tight deadlines; travelled to Denmark for on-site requirements gathering.

Software Architect & Technical Lead

Feb 2005 – Apr 2010

Ciklum · Islamabad (Pakistan Office)

  • Led the European Insurance platform as Technical Lead, conducting on-site business requirement elicitation sessions in Denmark.
  • Developed a high-performance P2P file sharing engine in C++/STL for 'Eovendo', demonstrating deep systems-level engineering expertise.
  • Recognised with a formal 5-year excellence certificate; managed cross-geography delivery teams.

Software Engineer

Jan 2001 – Feb 2005

Buraq Integrated Solutions & Others · Islamabad

  • Built core modules of a Document Management System (DMS) — storage, retrieval, versioning, lifecycle management — using C++, VC++ 6, and COM.
  • Designed a sophisticated rule-based workflow automation engine routing enterprise processes across multi-step approval chains using VC++, COM/DCOM, STL, ActiveX, VB6.

Assistant Professor

Jan 2024 – Present

FAST National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences · Islamabad

  • Delivering graduate and undergraduate courses: AI, Cloud Computing, Data Mining, Software Design Architecture, Machine Learning for Robotics, AI Product Development (AI4013).
  • Achieved student feedback scores of 82–83%+ across AI and Cloud Computing modules.
  • Mentoring MS-level research students in autonomous vehicles, federated learning, and ITS.