Waqas Rasheed
Proven Engineering/Technology/Data/Vision/AI Professional | Helping Companies Translate their Business Goals to Reality
- Role
- CTO at Falsifind
- Location
- Irvine, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Waqas Rasheed
Award‑winning AI & Technology leader with 20+ years of global experience spanning enterprise AI/ML, cloud‑native platforms, computer vision, and digital transformation. Proven record as CTO, Principal AI Researcher, and AI Educator, building AI products from concept to commercialization and delivering measurable business impact:>98% model accuracy, 60% cost reduction,$MM+ in savings, and multiple patented innovations.I’ve successfully led and scaled cross‑functional global teams (50+ engineers, researchers, and collaborators) to deliver 8+ interdisciplinary AI products on time and within budget. My track record includes creating big‑data analytics frameworks for clinicians and researchers, operationalizing vision and language AI at enterprise scale, deploying LLM/GenAI systems, and driving adoption across industries from healthcare and telecom to enterprise document intelligence and cloud platforms.Recognized at KYOCERA (Principal AI Researcher), UC Irvine (Adjunct Researcher & AI Instructor), Brain9D (CTO), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (AI Scientist), and EnterpriseDB (Software Engineer). As a multi‑patent inventor, published researcher, keynote speaker, and startup founder (NETRONiX/Melhor Solutions), I thrive at the intersection of innovation, execution, and strategic leadership.Specialties:AI/ML (LLMs, RAG, GenAI, CV, DRL), MCP & Agentic AI, Cloud‑native Architecture (AWS, GCP, Azure), Enterprise AI Solutions, MLOps & AI Governance, Neuroinformatics, Digital Health, and AI Strategy for FAANG/F500. ORCID: Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en & & view_op=list_works & sortby=pubdate
Experience
CTO
Jan 2026 — Present
Design AI models to detect and prevent deepfake attacks targeting financial institutions.Architect scalable multimodal AI systems for real-time synthetic media and identity fraud detection.Lead AI strategy and engineering teams delivering enterprise deepfake security solutions.
Education
Chosun University
Master of Engineering (ME), Information & Communication Engineering
2007 — 2009
GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer System Engineering
1998 — 2004
Crescent Model Higher Secondary School, Shadman, Lahore
HSSC, F.Sc. Pre-Engineering
1996 — 1998
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Electronics Engineering
2012 — 2019
Aalto University
Certificate of Completion: Starting Up!
2020 — 2020
Skills
- C
- Programming
- Postgresql
- Databases
- Software Design
- Algorithms
- Xml
- .net Framework
- C#
- .net
- Oop
- Software Development
- Python
- Mysql
- Distributed Systems
- Perl
- Java
- Web Services
- Software Engineering
- Computer Science
- Linux
- Shell Scripting
- C++
- Visual Studio
- Visual C++
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