# Bashir Magomedov, PhD

> Technology & AI Transformation Leader and Enterprise Architect, based in Dubai, UAE. British national. 20+ years turning difficult business and regulatory problems into production systems in banking, trading and regulated enterprise.

## Results

- 28 European banks run a financial-risk platform he took from pre-POC code to secure multi-tenant deployment (Galytix, 2020–2025); the business grew from pre-revenue to multi-million-pound recurring revenue.
- 150+ spreadsheets and desktop tools replaced by one rules-driven post-trade surveillance platform across FX, rates, commodities, metals and equities (HSBC, 2010–2017).
- Built and led an engineering organisation of 50 people across development, data, QA and DevOps (Galytix).
- Integrated GPT-4 into the Galytix CreditX credit-analysis product in 2024.
- Delivered three business platforms in four months and removed over US$30k of annualised spend after taking over an undocumented technology estate (Auremin, 2026).

## Experience

- 2026–present: Technology & AI Lead, Auremin (Dubai; commodities trading and industrial development; reports to the COO)
- 2025–2026: Senior Consultant, Integration Architecture, Sunbelt Rentals (UK)
- 2020–2025: Head of Engineering, Galytix (London; AI and data products for banking and insurance)
- 2018–2020: Senior Software Engineer, BNP Paribas (London; corporate KYC, FX desk systems)
- 2017–2018: Senior Software Engineer, Centtrip (London; FX payments and treasury)
- 2010–2017: Technical Lead, HSBC (London; global markets, post-trade surveillance)

## Approach to AI

AI is built into real workflows, people keep consequential decisions, integrations stay provider-flexible, and AI is governed like any other system (working towards ISO/IEC 42001 Implementer).

## Education and credentials

- PhD, Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), Computing Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences (2002–2006); neural-network optimisation research
- MSc, Computer Science (Honours), Dagestan State Technical University (1997–2002)
- ISO/IEC 42001 Implementer (in progress)
- Languages: English (fluent), Russian (native), elementary Arabic and Spanish

## Links

- [CV (PDF)](/assets/Bashir_Magomedov_CV.pdf)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmagomedov)
- Email: bashir.magomedov@gmail.com