Zaid Sajjad
Innovator
@zaid sajjad
IT student
@zaid sajjad
IT student
Karachi → St. George, Utah
About
Born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. Now studying Information Technology at Utah Tech University, with a minor in Management — because I love to innovate and understand how systems work at every level.
Outreach Manager at SHRM St. George. I read obsessively, photograph everything, and build things that genuinely interest me — from AI agents to consulting frameworks to companies. The through-line is curiosity.
Now
Working as a research assistant at Utah Tech University on trade network analysis. Shipped Auris — an AI emotional wellness companion at aurisai.site.
Last updated May 2026
Projects
In progress
Python · Groq · Llama 3 70B · Telegram Bot API · PyAutoGUI
Built a personal AI assistant from scratch that controls my MacBook remotely from my phone. No subscriptions. No third-party data. Just my hardware.
Demo
What it does
Streams my screen to my phone in real time · Opens any app on my Mac remotely · Types and clicks from my phone · Runs terminal commands and returns output · Reads and writes files · Monitors battery, RAM, CPU and disk · Answers questions using a 70B parameter AI · Remembers full conversation history · Opens any website · Presses any keyboard shortcut.
Built in
1–2 weeks · Small team · Early 2025
Tech stack
Python
Telegram Bot API
Groq API
Llama 3 70B
PyAutoGUI
M3 MacBook Air 16GB
Coming next
Web search for real-time info · Screen vision (AI sees my screen) · Voice commands via Telegram · Long-term memory · Silent 24/7 background mode
Shipped · 2026
Python · Flask · Scapy · D3.js
Built a home network security tool that scans your WiFi, maps every device, and lets you cut off unknown devices with one click.
Screenshot
What it does
Sends ARP broadcasts across your local network to discover every device in seconds · Runs port scans to check for open services like SSH, HTTP, and RDP · Renders a live D3.js network map with your router at the center and every device branching out · Burglar Protocol — ARP spoofs unknown devices simultaneously, cutting their internet with one click · Free AI security briefing that flags anything suspicious · Works from your iPhone on the same WiFi.
How it works
It shouts “who’s there?” at your WiFi using ARP — every device has to answer. If someone answers that you don’t recognize, you can cut their internet with one button. The Burglar Protocol works by sending fake ARP packets that trick a device into thinking the router moved. Their traffic goes nowhere.
Tech stack
Python
Flask
Scapy
D3.js
ARP Spoofing
Groq API
Live · 2026
React · Vite · Groq API · Whisper
Built and shipped an AI-powered emotional wellness companion. Voice or text check-ins, real-time mood tracking, and therapeutic AI conversation. Fully private — no accounts, no data stored.
What it does
Voice or text check-ins — speak freely or type how you’re feeling · Real-time emotion analysis — detects dominant emotion, stress level, and energy · Therapeutic AI conversation using CBT, ACT, and DBT frameworks · Live mood tracking — score updates with every message, visualized as a graph · Focus Mode with ambient sounds (forest, ocean, rain) and a Pomodoro timer · Fully private — nothing recorded, nothing stored, gone when you close the tab.
Live at
Built in
Solo project · May 2026
Tech stack
React
Vite
Groq API
Whisper
Netlify
Fall 2025
TQM · Porter’s Five Forces · Maslow · Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Real-world consulting engagement through Utah Tech University. Partnered with Moonlight Research Insurance Institute to improve operations, team dynamics, and employee performance.
What we did
As a team of four, we analyzed Moonlight Research Insurance Institute’s operations and employee performance. Applied TQM to streamline processes, Porter’s Five Forces to evaluate industry competitiveness, Maslow’s Hierarchy to assess employee motivation, and the Five Dysfunctions of a Team to strengthen dynamics. The organization reported measurable improvements in workflow efficiency and employee engagement.
From the LinkedIn post
“Last semester, I had the opportunity to work on a real-world consulting project as part of my course at Utah Tech University. Alongside Professor Christine Healy, PhD, SHRM-CP, PHR, CEBS and a talented team of three, we partnered with Moonlight Research Insurance Institute to analyze their operations and employee performance. Our goal was to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, team collaboration, and workplace satisfaction…”
Frameworks
Total Quality Management
Porter’s Five Forces
Maslow’s Hierarchy
Five Dysfunctions
Supervised by
CH
PhD, SHRM-CP, PHR, CEBS · Professor, Utah Tech University
Special Projects
SaaS · 2023–2025
AI automation for businesses — replacing repetitive human tasks with seamless AI customer service agents.
What it was
A SaaS product built to integrate AI into business operations. The core offering was AI-powered customer service agents that handled inbound questions and provided information to customers — replacing repetitive human touchpoints and making operations more seamless and cost-efficient.
My role
Co-founder · 2023–2025
What happened
Shut down when I relocated from Pakistan to the United States. An early and real lesson in what it takes to build, sell, and operate a software product from scratch.
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SMMA · 2024–2025
A full-service social media marketing agency — content creation, paid ads, brand strategy, and growth.
What it was
A social media marketing agency offering end-to-end services: content creation, paid advertising, performance marketing, brand identity, and growth strategy. Ran campaigns, managed client relationships, and built brands from the ground up.
My role
Co-founder · 2024–2025
Services
Content creation
Paid ads
Brand building
Growth strategy
Performance marketing
Press
‘I hope my story inspires’: Pakistani immigrant celebrates personal success in St. George
“Karachi is like the New York of Pakistan — loud, chaotic and the city never sleeps. One city raised me, the other changed me.”
Persistence over genius: A young Pakistani founder building his future through AI
“Done beats perfect every single time.”
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Karachi, Pakistan → St. George, Utah · 13,125 km
FAQ
Python for almost everything backend and automation — Flask, Scapy, PyAutoGUI. React + Vite on the frontend when a project actually needs a framework. Groq API with Llama 3 70B and Whisper for AI features. Telegram Bot API for anything I want to control from my phone. Otherwise, plain HTML/CSS/JS — I don’t reach for a framework just to reach for one.
Yes — actively. I’m already a research assistant at Utah Tech (trade network analysis, water trade specifically), and I’d take on more of that kind of work, or a technical internship, without hesitation. If you’re hiring for AI, IT, or ops-adjacent roles, reach out.
Three things at once, like usual: research assistant work on global water trade networks at Utah Tech, building out my personal AI agent (the one that runs my MacBook from my phone), and redesigning Auris for an upcoming update.
Probably Auris. It’s the most “me” thing I’ve built — solo, shipped in about a month, live at aurisai.site, and it actually helps someone sit with how they’re feeling instead of scrolling past it. NetScout is the one I had the most fun building, though — ARP spoofing your own network never really gets old.
A phrase I used in a BOL News interview — believing something is going to work before you have any real proof that it will. That’s what got Piplit and Auris off the ground. You can’t wait for the evidence first; you have to manufacture the conviction yourself.
Email’s fastest. LinkedIn if you want the professional paper trail. I read everything — I just don’t always reply same-day.
Reading
Now
The Way of the Wolf
Previously: Atomic Habits, 48 Laws of Power, Psychology of Money, The Art of Reading Minds, Ego Is the Enemy
Contact
Email’s fastest. LinkedIn if you want the professional paper trail. I read everything — I just don’t always reply same-day.