IDC, Couchbase & AWS Roundtable
Accelerating Vision 2030 with Data and AI
Hosted By
The Couchbase – AWS CxO Roundtable
Agenda
IDC, Couchbase & AWS Roundtable
One Day Event
Registration & Networking
Welcome Address
Stuart Bulley
Area Vice President for Central Europe, Middle East, Turkey & Africa, Couchbase
IDC Keynote
Melih Murat
Associate Research Director, IT Services & Software (META), IDC
Powering AI-Driven Transformation in Saudi Arabia with Modern Data Platforms
Mahmoud Younes
Senior Solutions Engineer, Couchbase
Panel Discussion
Melih Murat
Associate Research Director, IT Services & Software (META), IDC
Stuart Bulley
Area Vice President for Central Europe, Middle East, Turkey & Africa, Couchbase
Mahmoud Younes
Senior Solutions Engineer, Couchbase
Closing Note
Dinner & Networking
Speakers
Melih Murat
In his role as associate research director for IT services and software across the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META), Melih drives IDC’s regional research and consulting engagements in the areas of IT services, Cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), and intelligent automation.
He first joined IDC in 2012 as a senior research analyst located out of IDC’s Istanbul office, with various responsibilities for the firm’s IT services, cloud computing, software, and telecom domains — both in Turkey and across the wider META region. Between 2016 and 2021, Melih headed the international marketing and investor relations practice at P.I. Works, a global automation and AI software vendor that serves telecom operators.
Now back at IDC, Melih is leveraging his vast experience in the IT services, cloud, software, and telecommunications domains to advise clients on go-to-market strategies, technology marketing and promotion activities, and market trends analysis. He is also driving a wide variety of research and consulting projects across the META region.
Melih has also previously served as enterprise channel and marketing manager at Nortel Turkey and as business development and strategy manager at Netaş, one of the leading systems integrators in Turkey and a former Nortel subsidiary. He possesses a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and received his MBA from Esslingen University of Applied Sciences in Germany. He has worked as a business development specialist at HP and wrote his MBA thesis for the company, covering European retail channel trends and winning strategies for channel businesses.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 6:50 pm
Panel Discussion
One Day Event 6:10 pm
IDC Keynote
Stuart Bulley
Area Vice President for Central Europe, Middle East, Turkey & Africa
Couchbase
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Stuart Bulley
Stuart Bulley is Area Vice President for Central Europe, Middle East, Turkey & Africa at Couchbase, leading high-performing teams across some of the company’s fastest-growing markets. He began his career in the Royal Marines Commandos, an experience that shaped his leadership style and resilience. He later held senior roles at Oracle, running direct enterprise sales teams and leading cloud partner ecosystems across EMEA. Known for building strong customer relationships and scaling complex markets, he has consistently delivered standout growth and secured strategic, multi-million-dollar partnerships, helping organizations harness data, cloud and AI to accelerate digital transformation.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 6:50 pm
Panel Discussion
One Day Event 6:00 pm
Welcome Address
Mahmoud Younes
Mahmoud Younes is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Couchbase with over 15 years of experience in designing and architecting cloud-native and enterprise solutions across multiple industries. Prior to Couchbase, he held various technical sales roles at Oracle and Hewlett Packard, specializing in cloud transformation, solution architecture, and technical enablement.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 6:50 pm
Panel Discussion
One Day Event 6:30 pm
Powering AI-Driven Transformation in Saudi Arabia with Modern Data Platforms
Hosted By
Couchbase & AWS
Couchbase, the operational data platform for AI, empowers businesses to succeed by bringing data to life in new ways. Major market-leading companies rely on Couchbase for mission critical operational, analytical, mobile and AI workloads. Built to replace legacy infrastructure and fragmented data services, Couchbase empowers enterprises with a unified platform architected for performance, flexibility and global scale.
With Couchbase, organizations bring their data to life, launching game-changing customer experiences, exploring the limitless potential of AI, and seamlessly extending applications from the cloud to the edge and beyond. Couchbase’s AI-ready technology and enterprise partnership model eliminate complexity and reduce total cost of ownership, enabling teams to stay agile, innovative and secure.
Couchbase believes data should never slow you down, but act as the foundation for your next breakthrough. Discover why Couchbase is trusted to help the world’s biggest players scale, move fast and stay resilient, no matter what’s next on their roadmap.