Technology Executive · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Twenty years building the infrastructure
the Gulf's digital economy runs on.

From national payment rails to an InsurTech built from scratch — David directs large-scale digital transformation, and increasingly, builds it himself with AI-augmented engineering.

15→130+
Engineers scaled at BNP Paribas, 26 countries
35%+
Reduction in major system incidents
Zero
Downtime migrating mada to KAFD data center

Two decades directing technology operations, infrastructure migrations and vendor strategy inside strictly regulated banking and payments environments.

Recent chapters

Three roles, one throughline: making critical systems more resilient, and moving faster while doing it.

2023 – 2026 · Riyadh

Rommaana

Technical Director & Co-Founder

Architected an InsurTech platform end-to-end and embedded AI-augmented development into the core engineering workflow.

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2020 – 2023 · Riyadh

Saudi Payments

Service Operation Manager, mada

Directed the zero-downtime migration of Saudi Arabia's national payment rails into the KAFD data center.

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2015 – 2020 · Madrid

BNP Paribas

Head of Operations, 26 countries

Centralized pan-European IT operations into a single hub, scaling the team from 15 to 130+ engineers.

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Two ways to see the full picture

An executive track record and a hands-on engineering one — same person, tailored for the room you're in.