CEO, Psyda Solutions · Data Scientist · Author · Podcaster
I build AI systems that turn behavioral data into decisions — psychographic profiling with ML / deep learning, from raw pipelines to executive dashboards.
I came up through 90s internet cafés in rural Pakistan ($0.10/hr, MIRC chatrooms), then into Linux/Ubuntu and FOSS as a daily driver — not a tourist setup. Pioneer in Pakistan's Wikipedia movement, early board member of WikiEducator, open-knowledge contributor before it was fashionable.
That history shapes how I build: open by default, documentation matters, systems should run on modest hardware and be reproducible.
- Lead Psyda Solutions — AI-enabled research agency: behavioral data + cognitive science → story dashboards, whitepapers, infographics, strategy blueprints. Microsoft Silver / Adobe partner, ex-IBM partner.
- Founded CCIAF — rules-based timing framework synthesizing Vedic, Hellenistic, Islamic, BaZi, Jungian traditions.
- Host The Minhaaj Podcast — top 22 in AI (Graphext 2022), conversations with data leaders from Twitter, Google, Meta, Amazon.
- Advisory council, Harvard Business Review. Research read 42k+ times on ResearchGate, top 30% in Personality Psychology.
- Certified trainer: RStudio, MAXQDA. Professional reviewer for O'Reilly, Wiley, Packt.
- Translated NEO IPIP-300 personality inventory into Urdu — used by clinicians, researchers, think-tanks.
- Background: MBA, undergrad coursework Computational Physics, doctoral research in business psychology, Georgia State Research Data Services training.
- Guest lectures: University of Wollongong Dubai, MBUZAI Abu Dhabi, universities globally.
- Times Square feature (Topmate, May 2025) as elite AI / Data Science mentor. 34k+ LinkedIn followers, mentored thousands across hundreds of orgs.
- Website: minhaaj.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/minhaaj
- X: @minhaajr
- Medium: @minhaaj
- YouTube: @minhaaj
- ResearchGate: Minhaaj-Rehman
- Email: contact at psyda.org