Admission: 2007 Spring ITTP Master Program, 2008 Fall ITTP Ph.D Program

Affiliation: Cyber diplomacy and international Cyber policy

Position: Senior Advisor

“ITTP was also an experience of sharing and caring. The KAIST ONE (Overseas Network Experience) program created by the ITTP community was an excellent venue for sharing cultures, values and hand’s on understanding of each country particularities.”

The ITTP experience was an extraordinary knowledge journey in one of the most advanced academic institution in the world with an access to a diversity of though leaders from industry, government and research institutions. But not only that, the ITTP was also an experience of sharing and caring. The KAIST ONE (Overseas Network Experience) program created by the ITTP community was an excellent venue for sharing cultures, values and hand’s on understanding of each country particularities. The ITTP members celebrated together each of the religious and cultural holidays. The ITTP experience was also about caring; the management, staff and the students were always there – as One Family- to provide their support to any member in case of sickness or any other distress.

The ITTP experience expand your knowledge and give you access to prominent leaders, but also shape your personality to become a true global citizen

My professional experiences span areas such as engineering, public sector projects management and coordination, with responsibilities in advisory areas, consultancy, as well as International Cooperation development, and active participation in several ICT global projects in more than twenty countries. I acted as a Senior international consultant for several private companies and government agencies as well as international institutions and development banks such as Samsung, Zum Internet, Netmundial, African Development Bank and ITU and participated/facilitated several policy debates in, WTO, OECD, ICANN, Netmundial, Cyberspace Forum etc..

I served as a United Nation staff member at the specialized agency ITU, were I was a Counselor to international standards group (SG3) charged with handling and addressing international economic, policy and tariff issues at the global level. I was also in charge of the design and implementation of a global programme on capacity-building to assist developing countries and membership in navigating international decision-making in the area of standardization and international negotiation. I am now a senior advisor in cyber diplomacy and international Cyber policy in Saudi Arabia.