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Saudi Arabia

Riyadh, Sa

Tampa, Florida, Us

Al Raed, Riyadh, Sa

The Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi Arabia is a do tank to advance the benefits of 4IR in Saudi Arabia through the development and implementation of practical and adaptive protocols for the governance of emerging technologies.C4IR KSA is one of many WEF Affiliate centers around the globe that form the C4IR Network, connecting centers across the globe to catalyze international collaborative efforts towards concrete multi stakeholder output for the development and testing of scalable technology governance frameworks.

Member of the Governing Board of the Global Research Council, Vice Chairman of the Board, and head of the MENA region.

Riyadh, Sa

Riyadh, Sa

Riyadh, Sa

Riyadh, Sa, Sa

Riyadh, Sa

Riyadh, An Nakhil, Riyadh, Sa

Riyadh, An Nakhil, Riyadh, Sa

In charge of strategic planning, policies & studies, advisory & special projects, EPMO, VRO, international & government partnerships, as well as organizational excellence. Successfully completed the Kingdom’s ICT sector strategy and updated the ICT ACT, and the Post ACT. Currently co-chairing the Digital Economy Task Force under the Saudi G20 Presidency.

Riyadh, An Nakhil, Riyadh, Sa

Acted as Chief of Staff and adviser to the minister in charge of building an executive advisory team as well as delivering on special projects related to requests from upper government on innovation and governance.

The National Competitiveness Center aims at improving and developing the competitive environment in the Kingdom, improving the Kingdom's ranking in international indicators and reports, and studying the obstacles facing the private sector, analyzing them and proposing solutions and initiatives to address these obstacles.

A Vision 2030 VRP that incentivizes more than 100 national companies that are promising regionally and internationally to strengthen and consolidate their status. This will reflect positively on KSA’s image and its economic strength. Likewise, the program will increase local production, increase the productivity and diversity of the economy, grow small and medium companies, and create new job opportunities.

Hamilton, Ontario, Ca

Five year appointment from the school of Biomedical Engineering. Co-supervising PhD students in the areas of biophotonics and laser physics.

The Saudi Business Center (SBC) is a Saudi government center created by the Council of Ministers in April 2019. It is linked organizationally to the Council of Economic Affairs and Development and is one of the initiatives aimed at improving the business environment in Saudi Arabia. It unifies business procedures and prevents investors from needing to work with several government agencies by obtaining a single licenses from one gateway, a one-stop-shop.

Appointed by the Council of Ministers for a four year post as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Award to honor inventors and talented individuals. www.kingprize.sa

Mississauga, Ontario, Ca

Serene Sensors Inc. is on a passionate campaign to bring greater clarity to your tap water. With technology five years in the making, the company was founded with the purpose of providing meaningful and accessible water knowledge for everyone. We hope you share in our vision in developing water knowledge to improve our lives.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1507799655/the-water-shield-a-revolutionary-tap-water-analyze?ref=504r9hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DoLKe6R0Ps

Hamilton, On, Ca

4SIGHTED is a Riyadh/Toronto based technology consulting, design, and technology services company. "Seeing the future by inventing it," is the 4SIGHTED company mantra, whereas the company name implies; we use our vision to help our clients create the future through innovative ideas enabling them to become high-performance businesses.Building on digitization in new and unanticipated ways, with disruptive and innovative technologies, such as advanced sensors and Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and robotics, virtual and augmented reality, nanotechnology and advanced materials, 3D printing, energy storage, and quantum computing. We are leading our partners through the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), with dynamic, open-source digital fluency. Reshaping businesses, creating new jobs, and advising on new educational systems.

- First adviser to H.E. Ahmed Al-Khateeb, Minister Adviser at the General Secretariat for the Council of Ministers, leading all HE's files, projects, and operations. Built and operated the Executive Office from scratch, going from 1 employee to over 40 in less than 3 months to manage the minister’s entire portfolio with a second location in Jeddah and setup the executive PMO and reporting dashboard. - Represented the minister in several meetings and committees and attended several meetings with HRH Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the Crown Prince, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.- Managed the establishment of the newly announced Dirreya Gate Development Authority.- Acted as CEO of the General Entertainment Authority.- Managed the new strategy of the Saudi Fund for Development. - Launched one of the Vision 2030 programs (Quality of Life) and created the VRO and hired the establishment team.- Supported the team that worked on creating the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) as well as the team that created the Saudi Arabian Military Industries Company (SAMI). - Managed several projects internally and in collaboration with the top management consulting firms covering a wide spectrum, including political, economic, development, entertainment, and real-estate.

Cesium Watches, "A symbol of Accuracy" for exclusive high-end Swiss-made mechanical watches that are designed and assembled in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by a Saudi designer. My watches are currently exclusive and are offered to a select group. Cesium has produced over 27 unique watches that have all been customized to the taste of the person wearing them with their name or initials displayed delicately on either side of the watch.

Riyadh, Sa

Worked in the field of photonics and electronics as part of the nanotechnology center.

Riyadh, Sa

In charge of one of the largest institutes at KACST, managing six national centers with +350 employees, including 55 PhD holders. Representing KACST in national/international committees, in addition to the Bureau of Experts, Shura Council, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mawhiba, as well as the Advisory Board for the Collage of Science & General Studies (COSGS) at Alfaisal University where I contributed to the establishment of the Master of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (MNT) program. Successfully negotiated, completed and executed projects with international collaborators from the US, UK, Switzerland, Canada, China, South Africa, and others from both private and public sectors. Created the institute PMO that currently manages more than 80 active projects.

Riyadh, Sa

Created and headed the joint solid-state lighting 5 year collaboration program that aims to rationalize energy consumption in the Kingdom by using state-of-the-art solid-state lighting technologies based on LED and laser lighting. The program is in collaboration with the 2014 Nobel Prize Award winner for physics, Prof. Shuji Nakamura.

Riyadh, Sa

In charge of shaping innovation and R&D commercialization, including managing industrial engagements, business development, IP generation, protection and management. Proposed a new organizational chart for innovation and industrialization (i2i) with a complete commercialization process. Representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the G20 as part of the Innovation Task Force (ITF). Appointed by the Council of Ministers for 4 years as Member of the Board of Trustees in the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Award to honor inventors and talented individuals and headed the committee in charge of increasing the quality of the award from all aspects with representation from various stakeholders. Successfully created the KACST/Sabic research partnership and launched the steering committee. Appointed as Steering Committee Member of the Saudi Arabia Advanced Research Alliance (SAARA) a partner-based collaboration between six organizations, Saudi Aramco, KACST, KAUST, KFUPM, Taqnia, and RTI International, as well as a Steering Committee Member of KACST/KAUST executive strategic committee.

Riyadh, Sa

Researcher of photonics and microelectronics.

Riyadh, Sa

The National Center for Nanotechnology Research. Doubled research and infrastructure funding (over 700 million SR), created, staffed, and trained the PMO of the center and organized and collected information for all previous and running projects. Created service broachers and cost estimation models for all center services to implement an employee bonus system in a governmental sector. Created and headed the joint solid-state lighting 5 year collaboration program that aims to rationalize energy consumption in the Kingdom by using state-of-the-art solid-state lighting technologies based on LED and laser lighting. Participated and headed more than 11 committees to increase operational efficiency at KACST such as evaluating employee performance and creating job descriptions and prioritization & optimization of investments for scientific equipment purchase.

Riyadh, Sa

http://www.nce-kacst-ibm.orgKACST-IBM Nanotechnology Center of Excellence, managed project operations in IBM Zurich, Yorktown and Almaden in the fields of renewable energy. Renegotiated the IP agreement transferring ownership of more than 20 patents to KACST. Cut operation cost and budgets by more than 40% and optimized working and collaboration model.

Riyadh, Sa

Lead researcher in the area of photonics and electro-optical systems for the military forces. Technical Program Chair for the 2nd Saudi Conference on Electronics, Communications, and Photonics (2013) with more than 110 speakers/presenters. Successfully negotiated, completed and executed projects with international collaborators from the US, Turkey, South Africa, Belarus, and Egypt.

Riyadh, Sa

Computer and Electronics Institute, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,- Designed a prototype device for detecting the red palm weevil- Completed a joint project between KACST and Al Imam Mohammed bin Soud University on a children's language database- Completed a joint project between KACST and IBM for Arabic speech recognition- Worked on Palm OS and windows CE application development, in addition to Java mobile phone applications, VHDL/Verilog programming for FPGA design, C++ programming, Java programming and database design using Microsoft Access and Visual Basic

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Postdoctoral Fellow, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, and the Department of Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, worked on developing low-cost, portable focused ultrasound surgery (FUS) systems for tumor treatments, reduced system cost by over 70%.

Hamilton, Ontario, Ca

Teacher assistant and graduate research assistant

Dhahran, Eastern Province, Sa

Chicago, Us

Two months training as a field engineer on medical systems,mostly Computerized Topography (CT-Scan) - Assisted in assembling three CT units in different locations- Gained fair knowledge of medical systems, which were mostly UNIX based - Work locations covered the whole central region

Riyadh, Sa

Two months training in electronics laboratory - Gained fair knowledge of Microchip microcontroller units- Completed a research and presentation on Simplifying Electronic Circuits Design Using Microcontroller Units

Phd, Electrical And Computer Engineering

M.Eng., Engineering Entrepreneurship And Innovation

M.A.Sc., Electrical And Computer Engineering

B.Sc., Electrical Engineering