BSCS · NUCES Islamabad · Available for Opportunities

Waleed
Haider

I build things with code — and build businesses around them. CS graduate who's shipped real ML systems, run real companies, and sold things door-to-door.

What brings you here?
waleediskahout@gmail.com GitHub ↗
6+
Technical Projects
3
Ventures Founded
2026
NUCES Graduate
#1
NASCON '25 Finance
Selected Projects

Things I've Built

From real-time Kafka pipelines to ML-powered IoT devices — projects that solve real problems at real scale.

IoT · ML · FYP2025–26

Smart Livestock Collar

IoT collar for cattle with on-device sensors feeding LSTM and Random Forest models for real-time anomaly detection and early disease prediction.

  • Trained LSTM + Random Forest on sensor time-series data
  • Reliable behavioral pattern classification for early disease flags
  • Built for Pakistan's agriculture market — direct real-world impact
Big Data · Kafka · Docker2026

NYC Taxi Real-Time Analytics

Distributed streaming pipeline processing millions of taxi trip events from 5–6GB Parquet datasets, computing live revenue and hotspot metrics.

  • Apache Kafka producers + consumers for controlled event streaming
  • Live metrics: per-minute revenue, top pickups, demand trends
  • Fully containerized with Docker Compose
Full-Stack · GitHub API2025

GitHub Repo Scorer & LinkedIn Poster

Web app that scores GitHub repos on code quality, docs, and activity — then auto-generates a shareable LinkedIn image card.

  • GitHub API integration for metadata, commits, README quality
  • Dynamic poster image export pipeline
  • End-to-end: URL input → analysis → score → visual card
Kafka · Storm · Big Data2025

NYC Crime Live Analytics Dashboard

Real-time data pipeline ingesting NYC crime datasets via Kafka, processed with Apache Storm for live trend aggregations.

  • Apache Storm for distributed stream processing
  • Live aggregations served to a real-time dashboard
  • All services containerized with Docker Compose
ML · Robotics · Simulation2026

Autonomous Badminton Robot

Shuttle-picking robot simulation using Random Forest classifier trained on 2,000 synthetic scenarios for real-time target selection.

  • Features: distance, angle difference, isolation score
  • Live ML inference visualized in Pygame with confidence bars
  • Rule-based comparison mode for benchmarking
LLM · NLP · Internship2024

Urdu LLM Fine-Tuning @ UrduX

Worked on LLM development and fine-tuning pipelines for Urdu NLP — a low-resource language with real-world impact across millions of speakers.

  • Fine-tuning pipelines for low-resource Urdu NLP tasks
  • Model evaluation and production workflow integration
  • Collaborated with engineering team on deployment
Technical Stack

Skills & Tools

Languages

Python JavaScript C++ SQL

AI / ML

LSTM Random Forest LLM Fine-tuning scikit-learn TensorFlow Pandas NumPy

Big Data

Apache Kafka Apache Storm Docker Docker Compose

Web & APIs

Full-Stack REST APIs GitHub API

IoT

Sensor Integration Embedded Data Microcontrollers

Tools

Git GitHub Docker Linux VS Code Google Colab

Ventures & Entrepreneurship

Built from Scratch

Not just ideas — businesses actually launched, tested with real customers, and operated end-to-end.

Startup · AdTech

Movadz

2026

Hyperlocal outdoor advertising platform connecting Islamabad/Rawalpindi businesses with InDrive and Yango drivers as mobile billboard carriers via vinyl sticker ads.

  • Conceptualized and prototyped a two-sided marketplace
  • Primary market research with rideshare drivers and local businesses
  • Developed app prototype and validated demand
E-Commerce · Fashion

Independent Apparel Brand

2022–23

Founded and ran a clothing brand on Instagram and Shopify — from product sourcing to order fulfillment — entirely independently.

  • Influencer outreach and partnership campaigns
  • Supplier coordination, inventory, and customer relations
  • End-to-end e-commerce operations
Sales & Business Development

Commercial Track Record

2026

Independent Distributor

B2B Field Sales · Islamabad / Rawalpindi

Built and managed a retail network of local shopkeepers. Handled full B2B sales cycle — prospecting, pitching, negotiating terms, and maintaining client relationships.

2023–24

Vehicle Sales Consultant

Second-Hand Auto Market

Facilitated high-value second-hand vehicle transactions — valuation, buyer-seller negotiations, and deal closures. Sharpened negotiation and stakeholder management in trust-heavy deals.

Recognition

Leadership & Awards

🏆 Best Performer — Finance Dept, NASCON '25
Deputy Secretary, Finance — NASCON '26
🎓 BSCS — NUCES, Islamabad (Final Year)

Led finance operations for NASCON, one of Pakistan's largest student-run technology competitions — overseeing budgeting, vendor coordination, and team management across two consecutive years.


Let's Talk

Open to Opportunities

Whether you're hiring for a technical role, building something in Pakistan's market, or just want to connect — reach out.