Maher Hanafi

CTO

San Francisco, California, United States17 yrs 10 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Expert in leading cloud migrations and SaaS solutions.
  • Champion for responsible AI development and integration.
  • Recognized Engineering Fellow with significant contributions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and AI technology leader with extensive experience in engineering management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Team LeadershipResponsible AiTechnical DirectionStrategic VisionArtificial Intelligence (ai)Generative AiData PrivacyTechnical EngineeringSoftware Development

Other Skills

Thought LeadershipUser Experience DesignMicroservicesCloud MigrationTeam MotivationTechnical DocumentationEmerging TrendsTeam ManagementResearch SkillsCreative Problem SolvingExecutive TeamStrategic PlanningDistributed ComputingTeam DevelopmentKubernetes

About

Maher is an executive leader with a proven track record of transforming engineering teams, driving cloud migrations, and delivering impactful SaaS solutions across diverse industries. His passion for technology has recently been ignited by the emergence of AI. Its transformative power to learn, adapt, and solve real-world problems has inspired him to champion its responsible development and explore its vast potential to empower people. He thrives on creating environments where engineers feel valued, challenged, and equipped to excel. Recognized as an Engineering Fellow for notable and significant contributions to the engineering teams and culture. Entrepreneur, Founder in Technology and Digital Marketing, Advisor, Mentor and Public-Speaker.

Experience

17 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
1 yr 11 mos
Current Experience

University of san francisco school of management

2 roles

Honorary Mentor, Strategic AI Program

Jun 2025Present · 11 mos

Advisory Board Member, Strategic AI Program

Jun 2024Present · 1 yr 11 mos

MentoringArtificial Intelligence (AI)Artificial Intelligence for Business

Betterworks

2 roles

Senior Vice President of Engineering

Promoted

Oct 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Building high-performing engineering teams at Betterworks delivering top-tier SaaS solutions for enterprise-grade performance management.
  • Led the adoption of Generative AI into the platform, driving initiatives that personalized user experiences and optimized productivity workflows.
  • Leading a seamless migration of Betterworks' backend from a monolith to microservices, improving scalability and agility.
Team LeadershipResponsible AIThought Leadership

Vice President of Engineering

Apr 2023Oct 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Betterworks is committed to developing best-in-class HR talent management solutions aimed at enabling exceptional performance by putting employee experience at the heart of how companies align, motivate, retain and develop their people. Ours is the only enterprise-ready performance solution, proven to support companies with fewer than a thousand employees all the way to hundreds of thousands. A recent study showed employees that use Betterworks report higher job satisfaction and eNPS than those using other solutions. And the results speak for themselves – the Betterworks community breaks retention benchmarks other software providers dream of reaching.
Strategic VisionTeam MotivationTechnical DocumentationEmerging TrendsTeam LeadershipTeam Management+72

Ai accelerator institute

AI Ambassador

Jun 2024Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • The AI Accelerator Institute (AIAI) is an independent platform that connects and inspires AI experts and machine scientists around the world. They offer a variety of resources and host events to help members stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in AI.
Responsible AIThought LeadershipPublic Speaking

January ai

Vice President of Engineering

Jan 2022Apr 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Executive Leader, overseeing the multi-disciplinary and growing engineering team (ML/AI, Mobile, Backend, Data, Web, Infrastructure/DevOps).
  • Initiated the Generative AI integration to build a chatbot nutritionist specialist.
  • Digital twin technology that predicts user's glucose levels after using Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) for a certain period of training.
  • Driving the technology strategy for delivering next-generation, precision health solutions.
  • Built and maintained high standards for team velocity and execution across different engineering teams.
  • Drove a cloud migration from monolith to micro-services while building event-driven architecture and distributed system.
Strategic VisionTeam MotivationTechnical DocumentationEmerging TrendsTeam LeadershipResearch Skills+67

Thrive global

Chief Technology Officer

Nov 2018Jan 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Executive Leader of the Global Software Engineering teams. Recognized as an Engineering Fellow for the notable and significant contributions to the engineering teams, the product and the organization.
  • Thrive Global is a B2B well­-being and productivity SaaS platform aimed at changing the way Fortune 50 companies employees work and live.
  • Led two tech M&A acquisitions:
  • Boundless Mind, the neuroscience-based artificial intelligence company and leader in behavioral design and engineering
  • ZP Inc, the Seattle-based company that helps tens of thousands of Walmart associates improve their health and well-being.
Strategic VisionTeam MotivationTechnical DocumentationEmerging TrendsTeam LeadershipResearch Skills+68

Evey technologies

Chief Technology Officer

Dec 2016Dec 2018 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Co-founded Evey in 2016 as Chief Technology Officer, moved into a Technical Advisor role in 2019.
  • Evey is a leading platform for hybrid and virtual events, empowering businesses to connect with their audiences through innovative technology. Our platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools for event success, including ticketing solutions, B2B matchmaking, customizable event platforms, and a dedicated mobile app.
Strategic VisionTeam MotivationTechnical DocumentationEmerging TrendsTeam LeadershipResearch Skills+68

Nanoport technology inc.

Director Of Engineering

Nov 2016Nov 2018 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Head of Engineering, Mobile. Building new mobile technologies on Android and iOS to make smart devices even smart powered by a cloud scalable and flexible architecture.
  • Nanoport Technology Inc. is a Silicon Valley R&D lab for mobile technologies. The company specializes in the development of advanced solutions for connectivity, haptics, multi-device applications and human-device interfaces. Nanoport also offers a range of specialized components for close-range communication, power transfer and modular device interactivity.
Strategic VisionTeam MotivationTechnical DocumentationEmerging TrendsTeam LeadershipResearch Skills+61

Rakuten

Lead Software Engineer

Apr 2015Nov 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Ebates (now Rakuten Rewards) was acquired by Rakuten for $1 Billion USD --
  • Took over the design, architecture and development of the Ebates Android mobile app from a third party development team
  • Designed abstraction networking layers and facades to support different configurations and communicate with different servers, models and configurations.
  • Implemented Material Design visual components and features and implementing slick custom animations
  • Working closely with the back-end server team to integrate REST API endpoints
Technical DocumentationResearch SkillsTechnical EngineeringKey Performance IndicatorsSystems DesignData Privacy+20

Paysafe group

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2014Sep 2015 · 11 mos · Montreal, Canada Area

  • Fans Entertainments was acquired by Paysafe Group (prev. known as Optimal Payments) --
  • Design and implement Mobile Services for professional sports teams, major entertainment venues, artists and entertainers across North America
  • Participate in feature design, prototyping and implementation of high-quality mobile software
  • Working closely with back-end server team to integrate cloud-based services on the Android client side
  • Implementing a set of dynamics features all cloud-based with minimal content saved on the client side to provide a higher flexibility of the application and the engagement to deliver diverse services and ensure scalability
  • Android SDK, Java, Android Studio, Gradle, Git, Jenkins, REST API, JSON, Networking, Jira, Agile, Scrum
Technical DocumentationResearch SkillsTechnical EngineeringKey Performance IndicatorsSystems DesignData Privacy+19

Tamaggo

Lead Software Engineer

Sep 2012Oct 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Montreal, Canada Area

  • Worked on the mobile Android application for a 360-degree panomorph technology camera.
  • Was involved also in development on iOS, Mac and Windows platforms.
  • Involved across the entire mobile application life cycle: Concept, Planning, Design, Development, Testing and Support
  • Android, NDK, JNI, iOS, OpenGL, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, ActionScript, Swing, Eclipse, XCode, Git, Scrum
Technical DocumentationTechnical EngineeringKey Performance IndicatorsSystems DesignTechnical DirectionTechnical Specs+11

Diginium graphics

Chief Executive Officer

Sep 2011Dec 2016 · 5 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Diginium Graphics is a Software Development and Digital Marketing Agency building world class native mobile apps on Android and iOS.
  • Architect, Design, Build Mobile Applications and Games for Android, iOS and Windows Phone Platforms.
  • Building and maintaining features: Gameplay, UI, Networks, Geolocation, Augmented Reality, Audio, 2D/3D
  • Delivering across the entire app life cycle: concept, design, build, deploy, test, release and support.
  • Independent publishing on Google Play store.
  • Developed some of the early companion apps for video games and consoles like PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Diablo 3 and more.
  • Java, C/C++, OpenGL ES, Android SDK/NDK, JNI, iOS, RESTful API, Web Full-stack development
Strategic VisionTeam MotivationTechnical DocumentationEmerging TrendsTeam LeadershipResearch Skills+60

Electronic arts (ea)

Software Development Engineer

Jun 2011Sep 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos · Montreal, Canada Area

  • Worked on multiple EA mobile cross-platform titles.
  • Part of the Mobile iOS team and was involved on Android apps as well.
  • Participated in the Gameplay, UI, Networking and Features developing for Electronic Arts Mobile games for iOS platform:
  • (Need For Speed, FIFA Soccer, FIFA Superstars, Dead Space, Boggle, Battleship, Mirror's Edge, Zuma's Revenge..)
  • C,C++, Java, Objective-C, XCode, Visual Studio, iOS, iPhone, iPad, Android, Perforce, Hansoft, Agile
Technical DocumentationTechnical EngineeringKey Performance IndicatorsSystems DesignTechnical DirectionTechnical Specs+11

Ubisoft

Software Development Engineer, R&D

Jul 2008Jun 2011 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Quebec, Canada

  • Native User Interface (NUI) for Video Games.
  • Implementing a human upper-body markerless tracking system (MoCap) using a single 3D Camera, similar to Microsoft Kinect concept.
  • Developing a process pipeline: image acquisition, image processing, interpreting, and reproducing (3D rendering).
  • 3D human avatar reproduces user movements.
  • C/C++, C#, OpenGL, OpenCV, Matlab, Kinect, NUI
Technical DocumentationResearch SkillsKey Performance IndicatorsTechnical SpecsTechnical RequirementsTechnical Systems+5

Education

University of San Francisco School of Management

Strategic Artificial Intelligence Program — Artificial Intelligence

Université Laval

Master of Science — Electrical and Computer Engineering

SUP'COM

Bachelor of Science — Telecommunication Engineering

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