Umair Majeed
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Speaking

When I speak, I talk about how I approach the work: starting with the product before the model, taking AI from prototype to production, building a company from a freelance practice, and giving talent outside the big cities a real ecosystem. I have done that on national television, at universities, at industry conferences and on international delegations.

What I talk about

Brownfield AI

How I approach AI in an established SaaS product without a rewrite: what to keep, what to change, and how to get from prototype to production.

From prototype to production

The data access, permissions, evaluation and human approval we put in place to turn an AI demo into something a business can depend on.

Bootstrapping a focused company

How my brother Umar and I bootstrapped Datics AI from my freelance practice in Lahore to multi-million-dollar ARR, and why growth came from getting clearer about what we do, not bigger.

Technology ecosystems outside the big cities

What we learned at Tech Nation about building talent, startups and investment in South Punjab, and why the whole industry needs it.

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In my words

Data science
If we sit with a media analyst and have media data, we become media analysts; if we take a banker's data, we become bankers … we sometimes become bankers, sometimes doctors, sometimes media analysts, because all our work is on data.
Jaago Lahore, Lahore News HD · Watch
Data and decisions
In our field we say data is the new gold … until you have the data, you cannot do decision making.
Jaago Lahore, Lahore News HD · Watch
Why AI
There is a transition in the world towards AI and machine learning … the purpose of building the company was that we would work on all the latest technologies, and through them make people's lives easier.
Good Morning Lahore, Lahore Rang · Watch
The ecosystem
It is my fundamental belief that if the ecosystem has four pillars and all four are not standing, the building will not stand. So if you focus only on Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad, and not on these areas, then our IT industry also will not be able to grow.
Morning @ Home, PTV Home · Watch
Customer commitment
I started from Upwork … if at four o'clock at night I get a message from a customer, I wake up, I reply to him, and I go on a call at once.
Good Morning Lahore, Lahore Rang
Hackathons
Hackathons are time-bound, within which you have to present some prototype. By prototype I mean any workable solution: that if we get help for this thing and deploy it on a large scale, many people will benefit from it.
Salam Pakistan, PTV Home · Watch
Strengths first
Before becoming a freelancer, they should identify what their core strengths are.
Salam Pakistan, PTV Home · Watch
The next generation
They are the ones who will take the country forward … now they have mobile phones, and because of the mobile all digital access is in their hands. So I think the next future is theirs.
Dhanak, A Plus · Watch

Spoken in Urdu, translated into English.

On air

Television programmes and podcasts that invited me to talk about AI, technology and building a company from Pakistan.

PTV Home

Morning @ Home, Episode 12

2022

Invited guest with host Juggun Kazim, on my work and awards. In my words: “It is my fundamental belief that if the ecosystem has four pillars and all four are not standing, the building will not stand. So if you focus only on Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad, and not on these areas, then our IT industry also will not be able to grow.”

Watch on PTV Home's channel
Umair Majeed with host Juggun Kazim on the Morning @ Home set, PTV Home
PTV Home

Salam Pakistan, Independence Day special

2021

Invited guest with host Syed Wasi Shah on PTV's Independence Day special transmission. In my words: “Hackathons are time-bound, within which you have to present some prototype. By prototype I mean any workable solution: that if we get help for this thing and deploy it on a large scale, many people will benefit from it.”

Watch on PTV Home's channel
Guests and host on the Salam Pakistan set, PTV Home, August 12, 2021
A Plus

Dhanak, Episode 53

2023

Interview with host Hina Salman, followed by questions from the children taking part in the programme. In my words: “They are the ones who will take the country forward … now they have mobile phones, and because of the mobile all digital access is in their hands. So I think the next future is theirs.”

Watch on A Plus's channel
Thought Behind Things

Episode 221, podcast

2022

The CEO of Datics AI & Founder Of Tech Nation Umair Majeed, a long-form conversation with host Syed Muzamil Hasan Zaidi.

Watch on YouTube
Lahore Rang

Good Morning Lahore

2021

Live guest segment on my company, my field and the basis of my LCCI award. I had also appeared on the programme on December 2, 2020. In my words: “There is a transition in the world towards AI and machine learning … the purpose of building the company was that we would work on all the latest technologies, and through them make people's lives easier.”

Watch on Lahore Rang's channel
Lahore News HD

Jaago Lahore, Episode 1478

2021

Guest segment as an entrepreneur on the morning programme. In my words: “If we sit with a media analyst and have media data, we become media analysts; if we take a banker's data, we become bankers … we sometimes become bankers, sometimes doctors, sometimes media analysts, because all our work is on data.”

Watch on Lahore News HD's channel
Umair Majeed on the Jaago Lahore set, Lahore News HD, November 17, 2021

In the press

Government trade delegations

Delegations led by the Ministry of IT & Telecom and the Pakistan Software Export Board, with Pakistan's embassies, to grow IT trade.

LEAP, Riyadh

Delegate with the Pakistan Software Export Board's delegation to LEAP in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, one of the largest technology conferences in the region, with more than a hundred Pakistani delegates.

MWC Barcelona

PSEB selected Datics AI for Pakistan's delegation to Mobile World Congress. I represented the company at the Pakistan pavilion.

P@SHA press release
Umair Majeed with the Pakistan delegation at the Tech Destination Pakistan pavilion, MWC Barcelona 2022

ICT delegation to Baku

PSEB selected Datics AI for its ICT delegation to Baku, Azerbaijan, for the Azerbaijan Pakistan Technology Forum.

ICT delegation to Denmark and Sweden

PSEB selected Datics AI for its ICT delegation to Copenhagen and Stockholm, where the delegation met Pakistan's Ambassadors to Denmark and Sweden.

Umair Majeed with Pakistan's Ambassador to Sweden at the Embassy in Stockholm, March 9, 2023
Umair Majeed with Pakistan's Ambassador to Denmark in Copenhagen, March 7, 2023

International startup stages

Selected to pitch and exhibit Datics AI at two of the largest tech conferences in the world.

Web Summit

Lisbon

Pitched Datics AI on the PITCH stage and exhibited in the ALPHA startup area.

Collision

Toronto

Datics AI on the Startup Showcase stage and in the BETA startup area, near the Pakistan pavilion.

Conferences and summits

Ejad Labs runs some of Pakistan's largest tech gatherings, including Future Fest, the Pakistan Tech Summit series abroad and the Pakistan Innovation Roadshow. Alongside them, conferences and industry events across Pakistan.

Keynote speaker; Datics AI co-hosted

Pakistan Innovation Roadshow

Multan and Bahawalpur

Ejad Labs and the Punjab Information Technology Board took the roadshow to cities across Pakistan with conferences and industry meetups. Datics AI co-hosted it, and I was keynote speaker at the conference and industry meetup at Bahauddin Zakariya University in Multan and at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur.

PITB: PITB and Ejad Labs to co-host the roadshow
Pakistan Innovation Roadshow 2021 card: Umair Majeed Rana, CEO Datics AI, keynote speaker in Multan on March 10 and Bahawalpur on March 11, 2021
Delegate, guest speaker and session moderator

Pak-Turk Tech Exchange and Pakistan Tech Summit: Istanbul

Istanbul

Selected for Ejad Labs' seven-day program for Pakistani digital leaders in Turkey, including the Pakistan Tech Summit in Istanbul on October 25 and 26, which presented Pakistan to Turkish business leaders, officials and startups as a market for global businesses and entrepreneurs. I moderated a session there with some of Pakistan's leading tech founders.

Pakistan Tech Summit Istanbul 2021: panels and stage moments with Umair Majeed
Speaker on three stages

Future Fest, Islamabad

Spoke on three stages at Ejad Labs' Future Fest: a talk on the Connected Pakistan stage, a talk on the stage held with the Pakistan Freelancers Association (PAFLA), and the panel The Software Revolution at the Developer Conference. The festival described itself as four conferences with more than 30,000 attendees and 250 speakers.

Umair Majeed speaking on the Connected Pakistan stage at Future Fest 2022, Islamabad, May 13, 2022
Umair Majeed on the stage screen at the Pakistan Freelancers Association stage, Future Fest 2022, Islamabad
The Software Revolution panel at the Future Fest 2022 Developer Conference; Umair Majeed is on the right
Speaker

Future Fest, Lahore

Expo Center Lahore

Speaker at Ejad Labs' Future Fest in Lahore, which described itself as Pakistan's largest tech conference and expo.

Speaker; Datics AI was platinum sponsor

PIPC, Pakistan IT Professionals Conference

FAST-NUCES Faisalabad (Chiniot campus)

Datics AI was the platinum sponsor of PIPC, and I spoke at the conference: something I could only dream of as a student at FAST.

My post
Umair Majeed at PIPC, the Pakistan IT Professionals Conference, FAST-NUCES Faisalabad, 2021
Addressing the Connected Pakistan Conference, Islamabad
Addressing the Connected Pakistan Conference, Islamabad
Presenting an award to a young freelancer at the Connected Pakistan Conference
Presenting an award to a young freelancer at the Connected Pakistan Conference
Speaker and panelist
Connected Pakistan Conference, Islamabad
Founder and host
Tech Nation Digital Conference, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Speaker
iSkills Youth Summit, BZU Multan
Speaker and panelist
Freelance Fest, Pakistan Freelancers Association, Karachi
Speaker
Growth Summit, Connected Pakistan, Islamabad
Speaker, TechLift Live Meetup: How You Can Start Your Career in IT
Lodhran

Universities

Keynote at a virtual youth seminar for BSCS and BSIT students
MNS University of Agriculture, Multan
Panelist, CodinGuru 3.0, with Naeem Ghauri of NETSOL
IEEE LUMS
Panelist, Empowering Entrepreneurship in Pakistan
SOFTEC, FAST-NUCES Lahore
Guest of Honor, Medal Distribution Ceremony
FAST-NUCES Lahore
Panelist, Industry-Academia Meetup on graduates' skills
FAST-NUCES Lahore, Computer Science Department