Who We Are?

Company Mission

“Our goal is to help people maintain a competitive skillset in data science, machine learning, and generative AI, whether they are new to the industry or already have some experience.”

Via mentoring, courses, tools we create, and info we share on social media, build yourself into a more valuable asset, get more opportunities and increase your career opportunities!

At the helm is Fred Premji, Chief AI/ML Educator. Fred has almost a decade of experience working in data science and machine learning, as a programmer, consultant, engineer, manager, and leader. Fred has worked for large multinational firms, as well as startups and SMEs.  Fred’s speciality is natural language processing, however he has worked on a variety of different projects such as computer vision and generative AI.  As well, Fred has been an education mentor, particularly for the MIT Data Science and Machine Learning courses, where he has helped guide and prepare the career of thousands of students.  Fred maintains a rating of over 4.9*/5 from his students.  This rewarding experience is what has spear-headed his vision for OPTMAL in revolutionizing learning in this industry & providing cutting-edge solutions.

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Fred was the keynote speaker and led a 2-day hackathon on AI Innovation in Chicago, IL for a global architectural & engineering firm.