Talha Khan Khalil
Nottingham,UK
Summary
Founder and Lead Engineer currently architecting BlackB, a specialized SEND triage engine. Specialized in the design logic of Constrained RAG Pipelines and Clinical Semantic Weighting . Leveraging 5+ years of software engineering and 3+ years of frontline education experience to move the project from TRL 3 (Proof of Concept) to TRL 9 (Market Ready) within the next 9 months .
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work history
SEND Practitioner & R&D Lead
Zen Educate
Nottingham, Nottingham
2023.01 - Current
- Currently mapping the "Graduated Response" workflows into technical logic gates for the BlackB engine .
- Analysing real-world "Identification Bottlenecks" to create the semantic search parameters used in the RAG pipeline .
- Developing a database of evidence-based intervention strategies (aligned with the EEF Toolkit) to serve as the grounded output for the AI .
- Conducted 12 months of intensive Primary Market Research while providing 1-to-1 support, identifying the critical data gap in current systems like CPOMS and Arbor .
- Analyzed behavioral patterns in high-needs students to build the "Clinical Logic Graph" used to train the BlackB triage algorithm .
- Assessed the operational burden on SENDCos, identifying that 20% of their work week is lost to manual data sifting, creating the ROI case for automation .
Founder & Lead Engineer (In Development)
BlackB
Nottingham, Nottingham
2025.11 - Current
- Logic Architecture: Designed the proprietary Clinical Weighting Engine that hard-codes statutory compliance to eliminate AI hallucinations .
- Technical Specification: Defined the AWS Serverless infrastructure (Lambda/Amplify) and Vector Database schema (Pinecone) for the Year 1 build .
- Market Validation: Conducted primary research with SENDCos to define the UI/UX requirements for a classroom-ready triage tool .
- Compliance Framework: Established the Privacy-by-Design principles for PII masking and UK-only data residency .
Full Stack Developer
Connextar Technologies Ltd
Bradford, BRD
2018.05 - 2023.01
- Lead development for academic and commercial full-stack projects using Python and React.js, ensuring high performance and security.
- Managed SQL/PostgreSQL database architectures and integrated third-party APIs to streamline user workflows.
- Utilized Agile/Scrum sprints to deliver functional software iterations, a methodology now applied to the BlackB development roadmap .
Teacher
Frontier Public School
Peshawar Pakistan
2014.09 - 2020.09
- Established strong, supportive relationships with families, encouraging parental involvement to boost children's achievement.
- Integrated creative learning strategies, such as games and team-building exercises, resulting in increased classroom engagement.
- Utilized visual aids and classroom displays to support engaging lesson delivery and enhance student understanding.
- Evaluated students' academic progress, liaising with parents to facilitate cohesive learning environments at home and in school.
- Supervised and mentored teaching assistants to build confidence and cultivate effective classroom environments.
- Led parent meetings to discuss student attendance, attainment and behaviour.
- Prepared and delivered creative curriculum for children aged 6-16 in subjects including maths and English Computer Science.
- Identified students needing extra support and coordinated personalized, attentive teaching and available resources.
- Assisted students of diverse backgrounds with navigating educational environments and learning subject material.
- Adapted teaching styles for varying student capabilities and requirements.
- Marked student work with clear improvement feedback.
- Planned long-term learning schemes to meet exam targets.
- Devised homework to enhance student learning and confidence.
- Highlighted student achievements, building confidence and encouraging continued growth.
- Helped children to reach full potential across multiple primary subjects using blend of modern and traditional teaching techniques.
- Coordinated educational school trips to broaden student learning.
- Cultivated welcoming, positive classroom environment, encouraging children to express opinions, thoughts and feelings.
- Monitored and reported on students' performance to aid development.
- Collaborated with teaching teams to implement improved learning schemes.
- Created daily lesson plans targeted to current curriculum standards.
- Tutored students individually, improving attainment levels.
Group Learning And Teaching
University of Engineering And Technology Peshawar
Peshawar Pakistan
2014.09 - 2018.09
- Provided diverse assistance to teachers, students, including classroom management and document coordination, maximizing efficiency in classroom.
- Prepared instructional materials for group and one-on-one use.
- Collaborated with students to ascertain learning requirements, implementing strategic, engaging study plans to achieve goals.
- Maintained student safety in classroom and outside environments
- Encouraged student independence and independent problem-solving throughout lessons.
- Prepared students for transition to upper years by teaching more complex skills and encouraging future-focused thinking.
Software Engineer
Adscanyon.com
Lahore
2016.10 - 2017.12
- laravel, php, pusher-js, laravel-echo, vue.js, javascript
- Bug fixing, Adding new features, maintaining application
- Testing, quality assurance, designing, working on API's
web developer
Trackreps
Peshawar
2016.08 - 2016.10
- Trackreps web, andriod, git, mysqli, api
- I was full stack web developer and working on their admin panel and developing API's
Education
Master of Science - Advance Cyber Security And Digital Forensic
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh 2020.09 - 2023.12
Bachelor of Science - Computer software Engineering
University of Engineering And Technology
Pakistan 2014.09 - 2018.09
Skills
- Technical Architecture: AWS Serverless (Lambda, Amplify), Python, Reactjs, PostgreSQL
- AI & Data Engineering: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Vector Databases (Pinecone), Semantic Search, NLP, PII Masking & NER Redaction
- Domain Expertise: UK SEND Code of Practice (2015), Graduated Response Framework, EEF Evidence Database, EHCP Statutory Thresholds
- Founder Skills: Agile/Scrum Methodology, B2B SaaS Sales
Accomplishments
I worked with different student groups from my university (University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar), teaching and helping them with different academic projects. Here are the list of the projects which we have done and uploaded to cloud repository.
- Feb 2018 → Currenttalhakhankhalil/reatimechatvuejs - https://github.com/talhakhankhalil/reatimechatvuejs
- Feb 2018 → Currenttalhakhankhalil/doctorAppointment - https://github.com/talhakhankhalil/doctorAppointment
- Feb 2018 → Currenttalhakhankhalil/trackrepsadmin - https://github.com/talhakhankhalil/trackrepsadmin
- Laravel admin panel
- Feb 2018 → Currenttalhakhankhalil/pollingApp-laravel- - https://github.com/talhakhankhalil/pollingApp-laravel-
- Feb 2018 → Currenttalhakhankhalil/ecommerce- - https://github.com/talhakhankhalil/ecommerce-
- Dec 2016 → Currenttalhakhankhalil/discussionForum - https://github.com/talhakhankhalil/discussionForumdiscussion forum in OOP php
Timeline
Founder & Lead Engineer (In Development)
BlackB
2025.11 - Current
SEND Practitioner & R&D Lead
Zen Educate
2023.01 - Current
Master of Science - Advance Cyber Security And Digital Forensic
Edinburgh Napier University
2020.09 - 2023.12
Full Stack Developer
Connextar Technologies Ltd
2018.05 - 2023.01
Software Engineer
Adscanyon.com
2016.10 - 2017.12
web developer
Trackreps
2016.08 - 2016.10
Teacher
Frontier Public School
2014.09 - 2020.09
Group Learning And Teaching
University of Engineering And Technology Peshawar
2014.09 - 2018.09
Bachelor of Science - Computer software Engineering
University of Engineering And Technology
2014.09 - 2018.09