ZAHID RASHEED

Dream big. Work hard. Stay humble.

Zahid Rasheed

Zahid Rasheed

Head of AI @ Aeven | Berlingske Talent 100

  • zahid.cc
  • Copenhagen, Denmark

About Zahid Rasheed

I help organizations build and adopt AI on sovereign infrastructure: systems where data, models, and inference stay within trusted boundaries. With growing geopolitical tension and cross-border data risk, I believe this will matter more every year for enterprises, public sector, and critical digital services.

Associate Vice President at Aeven A/S. Working with teams on AI enablement, platform modernization, and technology leadership.

Previously at TDC Brands, where I grew from Senior Software Engineer to Head of Development, leading large engineering teams through business, organizational, and technical transformation and delivering measurable business outcomes across digital products used at national scale in TV, streaming, music, and connected home services.

Before that, Senior Software Engineer at Kayak (Booking Holdings), building consumer mobile products in travel.

At a glance
  • Berlingske’s Talent 100, 2024Recognition
  • M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence, University of Leeds
  • Denmark
  • Started as an engineer, ended up loving leadership, but still think like a builder
  • Photography, travel, and getting a little better every day
  • What I’m focused on now →

Through the lens

Travel photographs from the road — light, streets, and the quiet moments between flights

Travel

A spinning souvenir of places I’ve actually stood — drag the world, find the glow

Capabilities

AI & platforms

  • Sovereign AI & trusted infrastructure
  • AI enablement & Centers of Excellence
  • Agentic systems & platform modernization
  • Cloud architecture & delivery at scale

Leadership

  • Technology leadership & org design
  • Business & technical transformation
  • Inclusive leadership & cognitive diversity
  • Coaching leaders who still think like builders

Building

  • Product engineering for consumer scale
  • Mobile (Android / Kotlin) foundations
  • Quality, design collaboration, Agile delivery
  • Writing that teaches practitioners

Experience

Head of AI
Aeven · Aug 2026 - Present · Copenhagen

#AI, #SoverignInfrastructure, #CoE, #AgenticAI, #Leadership

Head of Development
YouSee (Nuuday) · Aug 2020 - Jul 2026 · Copenhagen

#Leadership #Design #Quality #FrontendDev #BackendDev #Cloud

Android Team Lead
YouSee (Nuuday) · Dec 2020 - Aug 2021 · Copenhagen

#Android, #Kotlin, #Agile, #Java, #AndroidTv, #YouSee

Software Engineer
YouSee (Nuuday) · Nov 2019 - Nov 2020 · Copenhagen

#Android, #Kotlin, #Agile, #Java, #AndroidTv, #YouSee

Software Engineer
Kayak · Mar 2018 - Oct 2019 · Copenhagen

#Android, #Kotlin, #Agile, #Java, #Kayak, #Momondo, #HotelsCombined

Software Engineer
Unwire · Jan 2016 - Feb 2018 · Copenhagen

#Android, #Kotlin, #Agile, #Java, #DOT, #DSB, #GOPASS, #SWIPP

Software Engineer
FlickerLab ApS · Oct 2013 - Dec 2015 · Copenhagen

#PHP, #Backend, #Angular, #Java, #Android, #JavaScripts, #Web

Education

MSc Artificial Intelligence

University of Leeds

United Kingdom · 2010 – 2012

Where curiosity met code — teaching machines to learn, reason, and occasionally surprise you.

BSc Computer Science

CIIT Islamabad

Pakistan · 2006 – 2010

The foundation years: how to build things that work, break less often, and still feel a little like magic.

Publications

  • IEEE · Research paper

    Modeling of airway in 4D lung CT images

    Full Publication (IEEE)
  • Kodeco · Tutorial

    Health Connect Android API

    Read More
  • Kodeco · Leadership

    Unlocking the Power of Cognitive Diversity With Inclusive Leadership

    Read more

Contact

For speaking, advisory, or conversations about sovereign AI and technology leadership — I’d love to hear from you.

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