Behind the Machine

Mr. Obeidat is a global entrepreneur, innovator and investor. He has more than a decade’s worth of experience as a financial markets expert, fintech professional and industry leader. He spent the past 10 years at large brokarage firms and gold trading companies. He was involved in the investment of over $1 Billion in the precious metals markets in the EMEA region.

In 2013, he led the development of the first online precious metals investment platform which included platinum and palladium spot deliverable contracts for the first time in the MENA region. Samer holds a master’s degree in global management from the Royal Roads University, in Victoria, BC, Canada, where he conducted empirical research on how best to manage global investment portfolios using machine learning models.

Dr. van Tol is an experienced investment manager who got his PhD degree in Financial Econometrics at Maastricht University, The Netherlands (2004). After devising new statistics and estimation methods in nonlinear prediction he was headhunted by UBS, the Swiss investment bank and the world’s largest wealth manager at the time. There he joined their hedge fund wing, UBS O’Connor, where, as part of a team, he managed a multi-billion dollar global investment portfolio. In 2009 he moved to Meditor Capital Management, a top European Hedge Fund, where he built, researched and managed an alpha capture hedge fund.

In 2012 he branched out on his own, initially as a quantitative strategy consultant to numerous hedge funds and proprietary trading firms. In 2014 he cofounded Huddlestock Capital, the largest wealth technology company in Scandinavia, with offices in Oslo, London, Munich, Reykjavik and Vilnius. Huddlestock is planning to get listed on the stock exchange next year.

Dr. Shapiro is a Canadian entrepreneur with a PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2017), and a Masters’ Degree in Electrical Engineering (2009), both from the University of Ottawa.

He has performed various top management and management consulting roles throughout his career. The focus of Daniel’s work has been deep learning AI, including real estate valuation tools, loan assessment tools, trading algorithms and fraud detection.

Dr. Awad received his PhD in Electrical Engineering & Internet of Things (IOT) from the University of Strathclyde in 2013. He has performed various senior management roles at Fuel Industries, Next Frontier Digital Investments (NFDI), Ascendancy and MAS Holding.

He successfully exited multiple high-tech ventures and has deep experience in enterprise internet infrastructure and applications, in the MENA region, Canada, and Silicon Valley.

Dr. Hanane Ouri is an entrepreneur, angel investor and a philanthropist who always seek adding value to society. During the last decade, Dr. Ouri invested in multiple ventures across different industries including healthcare, beauty and medical aesthetics, financial services, legal consulting and emerging technologies. Dr. Ouri is currently leading Stallion Mark Foundation which aims to combat child poverty in different regions by focusing on educational and technological success. Dr. Ouri is also a managing partner at Stallion Mark institute which offers specialized artifical intelligence training and development course and workshops .