Engineer by training.Leader by experience.Founder by choice.
I build technology, lead engineering teams, and help turn difficult financial problems into working products.
01About
Engineering, with a wider perspective.
My work began with software for government and semi-government organizations. It grew into engineering leadership across payments and financial products, and eventually cofounding Vrtx.
The responsibilities have changed. The questions that matter to me have stayed consistent: how systems behave under pressure, how teams make trade-offs, and how technology creates value beyond the code.
02Experience
A career built from the inside out.
May 2025 — Present
VrtxCTO and Cofounder
- Lead the team building SDKs and APIs for financial infrastructure.
- Set technical direction and guide development toward SAMA regulatory requirements and PCI standards.
May 2024 — May 2025
MIS PayDirector of Engineering
- Delivered mobile applications and web portals.
- Built and scaled the production platform supporting these products.
Jan 2023 — Mar 2024
TweeqDirector of Engineering
- Built KYB and card APIs as part of fintech-as-a-service (FaaS).
- Developed operational portals to support business workflows.
Aug 2020 — Jan 2023
FoodicsHead of Software Engineering (Pay)
- Led the team building Foodics Pay and its APIs.
- Delivered settlement and reconciliation capabilities.
- Built the operations portal for payment operations.
Mar 2015 — Jul 2020
Kay Technology
Delivered projects for government and semi-government agencies. Built a scalable software framework used across projects.
- Software Development ManagerMar 2017 — Jul 2020
- Managed delivery and provided technical guidance to the development team.
- Senior Software EngineerSep 2015 — Mar 2017
- Software DeveloperMar 2015 — Dec 2015
Education
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
M.Sc., Computer Science2010 — 2013
B.S., Software Engineering2005 — 2010