· Waheed Zarif · solution-engineering
What 40+ Multi-Vendor Deployments Taught Me About Boundry Ownership
What the job of owning the seams looks like in practice.
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I write about the things I work in and think about — applied AI and machine learning, program and risk management, and the occasional bit of math I find beautiful. It's where I keep my hands (and head) in the technical details.
- · Waheed Zarif · applied-ai
With AI and Sensitive Data, Trust the Architecture, Not the Policy
A policy is a trap most companies walk into with sensitive data + AI. It is a promise that can change with the next version of the terms.
· Waheed Zarif · solution-engineeringA Dealer Network Multiplies a Sale. It Can't Create One.
For 3 years I was the seam between an IoT hardware product, 70+ dealers, and the clients. Booth to training to commissioning to support call.
- · Waheed Zarif · solution-engineering
The Sign-Off Is Not the Agreement
The customer's sign-off tells you what they intend. Their infrastructure tells you what's true. Build for the second one.
- · Waheed Zarif · applied-ai
What Building an AI Tool for Regulated Teams Taught Me About Trust
I spent the past year building an AI tool for compliance and risk teams — largely solo, from the AWS infrastructure to the retrieval pipeline.
- · Waheed Zarif · program-management
Agile Risk Mangement
In the age of AI and geopolitical instability (tariffs), traditional risk management needs to evolve and adopt agile processes.
