Hamad Al-Ghanim

Hamad Al-Ghanim

حمد الغانم

I’m a systems analyst at Kuwait Oil Company, co-founded a startup, and research how compilers can make programs smaller. Pick a line to ride my career from that side.

Since 2019 I’ve co-run Phinests, leading its engineering part-time. I also built Gaid AlKout, a score-keeping app with 60K monthly users.

I’ve shipped production software since 2015, and I’m back at Kuwait Oil Company after my M.S. Along the way: ERP integrations at KGL and a Ruby gem with 2.8M downloads.

My M.S. thesis at CU Boulder used IR2Vec embeddings to help compilers make programs smaller. I finished the degree with a 4.0 GPA.

All stops

  1. Researcher

    University of Colorado Boulder

    M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering

    Coursework in deep learning, concurrent programming, programming languages (Coq), compiler construction, modern computing systems, computer security and distributed systems.

    • GPA 4.0
  2. Researcher

    Exploration of Code Size Reduction Using Compiler Analysis

    M.S. thesis, advised by Prof. Joseph Izraelevitz

    I used BERT-based embeddings of LLVM-IR functions to improve existing function-merging techniques, getting more code size reduction while keeping programs correct.

    • C++
    • LLVM
  3. ActiveFounder

    Phinests

    Co-founder & part-time CTO, Kuwait

    I lead the team that designed and built Phinests’ Ruby on Rails backend as service-oriented, scalable APIs, set the testing practices that keep it reliable, and direct the Flutter mobile app.

    • Ruby on Rails
    • Flutter
  4. iOS appFounder

    Gaid AlKout

    Score-keeping for Kout, the Kuwaiti card game

    An iOS app I built in Swift for tracking scores in Kout.

    • 60K monthly active users
    • Swift
    App Store
  5. Open sourceDeveloper

    administrate-field-active_storage

    Ruby gem

    Adds Active Storage file uploads and downloads to Administrate, the Ruby on Rails admin dashboard framework.

    • 2.8M downloads
    • Ruby
    RubyGems
  6. ActiveDeveloper

    Kuwait Oil Company

    Systems analyst, Kuwait

    I led the move of drilling workflows off Excel spreadsheets and email onto Microsoft SQL Server and a .NET Core web platform in C#, with responsive Vue.js apps for the drilling department. I took a break from August 2024 for a company-sponsored scholarship and came back in June 2026.

    • C#
    • .NET Core
    • SQL Server
    • Vue.js
  7. Developer

    KGL

    Software engineer, research & development, Kuwait

    I integrated enterprise resource planning systems with a Ruby on Rails application, so legacy and modern platforms could talk to each other.

  8. Developer

    Coded

    Teaching assistant, Kuwait

    TA for the first coding bootcamp in the Middle East. I helped students learn Python, Django, HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and wrote my own teaching material.

  9. Researcher

    Kuwait University

    B.S. in Computer Engineering

    Vice president of the Computer Engineering Society, where I taught two-week Python and Django courses. Best Project award for my capstone.

    • GPA 3.58
    • Dean’s honor list 4×
    • 2nd, Kuwait Collegiate Programming Contest

What I work with

Languages
Python, C++, Java, Ruby, Dart, JavaScript, C#, Go, Coq
Frameworks
PyTorch, Django, Flask, Ruby on Rails, Vue.js, Flutter, .NET Core
Tools
LLVM, Git, Microsoft SQL Server

Last stop: LinkedIn and my resume.

LinkedIn Resume (PDF)