Talks from someone who ships the thing they talk about.
I speak about engineering leadership in the AI era, agentic systems in production, MCP as an integration layer, and voice AI — drawing on real systems I built, with the numbers and the failures left in. I've spoken in Kuala Lumpur and Egypt and mentored 50+ founders in Saudi Arabia.
Where I've spoken
Recognised for pivotal technical decisions that align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The Next Leader for Sustainable Development Goals.
Mentored 50+ early-stage founders on MVPs, tech-team process, infrastructure and strategy.
- Award-winning team member — Mashreq Neo, most innovative digital banking app in the GCC
- Panelist, United Nations Future Leader Alliance Conference 2024
- Pioneer of Agentic AI in the UAE — federated-MCP multi-agent platform at Etera AI (G42-powered)
- Took Searchie AI into the Saudi market under MENA data regulations — Saudi Aramco and Jumeirah Group as clients
What I talk about
Every talk is built from systems I designed and ran. I'll tailor depth to the room — from a founder audience to a senior engineering team — and I'm happy to do live architecture walkthroughs rather than slides.
The CTO who still ships: engineering leadership in the AI era
What changed in 2025–26, why a senior engineer with AI-assisted delivery now out-ships a 40-person org, and how I shipped six production products in one year while doing a CTO's job. Concrete workflows, not hype.
Agentic AI in production: lessons from a G42-powered platform
How we built a federated-MCP, multi-agent LLM layer across four travel verticals at Etera AI — hierarchical agent graphs, scoped memory, hybrid retrieval with bge embeddings on pgvector — and what broke along the way.
MCP as the integration layer: giving assistants scoped access to your product
Why I built remote MCP servers for Atrix, Atrix Analytics and Atrix Mail; OAuth 2.1, 49 grantable scopes, write-implies-read, per-call permission resolution; and what it means for SaaS distribution.
Voice AI that can hold a phone call
The real-time STT → LLM → TTS cascade behind VoDialer AI, why ~1.2 s matters, and the telephony stack (FreeSWITCH, Kamailio, Rust) most AI-calling startups never touch.
From Rawalpindi to Dubai: a founder's path through banking, government and AI
A career talk for students and early-career engineers — the leadership-conference format I've delivered in Kuala Lumpur and Egypt.
Founders and engineering teams
Since 2019 I've been a startup mentor with the MISK Foundation Fellowship in Saudi Arabia, working with 50+ early-stage founders on the questions that decide whether a company gets to product-market fit: what the MVP should actually be, how to set up the first engineering team and its process, what infrastructure to run (and not run) at each stage, and how to make technical strategy legible to investors.
For accelerators, VCs and corporate innovation teams, I run the same format as office hours or a recurring clinic. Founders who want ongoing help can also work with me as a fractional CTO, and companies hiring a permanent leader can read the hire-me page.
Booking details
What formats do you speak in?
Keynotes and conference talks (20–45 minutes), panels, fireside chats, university and accelerator sessions, and internal engineering all-hands or leadership offsites. I also run hands-on workshops on MCP, agent architecture and AI-assisted delivery for engineering teams.
Where are you based and where will you travel?
Dubai, UAE. I regularly travel across the GCC and have spoken in Malaysia and Egypt. Europe and remote (virtual) sessions are straightforward from the Gulf time zone.
Do you charge a speaking fee?
It depends on the event. Community, university and non-profit events are often free; corporate events and workshops are paid. Travel and accommodation are covered by the host for in-person engagements outside Dubai.
Can you mentor our founders or portfolio companies?
Yes. I've mentored 50+ early-stage founders through the MISK Foundation Fellowship since 2019 on MVPs, tech-team process, infrastructure and strategy, and I take on accelerator and VC-portfolio mentorship in the same format.
How do I book you?
Email hello@moeidsaleem.com with the event, date, audience and format, or book a 30-minute call. I reply within two working days.
Planning an event or a founder programme?
Send the date, audience and format and I'll come back within two working days.