Abdulrahman A. Alolayan is the CEO of Dammam Biotech Valley. He is also the CEO of Taibah Valley, an emerging tech hub for blockchain, AI and IoT that he founded in 2018. He sits on several boards and committees, including Riyadh Techno Valley and the Princess Nourah University Investment Committee. He has been a board member at the Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University since August 2021 and on the advisory board at Wethaq Capital Markets since November 2020. He is also a senior consultant at the Saudi Business Center and has led several initiatives to boost industries in Saudi Arabia. His investment and business experience is a combination of theory and practice. He served as executive assistant VP for Business and Innovation and Investment Endowment Director at Taibah University from March 2017 to December 2020. He held the position of consultant at the Ministry of Tourism from April 2018 to December 2019. He worked on two major projects: the King Salman Science Oasis, a live museum that presents scientific experiments in an engaging way for youth, and the Noble Qur’an Oasis. Fascinated by the evolution of business, innovation, and investment, he has ventured into various fields to achieve positive changes on businesses and people’s lives, where he aims to bring meaning through facilitation and simplification. He is passionate about investment innovation, watching documentaries and engaging in intellectual conversations. He has collaborated with governmental organizations, such as the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture, to develop national e-commerce platforms for a wide variety of crops and products. Alolayan holds a Ph.D. degree in Business Administration and is a faculty member at King Saud University, College of Business Administration. His research interests include investment, entrepreneurship and strategic management. He has presented several papers at different conferences such as USASBE, EAM, and ICSB.