← Ridwan Ul Haq

You could stalk me on LinkedIn, but here’s the short version. Full resume right here if that’s what you’re into.

Careem, an Uber company

Dubai · Jan 2026 – Present

Started Careem’s AI Center of Excellence from scratch and now lead the team. We’re building Astra, the internal platform that powers AI across Careem’s logistics and operations serving 70M+ customers, across 10 countries.

Prodigy Finance

London · Oct 2024 – Jan 2026

Kicked off the company’s GenAI function and shipped the first GenAI-powered service for automated document verification, cutting 1000+ manual processing hours monthly. Also worked on the core payments system that moves millions in cross-border student loan repayments monthly

Thoucentric

Bengaluru · Dec 2020 – Oct 2024

My infrastructure wizard years. Built backend systems and ML infrastructure across multiple Fortune 500 engagements: pricing intelligence for Philip Morris across 42 markets, tax reporting for Unilever spanning 113 countries, and demand forecasting for Procter & Gamble.

Picked up some trophies along the way:

  • Atlas Award — carried stuff nobody else wanted to
  • Spirit Leader — made MLOps and Cloud BI sound cool
  • Making a Difference — helped bag new clients and projects

Freelance Developer

Bengaluru · 2015 – 2020

My indie dev arc. Cloud infrastructure, web apps, and server admin for small businesses. Also did a lot of graphic design: mockups, logos, pitch decks. Not everything survived (some of it was held together by duct tape and cron jobs), but this phase shaped how I think, debug, design, and deliver.