Experience

Across the classroom,the lab, the market.

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Timeline

  1. 2025 – Now
    Founder & CEO
    NexScholar Sdn. Bhd.

    Founded and lead NexScholar — an AI & Big Data platform powering collaboration between academia, research and industry. Backed by RM469,300 MTDC fund injection in 2025.

  2. 2023 – Now
    Senior Lecturer (DS13PDA)
    Faculty of Computing, UTM

    Based in the Department of Applied Computing and Artificial Intelligence. My Information Systems research focuses on digital innovation in organisations, Design Science Research, intelligent decision support, and human–AI collaboration.

  3. 2019 – 2022
    PhD — Information Systems
    Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

    Doctoral research used Design Science Research to develop a Computational Thinking–Work System approach for organisational problem framing in Malaysian SMEs.

  4. Practice
    Web Developer & Independent Builder
    ahmadnajmi.com

    Long-running practice in PHP, WordPress and modern JavaScript — turning research artefacts into shipped products.

Current supervision

9 active postgraduates — 6 PhD, 3 Master.

  • PhDCo-Supervisor
    Hayder Salman Dawood Al-Ghanim
    Efficient Data Reduction in Edge Computing for Industrial Internet of Things
  • PhDCo-Supervisor
    Huo Yujie
  • PhDCo-Supervisor
    Esra Ali Abdelnabi Alamami
  • MasterCo-Supervisor
    Lau Su Hui
  • MasterSupervisor
    Tan Ley Chin
  • PhDCo-Supervisor
    Zou Zhou
  • PhDCo-Supervisor
    Loh Yin Xia
    Blockchain Implementation in Agricultural Land Lease Record Keeping
  • PhDCo-Supervisor
    Farah Nur Aliah binti Abd Halim
  • MasterSupervisor
    Zety Munira binti Zainudin

Certifications & professional roles

  • Professional Certificate for Digital Marketing
    International Council for Technology Certification·2024
  • Pemikir Madani Siri 1 — National Young Leaders Programme
    AKEPT·2024
  • Proficiency Certificate for Entrepreneurship Educator (ProCEEd) 3.0
  • Trainer — Business Expansion via Digital Marketing
    UTM ICC & CTLD·2024