Building an AI Assistant From Scratch, No Cloud Required
I had built AI agents in Copilot Studio without ever seeing what was underneath. So I rebuilt one from scratch on a basic laptop, with no cloud and no graphics card.
I'm Mohammed Jouhar. For 12+ years I've turned messy requirements into trusted data products, dashboards, automations, and practical AI solutions. This is where I write about the work.
Want my CV? Email [email protected] and I'll send it over.
I had built AI agents in Copilot Studio without ever seeing what was underneath. So I rebuilt one from scratch on a basic laptop, with no cloud and no graphics card.
Seven source systems into one live dashboard, built end to end
After owning the business logic of an enterprise footfall model, I built an entire analytics platform myself: synthetic data, medallion pipeline, star schema, and a React dashboard. With AI as the pair-builder and my judgement as the safety net.
One trusted footfall number across 70+ brands and 3 regions
Door sensors, AI cameras, restaurant POS guest counts and web sessions, across the Middle East, Turkey and Central Europe. I owned the business logic that made them one trusted number.
An interactive guide to Claude Code for analysts, managers and business professionals. Not a chatbot, a colleague with hands. Try the commands, watch it solve real business problems, no install required.
I always wanted to teach data and analytics. I imagined teaching adults. Then a summer camp in Kuwait asked me to teach children, and I learned more than I taught.
~30K row flat export rebuilt into a 4-table star schema
A hierarchical Odoo POS export, nearly 30,000 rows deep, rebuilt into a four-table star schema and two dashboards. Including the measure that catches a cashier whose errors cancel out.
He played a key role in developing several AI agents and solutions that strengthened the governance and management of our AI ecosystem.
Under his guidance, we developed a JIRA agent that reduced ticket analysis time by over 90% for Product Managers.
I'm open to senior data, BI, and AI roles. Happy to talk through any of these projects in detail, and I'll gladly send my CV on request.
Or reach me directly at [email protected]