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Riyadh, Riyadh, Sa

At Quant, I spearhead the product strategy, vision formulation as well as orchestrating the delivery for our diverse yet consildated product portfolio. Our core capablitiy is harnessing data analytics and applied AI to drive innovation in the Real Estate and Retail sectors.A significant part of my role involves fueling revenue growth by identifying and developing new revenue streams within our existing product offerings. This includes creatively structuring business models and honing our products' value propositions to tap into additional market segments without losing our focuse.I'm proud to lead an incredible team of 50+ product managers, data magicians, engineers, designers, and researchers. Together, we are the driving force behind our remarkable products, Suhail and Fruit360. Our shared goal is to create solutions that offer long-term value and shake up the industry standards.

I co-founded Suhail and assumed the roles of Chief Product Officer to create a cutting-edge Real Estate Data Analytics platform, drawing on my 20 years of experience in the Tech industry and my decade-long focus on PropTech. I developed a user-centric product strategy to make data analytics and AI accessible and actionable for our clients by drawing on my extensive knowledge of real estate industry, applied AI, digital transformation, and platform development.To make our vision a reality, I assembled a talented group of engineers, designers, and cartographers, and I oversaw the platform's technical development to make sure it was both scalable and secure for its more than 210,000 active users.Together, we've created a platfrom that merges the needs of our customers with cutting-edge technology, and it's already revolutionizing the Saudi real estate market. I'm excited to keep pushing the boundaries of data, AI, and PropTech at Suhail.

Helsinki, Fi

Over 3 years, I have deeply participated in the evolution of EJAR.sa, KSA's premier and countrywide real-estate platform. This platform serves as a pivotal hub for registering rentals, facilitating online rent payments, and offering comprehensive support to landlords, tenants, and real estate brokers. I managed a diverse team of professionals I collaborated closely with the client's product and business teams. My contributions spanned from contributing to the strategic roadmap shaping to comprehensive project planning and ensuring operational excellence, positioning EJAR as a transformative force in the KSA real estate sector.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Working on nationwide digital transformation products changing the RealEstate sector in KSA

Today each and every business or organization is challenged to do 'more', i.e. to build, sell, earn, grow, and... more with the advent of disruptive technologies such as Mobility, Analytics, Cloud, Collaboration, Artificial Intelligence, and other trending and state of the art technologies its more challenging and ever intriguing...I help your organization with discovering and creating creative and ingenious solutions connecting People, Process, Technology & Strategy –solving the core needs of Digital Excellence and Business Transformation

Founded an AI-powered PropTech platform "UnitBeat" to be the first of it's kind PropTech solution in the UAE and maybe the region. I developed this idea after landing in the UAE and finding there is a market gap where individual landlords who are managing a small-medium portfolio are left behind. UnitBeat was an intelligent Property Management platform with an aim to transform the Rental experience in UAE for Lessors, property Manager, and Tenants

Ramallah, Ps

PROJECT MANAGEMENT | SOFTWARE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT♦ Perform integral business development & IT project management role with full accountability for interfacing with clients, negotiating contracts and performing cross-functional team leadership♦ Oversee software development operations, perform business analysis, collect project requirements, and handle all aspects of project management♦ Leverage project management methodologies and resource management to ensure project results exceed expectations for scope, cost, schedule & quality objectives♦ Accountable for defining project innovation regarding enterprise-level software applications and business automation systems♦ Conceptualize strategic processes and streamline operations while overseeing technical project & program execution in alignment with company requirements♦ Execute new business development by managing stakeholder engagements, client acquisitions, contract negotiations, lead generation, and proposal developmentPROJECTS & ACHIEVEMENTS♦ Bank Automation Project: Conceptualized, developed and deployed 60+ business process SharePoint 2013 solutions along with a talented team to improve business efficiency and maximize resources♦ Mobilized team of 9 consultants and engineers to deliver premium operations, services, and planning for organizational development regarding all 15 Chambers of Commerce in Palestine♦ Developed and deployed MIS that managed $3.5M+ in annual turnover including 13k+ orphans and 6k+ students♦ “National Items Bank for Ministry of Education & Higher Education”: Engineered & launched 1st of its kind and automated entire process of developing national level exams♦ Created PrunuEstate “Real Estate Management Solution” - Optimized operations to empower team of 3 site managers to manage 1800+ units across 6 cities♦ Improving MDLF data collection and verification by engineering smart SharePoint solution to collect data from 134 municipalities

Ramallah, Ps

Responsible of leading a team of 8 people to deliver an innovative PropTech solution from idea, till delivery. Managed product strategy, product roadmap, in addition to working with investors and clients.More about PrunuEstate:PrunuEstate is a cloud-based real-estate management solution that empowers property management companies/agents and landlords to be extremely efficient and increase their profits. PE allows landlords and property managers users to perform and automate all their tasks easily, collaboratively, and effectively on the same platform that is accessible from anywhere and from any device.

Santa Clara, California, Us

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT | PROGRAM MANAGEMENT | SYSTEMS INTEGRATIONS♦ Fostered a culture of agile engineering excellence and innovation with a focus on agile development, continuous integration, and delivery♦ Maintained full responsibility and accountability to drive business solutions through data model designing, data analysis and data visualization♦ Strategically design complex applications from inception and re-engineer existing technology to increase system efficiency & functionality ♦ Achieved overall project objectives by creating system efficiencies, reducing costs, minimizing risks, developing management & process improvements and transforming data into business intelligence♦ Remained instrumental in managing Tibco SpotFire customization extensions Development for optimal decision making; implemented SpotFire backend server setup, along with SpotFire Web Player♦ Successfully released mæstria® 8.2, 8.3 (Fault Detection and Classification SpotFire based product)

Marina Street, Pieta, Mt

♦ Performed an integral role as Technical Principal to direct Middle East operations for 2i Software Development based in Chicago, Illinois♦ Leveraged software project management skills to analyze requirements and design solutions ♦ Spearheaded hiring efforts and recruited software developers to accomplish complex software development project♦ Supported the CEO and sales teams by enhancing business development efforts to extend company operations

PROJECT MANAGEMENT | SYSTEMS INTEGRATIONS | AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT♦ Developed complex software solutions to modernize CEC operational software suite and support its efforts in the election process management♦ Re-aligned CEC operational software suite in alignment with election commissions requirements and which handled 1.6M+ voters♦ Administered software consulting and development services, and evaluated technical feasibility, cost, organizational priorities, and outcomes♦ Facilitated data modeling, design, and development of Delegates Management System, Voters Registration Management system, and Parties Management System♦ Optimized system features & functionality, and re-engineered MIS systems by moving to new ASP.NET 3.5, MS SQL 2008 technology

Ramallah, West Bank, Ps

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT | CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM LEADERSHIP BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT | BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ♦ Headed data modeling, business process analysis, business process mapping and designing; delivered business intelligence and data insights by developing 180+ reports for the ministry research team♦ Produced TEMIS which integrates data from 47 Higher Education Institutes with the Ministry of Education & Higher Education♦ Administered leadership to 9 software developers and leveraged proficiency in designing ASP.NET, MS SQL and SSRS solutions for high-value government project

Ramallah, West Bank, Ps

♦ Leveraged software development and project management acumen to define project scope, service delivery, service management while delivering customer service excellence ♦ Initiated development of an ITIL based Service Desk Management software while performing front-end and back-end development

♦ Project managed implementation of internal & external networks, and ensured proper system functionality while managing all aspects of network security and technical specifications♦ Achieved reduced downtime through systems performance analysis and improvements; ♦ Administered education for users regarding best practices in systems usage and problem resolution♦ Maintained and configured large-scale Wi-Fi network, along with management of PC fabrication and maintenance