Getting started feels difficult
Understand AI and try it for yourself.
I explain complex ideas clearly. Using tasks from your working day, we practise giving useful instructions, checking results and recognising limitations.
AI trainer & automation consultant
I make AI understandable and useful for your team.
I help business and engineering teams use AI effectively, assess its results and automate repetitive work. Through practical training, personal guidance and hands-on implementation, tailored to your team’s experience.
- Fully remote
- English & German
- For companies & training providers
25 developers led
2 engineering teams built
150.000+ users scaled with Studeez
Exit after building product and team
Long-term collaboration
“We have worked with Ahmad El-Ali on our IT projects for years, most recently on a digital signage and menu platform for university cafeterias. He thinks ahead rather than merely implementing requirements. Communication is clear, reliable and proactive — even under pressure. Technically accomplished, dependable and a pleasure to work with. A clear recommendation.”
Software and AI projects
“Working with Ahmad El-Ali is technically excellent and exceptionally efficient. He not only delivers requirements promptly, but actively thinks ahead — from stable interfaces and MCP integration to safe deployment processes across staging and production, all the way to product-market fit. Feedback loops are short, bugs are resolved quickly and communication is consistently transparent and reliable. Ahmad combines technical precision with entrepreneurial understanding. A clear recommendation for demanding software and AI projects.”
From the team
“Ahmad combines deep technical judgement with a genuine warmth and care for the people on his team.”
“Ahmad is the best manager I’ve had the opportunity to work with. He knows how to guide people, share his knowledge, and challenge you to improve while still giving you the space and trust to learn and take ownership.”
Who I help
Your team knows its work. Together, we find where AI can help.
I work with companies and training providers whose business and engineering teams want to put AI into practice. We tailor the content and exercises to their tasks, existing knowledge and technical experience.
Questions arise in daily work
Turn experimentation into a working practice.
In scheduled follow-up sessions, we discuss experience, answer questions and improve specific applications so your team can make what it learns part of its workflow.
The same work keeps coming back
Automate a workflow that makes sense.
We review a repetitive process, define the goal and connect existing tools and data where needed. I handle implementation with clear checks and a handover your team can understand.
My services
Training, guidance and useful automation.
We start with your tasks and your team’s current knowledge. That shapes the engagement: training, guided application or a clearly scoped automation project. Everything is delivered remotely in English or German.
Discuss your needsPractical AI training
Interactive online training for beginners, experienced users and engineering teams. From everyday AI use to AI-assisted software development and checking results. Exercises are tailored to your tasks and experience. Also available as an instructor for training providers.
Guidance as your team applies AI
Together, we choose useful applications, try them on your tasks and refine the way your team works. Scheduled follow-up sessions provide room for feedback and next steps.
Automate repetitive workflows
From understanding the process to implementing the workflow: connect existing tools, reduce manual steps and make results easy to check. With an agreed scope, documentation and handover.
Why work with me
Clear teaching, grounded in practical experience.
I have developed software, led teams of up to 25 engineers and built education products. I bring that experience to training and guiding business and engineering teams, from getting started with AI to technical applications.
Help people learn and progress
I adapt to different starting points and explain in a way that gives your team room to ask questions and practise.
- Clear explanations
- Practice on your own tasks
- Feedback and next steps
Assess what is technically useful
My engineering background helps me assess effort, limitations and integrations, and explain the reasoning behind recommendations.
- Choose suitable tools
- Check results and limitations
- Work with existing systems
Understand how teams work
Leading teams of up to 25 engineers taught me the importance of clear communication, ownership and decisions people can understand.
- Connect different perspectives
- Clarify responsibilities
- Introduce changes together
Built education products
Through Studeez and LearnLayer, I have built products around learning and skills development, bringing people, product and technology together.
- Understand learners and their tasks
- Move from an idea to a working product
- Make technology accessible
Proven impact
Built products, developed teams and improved workflows.
These roles and projects provide the practical foundation for my training and consulting work.
Led 25 developers and took technical ownership of a regulated software product.
Owned team leadership, architecture and continued development, guided critical implementation and established professional AI-assisted engineering practices across the organisation.
Built a team, scaled an AI learning app to more than 150,000 users and led it to an exit.
Owned product, technology and execution — from building the organisation to the sale of company shares.
Built the engineering team for a platform focused on learning and skills development.
Aligned product goals, architecture and delivery for a SaaS platform with AI capabilities.
Led a team of twelve and increased testing efficiency by more than 60% through automation.
Turned isolated quality initiatives into a repeatable engineering process.
Managed a portfolio of more than 250 ideas per quarter and automated technology scouting with LLMs.
Connected technology monitoring, prioritisation and stakeholder decisions in one systematic process.
Structured a broad range of business processes as reliable ERP software.
Aligned data models, integrations and custom applications so operational work no longer gets lost between isolated solutions.
Experience
Engineer, team leader, founder and teacher.
I’m Ahmad. I have developed software, led teams and built education products. I enjoy making complex ideas understandable and helping people apply what they learn at work. Today, I focus on AI training, guidance and useful automation.
Education
M.Sc. Innovation & Technology Management Wilhelm Büchner University, Darmstadt B.Sc. Computer Engineering Paderborn UniversityAI trainer & automation consultant
Training and guided application for business and engineering teams, alongside clearly scoped automation projects. Fully remote, in English and German.
Entrepreneur & fractional technology leader
SaaS, B2B and AI products from strategy and team design through production operations.
Founder & Managing Director
Studeez: product, engineering team, scale and exit.
Team Lead & Innovation Manager
A team of twelve, engineering quality and systematic innovation management.
Software & embedded engineering
Technical depth as the foundation for sound leadership and architecture decisions.
Technical foundation
Python JavaScript / TypeScript APIs & data models Testing & CI/CD LLMs & semantic search MCP & AI Agents ERP & CRM integration
Collaboration
Trust, ownership and clarity across the team.
“Ahmad is a true innovator and an outstanding team player. He identifies technological trends early on and applies them effectively.”
“With a knack for creating opportunities, Ahmad is an invaluable asset, consistently pushing for excellence and achieving great results.”
Engagement models
Move from understanding to applying AI.
We agree on goals, scope and sessions up front. Your tasks are the starting point, with room for your team to practise, ask questions and develop its approach.
Contact
How could AI help your team?
Tell me about your team’s tasks and where you would like support. In an initial conversation, we explore which training, guidance or automation fits. Training providers can also book me for their corporate programmes.
All work is delivered remotely: training, guidance and implementation. In English or German, at mutually agreed times.
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