About Ben Salem
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Experience
- MINT-ITChief Technology Officer (CTO)DIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2022 - Today (4 years and 7 months)Tunis, TunisiaLead R&D strategy and drive the industrial integration of AI, orchestrating distributed systems across cloud-native and agentic architectures.🧠 Agentic AI & LLMOps• Multi-Agent Orchestration: Architected autonomous LLM/VLM agents using advanced prompting (Chain-of-Thought, ReAct) to automate complex enterprise workflows.• LLMOps Frameworks: Built evaluation-driven pipelines to monitor accuracy, prevent drift, and mitigate hallucinations in production.• Hybrid AI Ecosystem: Integrated commercial (GPT-4, Claude) and open-source models (Ollama, Gemini) to scale NLP capabilities.• Advanced Data Patterns: Deployed RAG, GraphRAG (Neo4j), and domain-specific fine-tuning for intelligent knowledge querying.• A2A Workflows: Supervised agentic frameworks (LangGraph, n8n) enabling Agent-to-Agent communication via the MCP protocol.🎯 Leadership & Productization• Cross-Functional Leadership: Built and mentored high-performance teams (Python, Kotlin, Dart), translating business requirements into measurable AI specifications and KPIs.• Event-Driven Architecture: Scaled AI models into production-grade REST APIs, ensuring seamless data flows via Kafka and Redis.• ML Quality & CI/CD: Established rigorous ML testing protocols (bias, drift, adversarial) and robust DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines.☁️ Cloud Architecture & Security• Cloud-Native Scalability: Architected Kubernetes-orchestrated platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP, optimizing Microservices vs. Modular Monoliths trade-offs.• Zero Trust Infrastructure: Embedded shift-left security (Keycloak, Authentik, Vault) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) directly into system inception.
- M.S.T.C S.A.Chief Executive Officer & CTODIGITAL AND ITMay 2022 - May 2022Tunis, TunisiaExecutive leadership of a fintech company, driving product strategy, technical architecture, and business development.– Architected bilateral monetary compensation platforms for Poste Tunisienne, delivering absolute transactional integrity and high-availability guarantees for mission-critical financial infrastructure.– Piloted fundraising rounds and authored invention patents, translating technical innovation into protectable intellectual property and valuing proprietary algorithms as tangible business assets.– Defined and executed multi-year product roadmap, bridging technology strategy with investor and stakeholder expectations to drive sustainable company growth.
- ServimaxCTO / COOLUXURY GOODSJanuary 2012 - April 2017 (5 years and 3 months)Tunis, Tunisia– Directed industrial software development operations and managed the full technical roadmap, overseeing delivery of complex cross-enterprise integration projects.– Established strategic inter-company technology partnerships, negotiating technical service agreements and ensuring timely delivery of enterprise solutions.
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Education
- Executive MBA –Université Virtuelle de Tunis (UVT)Executive MBA –
- Bachelor's DegreeUniversité Virtuelle de Tunis (UVT)Bachelor's Degree