About Rasheed, founder of Bad Alien — AI consultant in Pasadena, CA
I'm Rasheed. I run Bad Alien, an independent AI consultancy in Pasadena, California, working with businesses across Los Angeles and remotely. Before that: 8 years as a product manager shipping products across finance, defense contracting, and healthtech. I've seen how AI transforms organizations from the inside — and how it fails when adopted without strategy.
Now I help businesses adopt AI that actually works — from team enablement to custom-built systems.
Experience
Finance
Built data products and risk analytics platforms for institutional finance teams
Defense
Led product development for mission-critical intelligence and logistics systems
HealthTech
Shipped AI-powered diagnostic and workflow automation tools for clinical teams
What I've Delivered
AI Enablement Sprint
Enablement sprint for a social ad agency. Coaching their team to confidently use AI tools, build repeatable workflows, and operate independently after the engagement ends.
Personal AI Assistant
Assistants for busy executives and families caring for elderly relatives. Claude Cowork or ChatGPT Work when that's enough; a private, self-hosted assistant when the data is sensitive. Bills, appointments, finances, communication, with security first.
Intelligent Prospecting Engine
Multi-agent LangChain system that finds, researches, and contacts leads for a B2B wholesaler. From discovery to production in 6 days. Delivers 10-20 qualified leads per week.
Inspection Report Automation
Multimodal AI that processes inspection reports end-to-end — parses documents, analyzes photos, surfaces what matters. Processing time cut by two-thirds.
When I'm not building AI systems, I shoot film photography and run a media server with friends.