Khaled Waleed
خالد وليد
Software engineer leading the center's technology: he built and operates its digital platforms, and applies AI across its research.
About Khaled Waleed
Khaled Waleed is a software engineer from Baghdad who has been shipping software since the age of 14. He leads the frontend team at Qi Card (Iraq's largest electronic payment provider), where he rebuilt and redesigned seven government-scale platforms serving more than 4 million users, and he is the founder of Vitex, a design-engineering studio building products used across Iraq.
He joined the center in 2024 as Director of AI & Technology, taking ownership of its technology end to end.
On the AI side, he works with the center's researchers to bring advanced AI models into their work, accelerating studies and strengthening their findings, and advises the center on putting emerging technology to work for civic life in Iraq.
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