Saad's career spans both the public and private sectors, with a strong focus on technology, enterprise transformation, and economic development.

He has been recognized as a change agent, successfully leading organizations such as the City of Seattle, Zillow, and the City of Ottawa through complex transformations.

As a Transformation Leader at Amazon, Saad partnered with product and operations leaders of top AWS clients, including Expedia, Salesforce, Capital One, and Intuit, to ideate and build MVPs on future business models.

Career highlights have included:

Built innovation centers and led global trade missions.
Attracted major events like the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Executive Advisor to the Federal Government of Canada, guiding strategic planning and AI use cases.
Managed acquisition risk for Citibank and executed business consolidations for Flextronics.
Directed government investment attraction agencies.
Managed billion-dollar railcar fleets for Canadian Pacific.
Built funding grant programs with a focus on social entrepneruship.

Saad’s work has earned him prestigious accolades, including Canada's "Top Forty Under 40" award, and he has been featured in numerous media articles.

Saad has served on several boards, including Oxfam Canada, Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business, Ottawa Tourism, and Pluralsight’s Customer Advisory Board.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Queen's University and a Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University.

Saad splits his time between Miami, Medellin and Toronto.

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Resources

Innovation in the Public Sector

Leadership Lessons from a Career in Transformation