Mak Ahmad

Ph.D., Computer Science, UC Davis, 2025
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Sonoma State University, 2017
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer and Electrical Engineering, UC Davis, 2004

Research Expertise
Visualization, AI in Education and API Design

Areas of Expertise
Business Analytics, Technology Management

Mak Ahmad has 20+ years of experience in the tech industry working as a software engineer and product manager for Microsoft, Roblox, Instagram, Tiktok, Salesforce and Google. Among many products, he worked on Instagram Reels, Google partner platform, Istio and also co-founded aip.dev.

Ahmad completed his Ph.D. in computer science at UC Davis with a focus area of visualization, AI in education and API design. He holds an M.S. in computer science from Sonoma State University and has a B.S. in computer engineering and electrical engineering from UC Davis. He has more than a decade of experience teaching Taekwondo at UC Davis and is fluent in Swedish and Farsi.