Mehdi is an AI researcher and the CEO of Dataperformers, one of the most promising AI companies that provides state of the art Deep Learning and advanced Computer Vision to several industries and large institutions. Designated as the AI Leader of 2017 by Digital Finance Canada, Mehdi is deeply invested to democratize artificial intelligence and this by co-founding several non-profit initiatives like the Deep Learning Montreal and Toronto groups, or ThinkAI. Mehdi is an official contributor to the AI and future of work Taskforce of the G7 at Charlevoix, 2018 and AI economic impact taskforce of the G20 / B20 in in Buenos Aires. He also an active speaker at local and international panels like SXSW (2017 in Austin), Montreal Annual Fintech Forum, Economic Forum of Quebec, etc.