Head of Customer Engineering for Middle East, Turkey and Africa
Google Cloud
United Arab Emirates
Googler, Tech Leader, Innovation Catalyst, Head of Cloud Customer Engineers for META region
Senior Vice President Digital Industries Strategy
Huawei Middle East
United Arab Emirates
Recognized industry thought leader promoting innovative use of technology to drive business outcomes
Chief Technology Officer
Du
United Arab Emirates
Responsible for driving the company’s transformative network strategy into the digital age, Saleem built one of the first IMS infrastructures in the region, and accelerated the roll out of du’s mobile and fixed network across the UAE
Innovation Strategist - World Bank
Adj. Professor Entrepreneurship & Design Thinking - The Johns Hopkins University
United States
Led a startup education program through an Upwork-WeWork partnership to help businesses hire and manage remote teams online; At the age of 21, launched Brazil's largest and top-rated language schools
Consulting Leader - Government & Public Sector
IBM
United Arab Emirates
Led complex projects for IBM across 23 Countries in Europe, Middle East & Africa.
Founder & CEO
Sprii
United Arab Emirates
From financier to founder who raised $8.1. million in Series A, reduced customer acquisition costs by 20 times, while increasing reach and click-through rate by 10 times each.
Attorney General
State of Utah
United States
Former Partner at Accelerate Ventures, GC for a tech company”, and founder of Regulator Tech Summit in San Jose. Current and past chair of several national committees on innovation and regulation.
Vice President/Internet of Things and Digital Payments
Etisalat Digital
United Arab Emirates
CTO, Advisor, Executive Board Member, Global Blockchain Association
EVP Global E-Commerce
Checkout.com
United States
Founded in 2012, Checkout.com bootstrapped until its record-breaking $230M Series A in May 2019 and catapulted to nearly $2B valuation and represented Europe’s largest Series A fundraise ever and the third largest Series A globally