Reem Alattas
Since March 2022, Reem Alattas has been SAP's Director of Value Advisory for Spend Management, specializing in supply chains, strategic sourcing, purchasing automation, working capital optimization, and performance analytics. Previously, she was Head of Projects Coordination at the World Economic Forum Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (2021-2022) and a Senior Consultant at the Government Expenditure and Projects Efficiency Authority in 2021. In 2020, Alattas joined the Saudi Arabia Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority as a Technical Consultant and Acting Director of the Knowledge Center.
From 2017 to 2020, Reem Alattas founded Rumble Helmet, collaborating with smart city councils in the New York Metropolitan Area for future road transport. Simultaneously, as the founder of Transforming Technologies Group, she invented an augmented reality system for the visually impaired and established a pre-startup R&D lab. In 2011, she founded Fitness Transformer, focusing on innovative fitness tech products. Alattas previously worked as a Technical Account Manager at Microsoft Saudi Arabia (2009-2011) and started her career as a software engineer at Banque Saudi Fransi in 2004. She holds a Ph.D. in computer science and engineering, specializing in evolutionary modular robots for space exploration, and is a NASA Datanaut since February 2018.
Alattas also earned a master's and a bachelor's degree in computer science from King Saud University in Riyadh.