August 2023 – Present

Stenn is one of the leading FinTechs in Europe and a category leader in the verticals and markets it operates in. Founded in 2015, Stenn’s purpose is to connect international SMEs to the global financial system, helping to bridge a reported $3.6 trillion (USD) financing gap through a fast, simple online platform. As a Head of Cybersecurity, I drive the implementation of a robust security strategy across our organization. I provide strategic guidance to Executive and Senior Leadership, seamlessly integrating security best practices into our strategic and operational processes. I establish and maintain a dynamic Risk Management framework while aligning our Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) practices with recognized NIST and ISO 27001 standards. I ensure the security of our software development life cycle (SDLC) by meticulously reviewing system architecture and code. Additionally, I champion a culture of security awareness through a structured program, empowering our teams to make informed decisions and strengthen our collective commitment to safeguarding our systems and data. I collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to enhance our security readiness, maintaining measurable security plans, budgets, and targets. In addition to leading our cybersecurity efforts, I also spearhead our IT support team, ensuring the seamless operation of our organization’s technological infrastructure. This includes overseeing a dedicated team focused on providing timely and effective support to all departments. My role involves optimizing IT processes, implementing innovative solutions, and guaranteeing that our systems and technologies align with our overall business objectives. This dual responsibility allows me to foster a holistic approach to technology management, ensuring both security and operational excellence across the board.

July 2023 – Present

As a Part-Time Lead Instructor for the Cybersecurity Course, I guide the course, teach the content, engage with students, and encourage active learning through hands-on projects that bridge theory with real-world applications. My role includes assessing and providing constructive feedback on students’ final projects and fostering their professional growth. I stay updated with industry trends to help ensure the information delivered is relevant and aligned with the dynamic cybersecurity landscape. My passion for cybersecurity and teaching drives me to nurture the next generation of professionals, equipping them to tackle challenges and contribute to a safer digital world.

June 2021 – August 2023

As an Application Security Manager at Meta, I support a diverse team of super talented security engineers working on securing Meta’s family of products (Facebook app, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and many more). We focus mainly on performing security review on the new and existing code base starting from security design review, thread modeling, and security code review. We continuously on a mission to automate finding new vulnerabilities using our static analysis and dynamic analysis tools across the different stacks (web, Native, Android, and iOS). We also collaborate with security researchers through our white hat bug bounty program to ensure having continuous security testing in place. As a manager, I also support the team’s career growth and ensure having a healthy team culture that motivates and enable innovation.

July 2020 – June 2021

As a CTO at tribetactics, I am responsible for leading the development it’s technical product, chopcast, that enables content creators and businesses to repurpose their content and redistribute it across all the social media channels with minimal effort. Chopcast is an intelligent cloud-based content repurposing tool that utilizes the power of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing to provide a seamless user experience for our users.

June 2020 – June 2021

Pet With It is the biggest pet directory in the UAE where you can find and compare everything you need for your pets and explore all vets, pet stores, trainers, daycare, shelters, pet-friendly places, grooming services, relocation, and many more. As the CTO and Co-Founder at Pet With It, I wear multiple hats to drive our mission forward. I lead our technical strategy, overseeing the development of innovative solutions that enhance the pet care experience. From designing intuitive user interfaces to implementing robust backend systems, I ensure our technology aligns seamlessly with our vision. Additionally, I collaborate closely with our talented team to shape our product roadmap, utilizing cutting-edge tech to create meaningful connections between pets and their owners. Together, we’re revolutionizing the way we care for our furry companions.

July 2018 – September 2020

As an engineering manager at Dubizzle, I am responsible for leading a multicultural hybrid team of software engineers throughout the research, development, and quality assurance processes. I seek to build a productive, fun, educational, challenging environment for my team.

December 2017 – Present

BrandRipplr is an e-commerce platform that connect the best influencers in the middle east with brands from different kind of industries. The platform simplify and facilitate the process of the social campaigns starting from booking influencers, reviewing the content, monitor the campaign performance to the payment.

October 2015 – June 2018

As the CTO and Co-founder at insydo, I am responsible for creating the strategy and best practices for the company’s technical operations, including assessing and recommending technologies that support company needs. I also manage a team of six multicultural software engineers throughout the research, development, and quality assurance processes. I seek to build a productive, fun, educational, challenging environment for my team while protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the company’s data and servers. In addition, my team and I build and maintain the native Android application for insydo. I also communicate the company’s technology strategy to investors, management, staff, partners, and stakeholders.

December 2014 – September 2015

As an android mobile engineer at insydo, I set the application design architecture and wrote all of the related technical documents as well as built and maintained the presentation, business, and data layers. In addition, I performed different kinds of testing and reverse engineering protections.

July 2013 – December 2014

At inmobly, I moved in to the native mobile application domain, where I designed, developed, tested, deployed, maintained, and improved Android applications as well as wrote all of the related technical documents.

September 2012 – May 2013

In my first role as a software engineer, I designed, developed, tested, deployed, maintained, and improved desktop applications. I also designed, implemented, optimized, and tested the database as well as wrote all of the related technical documents.