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TechRevolt contributors

Ahmed Rashad

Sr. AI Specialist, MEA at Nutanix

Ahmed Rashad is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Alison Porter

Portfolio Manager, Global Technology Leaders Team, Janus Henderson Investors

Alison Porter is a Portfolio Manager on the Global Technology Leaders Team at Janus Henderson Investors, a position she has held since joining Henderson in 2014.Prior to Henderson, she was at Ignis Asset Management (formerly Resolution and Britannic Asset Management) as an investment analyst, portfolio manager, and head of US equities. She has 31 years of financial industry experience.

Anatoliy Kochetov

COO at Sigma Software Group

Andre Elizondo

Head of Innovation and AI

Andre is a recovering SRE who runs Innovation & Strategy at Mezmo, the creator of AURA. He's spent time running and developing production infrastructure at companies like Big Fish Games and Adobe, as well as product, engineering, and solutions roles at companies like Datadog, Chef, and Wiz. Outside of work, Andre can be found hanging out with his dogs (2 border collies) or enjoying a well-pulled shot of espresso.

Anja Nitzsche

Chief of Partnerships and Funding Management, Digital Cooperation Organization

Bakhtawar Majid

Digital Media Reporter

Editorial & Features Executive

Beenish Qureshi

Lead Editor

Lead Editor, contributes reporting and analysis to Tech Revolt.

Christiana Maxion

Founder and CEO of MAXION

Christiana Maxion is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Dr Rula Sharqi

Associate Professor at the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University Dubai

Dr Rula Sharqi is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Dr. Balamurugan Balusamy

Chairperson and Professor at Manipal Academy of Higher Education Dubai

Dr. Balamurugan Balusamy is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Dr. Hajar El Haddaoui

Director-General of the Digital Cooperation Organization

Dr. Hajar El Haddaoui is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Esraa Khatab

Assistant Professor at School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University Dubai

Esraa Khatab is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Essa Ibrahim

Co-founder and President, PRYPCO

Essa Ibrahim is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Fazeela Gopalani

Partner, EY and Leader of EY Academy MENA

Fazeela Gopalani is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Francesco Colavita

Global Vice President, JAGGAER

Francesco Colavita is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Hans Roth

Senior VP and GM, EMEA, Red Hat

Hans Roth is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Ismail Ibrahim

General Manager of CEMEA at SUSE

Kasun Illankoon

Editor in Chief at Tech Revolt

Kasun Illankoon

Editor in Chief at Tech Revolt

Kasun Illankoon is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Kayvan Karim

Assistant Professor, Heriot-Watt University Dubai

Kayvan Karim is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Martin Holste

Chief Product Architect at Trellix

Martin Holste is Chief Product Architect at Trellix, where he focuses on the application of AI, cloud technologies and automation to cybersecurity operations. He previously served as Trellix’s CTO for Cloud and AI and has been closely involved in the company’s work around generative AI and AI-powered security operations. His work explores how organizations can deploy AI in security at scale while balancing cost, trust, governance and operational resilience.

Meera Ramanathan

Director, Global Sustainability at Fortinet

Meera Ramanathan is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Melonia Da Gama

Director of Training and Learning Programs at Fortinet

Melonia Da Gama is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Michael Cade

Global Field CTO, Veeam Software

Michael Cade is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Mostafa Kabel

CTO at Mindware

Mostafa Kabel is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Naji Salameh

CEO, IT Max Global

Naji Salameh is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Nicki Bedford

Founder of the Female Founders Network

Nicki Bedford is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Raif Abou Diab

General Manager – South Gulf & Sub-Saharan Africa at Nutanix

Raif Abou Diab is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Rajesh Gupta

Co-Founder & CEO, Metaculars

Rajesh Gupta is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Saif M. Mashat

Vice President, MEA ServiceNow

Saif M. Mashat is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Sami Alfaraj

MEA Head of Technology, Submer

Samir Akel

Regional VP, Emerging Markets, Nintex

Samir Akel is a contributor at Tech Revolt.

Sasha Rubel

Head of AI and Generative AI Policy, EMEA, AWS

Sayed Adnan

Chief Business Officer (Global Business), Graystone Capital

Chief Business Officer (Global Business) at Graystone Capital

Shoaib Saeed

Newsroom Associate

Sid Bhatia

Area VP & General Manager – Middle East, Turkey & Africa, Dataiku

Sid Bhatia works with enterprises scaling data, analytics and AI across the region. He has more than a decade of experience in information management and analytics, including previous roles with IBM, Cloudera and Sybase, and focuses on helping organizations move AI from experimentation toward measurable enterprise impact.

Soliman Ayman

Agentic AI & Enterprise Transformation Leader, MEA, DXC Technology

Ayman Soliman is an AI and enterprise transformation leader with more than 20 years of experience helping organisations across the Middle East modernise customer engagement through AI, automation and digital transformation. He currently serves as Agentic AI & Enterprise Transformation Leader for the Middle East and Africa at DXC Technology, where his work focuses on translating emerging AI capabilities into practical, enterprise-scale transformation