Dr. Najwa A.
Chief Executive Officer
The move
MovePaladin Capital Group → Technology Innovation Institute
TitleMember of Strategic Advisory Group → Chief Executive Officer
LocationWashington → United Arab Emirates
Career arcLong-term resident
First time at this levelYes ★
Cross-border moveYes · United States → United Arab Emirates
Native languageEnglish, French, Arabic
Years in UAE15.7
Total experience18.3 years
Technology Innovation Institute headcount1,001-5,000 employees
Technology Innovation Institute industryResearch Services
Technology Innovation Institute HQAbu Dhabi
Technology Innovation Institute founded2019
Technology Innovation Institute typeGovernment Agency
Career arc
- Chief Executive OfficerMay 2024 — Present
Technology Innovation Institute· United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Adjunct ProfessorJan 2023 — PresentOOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology· Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan· Part-time
- Adjunct ProfessorOct 2021 — PresentMMBZUAI(Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence)· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Part-time
- Member of Strategic Advisory GroupOct 2021 — Present
Paladin Capital Group· Washington, District of Columbia, United States· Part-time
- AdvisorJun 2021 — May 2023OOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)· Okinawa, Japan· Part-time
- Chief Researcher of the Cryptography Research Center and the Autonomous Robotics Research CenterMay 2019 — May 2024TTechnology Innovation Institute (TII)· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Member of the Advisory BoardJan 2019 — May 2023
NeuTigers· Brooklyn, New York, United States· Part-time
- Independent Security AdvisorJan 2018 — May 2019
Other· United States· Contract
- SVP Cryptography and Products2014 — 2018
DarkMatter LLC· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Senior Associate2011 — 2013
Booz & Company.· Full-time
- Research Staff Member2008 — 2011
IBM· New York, United States· Full-time - Research Staff2007 — 2008
Intel Corporation· Portland, Oregon, United States· Internship
Education
- Princeton UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) · Information Security2004 — 2009
- Princeton UniversityMaster's degree2006
Languages
- English · Native or bilingual
- French · Native or bilingual
- Arabic · Native or bilingual
- Greek · Full professional