Ahmad AlYamani

Dr. Ahmad Al-Yamani is the CEO of Takamol Holding, the Chairman of Tamkeen Technologies and Takamol Business Solutions, Vice Chairman of Sawaeed, and a board member of Mudad, Future Work, and the Alleanza Group. Dr. Ahmad was the COO at the Saudi Company for Development and Technical Investment (TAQNIA), the Vice Secretary General for Sustainable Development and Authority at the Saudi Economic Cities Authority and he served as the CTO of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA). In academia, Dr. Ahmad was an Assistant Director at the Stanford Center for Trusted Computing, a consulting assistant professor at Stanford University, and an adjunct faculty member at Santa Clara University. He also held a faculty position at King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). At the advanced development labs of LSI, he led an IC test cost saving operation based on technologies that he patented achieving millions of dollars of annual savings. Dr. Ahmad has over 40 publications and 4 patents that he co-authored with 25 different people from 17 different countries and 5 different continents. Dr. Al-Yamani holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, a Master's degree in Management Science and Engineering, both earned at Stanford University, and Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.