Biography:

Mr. Louay Sayah has over 10 years of professional experience in Program Management and Public Sector consulting .He holds a Masters of Arts Degree in Regional (Middle East) Studies from SOAS/University in London, a Bachelor of Arts from the American University of Beirut (AUB) and a law and security Diploma from Sheridan College in Canada.

For the last 5 years as a program manager at Cisco Systems, Inc., Mr. Sayah has built an extensive experience in the design and implementation of public private partnerships, animation of group processes, and conflict management and resolution. Besides proudly serving in the Canadian Armed Services (Airborne core), Louay's consulting experience includes a particular focus on institution and capacity building, good governance training for the PS and an array of projects dealing with Local/Central governments and NGOs in the areas of integrated community mobilization and development.

Louay has been an avid supporter and a member of WIT since it's inception.

Statement of purpose:

As a board member, I would like to work closely with the president in creating the strategy around solidifying WIT's leadership in the area of Women in IT.

the three main pillars of the strategy in my opinion are:

- Identifying and engaging local civil society partners, umbrella organizations and relevant national entities
- Furthering the efforts in underscoring the women in IT space and our role in it to Int'l organizations and donor agencies
- Strategically identifying areas to become WIT core competencies to be proactive in capturing funding and not simply responding to fund availability