Mentors & Partners

Bulent Erbilgin, an accomplished Engineering Leader with 25+ years of experience in Security, Cloud, SaaS, IOT, and Network Intelligence. Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley and Partner at Concordia Ventures, focusing on customer-designed innovation. Expertise includes product strategy, SW development, system development, and IoT. Holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science and a Ph.D.
in Electrical Engineering
from Stanford University.

Omar Khasawneh, Saudi Arabia, MBA, CFA, serves as Incubation Lead in Saudi Arabia with 8 years as Investment Principal at KAUST. Background in Corporate Development and Finance. Expertise in Corporate Finance, Financial Modeling, and Business Strategy. MBA in Finance and Strategic Management, MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Shada Elborno, MD at Standard Chartered Bank, a collaborative leader with 27 years of diverse experience propelling business growth, fostering diversity, sustainability & inclusion,
honored leader, multilingual
with a global outlook.

Noura Al Naqbi, is an Emirati Engineer, graduated from Abu Dhabi School of Management. Noura is Environmental Specialist at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), specializes in Water & Air Treatment, Environmental Auditing, and Awareness.