Fares AlkhawajaConsult

AI · IT · Cloud · Data

Practical AI & ITfor businessesand people.

I help businesses and individuals use AI and technology well: from strategy and secure cloud infrastructure to assistants that answer from your own documents.

AI Engineering Advisor at Desjardins · PhD, Concordia · 10+ years in tech

Fares Alkhawaja

Services

What I can do for you.

AI strategy and readiness

Know where AI pays off for you, and what it takes to get there safely.

  • Opportunity and ROI assessment
  • Data and security readiness
  • Roadmap and build-vs-buy
  • Governance and responsible-AI policy

AI assistants and automation

Chatbots and agents that answer from your own documents and take work off your team.

  • Agentic RAG over your documents
  • Customer-support and internal assistants
  • Workflow automation with LLMs
  • Evaluation, guardrails and monitoring

Data, analytics and dashboards

Reliable pipelines and dashboards so decisions rest on numbers, not guesses.

  • Automated data pipelines (BigQuery, PostgreSQL)
  • KPI dashboards
  • Forecasting and anomaly detection
  • Natural-language analytics

Cloud, DevOps and IT infrastructure

Secure, affordable infrastructure that deploys itself and stays up.

  • Azure, AWS and GCP architecture
  • Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD
  • Security hardening and access control
  • Cost review and migration

Web apps and internal tools

Custom software built properly: tested, documented and deployed.

  • Websites and web applications
  • APIs and integrations
  • Internal tools and portals
  • Modernizing legacy tools (VBA, spreadsheets)

Team training and workshops

Your team uses AI confidently and correctly, in their real work.

  • Generative AI for non-technical teams
  • Prompt engineering and safe use
  • MLOps and DevOps for engineers
  • Custom workshops, EN or FR

Approach

How we work together.

  1. 01

    Discovery call

    A short call to understand your goals, constraints and what success looks like. No obligation.

  2. 02

    Proposal

    A clear scope, timeline and price, in writing, before any work starts.

  3. 03

    Build and iterate

    Regular check-ins and demos, so you see progress and can steer.

  4. 04

    Handover and support

    Documentation, training for your team and support when you need it.

Experience

Built in industry, grounded in research.

10+
years in tech
PhD
Concordia University
3
clouds: Azure, AWS, GCP
10
peer-reviewed papers

The same work I do every day for organizations like these:

  • Desjardins
  • Valnet
  • Localyser
  • Nectari
  • Urbanoid
  • CITA

Data pipelines

Automated nightly ingestion from 10+ partners into BigQuery, with dashboards and an analytics chatbot.

Retrieval benchmarking

Compared Elasticsearch and Azure AI Search on quality, latency and cost to guide a platform decision.

Multi-agent assistants

Designed a modular multi-agent RAG framework on AWS Bedrock, in production.

Secure AI environments

Prepared isolated Azure ML environments, subnets and firewalls for an enterprise hackathon.

Engagements

Ways to work together.

Every engagement starts with a discovery call. You get a written price before any work begins.

By the hour

Advisory session

One focused session on a specific question: an architecture review, a tool choice, a career decision.

Book a discovery call
Fixed price

Project

A defined deliverable with a fixed scope: an assistant, a dashboard, a website, a migration.

Book a discovery call
Monthly

Ongoing support

A few hours each month as your fractional AI and IT lead, for steady progress.

Book a discovery call
Per session

Training

A workshop or course for your team, tailored to your tools and level.

Book a discovery call

FAQ

Common questions.

Do you work with individuals or only companies?

Both. Individuals come for mentoring, IT help or a website; companies for AI, data, cloud and training.

Where are you based?

Montreal. I work remotely with anyone, and in person in the Montreal area.

How much does it cost?

It depends on scope. After the discovery call you receive a written, fixed or estimated price; nothing is billed before you agree.

Is my data safe?

Yes. I work inside your accounts where possible, sign an NDA on request, and follow least-privilege access. Data stays where you decide.

Which language?

English or French.

How fast can we start?

Usually within one to two weeks after the discovery call, depending on scope.

Contact

Tell me what you need.

A few details help me prepare. I reply within two business days.

Prefer email? [email protected]

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