About Us
Keen AI specialises in creating cutting-edge AI and systems that empower our customers to easily collect, share, and analyse critical data related to their assets, accurately assessing their condition and making informed predictions about their future state.
Amjad Karim
Founder & CEO
Amjad's skills combine business acumen, honed working at major management consultancies, with mathematical and technical fluency having developed the algorithms used by Keen AI and the predictive risk models for National Grid’s Electricity Transmission network. Amjad is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to Keen AI, he raised £6M for Energy for Future Generations, a venture capital investor in anaerobic digestion based renewable energy generators. He also founded SmarterCalls, a non-profit online collaboration and conference calling system. The company’s unique EveryMinute service raised thousands of pounds for charities with customers including the NHS. Under Amjad's leadership, Keen AI is currently the largest processor of OHL transmission line data in the UK with customers in the UK, Asia and Australia.
Sandy Duckett
Chairman
Sandy brings a wealth of leadership and governance experience to his role as Chairman at Keen AI. He has held numerous challenging Director roles within Utilities, Financial Services, and the third sector. His former roles include Procurement Director at ScottishPower, part of the Iberdrola Group, and senior positions within Water Utilities, understanding deeply the challenges facing Network Operators and Asset Management sectors. Beyond Utilities Sandy has led large organisational transformation projects, including the sale of Standard Life Bank to Barclays Bank. He was Chairman of Citizens Advice Edinburgh for 6 years and was recognised by Credit Today as one of the Top 50 leading professionals in Utilities and Telecoms in the UK.nals in utilities and telecoms in the UK.
Thomas Emment
Full Stack Developer
Tom is experienced in a variety of ML techniques, specialising in data analytics and software development to further build on and refine Keen AI’s platforms. Tom is passionate about data science and applying AI to solve real world challenges. Tom was awarded a BSc in Data Science (1st Class) from Nottingham Trent University.
Petar Gyurov
Head of Engineering
Petar leads our platform development and computer vision efforts by building and integrating custom models across several different domains and topics. He recently developed our in-house tool Zap, for rapid training and testing, which we have open-sourced to the public.
Past projects include using AI to detect disease in trees, corrosion detection in steel towers and large-scale asset verification.
Petar holds a BSc degree in Theoretical Physics from Royal Holloway, University of London and has nearly a decade of software development experience.
Khalid Kadir
President - North America
Khalid brings his unique skills and experience to lead our North American presence, delivering technology transformations that drive decarbonisation, sustainability, and resilience in the North American energy sector. Khalid is also a continuing Lecturer at UC Berkeley, teaching in the Global Poverty & Practice (GPP) program, Political Economy, and Civil & Environmental Engineering. He received his BSE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his MSE and PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley. Khalid received the 2019 American Cultures Teaching Award and the 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award - UC Berkeley’s most prestigious honor for teaching.
Mubin Khan
Marketing
Mubin is Marketing Director at Keen AI, overseeing core marketing strategy. Mubin is passionate about using technology to improve processes and bring convenience to people. Mubin holds a BSc with honours in Psychology from City University, London, and MSc in Occupational Psychology from the University of Nottingham.
KATE LAU
Marketing
Kate is Head of Product Strategy & Marketing at Keen AI, responsible for marketing activity, branding, design, and outreach. She specialises in digital literacy, and is fascinated by how the presentation of data can affect perception. Kate holds a First-Class degree in History of Art from the University of St Andrews and a Master’s with Distinction from the University of Cambridge. She has a background in both writing and design, and is very passionate about creating beautiful, smooth user-experiences both digitally and in-print.
Abhishek Patel
Computer Vision Engineer
Abhishek drives research and development in computer vision and robotics, specializing in 3D LiDAR and vision-based deep learning models. His past projects include generating synthetic weather conditions such as rain and fog from cockpit videos to aid pilot guidance, developing precise 3D distance and orientation estimation techniques, and integrating Vision-Language Models (VLMs) for advanced perception tasks. Abhishek holds a Master’s degree in Robotics from Queen Mary University of London and a Bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology.
Ruby Pearce-Casey
PhD Research Intern
Recently awarded a First Class with honours in Mathematics with Theoretical Physics at the University of Plymouth and currently undertaking a PhD at The Open University. Ruby's work at Keen AI focuses on developing tools that bring together disparate data sources to better understand the risks of Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GICs) at specific locations. This will empower network asset managers with insights, helping protect critical infrastructure, and build a more resilient energy network.
Hamzah Reta
Data Scientist & Software Engineer
Hamzah’s primary role includes supporting the core team across all client projects, and helping further develop Superconductor and Keen AI’s Asset Management Operating System. Hamzah is excited by the potential of AI to improve engineering processes. Hamzah holds an MEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London.
Dr. Cristian Silva-PEREZ
Geospatial Scientist & Engineer
Cristian is a remote sensing scientist exploiting statistics and computer vision techniques to derive actionable intelligence from satellite imagery and geospatial data. He holds a PhD on the use of spaceborne SAR imagery for vegetation monitoring and an MSc. in power engineering. Christian has a strong background in research and innovation within academia & industry, and experience developing bespoke geospatial algorithms and software pipelines for deployment and visualisation. Previous work includes croplands monitoring and mapping, emergency mapping for disaster response, peatland hydrology and soil moisture monitoring.