About
The longerstory . Co-founder of ELO for a decade. Owner-operator of Haiba Bistro in Dhaka. Builder of three live AI-native products. Writer, coach, language-learner. An enabler for everyone around me.
— 06 / STORY
10 years ofAsk Fauzul "What's the most useful thing you learned at ELO?" →
International reach
Toronto London Paris Munich Oslo Zurich Casablanca Dhaka Mumbai Tokyo Singapore Clients in 11 countries
Time zones spanned UTC-5 → +9
Languages shipped in EN · FR · DE · BN
Operator since 2017
The operator at work
Candid · Fauzul at the desk
2017 — present
ELO — Embedded Logic Operations→
Co-founder · 8 yrs 6 mo · Dhaka · Remote-first
Chief Information Officer Sept 2024 — present
Software Engineering Manager Dec 2022 — Sept 2024
Principal Staff Software Engineer Dec 2020 — Dec 2022
Principal Software Engineer Dec 2018 — Dec 2020
UX Engineer Jun 2017 — Dec 2018
Structured the founding team and cultural values of the workplace.
Led engineering growth policies keeping the company shipping innovations for 8+ years.
Delivered 0→1 products for clients in US, Canada, Norway, Switzerland, Asia.
Architected SaaS systems with multi-tenancy and granular access control.
Cut time-to-market 300% via GitHub Actions + AWS deployment vs. manual.
Migrated to remote-first: 50% productivity boost, 0 attrition over 18 months.
1-on-1 coaching → 97% retention, 3% churn.
2024 — present
Fractional CTO / advisory→
EU · UK · Canada · Asia
Fractional CTO Multiple engagements
Technical advisor Seed & Series A
Hired 18 engineers across 4 companies; 100% still shipping.
Took a Norwegian healthtech from spec → production in 11 weeks.
Rewrote a Swiss B2B pipeline; cut infra cost 62%.
2021 — 2023
Jamahook→
Berlin, DE · Engineering Lead
Engineering Lead (contract via ELO) Apr 2021 — Mar 2023
Shipped the first AI-assisted DAW sample search for producers.
Negotiated and integrated catalog deals with 3 European labels.
2019 — 2021
AudioBin→
London, UK · Principal Engineer
Principal Engineer (contract via ELO) Jul 2019 — Dec 2021
Built the multitenant audiogram pipeline used by BBC and Penguin Audio.
Cut transcription cost 71% by routing to whisper.cpp at the edge.
2018 — 2020
Singistic→
Oslo, NO · Founding Engineer
Founding Engineer (contract via ELO) Sept 2018 — Feb 2020
Architected vocal coach mobile app, 120k installs.
Pitch-detection model: 23ms median latency on mid-range Android.
— 05 / SELF
The rest of theoperating system Ask Fauzul "Why do you learn French in public?" →
A founder's biggest leverage is themselves. So I work on me every day — language, body, ethics, taste. The site is a window into that practice.
French with Fauzul · 891-Day Streak
Learning a languagein public Multi-year YouTube + Instagram commitment. A builder's theory: shipping software for Europe means speaking the language.
891 consecutive days
31 grammar explainers
A2 CEFR last assessed
@fauzul.fits
Founder fashion Tailored shalwars meet northern overcoats. A weekly post on craftsmen in Dhaka and how I'd dress for a Paris pitch.
Quiet giving
Schools & soup Three rural schools in Sylhet. A community kitchen on Fridays. I don't post about either — but they fund themselves now.
1-on-1 coaching
Coaching founders A candid of Fauzul mid-coaching session
11 founders across South Asia and EU, paid and pro bono. Mostly engineering managers learning to lead, or makers learning to sell.
"Fauzul will make you uncomfortable for the first three weeks, then he becomes the person you call before bed."— Asha P., founder, London Civic writing
Op-eds & policy Dhaka Tribune column on policy and tech. Briefs to the interim government on digital identity and procurement.
Dota at 4am
Macro under pressure Top 1% MMR in Bangladesh. Same playbook as engineering management — limited information, ruthless trade-offs, low stakes.