Our upcoming fireside chat is hosting Sohaib Thiab 🥳

Sohaib is part of the Senior Leadership Team at Eneco, one of the largest green energy providers in the Netherlands and Belgium, serving as Director of Product. In this role, he oversees the product management and design functions with a team of 42 people. Prior to Eneco, Sohaib was the Chief Product Officer at Foodics, a Series C company that raised $170 million in its last round led by Prosus/Naspers and Sequoia. At Foodics, he built the product management, design, and marketing functions in a hybrid team setup with teams in Amsterdam, Amman, Riyadh, and Cairo.

With nearly five years at Booking.com, Sohaib tackled complex traveler and hotel partner pain points, such as blocked availability, payments, invalid credit cards, and cancellations, developing solutions that significantly boosted the company's top and bottom-line revenue. As Chief Product Officer at 7awi, he was instrumental in building some of the top media destinations in the Middle East, collectively reaching over 20 million unique users per month.

In addition to these roles, Sohaib is a product advisor to Tamatem Games, the Middle East's leading mobile game publisher, and several other tech startups. He co-founded Wizards Productions, one of Jordan's first gaming studios, raising multiple rounds of funding from regional investors and VCs. He also co-founded the first Arabic social network, Faye3.com, which was later acquired by Maktoob (itself acquired by Yahoo). The network won the Queen Rania award for entrepreneurship in 2007 and became the largest product in Maktoob after the merger.

Early in his career, Sohaib founded a gaming portal in 2005, which was acquired by d1g.com in 2006. Recognized as an Endeavour Entrepreneur in 2011, he has a proven track record as a co-founder, business builder, and media spokesperson.

The fireside chat will be moderated by Tambi Jalouqa.

Tambi's passion for crafting global products from the MENA region led to the inception of Propeller, a SaaS-focused VC based in Jordan. Having invested in 34 companies through Propeller and co-founded four companies, including the successful exit POSRocket, Tambi demonstrates a profound commitment to fostering entrepreneurial ventures.

Tambi is also the curator and co-founder of the Xpand conference - Jordan’s leading tech conference. He actively contributes to MENA's tech ecosystem. Tambi holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Petra University and studied Math at Hacettepe University.

Join us on Monday, August 20, @ Zain Innovation Campus; the event will start at 7:00 p.m. You are welcome to join us starting at 6:30. Here are the directions.

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