I'm a computer scientist and product builder. I work on AI governance as co-founder and CTO of Authrty, shaping the product and its roadmap as well as the technology.
Roles
Observability and governance infrastructure for AI agents: what an agent did, which tools it used, what it cost, and whether you can prove any of it.
Stepped in when the CTO of cheqd, a decentralized identity network, departed. Kept the engineering organization delivering through the transition and steered the technical and product roadmaps.
My consulting practice: advising technology companies on strategy, architecture, and engineering leadership. sydyk.io
Advised on roadmap, tokenomics, token migration, and mainnet launch.
A professional validator operation for delegated proof-of-stake Cosmos chains, with its own wallets, portfolio tools, and data dashboards.
Designed Proof of Reputation, a validator-selection protocol for delegated proof-of-stake networks, and orchestrated the launch of the KiChain mainnet. foundation.ki
Teaching
I taught software engineering as a university lecturer (ATER) at the IUT of University of Lyon 1 in 2017–2018, and since 2019 I've returned to INSA Lyon yearly as a guest expert in the computer science department's blockchain course.
Education
- PhD in Computer Science, INSA Lyon (LIRIS/DRIM) and University of Passau (DIMIS), 2014–2018: Context-aware worker selection for efficient quality control in crowdsourcing.
- Master of research in Image Processing, University of Burgundy, 2013–2014.
- Engineering diploma in Computer Science & Electronics, ESIREM, Dijon, 2012–2014.
- Engineering diploma in Telecommunications & Networks, Antonine University, Lebanon, 2009–2014.
Languages
French and Arabic (native), English (full professional), German (B1).