Bayan Alarifi
General Manager Of Visual Analytics at SDAIA | سدايا
Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
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Top SchoolBayan Alarifi is a software engineer and product-driven leader with eight years of professional experience and over a decade of involvement across academia, startups, and government. She currently leads Visual Analytics at SDAIA, building AI-powered dashboards, maps, simulations, and real-time analytics that inform national-level operational and strategic decision-making. Known for combining engineering rigor with design thinking, she established SDAIA’s data visualization function and has a track record of shipping user-centered data products and bespoke visual narratives. Her background spans teaching and research at King Saud University, startup founding and accelerator success with Sawty, and hands-on product work for government clients. Bayan pairs technical depth from an MSc in Software Engineering (Imperial College) with leadership training from INSEAD, enabling her to build high-performing multidisciplinary teams. An often-overlooked strength is her experience translating complex societal and demographic datasets into actionable stories that influence policy and strategy.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computing - Software Engineering, Master of Science - MS Computing - Software Engineering at Imperial College LondonExecutive Education High Impact Leadership, Executive Education High Impact Leadership at INSEADBachelor of Science - BS Information Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS Information Technology at King Saud University
English, ArabicProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
BayanAlArifi/Facial_Expressions_Identification
Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:8 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
BayanAlArifi/Video_Games_Sales
Jan 2019 - May 2023
Contributions:1 push in 4 years 4 months
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