Fahad Al-saidi
Executive Project Manager at Ministry of Technology and Communication
Muscat, Muscat Governorate, Oman
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Top SchoolFahad Al-saidi is an Executive Project Manager with 14 years in IT, leading national digital initiatives and PMOs across Oman’s public sector. He blends hands-on technical experience—contributing to open-source projects like Pillow by improving build processes and complex text layout support—with strategic program delivery at the Ministry of Technology and Communication. His background includes driving FOSS adoption, building testing labs, and running stakeholder-aligned training and R&D efforts that grow local capacity. Comfortable with both technical documentation and logistical coordination, he maintains PM methodologies and service-level oversight across large portfolios. Fahad’s academic foundation in Islamic and Arabic sciences informs a pragmatic, community-centered approach to technology governance. He is notable for bridging open-source engineering contributions with high-impact government program leadership.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Islamic and Arabic Sciences, Bachelor's degree, Islamic and Arabic Sciences at Institute of `Shari’a Sciences, Sultanate of Oman
Arabic, English
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Github Skills (8)
c1710
c1110
python10
image-processing10
freetype9
build-system9
cross-platform8
image7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
python-pillow/Pillow
Dec 2016 - Dec 2016
Python Imaging Library (Fork)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:14 commits, 2 PRs, 13 comments in 6 days
Contributions summary:Fahad primarily focused on improving the build process and supporting complex text layout features within the Pillow library. They addressed Windows build issues, modified the setup.py file, and updated dependencies to include libraqm, which is essential for complex text layout. Furthermore, the user added and improved documentation related to text layout and font features.
imagepythonimagingpython-3image-processing
Fahad-Alsaidi/scribus
Mar 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:92 pushes, 36 branches in 2 months
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