Who’s Who: Reem Alattas, director of value advisory at SAP
Reem Alattas has been the director of value advisory for spend management at SAP since March 2022.
In her role, she identifies and develops opportunities for business process transformation in supply chains, strategic sourcing, purchasing automation, working capital improvement and performance analytics.
Before joining SAP, Alattas was the head of projects coordination at the World Economic Forum Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution from 2021 to 2022.
In 2021, Alattas served as a senior consultant at the Government Expenditure and Projects Efficiency Authority, leading business development activities.
In 2020, Alattas joined the Saudi Arabia Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority as a technical consultant and acting director of the Knowledge Center.
She founded and led Rumble Helmet from 2017 to 2020, collaborating with smart city councils and organizations in the New York Metropolitan Area to create a blueprint for the future of road transport.
As the founder and scientist of Transforming Technologies Group from 2017 to 2020, Alattas invented an augmented reality assistance system for the visually impaired and established a pre-startup R&D lab for product development and testing.
Alattas also founded Fitness Transformer in 2011, conducting research to develop innovative products, services and strategies in the fitness-tech industry.
She worked as a technical account manager at Microsoft Saudi Arabia from 2009 to 2011. Alattas managed support issues for premier customers and represented Microsoft within organizations to ensure the successful implementation of solutions.
Alattas started her career at Banque Saudi Fransi as a software engineer from 2004 to 2005. She collaborated with business teams to design and implement online banking solutions using NET technologies.
She earned a Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from the University of Bridgeport, US, specializing in evolutionary modular robots for space exploration. She became a NASA Datanaut in February 2018.
She holds a master’s degree in computer science from King Saud University in Riyadh, as well as a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the same university.
