Experience
Across the classroom,the lab, the market.
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Timeline
- 2025 – NowFounder & CEONexScholar 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.
- 2023 – NowSenior 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.
- 2019 – 2022PhD — Information SystemsUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia
Doctoral research used Design Science Research to develop a Computational Thinking–Work System approach for organisational problem framing in Malaysian SMEs.
- PracticeWeb Developer & Independent Builderahmadnajmi.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-SupervisorHayder Salman Dawood Al-GhanimEfficient Data Reduction in Edge Computing for Industrial Internet of Things
- PhDCo-SupervisorHuo Yujie
- PhDCo-SupervisorEsra Ali Abdelnabi Alamami
- MasterCo-SupervisorLau Su Hui
- MasterSupervisorTan Ley Chin
- PhDCo-SupervisorZou Zhou
- PhDCo-SupervisorLoh Yin XiaBlockchain Implementation in Agricultural Land Lease Record Keeping
- PhDCo-SupervisorFarah Nur Aliah binti Abd Halim
- MasterSupervisorZety Munira binti Zainudin
Certifications & professional roles
- Professional Certificate for Digital MarketingInternational Council for Technology Certification·2024
- Pemikir Madani Siri 1 — National Young Leaders ProgrammeAKEPT·2024
- Proficiency Certificate for Entrepreneurship Educator (ProCEEd) 3.0
- Trainer — Business Expansion via Digital MarketingUTM ICC & CTLD·2024