Basem Elasioty
Head of Cloud & AI
Experience
Head of Cloud & AI
VxLabs GmbH
- Led cloud and data engineering organization, defining architecture strategy for next-generation data platforms
- Designed and delivered an automotive fleet data management system including scalable ingestion pipelines, signal catalog management, and campaign processing workflows
- Built cloud-native microservices and streaming architectures supporting real-time vehicle data and AI-powered threat detection
- Established engineering standards for data quality, security, lineage, and governance in alignment with ISO/SAE 21434 and GDPR
- Managed engineering teams across data, backend, cloud, and AI functions, ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality, production-ready solutions
Senior Consultant, Data Architecture
OSTHUS (PharmaLex)
- Designed enterprise data architecture blueprints for global pharma clients
- Led data governance and metadata management initiatives improving data quality, lineage tracking, and compliance
- Developed scalable models enabling cross-system interoperability within highly regulated environments
Senior Hybrid Cloud Data Engineer
IBM Research & Development
- Developed cloud-native data engineering pipelines using IBM Cloud Pak for Data, Watson, and Kubernetes
- Delivered large-scale ingestion, feature engineering, and analytics workflows for Fortune 500 deployments
- Built AI-driven ranking systems (Watson Power Ranking) and filed six patents in AI/MDM innovation
Lead Data Architect
CHECK24
- Designed MDM architecture for a unified customer data platform
- Introduced event-driven data integration patterns and enhanced data warehouse scalability
Senior Engineer, Big Data Team Lead
AVL Software & Functions
- Defined the global data strategy for AVL
- Led the global big data engineering team
- Created predictive diagnostics pipelines and ADAS data ingestion and storage solutions
Application Architect, Big Data
IBM
- Led large-scale big data solutions for telecom, including real-time analytics for Etisalat UAE
Senior Big Data Consultant
ITWORX
- Established the big data practice
- Delivered predictive models for Syngenta USA and social media analytics platforms
BI/DWH Senior Analyst
Vodafone Egypt
- Gained over 10 years of telecom data architecture experience across billing, CRM, network analytics, and large-scale data warehouse ecosystems
- Supported billing and CRM integration, revenue assurance, and BI/DWH operations
- Built semantic ontology for customer profile data
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Telecommunication (12 years), Information Technology (8.5 years), Automotive (3 years), Pharmaceutical (2.5 years), Agriculture (2 years), and Media and Entertainment (2 years).
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Experienced in Business Intelligence (19 years), Information Technology (12 years), Quality Assurance (2.5 years), Research and Development (2.5 years), Product Development (1.5 years), and Strategy (1.5 years).
Summary
AI & Data Science Consultant with 20+ years of experience delivering advanced analytics, machine learning, LLM-based solutions, and enterprise data platforms across telecom, healthcare, automotive, insurance, and life sciences. Specialized in AI-driven transformation, data science, model development, generative AI, governance, and integrating AI systems into enterprise environments. ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer & Lead Auditor with strong experience in AI governance and safe AI deployment.
- AI & Data Science Leadership: Designing, developing, and deploying ML/LLM systems, predictive models, and data-driven solutions.
- Data Science & ML Engineering: Feature engineering, model development, MLOps, monitoring, experimentation.
- Generative AI & LLM Solutions: RAG, agentic systems, prompt engineering, vector databases, knowledge graphs.
- Enterprise AI Architect: End-to-end AI lifecycle design, scalable data pipelines, cloud-native ML workflows.
- Data Strategy & Governance: Metadata, data quality, lineage, AI policies, model governance, compliance.
- Industry Impact: Delivered solutions for Vodafone, Etisalat, IBM, CHECK24, AVL, PharmaLex.
- Research & Innovation: 6 granted IBM patents in AI, MDM, graph intelligence; IEEE-published research.
Skills
- Data Science: Regression, Classification, Clustering, Nlp, Time-series, Anomaly Detection
- Llm & Genai: Rag, Embeddings, Agents, Prompt Engineering, Langchain, Vector Databases
- Ml Engineering: Mlops, Model Deployment, Monitoring, Ci/cd
- Cloud Ai Platforms: Azure Ml, Aws Sagemaker, Ibm Cloud Pak For Data
- Data Engineering: Spark, Kafka, Hive, Nifi, Sql/plsql, Nosql
- Knowledge Graphs: Rdf, Owl, Sparql, Semantic Modelling
- Tools: Python, R, Jupyter, Github, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes
- Methods: Agile/scrum, Design Thinking, Ai Lifecycle, Itil
Languages
Education
Nile University
M.Sc., Computer Science · Computer Science · Egypt
Mansoura University
B.Sc., Electronics & Communication Engineering · Electronics & Communication Engineering · Egypt
Certifications & licenses
Design Thinking
ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Auditor
PECB
ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer
PECB
ITIL Foundation
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