Alaa Fatayer Email & Phone Number

IPSD II is a project funded by the World Bank and the EU, and implemented by DAI, for the benefit of the Palestinian Ministry of National Economy (MoNE). IPSD II is a US$ 14.50 million project with the objective to improve economic opportunities for tech-enabled startups and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and individuals in the digital economy in the WB&G. It also falls under the World Bank’s overarching objective to alleviate market failures related to gaps and binding constraints in the entrepreneurship ecosystem of the digital economy including in human capital, financing, product markets, enabling policies, institutional support, and connectivity.As part of this project, I lead the "Developing a Dynamic Startup Finance Ecosystem" program, which focuses on three core initiatives:- Investment Readiness Advisory Services (IRAS)- Catalytic Funding Grants: Including Co-Investment and Pre-Investment grants.- Angel Group/Network BuildingThis role enables me to contribute to strengthening the entrepreneurial landscape and fostering sustainable growth within the Palestinian tech and digital economy.

United States, Palestine

Technovation is a technology entrepreneurship program and competition for young girls aged between 10-18, in which they have to identify a problem, create an app to solve it, code it, and pitch their plan to experts all in 3 months. In Technovation Palestine I;• Work with the ministry of education to get as many schools as possible join the project every year.• Recruit the student participants, Mentors and Judges for the regional events.• Organize training for the mentors (technical trainings and business plan writing).• Put an action plan for the whole year.• Follow up on the main milestones.• Make sure the full deliverables are being submitted for the global event on time.

San Francisco Bay Area

TechWomen is a professional mentorship and exchange program, which was first announced by Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on April 28, 2010 during President Obama’s Entrepreneurship Summit. TechWomen brings emerging women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from from Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East together with their professional counterparts in the United States for a five-week program, in which participants engage in project-based mentorships at leading companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley, participate in professional development workshops and networking events, and travel to Washington, D.C. for targeted meetings and special events to conclude the program.

Belgium

Palestinian Territory

Being the Head of innovation and investment at Fikra, I have;• Managed partnerships/relationships with all Palestinian ecosystem players and other regional and international players and main VCs. conducted some joint events, mentoring sessions and challenges.• Managed Fikra Seed Fund acceleration program, all the way from design, implementation, due diligence to the post investment activities. first cohort was successfully closed with investing in Nabeeh, CrowdPoll, JeelCode, Agriotec, DeelZat and Jaru• Conducted the due diligence, closing deals and post investment portfolio management for some startups that were in later stages like Kitab Sawti (already made an exit), WeDeliver and Receet.• Managed the Deal-sourcing activity.• Initiated entrepreneurship events, aligned support services by Paltel Group with startups, given visibility to startups, managed and provided Co-Working Space to Entrepreneurs, freelancers and startups.• Conducted mentoring sessions, initiated smart sourcing from freelancers and startups.• Designed and conducted a Corporate “Fikra” Challenge for Paltel Group internal staff to promote innovation and introduce them to the Startup way of thinking.

Palestinian Territory

• Led many multi-million dollar projects like Jawwal first 3G project and billing system transformation projects.• Created and delivered high-impact presentations; overseeing proposal development and negotiations to realize outstanding business growth. • was part of the discussion on the rapid evolution of business needs and requirements and how to meet them using the existing Billing System features.• Great knowledge in the telecommunication protocols and system's communication and integration (Ericsson experience).

Palestinian Territory

• Managed all Transmission connectivity between the geographical sites of Jawwal• Faults tracking and fixing.• Hardware and software installation.

San Francisco Bay Area

An-Najah National University

I was delivering Circuits, Electronics and Microprocessor labs.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Course, How To Design And Launch A New Venture

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 88%