Summary
Saad Zaher is a Principal Software Engineer and cloud specialist with 11+ years designing and delivering cloud-native systems across public and private clouds, currently focused on GenAI model training and OpenShift AI at Red Hat. He has deep OpenStack roots—leading the Freezer backup/DR project—and a track record helping startups to global enterprises migrate and automate infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. At HPE he built cloud data platforms, monitoring integrations for GreenLake, and led edge/AI innovation work, blending platform engineering with pragmatic DevOps and IaC practices. An enthusiastic open-source contributor and former OpenStack PTL, he pairs hands-on coding with strategic architecture and customer-facing consulting for C-level cloud strategy. Based in Ireland, he also holds a Master's in AI, bringing recent ML/AI platform experience to his cloud-first engineering lens.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Artificial Intelligence, Master's degree Artificial Intelligence at University of Galway
Bachelor Information Technology, Bachelor Information Technology at Faculty of Computers and Information - Cairo University