Michael brings over 20 years of experience in the field, having previously held the position of Head of Data and Analytics at Nakheel and Majid Al Futtaim, as well as similar roles at companies like Gildan, CGI, and Oracle. With expertise in various industries including banking, telecommunications, real estate, and manufacturing, Michael specializes in data modeling, warehousing, integration, big data management, and visualization. He is recognized for his strong analytical, communication, and training abilities. Michael is dedicated to continuous improvement and aims to leverage his skills to benefit and enhance the environments he works in.
Future Outlook with
Ms. Sara Al Zarooni
Director of Data and Statistics Establishment Digital Dubai
&
Goran Cvetanovski
CEO and Chief Editor Hyperight AB
Future Outlook with
Ms. Sara Al Zarooni
Director of Data and Statistics Establishment Digital Dubai
&
Goran Cvetanovski
CEO and Chief Editor Hyperight AB
Meet the Keynote Speakers | Dubai
Driving Data Driven Culture: Humanizing the Data Skillset & Mindset
Gautam Verma
Head of Data Enablement Department of Government Enablement
Data Strategy – Foundation to Analytics and AI driven business value creation
Ram Kumar
Chief Data and Analytics Officer Cigna Healthcare
Driving Data Driven Culture: Humanizing the Data Skillset & Mindset
Gautam Verma
Head of Data Enablement Department of Government Enablement
Data Strategy – Foundation to Analytics and AI driven business value creation
Ram Kumar
Chief Data and Analytics Officer Cigna Healthcare
Meet the Keynote Speaker | Riyadh
Building Cloud-Agnostic Data Platforms to support Data-Driven Decision-Making
Ulysses Demos
Sr. Director Data Management and Protection Office Red Sea Global
Unleashing the Power of AI – The Imperative of Data Readiness
Patrick Taleng
Senior Director | Head of Data Governance & Management Deloitte
Building Cloud-Agnostic Data Platforms to support Data-Driven Decision-Making
Ulysses Demos
Sr. Director Data Management and Protection Office Red Sea Global
Unleashing the Power of AI – The Imperative of Data Readiness
Patrick Taleng
Senior Director | Head of Data Governance & Management Deloitte
Meet the Speakers
Goran Cvetanovski
CEO & Chief Editor Hyperight
Ladle Patel
Senior Advisor – Advance Analytics
Arab National Bank
Majd Aldeen Masriah
Chief Technology Officer
Sanadak
Abdullah Albar
Chief Data Officer
Abdul Latif Jameel United Finance (ALJUF)
Nidal Qadous
Data Governance Program Lead
Saudi Aramco
Ángel Narciso
Executive Director | Chief Data Officer
Copernican | Qiwa
Mohamed Elmaki
Manager, Data Analytics & AI
KPMG Lower Gulf
Ahmad Sirka
Chief Data Officer
ADQCC
Ramachandra Rao Yermal
Advisor, Data Platforms
Department of Government Enablement
Ali Khalid
Manager, Enterprise Data & Analytics Emirates Airline
Alexis Jean Baptiste
Chief Data & Analytics Officer L’Oréal
Dr. Debashis Dutta
Senior Advisor Saudi Exim Bank
Ammar Rajab
Metadata and Cataloging Lead
NEOM
Nourah Ziyad AlGhamdi
Data & Analytics Team Leader
CST
Sathish Dhanasegar
Director Data & Analytics
Jumeirah Group
Khulood Alawadhi
Director Advanced Technology
Moro Hub
Mahmoud Hammoud
Chief Data Officer
Gopi Maren
AVP of Data Governance & Privacy RAKBANK
Azza Abdou
Enterprise Data Management Head Credit Agricole Egypt
Amr Abouhussein
Director & Head of Data Floward
Jihad Chreim
Executive Manager – Data Management Kuwait International Bank
David Crompton
Head of Data Architecture and Engineering, Corporate Data Office Aramco
Arockiaraj Arockiam
VP of Data, Analytics & AI | Data Protection Officer Thndr
Shahnawaz Ali
Program Manager – Data & Governance Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Mahmoud Yassin
Senior Data and AI Manager Booking.com
Khuram Pervez
Head of AI & Data Science Emirates Global Aluminium
Sadaf Rizvi
Group Head of Data Governance & Privacy Al Futtaim
Randa Aljably
Chief Data Officer Shaqra University
Dr. Mohammad Alomair
Chief Data Officer Saudi Irrigation Organization
Amr Metwally
Director of Clinical Simulation & Innovation Itqan Clinical Simulation & Innovation Center
Sebastian Lassas
Manager Business Development & Sales Nordics and Middle East Exasol AG
Mohamed El Jaafari
Senior Solution Engineer Exasol AG
Mudassir Javed
Enterprise Data Architect
Sayed Gaber Abdallah
Head of Database Engineering Department Banque Du Caire
Filip Petrovski
CEO & Co-Founder Data Masters
Ahmed Khaled Abdullah Amer
Lead Data Scientist BBI
Amin Chirazi
Managing Director Automators
Lewis Chou
Managing Director of EMEA FanRuan Software
Martin Mazur
Head of Government Corporate Reporting Department of Government Enablement
Faris Al Masri
Data Governance / Data Management and Data Platform Manager Federal Tax Authority
Samy Hegazy
Regional Sales Director- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait & Egypt Informatica
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