Dr. Ryan Ahmed is a professor, corporate trainer, and AI expert who has taught 540,000+ learners across 160 countries through best-selling courses on Udemy and Coursera. He specializes in applied AI, agentic systems, cloud computing, and data science, with a focus on building and deploying production-ready AI solutions.

He has delivered hands-on AI, Python, and data science training to leading institutions including RBC, HSBC, Barclays, TD, BNY Mellon, Lazard, Jefferies, and the CFA Institute, helping teams move from experimentation to real-world deployment.

Dr. Ahmed runs the Prof. Ryan Ahmed YouTube channel with 260,000+ subscribers and 4M views, where he teaches practical AI workflows and agent-based systems at scale. Prior to academia, he held senior engineering and leadership roles at GM, Samsung, and Stellantis.

He holds an M.A.Sc., Ph.D., and MBA from McMaster University, is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario, a Udemy Instructor Partner, and a Stanford-certified program manager. He has authored 60+ peer-reviewed publications, received multiple IEEE best paper awards, and bridges research, industry, and education to help professionals build reliable, high-impact AI systems.

Kukeshajanth Kodeswaran is a Director of Engineering at Launchpad.AI, where he builds production-grade AI/ML systems, multi-agent frameworks, and LLM-powered products. He has delivered AI solutions for clients including Nike, Levis, and Mr. Cooper, spanning price optimization, recommendation engines, marketing mix modeling, and autonomous data agents. Kukesh holds a Master's in Engineering from the University of Windsor, with research in self-driving cars and computer vision. He has deep multimodal AI expertise, having built virtual try-on and image-generation prototypes in the early Stable Diffusion era. He co-created 10+ best-selling courses on AI agents, LLMs, and data science with Dr. Ryan Ahmed on Udemy/Coursera. Kukesh is always experimenting at the frontier of what's next in AI.