Hasan Omar
Small Business Owner, Consultant, and Project Manager in Ramallah,
Mr. Omar is a policy development and public private dialogue expert. As the co-founder of Glow Innovations in 2013, the CEO of the Palestinian Business and Innovation Center since 2012, and a co-founding executive member of the first ICT incubator in Palestine (PICTI) in 2004, Mr. Omar has contributed greatly to the infrastructure of this establishment in Palestine.
Drawing from his extensive experience and knowledge in SMEs development, related policies, entrepreneurship and innovation, providing mentoring and coaching services to hundreds of technology high-growth start-ups and MSMEs from inception to graduation in the MENA. He is a Certified Trainer in Business Incubation Management (BIM) by the World Bank as well as a MedIbtikar Innovation Expert.
He recently founded the Palestine Network of Mentors, he assessed and providing mentoring services for more than 1000 projects and startups, and delivered more than 700 workshops, training seminars and events attended by thousands of graduates and entrepreneurs. Mr. Omar continues to forge strategic partnerships and international networks for the sake of innovation, entrepreneurship, development and economy, of which he publishes articles about. He established and headed many national committees, including the Palestine Innovation Initiative (Pi2), and sits on the board of directors in various organizations, including the ISOC-Palestine Chapter as its’ treasurer and the MENA Incubators Network as a co-founder.
Moving forward, Mr. Omar established the Palestinian Business and Innovation Centre in Ramallah with a branch in Gaza. It is a full member in the European Business and Innovation Centers Network (EBN), where he is CEO since June of 2012. Following in the spirit of progression, the Palestine BIC moves away from traditional physical technology incubator to accelerated incubation and commercialization of innovative startups in West Bank and Gaza.
Mr. Omar holds a BSc in Computer Engineering from The Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan, since 1995. He also holds a Master Degree in International Cooperation & Development from Bethlehem University, and is a member of many professional engineering organizations worldwide.
Mr. Omar can be reached at:
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