Faishal Wahiduddin

Founding CTO · Hands-on AI Engineering Leader

Faishal Wahiduddin

I architect AI-native systems from design to deployment — VLM pipelines, intelligent automation, and LLM orchestration. As Founding CTO with 10+ years engineering and 5+ years CTO leadership, I combine deep technical ownership with strategic clarity to ship AI that works in production.

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  • 3× Founding / CTO seats
  • 10+ Years shipping software
  • Fulbright M.S. Computer Science
  • 30+ People led at peak

My journey

A decade of building

From campus competitions to a founding-CTO seat — year by year, all of it verifiable.

  1. 2012

    @unpad · 14y ago

    Where it started

    Informatics at Universitas Padjadjaran. First olympiad win the same era. I had no idea this would become everything.

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    I started Informatics at Unpad and almost immediately found the competition circuit — 1st place at a computer science olympiad, then web design competitions. Somewhere between contests and coursework, building things stopped being an assignment and started being the thing I did.

  2. 2014

    @microsoft · 12y ago

    Student Partner, association president, city champion

    Microsoft Student Partner, president of the CS student association, and a Smart City app that won Lomba Aplikasi Bandung Juara.

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    Microsoft picked me as a Student Partner — I ended up mentoring 100+ student developers. The same year I led the Informatics student association and our Bandung Information Center app won the city's Smart City competition. Leading and shipping at the same time turned out to be my favorite combination.

  3. 2016

    @industry · 10y ago

    Top 5%, then straight to enterprise scale

    Graduated top 5% (GPA 3.88). The next builds had names like Telkom and Bank Mandiri on them.

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    I graduated in the top 5% of my class and went straight into building for enterprises — a national network monitoring PWA for PT Telkom Indonesia demoed at minister level, and a performance dashboard for Bank Mandiri's Office Control Tower. Real users, real scale, real consequences.

  4. 2019

    @fulbright · 7y ago

    The scholarship that moved me across the world

    Fulbright said yes. I packed my life into two suitcases and started at Ohio University's Intensive English Program.

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    The U.S. Department of State's Fulbright scholarship changed the trajectory. I landed in the US for Ohio University's Intensive English Program — academic English, American academic culture, and the strange thrill of being very far from home on purpose.

  5. 2021

    @twocontinent · 5y ago

    M.S. at UCF by day, first CTO seat by night

    Finished my M.S. Computer Science at UCF (GPA 3.90) while becoming CTO of DoCheck — leading a 20+ team across a 12-hour time gap.

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    I completed my M.S. in Computer Science at the University of Central Florida with a 3.90 GPA — and took my first CTO seat at DoCheck at the same time, leading a 20+ engineering team from the other side of the planet. Also served as president of PERMIAS Central Florida, keeping the Indonesian student community close. Sleep was… negotiable.

  6. 2023

    @wool · 3y ago

    The enterprise win that had to be earned

    As CTO of Wool, led the delivery that landed our first enterprise customer — a state-owned enterprise partner.

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    At Wool I led a 10+ team building a secure mental-health platform — end-to-end encrypted messaging, RBAC, audit logging. The DMHP AI-analytics system we delivered won the company its first enterprise customer, a state-owned enterprise (BUMN) partner. Sensitive domain, zero shortcuts.

  7. 2025

    @autokon · 1y ago

    Founding CTO, team of one

    Built AutoKon's entire platform solo — VLM photo verification gating real contractor payments, serving thousands of housing units.

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    As founding CTO of AutoKon I built the whole thing solo: a B2B construction-tech platform where field photos become VLM-verified progress data (Claude Opus Vision + Pinecone) that gates contractor payments. Thousands of housing units, three timezones, one engineer. The most demanding and most clarifying build of my life.

  8. 2026

    @next · this year

    The journey continues

    A decade in, still obsessed. Now leading AI-era engineering — and looking for the next team to build with.

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    Ten-plus years of building, five-plus leading. In 2026 I registered as a tenant of the Universitas Padjadjaran Incubator Program — back at the campus where it all began, building the next venture. The AI era is the most exciting shift I've worked through — LLM evals, VLM pipelines, agentic workflows — and I'm bringing all of it to the next CTO, VP Engineering, or Head of AI seat. The best work is still ahead.

Selected Work

Platforms I have led

CTO case studies with problem, system design, and measurable outcomes — not just a resume list.

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01
2025
Next.jsSupabaseClaude Vision

AutoKon

Solo-built B2B platform that gates contractor disbursements on VLM-verified photo evidence across thousands of housing units nationwide.

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02
2023–2024
Web platformEncrypted messagingRBAC

Wool

Enterprise-ready mental health product with encrypted messaging, RBAC, audit logging, and AI analytics that secured a first BUMN partnership.

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03
2021–2023
AI taskingAWS ServerlessCI/CD

DoCheck

Productivity SaaS where AI tasking, delivery acceleration, FinOps, and technical SEO compounded into measurable user and growth outcomes.

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Focus areas
  • Founding CTO building production-grade VLM pipelines, agentic AI workflows, and LLM-powered systems across construction-tech and enterprise platforms.
  • Founding CTO with 10+ years engineering and 5+ years leading cross-functional teams, turning AI concepts into revenue-driving production systems.
  • Fulbright scholar with research in high-performance computing, now focused on applied AI and intelligent system design.
How I work
  • Based in UTC+7 with global collaboration experience
  • Leads cross-functional rituals with clear KPIs and roadmaps
  • Responsive within one business day

Executive Summary

As a Founding CTO and Hands-on AI Engineering Leader, I architect intelligent systems from concept to production. Known for orchestrating AI systems — VLM pipelines, agentic workflows, and LLM integrations — while leading cross-functional teams to deliver fast and earn stakeholder trust. My approach spans system design, AI orchestration, and cloud infrastructure, always focused on shipping AI that delivers measurable business impact.

Selected results

Numbers you can verify

Every metric is tied to a named case study — no sourceless quotes.

5 → 53

Domain Authority in 6 months — SEO and technical content engine (DR 2 → 54)

→ docheck case study

30%

Engineering velocity gain — Agile discipline, CI/CD upgrades, AI-assisted sprint planning

→ docheck case study

20%

Infrastructure cost reduction — AWS serverless migration (Lambda + DynamoDB + RDS)

→ docheck case study

90%

Assessment-time reduction — web-based Enneagram psychotest vs paper flow

→ wool case study

1000s

Housing units served nationwide — across 3 timezones, platform built solo

→ autokon case study

25%

User task-completion lift — AI-powered task generation and prioritization

→ docheck case study

Core Competencies

The operating system behind each engagement: hands-on AI engineering paired with strategic leadership for rapid, responsible delivery.

AI & Orchestration

Orchestrating production AI systems — VLM pipelines, agentic workflows, and LLM applications — with focus on real-world deployment and measurable impact.

Architecture & Cloud

Designing resilient, scalable, and secure systems using modern cloud-native principles and tooling.

Engineering & Technologies

Building high-quality software with a focus on performance, maintainability, and user experience.

Technical Toolkit

Breadth across cloud, product engineering, and security ensures every engagement has the right mix of strategy and hands-on execution.

Insights

From the field

Short essays on AI delivery, leadership, and building systems that earn trust.

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September 23, 2025

The Convergence of AI and IoT: A New Paradigm of Smart Devices

AI and the Internet of Things (IoT) are two of the most transformative technologies of our time. This article explores how their convergence is creating a new generation of intelligent, connected devices.

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September 23, 2025

The Role of AI in Personalized Medicine

AI is poised to revolutionize healthcare by enabling a new era of personalized medicine, where treatments are tailored to the individual patient. This article explores the applications, benefits, and challenges of AI in this field.

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September 23, 2025

Edge Computing: Bringing the Cloud Closer to Home

Edge computing is a new computing paradigm that aims to move computation and data storage closer to the sources of data. This article explores what edge computing is, why it's important, and its key applications.

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Recognition & Credentials

Industry recognition and professional certifications that validate technical leadership, research excellence, and operational discipline.

Fulbright Scholar

International Academic Excellence

Selected from thousands of global applicants for the prestigious U.S. Department of State Fulbright Master Degree Scholarship, recognizing outstanding academic achievement and leadership potential in technology.

3.90 GPA Achievement
2 Years Program Duration
M.S. Computer Science
Universitas Padjadjaran logo
Spotlight · 2026 — Institutional validation

Registered as a tenant of the Universitas Padjadjaran Incubator Program

Registered in 2026 in personal capacity — the venture-building track record, now backed by a university incubation program.

Professional Certifications

Google

Gemini Certified Educator

Credential #172028089

Certified proficiency in leveraging Gemini AI tools for education and applied AI use cases.

AI EducationGoogle AI
Scrum Alliance

Certified Scrum Master (CSM®)

Validation #1380153

Ensures distributed squads retain delivery discipline and outcome-focused rituals.

Agile LeadershipTeam Coaching
Amazon Web Services

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Validation #6X9LLBKBKBV1Q25B

Demonstrates foundational expertise in AWS cloud strategy, governance, and security alignment for enterprise initiatives.

Cloud StrategySecurity Governance

Education

Academic foundation combining technical depth with research excellence—from national recognition to international scholarship.

M.S. in Computer Science

The University of Central Florida

  • Fulbright Scholarship recipient with a 3.90 GPA.
  • Specialised in computer architecture and high-performance computing.
  • Researched novel server architectures to optimise data-intensive workloads.

B.Sc. in Informatics

Universitas Padjadjaran

  • Graduated in the top 5% of the cohort with a 3.88 GPA.
  • Led the Computer Science Student Association, hosting talks and competitions.
  • Developed a digital attendance system that showcased early product leadership.

My Works on Media

Featured coverage of technology leadership and digital innovation in construction and property sectors.

Let's Collaborate

I offer AI development, custom software engineering, and technical leadership to bring your vision to life.

  • 01

    AI & Automation Consulting

    Ship AI features that survive production — VLM/LLM products, evaluation pipelines, and workflow automation that actually gates real money.

    from $150/hr

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  • 02

    Fractional CTO

    Senior technical leadership without the full-time seat — architecture, hiring, roadmap, and engineering discipline for teams from first hire to 20+.

    from $8,000/mo

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  • 03

    Full-Stack Systems Development

    End-to-end product builds — from architecture to deployed platform — by someone who has shipped B2B systems solo and led 20+ engineer teams.

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Ready to build something great together? Share your objectives and timeline — I typically reply within two business days.

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