Built by experts. Validated by institutions.
Founders, advisory board, and technical team inside the HBKU and Qatar Foundation ecosystem.
Founders
Leading Qootna.
Sa'd Shannak, PhD
CEO & Founder
PhD from HBKU. Deep expertise in food security systems. Leading Qootna's vision and strategy.
Laith Shannak
CTO & Co-Founder
Enterprise software expertise. Leading platform architecture and AI engine development. Technical vision and execution.
Advisory board
Institutional and operator depth.
Dr. Antonio P. Sanfilippo
Advisory Board
Senior institutional advisor. Research and policy across food security and sustainability.
Nasser Al Khalaf
Advisory Board · Owner, Agrico
Owner of Agrico, a Qatar-based agricultural producer. Operator-side perspective on local sourcing and supply continuity.
Jovelyn Beltran
Advisory Board
Advisor across commercialization and go-to-market for the MENA region.
Mohamed Mbatran
Advisory Board
Advisor on regulatory alignment and institutional partnerships.
Technical team
The engines and the ingestion.
Dr. Raka Jovanovic
Systems Modeling
Models the systems behind the three engines. Optimization and operations research.
Abdellah Islam Kafi
Software Engineer
Engineering across the platform: ingestion, engines, and the analyst surface.
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