Speakers

Tarik Al-Turki is the Director of Solutions Engineering at Cisco Saudi Arabia, where he leads technical strategy, innovation, and customer engagement across the Kingdom. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Central Florida. With deep expertise in digital transformation, networking, and technology management, Tarik empowers organizations to leverage Cisco solutions for business growth and operational excellence. He is recognized for building high-performing teams, driving complex projects, and fostering partnerships that advance Saudi Arabia’s digital infrastructure and Vision 2030 objectives.

Yaman Hakmi is a strategic technology leader driving innovation and transformation across the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa. As Director of Solutions Engineering at Splunk, he leads regional efforts to empower organizations in advancing their digital resilience through observability, cybersecurity, and cloud-driven strategies.

His leadership focuses on shaping digital strategies, fostering design thinking, and delivering measurable outcomes that enable customers to thrive in this AI-driven era.

Yaman is also a co-founder of a digital trust non-profit organization that advocates for advancing cybersecurity and digital literacy across the Middle East.

Loay Jaber serves as Appian’s director of Middle East partners. He has over 25 years of experience in sales, strategic alliances, and business development across the Middle East and Africa, with a proven track record of leading technology companies such as Nintex, Oracle, SAP, and Gartner. He has led account management and business development initiatives, built high-impact partner ecosystems, driven regional go-to-market strategies, and executed large-scale digital transformation projects across both public and private sectors. Passionate about process automation, AI, data management and data warehousing, analytics, and cloud solutions, he helps organizations grow their businesses while maintaining long-lasting client relationships.

Muhammad is an AI Research Scientist at Mozn, focused on developing ethical, socially aligned and human compatible AI technologies and solutions. Before joining Mozn, Muhammad led Google Deepmind’s research in applying AI to renewable energy and climate change. Safe and aligned application of AI is a thread that strides through Muhammad’d entire career. From space sciences to healthcare to macroeconomics, his main focus throughout 25 years of applying AI has always been the safe alignment of AI with social good and wellbeing. At Mozn, Muhammad develops mission-critical AI assistants. GenAI trustworthiness pales in comparison to its scalability and predictive power. At the other end of the spectrum of AI is Symbolic AI, whose scalability pales in comparison to its high levels of trustworthiness.

Ahmed Tarek is a data and analytics leader with strong experience helping organizations get real value from their data. He currently leads the Sales Engineering function at Incorta across the Middle East, working closely with major enterprises in sectors such as government, telecom, finance, and insurance.

Ahmed focuses on modern data architecture, operational analytics, and practical applications of AI. He has played a key role in supporting organizations in Saudi Arabia with their digital transformation and compliance with national data regulations, while accelerating time-to-insight for business teams.

With a background that combines business understanding and technical expertise, Ahmed is passionate about simplifying complex data challenges and turning them into clear business outcomes. He works directly with executives and data leaders to design strategies that improve visibility, performance, and decision-making.

Faisal Khan is a Senior Technology Executive and Harvard Certified IT Leader with over 15 years of experience in digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning. As a forward-thinking leader, Faisal has consistently demonstrated his ability to spearhead strategic initiatives that enable organizations to evolve with cutting-edge technologies and technical solutions.

Throughout his career, Faisal has proven his expertise in conceptualizing business visions and translating them into actionable goals. He has established practices that deliver innovative solutions to complex business problems. Faisal completed the Digital Transformation program from IMD Business School, further enhancing his leadership and strategic capabilities.

Faisal has led the development of AI-driven hyper-personalization strategies for customer engagement and spearheaded AI initiatives in digital advertising, resulting in a remarkable 300% efficiency boost. His contributions have been instrumental in integrating AI and digital transformation within the sports, finance, and retail industries. Faisal’s initiatives have played a crucial role in driving technological advancements and maintaining a competitive edge in these sectors.

Faisal’s exceptional leadership and contributions have been recognized with multiple awards, including the Global 200 CIO Award, the IDC CIO Excellence Award, and numerous others, such as the KSA Cybersecurity and AI Champion of the Year, the ICT Leadership Award, the Catalyst CIO Award, and the Top 25 Exceptional Leaders in AI.

As the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with more than 17 years of experience in the government and private sectors, specializing in AI, digital transformation, and enterprise system delivery. My background spans Oracle and SAP environments, service delivery management, and full lifecycle project leadership. I lead multidisciplinary teams, resolve reliability issues, insuring seamless, high-quality services. I work closely with stakeholders to enhance system performance, improve processes, and elevate the overall user experience while driving innovation and supporting organizational goals.