About

Lido Technologies is led by Waleed Ayoub, a technology executive with 20 years at the intersection of data, analytics, software development, and product & technology leadership — from Shoppers Drug Mart and LoyaltyOne, through Rubikloud (CTO, acquired by Kinaxis) and Kinaxis itself, to Daybreak and iQmetrix today.

Waleed works directly with founders and leadership teams as a fractional CTO and advisor, with deep hands-on experience building software in enterprise B2B domains. He also writes occasionally at waleedayoub.com.

Get in touch

Email info@lidotech.co.

Technical leadership & advisory

Twenty years building the systems that make data and AI actually work in production.

Not advising from the sidelines — running the teams that ship it.

I've spent two decades inside that gap — running product and engineering teams that turn machine learning and AI into things customers actually use, not just what demos well.

What I do

Fractional CTO and technical leadership for founders and leadership teams scaling past ad hoc engineering
Operating models and team-building for data, ML, and AI product organizations
Advisory on product/AI strategy and build-vs-buy decisions

Current engagements

Chief Technology Officer, Daybreak

AI-native supply chain planning, venture-backed

Strategic Advisor, iQmetrix

Product & AI strategy, telecom retail

Advisory Board Member, Master of Business Analytics

Schulich School of Business, York University — since 2016

Advisory Board Member, Master of Management Analytics

Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto — since 2017

Projects

Speaking & evangelism

"Build vs. Buy: How the Easy Parts Got Easier and the Hard Parts Got Harder"

Daybreak AI Labor Summit — 2026

"From Omnichannel to Agentic Commerce"

Telecom Retail Summit, MWC Barcelona — 2026

"Agents in the Wild — A Supply Chain Use Case"

Aggregate Intellect, AI Agents Series — 2026

Full speaking history at waleedayoub.com.