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Small core team. Serious accountability.

Cortana is founder-led. Specialists may be assembled around the workflow, operating domain, and intervention required, with ownership defined before work begins.

PUBLIC LEADERSHIP

The founders

Public team information is intentionally limited to roles and facts that can be represented accurately. Engagement-specific specialists are disclosed to the client before their work affects an operating decision.

Malik Amine

CEO & CO-FOUNDER

Malik Amine

Malik has a background in software, systems, and technology implementation and is an alumnus of the University of Michigan. He leads Cortana's operating-problem framing, business case, and delivery work.

ROLE
CEO & Co-founder
EDUCATION
University of Michigan
Ameen Hamdan

COO & CO-FOUNDER

Ameen Hamdan

Ameen is COO and co-founder of Cortana Solutions with a background in systems engineering and artificial intelligence. He focuses on technical architecture, systems design, and validation, turning complex operating problems into testable requirements and evidence-backed implementation decisions. A University of Michigan alumnus with an NCAA Division I wrestling background, he brings a disciplined, systems-level perspective to emerging technology and organizational adoption.

ROLE
COO & Co-founder
EDUCATION
University of Michigan
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OPERATING PRINCIPLES

Accountability stays attached to the work.

  1. 01

    Technology is not assumed

    An engagement can conclude that the workflow needs a process or ownership change instead of a build, vendor purchase, or broader deployment.

  2. 02

    Baselines and assumptions stay visible

    Observed facts, operator reports, external benchmarks, and management estimates are labeled separately.

  3. 03

    Named owners at every step

    Operating, technical, business, and decision ownership are explicit before implementation begins.

  4. 04

    Client evidence requires permission

    Names, logos, quotes, screenshots, and outcome figures appear publicly only with a written release and source record.

ENGAGE CORTANA

Start with the costly workflow, the accountable leader, and the operating evidence already available.

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