About
Fatih Nayebi
I build and teach agentic AI systems: software that makes decisions on its own, within the authority it has earned.
I am the founder and CEO of OODARIS AI, where we build production multi-agent systems for retail decisions, and an Assistant Professor at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management, where I teach in the Master of Management in Analytics.
Before OODARIS, I was VP of Data & AI at ALDO Group. I led its data, analytics and AI strategy and four teams: Data Governance, Data & Analytics Platform, Data & Analytics Products, and Artificial Intelligence.
I have written three books on agentic AI. RETHINK Retail named me one of its Top AI Leaders.

From the back covers
The short version
Fatih Nayebi is Assistant Professor in Information Systems at McGill University, where since 2019 he has taught the five graduate courses these volumes hold: Enterprise Data Science, Machine Learning in Production, Introduction to AI and Deep Learning, Applications and Architectures of Deep Learning, and Designing and Building Agentic AI Systems. As founder and CEO of OODARIS AI, he builds real-world, production multi-agent systems that make autonomous decisions, combining machine learning, ML engineering, deep reinforcement learning, operations research and software engineering, and that act only within the authority they have earned.
Before OODARIS
Track record
- 19
- programs and projects directed, and 5 centres of excellence set up
- 14
- data-intensive systems architected, and 19 AI products deployed
- 72
- mobile apps and 24 web and API products built, in 17 languages
Books
All books
Third Edition · October 2026
Foundations of Agentic AI for Retail
Designing, Building, and Operating Retail AI Agents, from First Principles to Production
About the book
Volume I · October 2026
Foundations of Agentic AI Systems
Models, Learning, and Decisions, from First Principles
About the book
Volume II · October 2026
Foundations of Agentic AI Systems
Agents, Operations, and Governance, in Production
About the bookEarlier books and papers, on software engineering, mobile usability and Swift, are listed under Publications.
Education
Ph.D., Software Engineering
École de technologie supérieure · 2012–2015
Ph.D., Computer Engineering
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi · 2009–2012
M.Sc., Software Engineering
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi · 2007–2009
B.Sc., Computer Engineering
Lahijan University · 1998–2002
Certifications
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP)
- SEI Certified Personal Software Process Developer (SEI-PSP)
- ITIL V3 Foundation
- Excelling in the New World of Retail
Languages
- English · Native
- Turkish · Native
- French · Professional
- Azerbaijani · Limited
Expertise
- Agentic AI
- Machine learning
- Deep learning
- Reinforcement learning
- Causal inference
- Conformal prediction
- Time series forecasting
- Optimization and operations research
- Demand forecasting
- Supply chain optimization
- Retail analytics
- Omni-channel marketing
- Data governance
- Software engineering