AI & Digital Transformation Leader · Author · Keynote Speaker · Riyadh, KSA
Staying Human in an Age of Intelligent Machines.
I help organizations and nations harness AI without losing what makes them human.
The most dangerous AI isn't the one that fails.
It's the one we stopped questioning.
About
The Philosopher. The Guardian.
The Bridge-Builder.
I stand at a rare intersection: the technical precision of 20+ years building enterprise AI, and the philosophical conviction that technology must answer to human values — not the other way around.
I currently serve as Senior Program Manager at the Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia and Head of PMCoE at SOL Gulf — leading complex digital transformation programs directly within the Vision 2030 ecosystem.
My question, in every boardroom and keynote: Are we building AI that serves humanity — or slowly becoming servants of the machines we built?
Learn More →Career
20+ years. Two continents. One throughline.
From banking modernisation at NCB Jeddah to healthcare AI at IQVIA, from scaling an AI-powered HR-tech platform to leading national digital programs at the Saudi Ministry of Culture — every role has moved toward one question: how do we keep humans genuinely in control as systems grow more capable?
Ministry of Culture, KSA
Senior Program Manager
2023 – Present
SOL Gulf
Head PMCoE
2023 – Present
Rozgarkart
Technology Manager
2021 – 2023
IQVIA
Product Release Manager
2018 – 2021
ITC Infotech
IT Project Manager
2015 – 2018
National Commercial Bank
Project Manager
2008 – 2014
Speaking
Keynotes That Make Leaders Think Differently.
I don't come to your conference to tell your audience that AI is exciting. I come to ask the questions that don't fit in a product demo — and leave your audience with frameworks they'll still be using six months later.
Most recently, I delivered the keynote at ICQAMM 2026, the International Conference on Quantum, AI and Multidisciplinary Management in Nellore, India, and was honoured with an award by the organisers.
Human in the Loop
AI Governance as Competitive Advantage
Vision 2030 & Sovereign AI
The Ethics of Healthcare AI
Authored Book
Human in the Loop
Reclaiming Human Authority in an Age of Intelligent Systems
This is not a book about slowing down AI. It's a blueprint for the leaders, organizations, and nations who believe that technology should amplify human potential — not replace it.
🏆 Listed among the 25 Best Agentic AI Books by Thinkers360 Experts
"AI can process a million data points. But only a human can decide what they mean."
Writing & Research
A newsletter. Peer-reviewed papers. Essays.
The Human in the Loop newsletter reaches 2,128 subscribers monthly. Alongside it: five research papers — including two currently under peer review at npj Digital Medicine (Nature Portfolio) and AI & Society (Springer) — plus LinkedIn articles and long-form essays.
"AI should scale human judgment, not substitute it."
— Syed Tufail Ahmed