CSIS Tunisia – Agenda


Solution Architect

Mohamad is an experienced professional with over 15 years in the software industry, holding an M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the American University of Sharjah. As a Solution Architect at Maestro Blocks, he is passionate about Low Code, BPM, Cloud, IoT, and Open-Source technologies. In his previous role, Mohamad has led multiple CRM and BPM projects, utilizing agile methodologies and DevOps tools to deliver projects with optimum quality and speed. Mohamad is an experienced professional with over 15 years in the software industry, holding an M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the American University of Sharjah. As a Solution Architect at Maestro Blocks, he is passionate about Low Code, BPM, Cloud, IoT, and Open-Source technologies. In his previous role, Mohamad has led multiple CRM and BPM projects, utilizing agile methodologies and DevOps tools to deliver projects with optimum quality and speed.


Global Unit Head

Aladdin is a seasoned Sales and Business Development Professional with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, focusing on digital transformation and project management. He has an impressive track record of delivering optimal results and fostering strong business relationships with partners and clients.
Having worked with leading global technology companies before joining Maestro Blocks, Aladdin brings a wealth of knowledge on SaaS, IaaS, and digital solutions to the panel. His extensive experience in sales, marketing, and business development across various industries makes him the perfect candidate to lead the conversation and guide our panelists.

Maestro Blocks is a Low Code to No Code Platform with advanced Business Process Management capabilities that offers a range of features for building simple and complex applications for different devices and form factors, and catering for business process management needs that are suitable for organizations of any size looking to take their business to the next level. It allows professional developers and non-experienced individuals to create web and mobile applications without coding by using user-friendly graphical interfaces to drag and drop application components and connect them. For more complex applications, it offers extensibility with custom and reusable components that can be built using our SDK, this platform opens up the development process without limitations while maintaining governance across the software development life cycle, which allows apps modernization and digital transformation scenarios with newer technology to enable faster connectivity and replace outdated processes and legacy applications, Maestro Blocks also facilitates quicker development of mobile apps with native experience and better device hardware access and integration, it provides you the capability to publish your own android or iOS applications with your branding on different application stores through cross-platform deployment techniques.

Maestro Blocks also provides a low code function builder, a data model designer, a process designer, and ready-made application templates that can be customized through drag-and-drop experience within our developer studio to tailor software, applications, and process planning to fit the needs of businesses. Maestro Blocks offers application packaging tools to deploy your applications to different environments such as development, testing, and production , it supports on-cloud or on-premises hosting, and other features and services to accelerate the digital transformation journey, increase productivity and efficiency, and focus on requirements without dealing with technical problems or infrastructure issues.


Associate VP, Low Code Practice

Arnav is a Low Code and Hyperautomation evangelist who is leading the Low Code practice at Damco Solutions. He started his career at Microsoft, in the Power Platform team which seeded his enthusiasm for low code. Arnav’s vision is to make Damco the most trusted Low Code development partner of the word. He works closely with clients to onboard low code technologies that meet their requirements and provide maximum return on investments. Recently, Arnav has been working on enterprise implementations of Intelligent Document Processing and GPT4 integrations.


Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Mohammed Jarood has worked in the field of information technology for nearly two decades. Beginning in a technical position, he has gained a thorough understanding of the importance of utilizing appropriate technology platforms to address specific challenges. With a desire to create effective solutions, he became a co-founder of Novigo Solutions, where he has assisted numerous clients in leveraging cutting-edge technologies to achieve business success over the last 10 years.


Regional Territory Manager

Youhanna has over 17 years of experience in the software industry. Throughout his career, he focused on helping customers by providing efficient and effective solutions in different industries and markets to overcome their challenges, empowering teams in achieving their digital transformation aspirations. Since he joined Outsystems, his mission is to empower every organization to innovate through the power of software using Outsystems the high-performance low-code platform.

Damco Solutions has been providing cutting-edge IT solutions to businesses worldwide for over two decades. With a focus on low-code development, Damco’s services are geared towards accelerating application development and reducing costs and risks. Their team of experts is equipped with the knowledge and experience to provide customized software solutions that cater to the specific needs of businesses across industries. Damco’s low-code development services enable businesses to rapidly develop and deploy applications, without compromising on quality or scalability. Their solutions are designed to help businesses achieve their digital transformation goals, and stay ahead of the curve in an ever-changing digital landscape.

As a provider of end-to-end IT services, Novigo Solutions offers consulting in analytics and digitization using state-of-the-art lowcode and data engineering tools. Our enormous skill in resolving fundamental problems in process automation, legacy modernization, cloud migration, marketing collaboration, and in demystifying business challenges in productivity and efficiency. Our distinctive business structure enables us to provide exceptional quality and a wide range of capabilities along with the personalized attention your company requires and deserves, all with a single focus: your success!

OutSystems is a global leader in high-performance application development. We partner with visionaries to turn their big ideas into software that moves business, people and the world forward. The OutSystems high-performance low-code platform gives technology leaders and developers the tools they need to rapidly build, deploy and manage their own business-critical applications. The company’s network spans more than 600,000 community members, 400+ partners, and active customers in 87 countries across 22 industries. OutSystems is “The #1 Low-Code Platform®” and a recognized leader by analysts, IT executives, business leaders, and developers around the world.

Modern Apps Powered by Process

Bizagi’s industry-leading platform for low-code process automation connects people, applications, robots, and information. As the most business-friendly and flexible solution on the market, Bizagi’s cloud-native platform enables true collaboration between business and IT, delivering faster adoption and success. Fueled by a community of millions of users, Bizagi powers over 400 enterprises worldwide including Adidas, Unilever, DHL, and Bancolombia

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Sales Director; Turkey Eastern Europe & MEA

Bogac has 25+ years’ experience in process automation, case management, workflow management and CRM. During this time he has worked for leading edge, global software organisations, maintaining senior and executive positions in multi-regional roles. Bogac has supported many large-scale digital transformation programmes enabling customers to significantly reduce operational costs, increase efficiency and bridge the integration gaps whilst remaining agile in what is a forever changing world.


Group Chief Information Officer, ADIB

Mamoun Alhomssey is the Group Chief Information Officer at ADIB. He is an experienced Information Technology Specialist (CIO) with a demonstrated history of working in the banking industry. Skilled in Digital strategies, tools and processes, IT Strategy Management, and Project Portfolio Management. Strong information technology professional with a Bsc focused in Computer Science from Jordan university.


Group IT Director, Al Yousuf Group

Fayaz is currently the Group IT Director at Al Yousuf Group. He is a New Age, Tech Savvy, Recognized Technology Specialist & Leader with 25 years of experience in business transformations through technology.


Advisor of Digital Transformation and Strategy, Office of Senior Leadership, UAE Government Entity

Vineesha is a digital transformation advisor to senior leadership in government entity of UAE. She is also the advisor to the digital and cyber programs and holds the position of chief digital officer for government entity. She has also consulted over 40+ government and fortune 500 companies. She has defined digital strategies, set up transformation capabilities, improved government digital services, designed & implemented emerging tech use cases, led large digital initiatives, and supported organizations achieve leadership goals by improving the digital maturity of organizations.
She has received multiple accolades for her work from government entities of the UAE and global firms. Recent ones Include ‘Global Rising Star of Technology’ by UK’s top technology Jury, 2022 Middle East Women Leader of the year, Women in Tech 2022, UAE Digital Accelerator Award, Best Speaker Award etc. She has also received accolades due to her work from road and transport authority, Protiviti and other prominent firms.


Application Section Lead, Yas Marina Circuit

Bashar is the Application Section Lead at Yas Marina Circuit. He is a detail oriented and seasoned IT Professional having 19 years of rich and successful track record, spent most of my career in international environment with strong techno-managerial experience in the areas of IT Solution Delivery Management, Project Delivery Management, Digital transformation Business process re-engineering and integration. Extensive experience in core Enterprise business applications ERP, CRM, E-commerce, Ticketing, Event and venue management, Data mining and information retrieval. Lastly 12 years of Successful delivery for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Formula 1 race.


Group Chief Technology Officer, Careem

Stephen is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Careem. He is an experienced technologist with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Platform Architecture, Management, Cloud Security, Solution Architecture, and Agile Methodologies


Group Chief Technology and Information Officer, Cenomi

Experienced Technology and Transformation leader with a demonstrated history of working across multiple industry verticals like Retail, Ecommerce, Real Estate, Malls and Hospitality helping deliver large scale transformations programs spanning multiple geographies.
Skilled in Enterprise Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, Digital Strategy and Emerging tech


Digital Transformation Program Manager, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company – SEHA

Harvard Graduate, Charted Engineer (ECUK), Federation of Information Practitioner Senior Associate (FEDIP), Experienced Head of Information Management with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Software Implementation, ITIL, HL7 Standards, IT Strategy, and Healthcare Information Technology (HIT). Strong professional with a Master of Science (MSc) in Management focused in Business Administration and Management, General from Cass Business School

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Group Information Technology Director, United Eastern Medical Services

Mohamed is currently the Group IT Director at the United Eastern Medical Services. He is the Top-Performing IT Director with vast IT experience, over 20 years managing business applications, IT Services, Network, Datacenter, and IT security. Mohamed holds a proven record managing different industries IT systems such as Healthcare, Retail, Hospitality, Oil, and Gas, investment.


Senior Director -IT, Jumeirah Group

Vishal is currently the Senior Director – IT at the Jumeirah Group. He is a senior management professional with more than 24+ years of experience in managing multiple disciplines across Information Technology (IT), Destination Management (DMC) , Retail, Hospitality and Human Resources (HR) in a world class organizations. This includes 17+ years of experience in creating business & IT strategies, operational planning, building high performance teams and implementation of change across the organization. A seasoned operator, Vishal has overseen every facet of IT development from the procurement of software solutions to the design, setup of offshore development centers and mastermind of business systems and their simultaneous execution across multiple domains. In his current role, he is part of the team driving their Digital and Business transformation strategies, change and outcome with innovation and technology. He worked previously at Emirates Airlines for more than 2 decades and holds Masters in Business Administration from Bradford University, UK.


SVP – Information Technology, Emirates Hospital Group

Ramakrishnan is currently the VP -IT at Emirates Hospital Group. He is experienced in all stages of IT project’s lifecycle, right from Planning/Design to Project Management/Implementation to Post Implementation Support/Operations. He has successfully delivered numerous enterprise solutions which are scalable and cost effective. He has also provided consultancy, deployment and integration services on multi-vendor software and hardware platforms. He has always identified opportunities and worked with vendors through successful design and delivery.


Senior Specialist – Special Projects & Innovation, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)

Dr. Fouad Abou Chacra is holds a PhD in electrical engineering, has occupied contractor and consultant positions in several companies such AREVA T&D, Electricité de France. Currently working for Dubai Electricity and Water Authority as Senior Specialist Special Projects and Innovation, where he leads the innovation management system, the enterprise architecture program and the emerging technologies, in addition to advising on OT systems, cyber security and digital transformation.

He is a Certified PMP, ASQ Six Sigma Green Belt, EFQM Assessor, CISM and CISSP. Throughout his career, he created new business units, managed and successfully delivered infrastructure mega-projects focusing on substation automation systems, smart grids, cyber security, wide area monitoring systems, digital transformation in addition to designing and implementing frameworks for project, quality, excellence and innovation management.


Advisor, Abu Dhabi Digital Authority

Aleksandar is the Advisor for the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority. He is a technical professional with 20 years of experience and 15 years in management roles. Throughout his career he has been leading technical teams across enterprise software, digital transformation, marketing agencies and startups. This has given a unique mix of product to Aleksandar, technical and operational skills that help him drive digital products and IT programs to success. Lately he has been involved in large scale digital government transformation where he is running the core team and technical architecture.


Chief Information Officer, Canadian Specialty Hospital

Mr. Ghunaim is currently the Chief Information Officer at Canadian Specialty Hospital. With more than 15 years of experience in IT he was the IT Director of Canadian Specialist Hospital during 2011-2014. Mr. Ghunaim has built a e-healthcare system which should result in a completely paperless hospital in the last 2 years. He is also the member of the Executive Management Committee in Canadian Specialist Hospital. Drawing on his insight into technology management and ability to create highly effective IT frameworks, he has effectively leveraged IT as a key catalyst for Canadian Specialist Hospital exponential growth over the past decade. This has been achieved through optimizing operational proficiency via innovative use of technology.

Mr. Ghunaim is responsible for directing the information and data integrity of the enterprise and its groups and for all Information Technology functions of the enterprise. This includes all data centres, technical service centres, production scheduling functions, help desks, communication networks. contributed remarkably to keep Canadian Specialist Hospital abreast of IT developments and emerging technologies by way of implementing appropriate, innovative and cost effective solutions to achieve competitive excellence.


Group VP of Technology, Aramex

Moe Abeidat is the Group VP of Technology at Aramex. He is a visionary and strategic senior technology executive leader with expertise in transforming, building, and implementing advanced products, software systems, and solutions that deliver dramatic results in consumer and client satisfaction, company growth/profitability, and strategic alignment. Moe is a highly accomplished, innovative technology management senior executive with experience aligning global organizations with the key objective of achieving dramatic bottom-line results with a proven ability to lead IT transformations, achieving first-mover advantage for organizations in highly competitive markets.


Senior Consultant – Digital Transformation, Dubai Police

Ahmad Altarawneh is the Senior Consultant- Digital Transformation at Dubai Police. Ahmad started his career in Civil Engineering & Business Development in the USA and continued that journey in 12 countries across the MENA region. In his career Path, Ahmad has served several critical high-level positions topped with serving the Irish Government Trade Agency “Enterprise Ireland” based in Dubai as a Senior Market Adviser and achieving verifiable metrics of over 180 Million Euros worth of Contracts, assisting 68 Irish Companies to set Global Strategies and globalize across the Middle East and Africa. In this role, Ahmad has won several Team & Innovation Awards.


Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer, Adviser to the Private Office of Shaikh Omar Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Dr. Sanjay Nadkarni is the Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Arabian Falcon Holding and Adviser to the Private Office of Shaikh Omar Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. His domain interests are in the convergence space of digital innovation and sustainability in the services sector. Sanjay’s portfolio comprises academic and applied research, advisory and consultancy assignments for corporate, government and multilateral agencies. His pedagogic practice includes visiting professorships at premier academic institutions in Asia and Europe. He is also a verified Dubai Futures Research Contributor and a Non-resident Fellow of Trends Research & Advisory Think Tank. The recognition of his work is reflected in the awards and citations of merit he has received.

Sanjay’s focus is on developing and co-creating applied research and strategy frameworks that have tangible impact on industry and society. He is passionate about using innovation frameworks for leveraging Industry 4.0 and democratizing data science to benefit small & micro-businesses and enjoys mentoring in digital and social entrepreneurship.