“Salma and her team worked with my team to complete several complex projects. She is mindful of important security, interoperability, and enterprise architecture considerations. Salma’s pleasant nature made her easy to engage and work alongside.”
Engineering judgment shaped
by 30+ years in software.
The engineering leadership and regulated-system experience behind the Six-Week Agentic Engineering Workflow Pilot, for teams making AI-assisted software delivery easier to verify and own.
Experience at a glance
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30+ years
In software since 1994, across engineering and leadership
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20 + 10
About 20 years developing systems, 10 leading engineering and delivery
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Regulated delivery
HIPAA-regulated healthcare, with additional software experience across finance, publishing, consumer, professional services, and legal AI.
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CIPP/US + AIGP
Privacy and AI-governance credentials that inform the questions Rule26 asks
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Built evidence
GhostCite and verification-first technical work
Enterprise experience
The pilot draws on this background: about ten years leading engineering and delivery, including engineering leadership in a HIPAA-regulated healthcare environment. It applies that experience to one team’s live workflow, with a named client owner for each decision.
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American College of Surgeons
Engineering leadership in a HIPAA-regulated healthcare environment.
2020–2024
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Home Chef
Enterprise software consulting in a growing operational environment.
2018–2019
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Village Works
Fractional CTO and technical advisory for a founder building a new platform: translating business and technical requirements and producing the initial AWS architecture.
2017–2018
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Datalogics
Engineering management and commercial software delivery.
2015–2017
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Earlier enterprise work
Software engineering across healthcare, finance, publishing, consumer, and professional services environments.
These organizations reflect Salma’s prior employment and consulting experience. They are not Rule26 AI clients or endorsements.
Applied evidence
GhostCite
GhostCite demonstrates how Rule26 approaches consequential AI: define what can be verified, test it against an authoritative source, preserve the evidence, and state the limitations.
- Probabilistic extraction separated from deterministic verification
- Supported legal citations and quotations checked against public court-record sources
- Structured evidence, testing, and privacy-aware design
GhostCite checks supported legal citations and quotations. It does not provide legal advice, evaluate healthcare AI, or certify that another system is safe or compliant.
Open GhostCite →People behind the work
Rule26 is founder-led. Engagements may include research, program delivery, enablement, and appropriate specialist support when the agreed scope requires it.
Salma Saad
Founder and Software Engineering Leader
Salma leads the Six-Week Agentic Engineering Workflow Pilot and Rule26’s architecture, evaluation, testing, implementation, and delivery-oversight work. Her background spans hands-on engineering, engineering leadership, enterprise integration, and regulated-system delivery.
- 30+ years in software
- CIPP/US
- AIGP
- B.A., Hanover College
Fatima Hussain
Research, Program Delivery and Client Enablement
Fatima supports research, workflow analysis, program coordination, training, client enablement, documentation, and adoption feedback according to engagement scope.
Youth for Responsible AI is a separate educational initiative. youthforresponsibleai.com ↗
Professional perspective
This is a professional perspective on a specific tool, not a client testimonial, a paid engagement, or validation of Rule26’s broader consulting services.
“A very useful tool. I like that it quickly handles the existence verification step (Layer 1) without adding AI risk on top. Perfect complement for catching obvious hallucinations before investing time in misgrounding checks. Appreciate you building this, tools like yours are exactly what the profession needs right now.”