Our faculty are practitioners, not lecturers.

Every instructor at aiXplain Academy is actively building, deploying, or managing AI systems in production. We believe the best way to learn is from those currently doing the work.

Deans

Seasoned leaders with deep expertise across AI, business strategy, and professional development, combining decades of experience deploying AI in enterprise environments with a passion for building the next generation of AI-capable professionals.

Dean

Dr. Hassan Sawaf

Founder & CEO, aiXplain

25+ years of experience in employing cutting-edge technologies for mission-critical business operations. Founded and led several companies and organizations in the AI domain, including engagements with Meta (formerly Facebook), AWS, and eBay.

Enterprise AIMission-Critical SystemsAI Strategy

Dean

Dr. Annas Abedin

Strategic Advisor, aiXplain

Serial entrepreneur (co-founder of Rocket Internet MENA, Namshi, Qimam Fellowship, Makeen Advisors, Mustashar Accelerator) and former McKinsey consultant. Trained 5k+ professionals in management consulting skills across MENA.

EntrepreneurshipManagement ConsultingMENA Markets

Dean

Dr. Mona Hamdy

Chief Ethics Advisor, aiXplain

Chief Ethics Advisor at aiXplain, guiding the responsible design and deployment of AI systems across enterprise contexts. Brings deep expertise in ethics frameworks, risk governance, and inclusive AI practices.

AI EthicsResponsible AIGovernance

Core Faculty

Active practitioners from inside aiXplain who build and deploy agentic AI systems every day, bringing real production experience directly into the classroom.

Core Faculty

Dr. Nur Hamdan

Head of Product, aiXplain

Leading teams of researchers, engineers, and designers to design and operate the aiXplain agentic OS, which supports organizations all over the world to manage and deploy agentic AI at scale.

Agentic AIProduct LeadershipAI Systems Design

Core Faculty

Dr. Sanjika Hewavitharana

Head of AI Solutions, aiXplain

Leading a team of AI researchers to build next-gen AI systems, reshaping enterprise operations with scalable, high-impact solutions.

AI ResearchNext-Gen AI SystemsEnterprise AI

Core Faculty

Miqdad Dali

Field CTO, aiXplain

Leads technical strategy, oversees AI solution architecture, and bridges client needs with product capabilities. Expertise in enterprise AI adoption, technical strategy, and scalable solution delivery.

Technical StrategyAI ArchitectureEnterprise Adoption

Core Faculty

Rakan Zabian

Head of Growth, aiXplain

Driving enterprise AI adoption across the full lifecycle, from qualification and solution design to contract close and delivery success. Architecting multi-agent system architectures that connect intelligence, data, and operations.

Enterprise AI AdoptionMulti-Agent SystemsSolution Design

Guest Faculty

We frequently invite senior industry leaders to share unvarnished insights into how they are implementing AI at scale across government, academia, and global enterprises. These may include:

Guest Faculty

Marco Trombetti

Co-founder & CEO · Translated / ModernMT

Co-founder and CEO of Translated, the AI-driven language company behind ModernMT. A serial entrepreneur and investor whose machine translation research has been widely cited as evidence that AI has reached human parity in translation.

Guest Faculty

Dr. Mona Diab

Director, Language Technologies Institute · Carnegie Mellon University

Computer science professor and director of Carnegie Mellon University's Language Technologies Institute. Previously a professor at George Washington University and a research scientist with Facebook AI.

Guest Faculty

Sam Alkharrat

EVP & Chief Revenue Officer · Dayforce

Growth executive leader with over 30 years of executive and operational leadership experience at Cisco, SAP, VMware, C3 and Workday. Currently Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer and Executive Operating Committee member at Dayforce.

Guest Faculty

Dr. Usama Fayyad

SVP for AI and Data Strategy · Northeastern University

Senior Advisor to the President (Northeastern University), Chairman & Founder of Open Insights (WA, USA). Holds numerous board, executive, and teaching roles at top-tier organizations worldwide.