Mohamad Charafeddine
VP of Data & AI and Product at Careem
The move
MoveFacebook → Careem
TitleProduct TPM → VP of Data & AI and Product
LocationMenlo Park → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
First time at this levelYes ★
Cross-border moveYes · California → United Arab Emirates
Years in UAE6.7
Total experience18.5 years
Careem headcount1,001-5,000 employees
Careem industrySoftware Development
Careem HQDubai
Careem founded2012
Careem typePrivately Held
Career arc
- VP of Data & AI and ProductSep 2019 — Present
Careem· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Product TPMOct 2018 — Sep 2019
Facebook· Menlo Park, California
- Director of Technology PlanningJul 2014 — Oct 2018
SAMSUNG SDS· San Francisco Bay Area
- Principal Solutions ArchitectMar 2008 — Jul 2014
ASSIA, Inc.· San Francisco Bay Area
- Intern at Distributed Communications R&DJul 2006 — Sep 2006
Intel· Santa Clara, CA
- InternJul 2005 — Sep 2005
Beceem Communications
Education
- American University of BeirutBachelor of Engineering (BE) · Electrical Engineering1996 — 2000
- UC Berkeley Haas School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (MBA) · Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital2012 — 2015
- Stanford UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.) · Electrical Engineering2000 — 2002
- Stanford UniversityPhD · Electrical Engineering2003 — 2008
Top skills
Social EntrepreneurshipFinanceValuationJavaStart-upsLBO