PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Abdelhafid Dahhani

AI Architect · Lead AI Engineer · EX-Founder

AI Architect with 8+ years of experience designing and deploying production AI systems, specializing in Large Language Models, Agentic AI, NLP, Speech Processing, Multimodal AI and Software Engineering.

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Experience

2024 — 2026
FusionLex · France

EX-Founder & Senior AI Lead

Designed and deployed a production-oriented conversational intelligence platform processing approximately 300 conversations per day.

  • Designed the end-to-end production architecture using Clean Architecture and microservices.
  • Built a cloud-native asynchronous ML inference platform for large audio workloads.
  • Integrated speech-to-text, speaker diarization, NLP, behavioral intelligence and LLM models.
  • Developed production REST APIs using Python and FastAPI.
  • Built a custom Rust-based TGI server for Llama 3.3 70B.
  • Designed scalable model-serving architectures for concurrent inference.
  • Built RAG systems using Milvus, embeddings, semantic chunking and reranking.
  • Implemented CI/CD and MLOps practices including model versioning and reproducible deployments.
  • Implemented observability using MLflow, LangSmith, Prometheus and OpenTelemetry.
  • Worked directly with business stakeholders to transform AI capabilities into product features.
Python · Rust · FastAPI · Angular · AWS · Docker · Redis · Kubernetes · MLflow · LangSmith · Milvus
2024 — 2025
INRIA · France

Innovation Engineer

Contributed to AI systems for conversational intelligence and human-computer interaction within a research and innovation environment.

  • Designed and developed software components for conversational AI and analytics.
  • Deployed and optimized AI models on NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPUs using CUDA.
  • Integrated NLP and speech processing technologies.
  • Contributed to architecture and technology stack decisions.
  • Developed prototypes to validate research hypotheses and business use cases.
  • Collaborated with industrial and academic partners.
Python · PyTorch · NLP · Speech Processing · CUDA · NVIDIA GPUs
2020
Adneom · France

Software Engineering Consultant

Client: Amundi

Contributed to AM'STORE, an internal platform centralizing resources, applications and access rights.

  • Developed backend components using Python and PHP/Symfony.
  • Developed REST APIs.
  • Participated in code reviews.
  • Integrated regression testing into the development pipeline.
  • Documented APIs using Swagger/OpenAPI.
Python · PHP · Symfony · REST · Git · Swagger · Docker · Jenkins
2019 — 2020
ACENSI · France

Software Engineering Consultant

Client: I@D

Contributed to a real-estate digitalization platform based on RESTful microservices.

  • Developed Python/Flask and PHP/Symfony microservices.
  • Designed centralized logging.
  • Developed document-processing microservices.
  • Improved Docker deployment workflows.
  • Documented REST APIs.
Python · Flask · PHP · Symfony · REST · Docker · Git · Monolog
2015 — 2019
RevoTrendz · OCP · Vili Technology · Albanki

Software Engineer

Four years of software engineering experience across consulting and internal product environments.

  • Developed log visualization and historical data analysis tools.
  • Applied K-Means for log classification.
  • Developed RESTful services.
  • Implemented JWT authentication.
  • Developed notification architectures using Node.js and XMPP.
  • Prepared datasets for mathematical optimization using Gurobi.
Python · Symfony · FastAPI · Node.js · Docker · AWS · Gurobi
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Education

2020 — 2023

PhD in Information Processing

Université Savoie Mont Blanc · France

AI & Machine Learning · Knowledge Representation · Ontologies · Knowledge Graphs · NLP · Graph Algorithms · Multi-Agent Architecture

2023

Visiting Researcher

University of Sherbrooke · Canada

Knowledge Modeling · Human–Computer Interaction

2015 — 2017

Master's Degree in Software Engineering

Hassan First University · Morocco

Graduated with Honors · GPA 15.06/20

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Research & Publications

01

Towards a Semantic Model for Wise Systems

ADVCOMP 2022 · Valencia, Spain

02

A Graph Algorithm

International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems · 2023

03

A Graph Matching Algorithm

FedCSIS 2023 · Warsaw, Poland

04

Ontology Alignment: First Step Towards Voice Control

IWCMC 2024 · Ayia Napa, Cyprus

DOCTORAL CONTRIBUTION

Distance Matching: Towards Near-Human Decisiveness

Principal scientific contribution of the doctoral thesis.

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Technical Expertise

CORE
Deep Learning Artificial Neural Networks RNNs Autoencoders Natural Language Processing Large Language Models LLM Integration & Deployment LLM Application Engineering Agentic AI Multi-Agent Systems Retrieval-Augmented Generation Prompt Engineering Multimodal AI Conversational AI Behavioral Intelligence & Modeling
LLM ENGINEERING
LangChain LangGraph LangSmith Custom Text Generation Inference TGI gRPC Rust Llama
SPEECH
Speech Processing Speech Analytics Speech-to-Text Whisper Deepgram Speaker Diarization Conversational Speech
SIGNAL & TIME SERIES
Digital Signal Processing DSP Time-Series Modeling Similarity Analysis
Exploratory Data Analysis EDA Knowledge Discovery in Databases KDD Data Preparation Feature Engineering SQLAlchemy Vector Databases Milvus SQL
LANGUAGES & FRAMEWORKS
Python TypeScript Flask FastAPI RESTful APIs
ARCHITECTURE
Software Architecture Microservices Object-Oriented Design SOLID Principles Design Patterns Clean Architecture UML
DATABASES & SYSTEMS
MySQL PostgreSQL gRPC Rust Custom TGI
Docker Git Jenkins Terraform CI/CD AWS Cloud ML Pipelines MLflow OpenTelemetry Kubernetes Prometheus GPU Infrastructure
PyTorch TensorFlow Keras Scikit-learn NumPy Pandas Matplotlib Seaborn
RDF RDFS OWL Protégé Knowledge Graphs Ontology Engineering Ontology Alignment
Linear Algebra Graph Theory Numerical Modeling Probability Statistics Optimization
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Recognition & Certifications

2026

Hello Tomorrow

Emerging Pioneers Finalist

2026

CES Las Vegas

Exhibitor

Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning — Udemy · 2024

Develop LLM-Powered Applications with LlamaIndex — Udemy · 2024

Finetuning Large Language Models — DeepLearning.AI · 2024

NLP with Classification and Vector Spaces — DeepLearning.AI · 2024

NLP with Sequence Models — DeepLearning.AI · 2024

AWS — The 12 Core Cloud Services — Udemy · 2023

Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras — Udemy · 2023

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Languages

French Fluent
English Fluent
Arabic Fluent