Ahmad A.

Expert-Vetted and Top Rated on Upwork. 100% Job Success. What I do: - Financial models, pitch decks, and business plans built for investor diligence - Acquisition assessments and feasibility studies with defensible numbers - Anomaly detection and predictive systems on operational and financial data - Strategic analysis and second-opinion reviews for high-stakes decisions Expert-Vetted on Upwork. 100% Job Success. I work with founders, owners, and executives on business problems where the question is hard, the data is incomplete or scattered, and the answer must be defensible to investors, boards, regulators, or counterparties. Most engagements start at a specific moment: an investor meeting on the calendar, a board deck due Friday, a lease about to be signed, an acquisition that has to be priced before the LOI expires, a fraud loss showing up in the books with no clear source. The current state is not working, the deadline is real, and the stakes do not allow for a hedged answer. Recent work: - A SaaS founder closed a Series A after the model was rebuilt and assumptions were restructured around investor objections - A bank identified $2.85M in annual revenue leakage through anomaly detection on five categories of transactional data - An operator received a defensible go or no-go on an acquisition before the diligence window closed - A startup secured next-round meetings after the deck was reconstructed around credible unit economics - A federal agency cut cloud spend by 40 percent following an architecture and cost review - A wellness business avoided a capital commitment after a feasibility study revealed unit economics could not support the lease How I work: I scope before I price. I document assumptions before I build. I recommend simpler approaches when they are available, and I will tell you when a project should not move forward. That candor is part of the engagement. Background: - Over ten years across federal agencies, enterprises, and startups - Co-founder and CTO of a tech consultancy focused on anomaly detection and program integrity - Georgetown Master's in Technology Management - GWU BBA in Finance and Economics - CFA Level 1 - AWS Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect - Google Cloud Digital Leader Stack when relevant: Python, SQL, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, GCP (BigQuery, Vertex AI), AWS (SageMaker, Redshift), Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Excel. If you have a problem where the answer must be right, send the details and I will provide an honest assessment of fit, scope, and timing.