Ahssan Rizvi

About Ahssan:

Ahsaan Rizvi, P.Eng., Fulbright Scholar is an AI and Data Science leader specializing in building scalable, production-grade AI systems. A Duke University graduate, he currently serves as Lead AI & Data Science Consultant for a major U.S. telecom carrier and regularly trains global audiences on Agentic AI. Outside work, he enjoys hiking the conservation areas of Ontario’s Halton region.

Breakout Session 2: 11:00am – 12:00pm

Topic: Building with AI: An Engineer's Playbook

A practical, engineer-first talk on how AI is reshaping system design, development, and delivery. Moving beyond hype, this session breaks down how engineers can integrate AI and agentic workflows into real-world products—reliably, responsibly, and at scale. Drawing on production experience from large, complex systems, it offers concrete patterns, pitfalls to avoid, and a clear roadmap for engineers looking to move from experimentation to impact.