Asif Rasheed

2025 — Present

Smarcuit | Toronto, ON

Building an end-to-end people ops platform focused on trust, transparency, and intelligence.

Building an end-to-end People Ops system that starts with hiring and expands across the employee lifecycle.
Using a neuro-symbolic AI pipeline to compete directly with enterprise ATS and HR software.
Designing AI that stays out of the way: transparent, predictable, and focused on helping humans make better decisions.
Engineering Python-based deterministic logic to eliminate hallucinations in automated workflows.

2022 — 2024

Specialization in AI | Lakehead University

Graduate Researcher (Sept 2022 – May 2024):
Achieved high accuracy in identifying relevant blood biomarker panels for Alzheimer’s diagnosis using Machine Learning to identify patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's before the condition progress to dementia.
Graduate Assistant (Sept 2023 – April 2024):
Taught students Operating Systems, Computer Networks, and DBMS.

2021 — 2022

Industry Experience

Unmanned Systems Intern, Lockheed Martin (March 2022 - August 2022):
Developed a system to detect Foreign Object Debris (FOD) in critical aircraft parts. This removed the need for technicians to manually inspect dangerously tight spaces, increasing safety and reliability.
Software Engineer, GroundZ (June 2021 – Jan 2022):
Built a subscription-based, online 2D game engine to allow educators create interactive, gamified lessons to keep students engaged in digital classrooms.

2017 — 2021

Minor in Data Science | American University of Sharjah

Grader (Feb 2021 – May 2021):
Provided feedback to students to improve their logic and code clarity.
R&D Intern, The Assembly (Dec 2019 – Mar 2020):
Prototyped wildcard hardware projects using Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and custom-designed PCBs. Led technical sessions to teach the community how to bridge the gap between code and physical hardware.
Research Assistant (Nov 2018 – Nov 2019):
Developed an AR app for an exhibition where users could point their phones at static photos, causing the subjects to come to life and speak via 3D AR overlays making engagements immersive and accessible.

2015 — 2017

Self-Initiated Projects at High School

Voste: Social Media for Professionals. An early exploration into how digital environments can facilitate career growth.
Project Vision: Augmented Reality Smart Glasses (Incomplete). An early attempt at "Invisible Computing".

Founder & Product Engineer