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About Chain-IT

Neither a strategy consultant who doesn't deliver, nor an integrator pushing their stack. Chain-IT combines the rigour of regulated environments with the execution capability of an ex-CTO startup founder.

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Nizar AYED

Founder & Principal — Chain-IT

Ex-CTO startup, 25+ years of experience (pharma, medical devices — GAMP5, FDA, 21 CFR Part 11), AI in production since 2018 (ML, GenAI, multi-agent, RAG).

Certified AI for Business — Executive Education, X – École Polytechnique (2026). Based in Metz, 45 min from Luxembourg — on-site in Greater Region. Remote delivery worldwide — Europe, Africa, Middle East, Canada (short travel + telework).

Career timeline

A dual culture — technical execution and regulatory rigour.

  • 2026

    Chain-IT — Founded

    Helping CIOs and transformation leaders in regulated sectors with AI governance, execution and conversational agents.

  • 2026

    AI for Business Certification — X École Polytechnique

    Executive Education — AI strategy, governance, AI Act, deployment. Academic credibility for executive committees.

  • 2024–2025

    Wizipet — CTO & Co-founder

    SaaS platform with embedded AI features, designed to scale to 100,000+ users — a design target, not reached in production. Python, TypeScript (NestJS), Docker.

  • 2020–2024

    Tourisfair — CTO & AI Lead

    Designed and deployed multi-agent systems in production: RAG pipelines, agent orchestrators, chatbots, sentiment analysis. Multi-region SaaS platform.

  • 2018

    First AI projects — ML & NLP

    Deep Learning Specialization (Andrew Ng / deeplearning.ai). Recommendation engines and sentiment analysis.

  • 2005–2020

    15 years in regulated environments

    Pharma, medical devices, audit — GAMP5, FDA, 21 CFR Part 11. Projects at Biorad (ADAGIO®), compliance and software quality missions.

  • 2005

    Career start — Software engineering

    Development, architecture, project management in quality-driven and regulated contexts.

What sets Chain-IT apart

Regulatory rigour

25+ years of experience in GAMP5, FDA, AI Act, DORA environments. Governance built in from day one.

Real production AI

Multi-agent, RAG, chatbots and SaaS platforms deployed at scale. We speak from what we've built, not just advised.

Vendor independence

No reseller partnerships, no hidden commissions. Architecture designed for your context with zero lock-in.

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