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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

    Teaching Applied Computing & AI. Member of the Intelligent Informatics Research Group (IIRG) under the UTM Big Data Centre. Leading and contributing to 10 research grants in decision support, AI and data analytics.

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

    Doctoral research applying Design Science Research to expert systems for small and medium enterprises.

  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