Founder expertise

Dr Musaab Elkheder · Founder and Principal Consultant

Technical depth across health, data, AI and software delivery.

A clinically trained software engineer, health data scientist and delivery leader who combines domain understanding with hands-on system design, evaluation and implementation.

Building software since 2007, with experience spanning research systems, health information, mission-led organisations, multi-tenant platforms and complex programme delivery.

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SINCE 2007 Software design and delivery
UCL DISTINCTION MSc Health Data Science
JAMIA FIRST AUTHOR Peer-reviewed evaluation
PMP + PMI-RMP Project and risk delivery

01 · Capability

Applied AI, engineering and domain knowledge in one delivery.

The useful work happens where these disciplines meet around a real operational problem.

01

Applied AI and retrieval

Retrieval-augmented workflows, extraction, classification and LLM-assisted systems with evaluation and human review designed in.

02

Data science and evidence

Reproducible analysis, statistical modelling and data-quality assessment that can be inspected rather than accepted on presentation alone.

03

Software engineering

Django, multi-tenant architecture, PostgreSQL, APIs and data pipelines built for testing, documentation and handover.

04

Health-information context

Clinical training and health-data experience applied to records, terminology, interoperability, coding support and operational workflows.

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Programme and risk delivery

Scope, prioritisation, delivery risk, stakeholder alignment and handover across complex programmes and technical work.

06

Arabic-first and bilingual delivery

English/Arabic products and right-to-left interfaces designed as part of the workflow, not added as a cosmetic translation layer.

02 · Experience and domain record

Experience that connects technology to the work around it.

Selected professional contexts show the breadth behind the RefLens offer.

GROUP 01 · DELIVERY Organisational and programme delivery

Charitable sector transformation: led digital transformation for a London-based charitable trust, including data platforms, reporting and AI-assisted internal workflows.

Foundation-scale programmes: directed strategic programmes and digital transformation for a Doha-based foundation.

GROUP 02 · SYSTEMS Earlier ventures and professional systems

Co-founded software ventures and delivered hospital, university-library and clinical reporting systems used by hospitals and universities.

This earlier work demonstrates software-building breadth and longevity since 2007.

GROUP 03 · DOMAIN Clinical, research and domain foundation

Medical training and clinical practice provide context for health-information workflows. Health-data-science training and research support evidence, evaluation and data-quality work.

Charity, foundation, venture and bilingual product experience support mission-led operations and English/Arabic delivery.

03 · Qualifications

Qualifications that strengthen the work.

Clinical, technical, analytical and delivery disciplines brought together.

01 / DATAMSc Health Data Science with Machine Learning
University College London, Distinction.
02 / TECHNOLOGYMSc Information Technology
Sudan University of Science and Technology, ranked first in cohort.
03 / CLINICALMBBS Medicine and Surgery
University of Gezira.
04 / DELIVERYPMP and PMI-RMP
Project Management Professional and PMI Risk Management Professional, both currently held.

04 · Published research

JAMIA · 2022 · 30(2):222–232 · FIRST AUTHOR

Research grounded in reproducible evaluation.

Musaab is first author of Translating and evaluating historic phenotyping algorithms using SNOMED CT, published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. The study translated and evaluated phenotyping algorithms across approximately 500,000 patient records and 276 disease phenotypes.

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RECORDS EVALUATED ≈500K patient records
DISEASE PHENOTYPES 276 evaluated in the study

05 · Selected development evidence

Platforms that show what Musaab can build and lead.

Selected platforms and development demonstrators developed or technically led by Musaab show the practical AI, software-engineering and domain capabilities behind RefLens. They demonstrate the ability to turn complex requirements into working systems, while remaining examples rather than a limit on what RefLens can deliver.

01

Operational internal platform · employer delivery

AmanSafe

An AI-assisted governance, risk and operations platform developed for a UK charitable trust and used in its internal operations. It brings together grant management, case management and wider organisational workflows.

Its public site describes 20 integrated modules and more than 75 AI-powered features. Musaab led its development from initial design through operational delivery, while a broader commercial edition continues to be developed.

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02

Development-stage demonstrator · public development demo

EnayaMed

A healthcare-workflow demonstrator covering clinical, appointment and operational patterns.

Demonstrates health-domain analysis, multi-tenant architecture, bilingual delivery and the ability to shape similar systems around a hospital's requirements.

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03

Development-stage demonstrator · public development demo

EnayaCode

An AI-assisted clinical-coding demonstrator producing reviewable suggestions rather than autonomous coding decisions.

Demonstrates retrieval, terminology-aware workflows, auditability and responsible human review.

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04

Development-stage platform · public development demo

TraceCite

A research-reference verification platform using scholarly metadata, automated checks and human-review workflows.

Demonstrates applied AI, evidence-source integration, metadata comparison and end-to-end product engineering.

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A client engagement may involve a bespoke solution, adaptation of a proven technical pattern, co-development of a reusable platform or a future hosted/SaaS route where that model is appropriate.

These examples demonstrate Musaab's product-building and delivery experience. They are not presented as completed RefLens client engagements or as finished RefLens SaaS offerings.

06 · Working approach

Understand the domain before selecting the technology.

The goal is a useful, reviewable system that another team can operate.

  1. 01

    Define the workflow

    Identify the decision, user and operational outcome that should improve.

  2. 02

    Test the evidence

    Make assumptions, data quality, evaluation and limitations visible.

  3. 03

    Build deliberately

    Document architecture and reasoning while the system takes shape.

  4. 04

    Hand over capability

    Leave code, tests and documentation another team can use.

Work directly with the founder

Bring a difficult data, AI or software problem.

Work directly with the person who would analyse the problem, shape the technical approach and lead the delivery.

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