Software Developer · Automation · AI Engineer

I Build the Systems Behind Growing Businesses.

Websites, internal tools, automations and AI integrations that eliminate repetitive work, improve operations and help businesses grow.

Ranked #1 at Two Different Malaysian Universities AWS Certified Published AI Research Paper
Certifications, education and professional experience
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Microsoft
Google Cloud
Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah
Universiti Teknologi MARA
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation
Khairul Imran
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About Me

I'm a developer. But I think like a business owner.

A jack of all trades who can turn messy, manual business processes into systems that run themselves.

My background is a little unusual. I was already running an online business as a teenager, generating five-figure sales and building hacky projects at 13. That instinct for spotting opportunity and experimenting solutions hasn't changed. I went on to build production-grade software, provide data analysis to support business decisions, and later specialise in AI and fine-tuning LLMs. Throughout the years, I learned to communicate with people through phone calls in a 100% commission-based job, giving talks, training others, and coaching people one-on-one. Outside of work, I love reading, working out, travelling, and picking up new skills.

That means when you bring me a problem, I don't immediately think about frameworks, databases or APIs.

I think about what the business is trying to accomplish, what's getting in the way, and what is the simplest system that can solve it.

It's just that I happen to know how to code that system too.

The Problem

You might be surprised by how many tasks you can automate.

People tend to underestimate how much time is spent on repetitive work.

You don't necessarily need to hire another person to handle the work.

You may just need a better automation system.
Manual weekly reporting
Copying data between systems
Repeated customer questions
Data everywhere, insights nowhere
A website that's holding you back
An idea you don't know how to build
What I Do

Build. Automate. Boost.

From customer-facing websites to the systems running behind the scenes.

Build

Websites & Web Apps

Turn an idea, process or business requirement into a working product.

  • High-converting websites and landing pages
  • Custom web applications and internal tools
  • Customer portals and booking systems
  • Payment gateway integrations
  • Dashboards and data-driven applications
  • Cloud deployment and infrastructure
From first design to production, I can handle the entire build.
Automate

Workflows & Internal Tools

Take repetitive work off your team's plate.

  • Automated reporting
  • Google Workspace automation
  • Data collection and processing
  • Telegram / WhatsApp bots
  • Internal dashboards
  • Data pipelines and integrations
  • Web scraping and data extraction
If someone does the same thing every day, it may be automatable.
Boost

AI Integration

Only use AI where it creates a measurable advantage — not simply because it's trendy.

  • AI customer-support assistants
  • Document processing and extraction
  • Text classification and categorisation
  • Customer feedback and sentiment analysis
  • AI-powered internal tools
  • Fine-tuning AI models to suit business needs
Practical AI that saves time, improves decisions or unlocks new capabilities.
Is This You?

You might need me if...

You don't need to know whether the solution is a website, automation or AI. That's what I'm here to figure out.

Your team spends hours copying information between systems.
You still compile reports manually.
Customers repeatedly ask questions that could be answered automatically.
Your business has data everywhere but no clear way to use it.
You've outgrown your current website or internal tools.
You have an idea for a digital product but don't know where to start.
You've heard about AI but don't know where it genuinely fits.
You want someone who can own the problem from start to finish.
Selected Work

Don't take my word for it.

Look at what I've actually built.

Full-stack web application screenshot
Full-Stack Development

Production-grade software, not just AI-coded slop.

Built production web applications using PHP Laravel, JavaScript, SQL and AWS cloud services, including reporting systems, user management, file processing, notifications, queues and third-party integrations.

PHP Laravel Vue.js MySQL AWS Redis SQS
I want to build an app too →
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AI / Research

Teaching an AI model to understand Malay sentiment.

Fine-tuned an open-source Large Language Model for sentiment analysis of noisy Malay social-media text. 2,000+ downloads on Hugging Face.

Python Llama LoRA Research NLP

I also published an open source dataset containing 33,000+ Malaysian tweets labeled for positive or negative sentiment, after designing the end-to-end workflow through rigorous quality assurance processes.

The research paper was published in IEICES 2025 and presented at Kyushu University, Japan.

Note: Kyushu University was ranked #5 among 257 universities in the THE Japan University Rankings 2025.

View the model →
Business Intelligence and automation project screenshot
Business Intelligence & Automation

Making repetitive reporting disappear.

Built data pipelines, reporting workflows and dashboards for a fast-growing marketing technology company operating across Southeast Asia.

Python PySpark SQL Airflow Google Sheets

Automated repetitive reporting workflows, improved data reliability and helped stakeholders make decisions from up-to-date business data.

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My Approach

I don't start with technology.

A good developer knows how to build things. A good consultant first figures out whether the thing needs to be built at all.

“What problem are we actually trying to solve?”

Sometimes the answer is a custom application. Sometimes it's an automation. Sometimes it's AI.

And sometimes, honestly, you don't need custom software at all.

I'll recommend the simplest solution that solves the problem — even when that means I will be paid less.
The Story

I've been figuring out how to make things work for more than a decade.

Age 13–17 · 2012–2016

Online Business & Digital Marketing

Started Facebook marketing at 13 and built an online business that generated five-figure sales between the ages of 13 and 15. Later provided digital marketing and growth-hacking services to other business owners.

Age 18-19 · 2017–2018

Learning to do the hard work

Worked on opinion research projects involving thousands of cold calls and hundreds of interviews. In one State Government project, received a bonus for becoming the Top Enumerator — the person who secured the highest number of respondents.

Worked intermittently while waiting for high school SPM result and during university semester breaks. The lesson stayed with me: don't shy away from the unglamorous work required to get the result.

University · 2017–2025

Not just chasing grades

I actively sought opportunities to build things, work with industry, lead people, communicate, compete, and put what I learned into practice.

At Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (Bachelor of Applied Science in Data Analytics with Honours, 2021–2025, CGPA 3.9/4.0), I initiated and facilitated a partnership with Involve Asia as the programme's Industry Partner, securing 1-year placements for 4 students at the highest monthly allowance among partners; negotiated a speaking engagement with Mesolitica's CEO for an industrial lecture on Malaysian Generative AI; moderated an industrial talk on Data Warehousing by Prasarana Malaysia's VP II; and represented my faculty in Handball.

My Diploma in Computer Science at Universiti Teknologi MARA (2017–2020, CGPA 3.9/4.0) was just as eventful outside the classroom. I was Champion and Best Debater at the 2018 UiTM Johor Debate Competition, trained by the Election Commission to deliver voter education talks and help refine SPR's voter education module, and won a Gold Award at the 2019 Digitalised International Invention, Innovation and Design Competition for an investment analytics game based on Bursa Malaysia. As Exco for the Debate Club and English Language Society, I organized various events and frequently served as emcee for these two clubs. And in whatever time was left over, just for fun, I picked up 1st place in a fashion show, the lead antagonist role in a theatre production, 3rd place in poetry recitation, 2nd place in impromptu pantun, and a stint as bass drummer in the marching band.

Side note: UMPSA is ranked among Malaysia’s Top 10 Universities in the THE World University Rankings 2025 and posts a 99% graduate employability rate.

Industry · 2019–2025

Build things that matter

Worked across Full-Stack Development and Business Intelligence at Involve Asia. Built production software, automated business processes, performed data engineering and created dashboards supporting one of the biggest affiliate marketing platforms in Southeast Asia. Involve Asia is a technology company powering over US$1.5 billion in e-commerce sales through a network of over 580,000 creators and influencers. Read more about Involve Asia ↗

Side note: I also won first place in the Automation Hackathon with Google AppSheet, an internal competition for Involve Asia employees.

Today

Put It All Together

Combining business thinking, software engineering, data science and AI to help businesses run more productively, save costs, increase revenue and build automated systems that work for them.

Recognition

A track record beyond just a portfolio.

Honors & Competitions
2025
Royal Education Award (Anugerah Pelajaran Diraja) Malaysia’s highest undergraduate honor, conferred annually to only 2 top graduates at each of the nation’s 20 public universities. Selected from thousands of bachelor’s graduates at UMPSA Pekan and UMPSA Gambang, across all faculties
2020
Best Graduate Award (Leadership) Sponsored by the Johor State Government. Among thousands of diploma graduates across all faculties at UiTM Segamat and UiTM Pasir Gudang.
2020
Best Graduate Award — Faculty of Computer & Mathematical Sciences Among all diploma graduates under this faculty across UiTM campuses nationwide (Johor, Perak, Pahang, Kelantan, Kedah, Melaka, Terengganu, Sarawak, Negeri Sembilan and Perlis)
2018
Best Debater & Champion of 2018 Debate Competition UiTM Johor Internal debate competition among faculties. Critical Thinking · Spontaneous Problem Solving · Data Analysis · Effective Communication · Teamwork
Certifications & Training
AWS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Amazon Web Services · Hundreds of core services and features
MSFT
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals Core Microsoft Azure services · DP-900
GCP
Google Cloud #GCPBoleh Data warehouse, BigQuery, data and AI training
MDEC
MDEC — Digital Marketing Fundamentals Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation
A Little More of Me

More than just code.

I believe a broad range of general knowledge sparks more innovative ideas — connecting mental models from totally different fields.

That's why I fall down Wikipedia rabbit holes on the most random subjects whenever boredom strikes 🤣

Here's my valedictorian speech — a little glimpse of the person behind this site.

Let's Talk

Most freelancers can show you a portfolio. I can show you a track record.

Tell me what's slowing your business down.

Maybe you need a better website. Maybe your team is wasting hours on something that should be automated. Maybe there's an AI opportunity sitting inside your business that you haven't been able to turn into something useful.

You don't need to know the answer yet.