USD 50K+client work brought inAs of April 2026
4AI products ledParalegent AI in production
AI Solutions EngineerSeptember 2024 – present
Read the Cognilium AI case studyAli Ahmed · AI Solutions Engineer
I build products, companies and programmes that work in the real world.
AI products at Cognilium AI. Energy and solar software at Wattey Energy. Wonder Women, the FemTech company I co-founded. Startup programmes at national scale, a Gates Foundation-funded programme at CIRCLE, UNIDO PAIDAR through Digitara, and consulting for GIZ.
Open to remote-global roles, relocation, and fractional AI delivery.
Trusted on programmes and partnerships
See every organisation
Funded the CIRCLE programme I managed- UNIDO · European UnionPAIDAR outreach, through Digitara
Consultant, contracted to its programme
Always partnership at Wonder Women
Asani machines at Wonder Women
Enterprise customer at Wonder Women
Enterprise customer at Wonder Women
EWC global host; I was National Organiser
EWC founding partner
EWC global host
Behind SEE Pakistan 2022, where I was Team Lead
Asani on campus, Wonder Women
Where do you need
someone who has done it?
Hiring for energy monitoring or solar performance?
I designed and built WattEY and Solar Performance Cloud, which turn meter and inverter data into decisions. Their production numbers are public.
See the energy work
Shipping an AI product with a client waiting?
I led Paralegent AI from idea to production: 18+ specialist agents reviewing contracts against the customer’s own playbook, inside Microsoft Word.
See the AI work
Running a programme, accelerator or venture?
I have sat on both sides of the pitch table: National Organiser of the Entrepreneurship World Cup Pakistan, then Co-Founder & Head of Product at Wonder Women.
See the programme work
Five energy products.
Numbers you can check.
At Wattey Energy (formerly BijliBachao.pk) I designed and built the software that reads electricity meters, solar inverters, a transfer switch and billing workflows, and turns them into decisions people act on.
- WattEYEnergy monitoring
- Solar Performance CloudSolar intelligence
- Smart Transfer SwitchPower continuity
- TenantBillTenant billing
- WattEY Sub-BillingShared-building billing
1.92 GWhnet energy measured by WattEY43 meters · 19 organisations906PV strings monitored by Solar Performance Cloud94 solar sites
Production reads, 25 August 2026
Head of Energy Systems & Product EngineeringOctober 2025 – present
Read the Wattey Energy case studyBring in the work.
Ship the product.
At Cognilium AI I bring in the work, ship the AI products and set up the team they run on.
From idea to production: 18+ specialist AI agents review every contract against the customer’s own playbook, inside Microsoft Word, deployed in the customer’s own cloud.
30 h → 30 minto review an 80-page MSA
As published in Paralegent’s verified product statistics and confirmed with its founder (2026).
AI Solutions Engineer · Cognilium AI · product manager for Paralegent AIJanuary 2026 – present
A company I co-founded,
taken to market.
FemTech · Co-Founder & Head of Product
Wonder Women
Asani sanitary-pad vending machines and digital health tools, taken from hardware to enterprises, universities and hospitals.
29machines installed
24locations
75,000+Asani transactions
USD 35KHEC Innovator Seed Fund1 of 15 from 186 applicants, 2022
21+national media features
Wonder Women company results
What I worked on
- Asani hardware and manufacturing: Pakistan’s first locally-assembled sanitary-pad vending machine.
- Digital health tools, including Pakistan’s first PCOS self-assessment tool.
- Corporate partnerships, including Procter & Gamble’s Always brand.
- Enterprise, university and hospital deployments; Aga Khan University Hospital was the largest, with six machines.
- Fundraising, including the HEC Innovator Seed Fund.
Partners and customers
In the press
Co-Founder & Head of ProductMay 2022 – October 2024
Trusted with programmes
that reach people.
National startup programmes, and international programmes funded by the Gates Foundation and the European Union, plus consulting for GIZ.
Innovation District 92 · EWC Pakistan · SEE Pakistan
Startup programmes at national scale
230startups taken through incubation at ID92
5,000+applicants a year, EWC Pakistan 2021 and 2022
Head of Business Development (Startups), Innovation District 92February 2021 – February 2023
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Funded by the Gates Foundation
CIRCLE × Gates Foundation
10,000women in a digital literacy programme
Programme delivery and the monitoring system behind it, at CIRCLE Women Association.
Program Manager & Business Intelligence LeadFebruary – October 2023 · Concluded
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EU-funded United Nations programme · through Digitara
UNIDO PAIDAR
Outreach and ecosystem engagement for the EU-funded UNIDO programme, through Digitara, its contracted outreach partner.
Head of Outreach & Ecosystem Engagement, Digitara — on the UNIDO PAIDAR ProgrammeDecember 2025 – April 2026
Read the case studyGerman federal government’s development agency
GIZ
Consultancy for the Pakistani-German Facilitation & Reintegration Centre, supporting safe, regular migration pathways between Pakistan and Germany.
Consultant — GIZ (Pakistani-German Facilitation & Reintegration Centre)December 2021 – April 2022
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Every organisation
behind the work.
Where I worked, who funded the programmes, the partners and customers we won, the institutions we served and where the work was covered. Each group says what the relationship was.
Where I worked
Cognilium AI · Wattey Energy (formerly BijliBachao.pk) · Wonder Women, as co-founder · Innovation District 92 · CIRCLE · Digitara, on UNIDO PAIDAR · GIZ, contracted.
- Digitara
Funded by
The Gates Foundation funded the CIRCLE digital literacy programme I managed. The European Union funds UNIDO PAIDAR, where I led outreach through Digitara.
- European Union · UNIDO
Programme hosts and partners
The global hosts and partners of the Entrepreneurship World Cup Pakistan, where I was National Organiser in 2021 and 2022, and the institutions behind SEE Pakistan 2022, where I was Team Lead.
Incubators where I supported startups
Startup support during my Innovation District 92 years. Never an employer.
Partners and customers Wonder Women won
Including the Always (Procter & Gamble) partnership; Aga Khan University Hospital was the largest single deployment.
Universities and colleges
Wonder Women’s install and outreach base for Asani, from Pakistan’s top universities to school systems and medical colleges.
Wonder Women in the press
21+ national media features about Wonder Women and Asani.
Wonder Women’s awards and grants
Company recognition. The Entrepreneurship World Cup, Falling Walls Lab and Startup Cup results were in 2021, before I joined in May 2022.
Inverter platforms Solar Performance Cloud reads
Seven inverter cloud platforms from six manufacturers. Integrations, not partners or clients.
Where I can
work next.
Hiring, building or running a programme? Tell me what you need and where.
Based in Lahore, Pakistan
- How
- Full-time (remote-global)
- Relocation
- Fractional AI-delivery consulting
- Where
- Remote (global)
- Gulf — UAE · Saudi Arabia · Qatar
- United States
- Australia
- Canada
- Roles
- AI Solutions Engineer
- Forward-Deployed Engineer
- AI Product Engineer
Quick
answers.
- Who is Ali Ahmed?
- Ali Ahmed is an AI Solutions Engineer at Cognilium AI and Head of Energy Systems & Product Engineering at Wattey Energy (formerly BijliBachao.pk). He builds products that run in production and the business around them: energy-monitoring software, AI products, a FemTech company he co-founded, and national startup programmes.
- What has Ali Ahmed built in energy?
- At Wattey Energy he designed and built five energy products: WattEY (industrial electricity monitoring), Solar Performance Cloud (string-level solar monitoring across seven inverter cloud platforms), the STS Smart Transfer Switch, TenantBill and WattEY Sub-Billing. As of 25 August 2026, WattEY had measured 1.92 GWh of net energy across 43 meters, and Solar Performance Cloud monitored 906 PV strings at 94 sites.
- What AI work has Ali Ahmed led?
- Since September 2024 he has been an AI Solutions Engineer at Cognilium AI, where he built its client acquisition, brought in more than USD 50,000 of client work (as of April 2026) and led four AI products. He led Paralegent AI as its product manager, from idea to production: 18+ specialist AI agents that review contracts against a customer’s own playbook inside Microsoft Word.
- What is Ali Ahmed’s founder experience?
- He was Co-Founder & Head of Product at Wonder Women (May 2022 – October 2024), a FemTech company whose co-founder credit he shares with Ayesha Haroon. Its Asani sanitary-pad vending machines recorded 75,000+ transactions, and the company closed a partnership with Procter & Gamble’s Always brand.
- What programmes has Ali Ahmed delivered?
- He was Head of Business Development (Startups) at Innovation District 92, where 230 startups went through incubation, and National Organiser of the Entrepreneurship World Cup Pakistan in 2021 and 2022. He managed a digital literacy programme for 10,000 women at CIRCLE, funded by the Gates Foundation; led outreach for the EU-funded UNIDO PAIDAR programme through Digitara; and consulted for GIZ.
- Is Ali Ahmed available for hire or consulting?
- Yes. He is open to full-time remote-global roles, relocation to the Gulf (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar), the United States, Australia or Canada, and fractional AI-delivery consulting. Roles he fits include AI Solutions Engineer, Forward-Deployed Engineer and AI Product Engineer.
- How do I contact Ali Ahmed?
- Email hello@alioahmed.com or use the contact page at alioahmed.com/contact. LinkedIn and WhatsApp also reach him.