Omar Maher

Omar is a seasoned AI Executive with over 15 years of experience in developing and scaling machine learning products, offering AI solutions to more than 100 organizations worldwide, including numerous Fortune 500 companies. He’s the co-founder and CEO of Monta AI, a California-based Generative AI solutions shop, with multiple clients in Saudi, UAE, and USA.

As the former Global Director of AI at Esri, the world's leading location analytics provider, Omar founded the GeoAI team, successfully delivered projects to many clients, and contributed to the development of multiple machine learning products.

Omar has played a key role in advancing AI application within numerous prestigious entities, including Nike, Walmart, Chevron, and several US federal departments like Transportation, Homeland Security, Agriculture, NASA, and NOAA.

Omar is so passionate about spreading AI knowledge that he has put together the AI for Business course, which is publicly available on YouTube to help anyone understand how to deploy AI in production or use AI in a practical way in their work. He has also built AI-Cases.com to educate people about AI through a use case driven approach.