Alla Abdella

About Alla Abdella

I bridge the gap between cutting edge AI research and enterprise scale business value. As a PhD trained AI and machine learning executive with more than 14 years of experience and 5 patents, I focus on transforming emerging AI technologies into secure, enterprise ready solutions for Fortune 200 organizations.I work at the intersection of strategic leadership and hands on technical execution. On any given day, I may be advising C suite leaders on AI governance, helping architect enterprise wide standards, writing production code, or teaching graduate level Agentic AI at the University of South Florida.Some highlights of my career include:Delivering Impact: Generated $9.5M in validated business value with an active $50M pipeline of AI initiatives.Team and Culture Building: Built, scaled, and led cross functional global teams of more than 70 AI professionals. I lead by example and invest heavily in mentoring talent while fostering a culture of trust, continuous learning, and disciplined execution.Enterprise AI Architecture: Co architected the Molina Healthcare AI Reference Architecture, establishing enterprise standards that balance governance, security, and compliance with the speed of innovation.My technical expertise focuses on Generative AI, agentic workflows, large language models, and evaluation frameworks. I design production ready AI systems that integrate directly into business workflows to improve productivity and reduce operational overhead.At my core, I am a structured problem solver who enjoys turning ambiguity into clarity. Whether establishing enterprise AI architecture or translating complex business processes into measurable AI driven outcomes, my goal remains the same: building AI systems that are secure, scalable, mission ready, and aligned with long term business strategy.

Experience

1. Director of Agentic Ai & Ml

   Molina Healthcare

   Feb 2025 — Present · CA, US

Education

• Florida Institute of Technology

  Master’s Degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2016 — 2017

• University of South Florida

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Deep Learning and Machine Learning

  2017 — 2021

• MIT Professional Education

  Applied Agentic AI for Organizational Transformation

• University of Benghazi (Garyounis)

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Team Motivator
• Internet
• Management
• Word
• Microsoft Office
• Telecommunications
• Research
• Microsoft Word
• Electronics
• Team Leadership
• Project Management
• Time Management
• Engineering
• Matlab
• Windows 7
• Teamwork
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Signal Processing
• Photoshop
• Windows Movie Maker
• Customer Service
• Excel
• Project Planning
• Problem Solving
• English
• Packet Tracer
• Microsoft Powerpoint