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| Ramzi
AbdelJaber |
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Co-founder of MENAFN
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Worked at McKinsey & Co. (Silicon Valley) and Andersen
Consulting (Middle East)
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Co-founded
and led business and product development at a leading
e-business start up in the Middle East
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Served
leading financial institutions including Goldman Sachs,
Merrill Lynch, American Express, Franklin Templeton,
Wachovia, Pamukbank, and several ME-based institutions
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Served
several high-tech clients, including Ariba and Novell
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Advises
Global financial institutions on investment in ME and
serves on Jordan’s e-government task force
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an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, B.Sc.
(with highest distinction) from the Kelley School of
Business, Indiana University
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| Sawsan
Dababneh |
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Co-founder
and CEO of MENAFN
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Co-founder
and Chairwoman of a leading e-business development
start up in Middle East [Integrated Business Solutions]
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Responsible
for a portfolio of banking applications at the Arab Bank
Group (4th largest bank in Middle East) for 8 years
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Led
Andersen Consulting's effort to develop a multilingual,
multi-branch, online banking system for Middle East
customers
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Served
Arab Bank Group, Housing Bank, Union Bank of Jordan,
Jordan National Bank and HSBC (Jordan)
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Serves
as the Chairwoman of a leading technology start up in
Jordan
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B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of New
Mexico
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| Omar Khudari |
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Co-founder of Ibtikar Venture Partners, LLC
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Private
equity investor making seed-stage and early stage
investments in IT companies
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Serves
on the boards of Tune Inc., The Telluride Group,
Highpoint Systems, DYS Analytics, and MENAFN
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Omar
was Chairman of Viaweb, Inc., from December 1996, until
Viaweb was acquired by Yahoo! In June 1998
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Prior
to Viaweb, Omar was co-founder and President of Papyrus
Design Group, a computer game publisher. He ran Papyrus
from its inception in 1987, until it was acquired by
Sierra On-Line in 1995
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has a B.S. in Philosophy from Harvard University
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| Hafsa Al Ulama |
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Partner at Dubai Ideas Oasis
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A 10-year banking veteran at Citibank and First Gulf Bank. First UAE woman to head Citibank's retail branches in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain.
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Launched Citibank's call center in the UAE and introduced the Automated Voice Response banking system and 24-hour operation to the banking industry in the UAE.
Holds a Masters in Management Information Systems from the London School of Economics and a B.Sc. from San Diego State University
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| Douglas
Woodham |
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Former Managing
Director at efinanceworks
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Sits
on boards of CashEdge, CoverageCorp.com, and MENAFN
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Doug
was a Founding Partner and East Coast Manager of
McKinsey’s Business Technology Office. Under his
leadership, the office grew to 350 professionals and
became the 6th
largest office in McKinsey
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Prior
to McKinsey, Doug was the Chief Information Officer and
Vice President at Enron Capital (www.enron.com)
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received his Doctorate and Masters in Economics from the
University of Michigan and his B.A. in Social Science
Research from Syracuse University
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