Mr. Ahmed ElFarra has over twelve years of extensive expertise and successful management and coordination of Private Sector, Governmental, and International Development projects and organizations in the fields of Economic Development, International Agreements, e-Government, and Business Development Services.
Mr. Alaeddin is the chairman of PITA (The Palestinian Information Technology Association) which consists of more than 80 IT companies operating in West Bank and Gaza Strip. He has also served as a PITA board member for the past 4 years.
Anthony R. vonsee joined Cisco Systems, Inc., the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, 11 years ago. Since March 1st 2009, he has been apponited General Manager for Cisco Norh Africa & the Levant and recently became Managing became Managing Director for the region.
Dr. Bernard O‘ Sullivan is the new Team Leader of the Facility for New Market Development (FNMD) project funded by the UK government and World Bank to support Palestinian companies enter new markets.
Mr. Anabtawi is the CEO of REACH Company, The First Unified contact Center in Palestine employing around 400 well trained employees. Mr. Anabtawi brings 19 years of diversified experience, mainly in business development and strategic planning.
Gisel joined Google in late 2003 to help set up for it’s IPO, working in Finance, she help lead the compliance strategy establishing many of the international commercial deal policies and worked closely with the executive team in developing some of Google’s largest partnerships.
Husni Khuffash, Country Business Development Manager, Google United Arab Emirates Husni Khuffash is Google’s Country Business Development Manager. He is responsible for developing and executing on the overall market strategy within the country. As well, he is responsible for developing and exploring strategic and operational initiatives in the UAE.
Mr. Barham is an electrical engineer, IT specialist and entrepreneur. Mr. Barham brings 18 years experience in the IT sector and has expertise in business administration, strategic management, change & crisis management, ICT regulations and financial management.
Mr. Ihab Jabari is a professional manager with twelve years of experience who worked with different bilateral trade associations to promote trade with Palestine and currently is the ICT sector business development manager at CARANA Corporation .
CEO, Palestine IT Association of companies (PITA) and Palestine ICT Incubator (PICTI).
Maher Hamdan has over 20 years of professional experience, both in the United States and the Middle East. Nearly 13 years of those in the area of Business Planning and Business Development.
Finished high school in 1977, Gaza Strip, left to Manchester, England for his university education, and joined Manchester Institute of Science and Technology UMIST, in 1983 obtained BSc degree with honours in Engineering, the following year he obtained MSc in engineering also from UMIST. In 1985 he enrolled for a PhD at Imperial College Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London. In 1989 he completed a PhD and DIC in Engineering. He then worked for the following 5 years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University College London UCL and Imperial College.
Dr. Mohammad Mustafa is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Palestine Investment Fund. He is also the Economic Advisor to the President, the chairman of the Board of Wataniya Mobile, the founding CEO of Paltel, and former senior official of the World Bank for more than 18 years, He has a PhD in Management and Economics from The George Washington University.
Mr. Tahboub is the Founder, Partner and Managing Director of ASAL Technologies, a subsidiary of Massar International and a rising Palestinian ICT company specialized in software development and outsourcing. He also founded and served as Acting Managing Director of Zoom Media, a pioneering startup media company operating in Dubai, UAE
Mr. Mustafa Hasan, Chief Executive Officer of HULUL, a PalTel Group company, which provides integrated IT Business Solutions to the public and private sectors, in the local and regional markets. Before assuming his responsibilities at HULUL, Mr. Hasan served at PalTel Group as the Vice President/ Information Technology Affairs.
Naseem Tuffaha, As Regional Director of Microsoft’s Developer and Platform Group for Middle East & Africa, Naseem Tuffaha works to build a vibrant solutions ecosystem through technology evangelism, community engagement and audience marketing.
Mr. Al-Sahili is an experienced economic development professional with in-depth information communications technology (ICT) expertise. During the past fourteen years, Mr. Al-Sahili gained extensive knowledge in the private, governmental and educational sectors, and built strong networks with related stakeholders.
Dr. Sabri Saidam : Advisor to President Mahmoud Abbas. Former Minister of Telecom & IT. Led telecom market liberalization in Palestine in 2006 which led to the introduction of the second mobile phone operator and the ratification of the Palestine Telecom Regulatory Authority (PTRA) law.
Mr. Samir Hulileh has been PADICO’s Chief Executive Officer since June 2008, and was previously the Managing Director of The Portland Trust in Palestine. He served as the Cabinet Secretary of the Palestinian Government during 2005-2006, and stepped down after the January 2006 elections.
Sarah Beran is an economic officer at the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem covering ICT and trade issues.
Founder and General Director of ALTARIQ Systems & Projects, special software house and IT solutions.
Tareq Sameeh Maayah is the CEO of Exalt Technologies, a leading Palestinian software house. Prior to this position, Tareq was the COO for the Web 2.0 company, G.ho.st , and CEO for Siemens Information and Communication Technologies Ltd., a Siemens AG research and development center for data communication equipment.
Victor W. Hwang, Managing Director. Victor Hwang is the co-founder and Managing Director of T2 Venture Capital, a venture fund focused on breakthrough technology spinning out of government and academia.
Dr. Al-Salqan, President & CEO of Jaffa.Net, a leading software and communication solution expert in Palestine. He served on the board of PITA and was the first Chairman of The Palestine ICT Incubator (PICTI).
