A candidate, in his own words

I don't want to apply to Target. I want to build at it — to make it better.

Environmental engineer. AI systems builder. Ready for what's next.

Dr. Mohamed Elansary · PhD, Environmental Engineering · Dallas–Fort Worth, TX

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Why this page exists

Instead of sending a résumé PDF, I built you a page.

After talking with Jaime, I wanted to show how I think and build — not just tell you. So here it is: who I am, why Target is a company worth building for, and exactly where I'd add value. Everything below is real. I made this in one sitting, the same way I ship everything.

Who I am

A rare overlap: environmental engineering & production AI.

Dr. Mohamed Elansary
PhD, Environmental Engineering — Texas A&M University–Kingsville (2022)
Founder & Principal, Vertexium Environmental Solutions · Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas
Engineering

I build systems, not one-offs

Production automation platforms, data pipelines, and AI agents — architected end to end and shipped fast.

RustPythonTypeScriptDevOpsCloud infra
Applied AI

LLM & agentic systems, in production

I design and run autonomous AI agents and ML pipelines that do real work — the exact wave Target's Advanced AI teams are riding.

Machine learningLLMsAgentic AIData engineering
Environmental

The science behind the code

A doctorate in environmental engineering — compliance, water, and sustainability fluency that connects straight to Target Forward.

EHS & complianceWater / CWASustainability

A company worth building for

120 years of expecting more.

I did my homework — because if I'm going to give a company my best work, I want to know its story.

1902

George Draper Dayton opens the Dayton Dry Goods Company in Minneapolis — the foundation everything grew from.

1962

The very first Target store opens in Roseville, Minnesota — a new idea in retail: upscale discount, done with taste.

Today

Headquartered in Minneapolis, Target serves guests through nearly 1,900 stores across all 50 states, powered by more than 400,000 team members — under a purpose of helping all families discover the joy of everyday life.

1,900stores, all 50 states (approx.)
400K+team members
1902where the story starts
#1place I want to be

Why Target

It's the kind of place I'd build for the long run.

People first

A culture that invests in its team members and treats care as strategy, not a slogan — the environment where I do my best work.

Target Forward

A serious sustainability commitment. My environmental-engineering background isn't a footnote here — it's directly relevant.

Building in the open

Target is investing hard in technology, data, and AI at real scale. That's exactly the frontier I've spent years building on my own.

Community & inclusion

A company measured by how it shows up for families and communities — values I want the work of my hands attached to.

Where I fit

I'm not a generalist hoping to learn on the job.

I've looked at where Target is hiring. Here's the honest map of where I'd contribute on day one.

Advanced AI & ML platforms

Applied ML, LLMs, and agentic systems are what I build daily. I'd ship, not ramp up.

AI / ML engineering & MLOps

End-to-end: from model to platform to the pipelines that keep it running in production.

Operations research & data science

A PhD-level modeler who also writes the code — supply-chain optimization, forecasting, decisions at scale.

Sustainability & environmental compliance

Where Target Forward meets real engineering — the rare seat my doctorate was made for.

Let's build something.

Thank you, Jaime — for the conversation and for opening the door. I'd be grateful for the referral, and I won't waste it.

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Dr. Mohamed Elansary · Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas