Summary
Reem العطاس is a senior technology and business leader with 11 years of experience linking AI, cloud, and public-sector transformation across Saudi Arabia and global markets. Currently Director of Public Sector & Strategic Business Development – Cloud at Huawei and a NASA Datanaut, she blends government and space-data experience with commercial cloud strategy. Her track record includes founding hardware and AR ventures with patented safety and accessibility inventions and raising meaningful early funding, plus steering value-driven digital transformation for SAP across EMEA. Academically she holds a PhD in Computer Science & Engineering and certificates from MIT, Yale, and Kellogg, combining deep technical rigor with executive leadership training. Known for turning R&D into viable products and measurable economic value, she bridges policy, capital markets in New York, and tech ecosystems in Riyadh. An accidental data scientist-in-the-making, she pairs hands-on invention with high-level stakeholder engagement to accelerate national AI ambitions.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Science, Certificate, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Science at Tufts University
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at King Saud University
High School, High School at Manarat Al-Riyadh School
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science & Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science & Engineering at University of Bridgeport
Certificate, Tackling the Challenges of Big Data, Computer Science, Certificate, Tackling the Challenges of Big Data, Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Certificate, Connected Leadership, Certificate, Connected Leadership at Yale University
Becoming an Agent of Change, Business Administration and Management, Becoming an Agent of Change, Business Administration and Management at Harvard University
Kellogg School of Management
Communication Strategies, Business Administration and Management, Communication Strategies, Business Administration and Management at Simmons University
Arabic, English, French, Spanish