Asif Rashid is the senior manager of software development and data integration at UL Research Institutes’ Chemical Insights. He oversees software engineering and data management initiatives that support research teams with scalable digital infrastructure. Asif leads the development of the institute’s data platform, APIs, and research software applications to enhance data-driven discovery.

He has extensive experience in architecting scientific data platforms and leading high-impact research applications. In Asif’s previous role, he was the technical lead for prominent chemical-data and decision-support platforms, making them scalable tools for scientists and regulators. He also developed an advanced information-management application and expanded public access to environmental data.

Asif holds a Master of Engineering in Computer Science from North Carolina State University and a Master of Computer Science from Karachi University, bringing expertise in modern software architecture and research data engineering focused on AI- and ML-ready platforms.