# Mohammad AlOulabi (محمد العلبي): full profile

> Mohammad AlOulabi (محمد العلبي) is a tech manager and technical project manager (PMP, PSM I) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with 10+ years of building digital products and 50+ projects and platforms shipped, including the ticketing behind Riyadh Season, the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and Visit Saudi.

Mohammad AlOulabi (محمد العلبي) is a tech manager and technical project manager in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with 10+ years of building digital products. At BIM Ventures he leads 20 engineers, QA and designers across 16 startup and government projects; at Webook he led the 15-person team behind ticketing and booking for Riyadh Season, the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and Visit Saudi. PMP and PSM I certified, he still writes production code in Next.js, React, Node.js and Laravel, and runs delivery with coding agents such as Claude Code.

Source: https://oulabi.dev/ and the public CV, https://oulabi.dev/cv/Mohammad-AlOulabi-CV.pdf. Every fact here comes from his CV or from him.

## Quick facts

- Name: Mohammad AlOulabi. In Arabic: محمد العلبي. Also written: Mohammad Al Oulabi, Mohammad Al-Oulabi, Mohammad Aloulabi, Mohammed AlOulabi, Mohammed Al Oulabi, Mohamed AlOulabi, Mohamed Al Oulabi, Mohamad AlOulabi, Muhammad AlOulabi, Muhammad Al Oulabi, Mohammad Oulabi, Mohammed Oulabi, AlOulabi, Al Oulabi.
- Role: Tech Manager at BIM Ventures in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2023 to now), working as a technical project manager.
- Team: leads 20 engineers, QA and designers across 16 startup and government projects at BIM Ventures.
- Before that, at Webook.com (2019 to 2023): technical lead of the 15-person team behind ticketing and booking for Riyadh Season, the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and Visit Saudi: platforms serving millions of users, hundreds of thousands of tickets sold, 99%+ uptime through peak on-sales.
- AI delivery: moved his team at BIM Ventures to coding agents (Claude Code) with shared skills and instructions, cutting time to market by 60%.
- Certified: Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, 2025; Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), Scrum.org, 2025.
- Studied: BSc Software Engineering, Applied Science University, Amman, 2018, graded Excellent.
- Languages: Arabic, native. English, fluent.
- Contact: it.moh.ou@gmail.com, https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-aloulabi/

## Summary

In his own words: Hands-on technology leader with 10+ years of building digital products. I lead teams of up to 20 engineers, QA and designers, write production code, and work between clients, product owners and engineering.

## In figures

- **10+** years building digital products.
- **50+** projects and platforms shipped.
- **60%** faster time to market.

## Webook: Riyadh Season, Formula 1 and Visit Saudi

At Webook I led the 15-person team behind ticketing and booking for Riyadh Season, the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and Visit Saudi.

- Millions of people served
- Hundreds of thousands of tickets sold
- 99%+ uptime through peak on-sales

## How he works

Clients and product owners on one side; engineers, QA and designers on the other. I work in the middle, and I still write production code.

- **Brief and RFP:** Proposals, BRDs and the questions nobody asked yet.
- **Scope and architecture:** Estimates, budgets, vendors, and a system that will hold.
- **Build with the team:** Up to 20 engineers, QA and designers, Scrum or Kanban.
- **Launch and run:** CI/CD, hosting and the night it all goes live.

At BIM Ventures I moved delivery to coding agents with shared skills and instructions. Time to market came down by 60%.

## Experience

- **Tech Manager, BIM Ventures** (2023 to now): Leads 20 engineers, QA and designers across 16 startup and government projects; technical lead on RFPs, BRDs and architecture.
- **Technical Lead and Full Stack Developer, Webook.com** (2019 to 2023): Led a 15-person team on ticketing for Riyadh Season, Formula 1 and Visit Saudi; micro-frontends on Next.js and Nginx.
- **Software Engineer and System Analyst, Digital Oasis** (2019): Gathered requirements with clients, wrote the UML, and built Node.js and React applications.
- **Team Lead, Full Stack Developer and Business Analyst, Balot** (2018 to 2019): Wrote the specifications and prototypes, then led the team that built the APIs and React frontends.
- **Junior Software Developer, DCode** (2016 to 2018): Turned client requirements into specifications, Figma designs, and React and PHP web apps.
- **Frontend Developer, Freelance** (2015 to 2016): Frontend builds for clients. Where it started.

## Work: Nine of 50+ projects and platforms

### National events and tourism

- [webook.com](https://webook.com/) (webook.com): Saudi Arabia's events platform: concerts, attractions and the Riyadh Season on-sales. Sector: Events. His role: Technical lead, Webook.
- [Riyadh Season](https://riyadhseason.com/) (riyadhseason.com): The gateway to one of the world's largest entertainment festivals: zones, events and tickets. Sector: Festival. His role: Technical lead, Webook.
- [Visit Saudi booking](https://book.visitsaudi.com/) (book.visitsaudi.com): The official booking experience for Saudi tourism: experiences, events and packages. Sector: Tourism booking. His role: Technical lead, Webook.

### Regulators and government

- [Thameen](https://thameen.cma.gov.sa/) (thameen.cma.gov.sa): The Capital Market Authority's platform for whistleblowing and market-integrity reports. Sector: Market integrity. His role: Tech manager, BIM Ventures.
- [Smart Investor](https://si.cma.gov.sa/) (si.cma.gov.sa): The CMA's financial-literacy platform, teaching investment basics to the Saudi public. Sector: Financial literacy. His role: Tech manager, BIM Ventures.
- [Mulim](https://mulimgcc.org/) (mulimgcc.org): The Gulf investor-awareness program and its Gulf Smart Investor Award. Sector: Investor awareness. His role: Tech manager, BIM Ventures.
- [Energy Efficiency Award](https://eeaward.seec.gov.sa/en) (eeaward.seec.gov.sa): The Saudi Energy Efficiency Center's national award: nominations, judging and recognition. Sector: National award. His role: Tech manager, BIM Ventures.
- [Digital Cooperation Organization](https://dco.org/) (dco.org): The multilateral body for digital-economy cooperation between its member states. Sector: Digital economy. His role: Tech manager, BIM Ventures.

### Ventures

- [Kafu Games](https://kafugames.com/) (kafugames.com): An esports tournament platform for the region's gaming community: brackets, matches and prizes. Sector: Esports. His role: Tech manager, BIM Ventures.

### Also shipped

- [tickets.saudiarabiangp.com](https://tickets.saudiarabiangp.com/)
- [bimventures.com](https://bimventures.com/)
- [soum.tech](https://soum.tech/)
- [skyna.com](https://skyna.com/)
- [gosteer.com](https://gosteer.com/)
- [investaseel.sa](https://investaseel.sa/)

## Skills

- **Delivery:** Technical project management, RFPs and proposals, BRDs and SRS, scoping and estimation, budgets, vendors, risk, Scrum and Kanban, Jira
- **Engineering:** Next.js, React, React Native, TypeScript, TanStack, Tailwind CSS, Node.js, Express, Laravel, PHP, MySQL, REST, micro-frontends, system architecture
- **Cloud:** CI/CD, Vercel, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Nginx, Git
- **AI:** Delivery with coding agents (Claude Code), agent skills and instructions, LLM integration (OpenAI, Claude, Vercel AI SDK), self-hosted models (DeepSeek)
- **Product:** UI/UX collaboration, Figma prototyping, SEO, Google Analytics, Mixpanel

### What he brings, by layer

- **Lead** (Delivery, and the people behind it): RFPs and proposals, BRDs and SRS, Scope and estimates, Budgets and vendors, Risk and stakeholders, Scrum, Kanban, Jira. PMP 2025, PSM I 2025.
- **Agents** (Claude Code with shared skills): Delivery with coding agents, Agent skills and instructions, OpenAI and Claude APIs, Vercel AI SDK, Self-hosted DeepSeek.
- **Interface** (Next.js and React, hands on): Next.js, React and React Native, TypeScript, TanStack, Tailwind CSS, Figma prototypes.
- **Platform** (Node.js, Laravel, micro-frontends): Node.js and Express, Laravel and PHP, MySQL, REST APIs, Micro-frontends, System architecture, ERDs, UML.
- **Run** (CI/CD on Vercel and Google Cloud): CI/CD pipelines, Vercel, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Nginx, Analytics and SEO.

## Certifications

- Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, 2025
- Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), Scrum.org, 2025

## Education

BSc Software Engineering, Applied Science University, Amman, 2018, graded Excellent.

## Open source and teaching

- Creator of react-brackets and nextcrazy-cli; maintainer of the WooCommerce provider for Next.js Commerce.
- Instructor at a Facebook-hosted developer workshop in Riyadh and at React workshops at Astro Lab.

## Languages

Arabic, native. English, fluent.

## Contact and links

- [Website](https://oulabi.dev/): the portfolio: twelve figures drawn live in WebGL, then the record (work, skills, experience, contact)
- [CV (PDF)](https://oulabi.dev/cv/Mohammad-AlOulabi-CV.pdf): the full CV
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-aloulabi/): his LinkedIn profile
- [GitHub](https://github.com/MohOulabi): his GitHub profile
- [Email](mailto:it.moh.ou@gmail.com): it.moh.ou@gmail.com

## Name variants

Mohammad AlOulabi is also written Mohammad Al Oulabi, Mohammad Al-Oulabi, Mohammad Aloulabi, Mohammed AlOulabi, Mohammed Al Oulabi, Mohamed AlOulabi, Mohamed Al Oulabi, Mohamad AlOulabi, Muhammad AlOulabi, Muhammad Al Oulabi, Mohammad Oulabi, Mohammed Oulabi, AlOulabi, Al Oulabi. In Arabic: محمد العلبي (given name محمد, family name العلبي). His handles: MohOulabi (GitHub), mohammad-aloulabi (LinkedIn). All refer to the same person.

## The CV, word for word

Tech Manager | Technical Project Manager | PMP · PSM I

it.moh.ou@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/mohammad-aloulabi · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

### Summary

Hands-on technology leader with 10+ years taking digital products from RFP to production. I lead teams of up to 20 engineers, QA and designers, write production code in Next.js, React, Node.js and Laravel, and act as the bridge between clients, product owners and engineering. Delivered high-traffic platforms for Riyadh Season, Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and Visit Saudi, and manage startup and government programs end to end: RFPs, BRDs, scoping, budgets, vendors and delivery. PMP and PSM I certified. Currently leading AI-driven delivery with coding agents such as Claude Code, and shipping AI-powered MVPs on OpenAI, Claude and self-hosted models.

### Core skills

- **Delivery & Project Management:** Technical project management, RFPs and proposals, BRDs and SRS, requirements gathering, scoping and estimation, budgeting, vendor management, risk management, stakeholder management, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Jira
- **Engineering:** Next.js, React, React Native, TypeScript, TanStack (Query, Router, Table), Tailwind CSS, Node.js, Express, Laravel, PHP, MySQL, REST APIs, micro-frontends, system architecture, ERDs and UML
- **Cloud & DevOps:** CI/CD pipelines, Vercel, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Nginx, Git
- **AI:** AI-assisted delivery with coding agents (Claude Code), agent skills and instructions, LLM integration (OpenAI, Claude, Vercel AI SDK), self-hosted open-source models (DeepSeek)
- **Product & Design:** UI/UX collaboration, prototyping (Figma), SEO, analytics (Google Analytics, Mixpanel)

### Tech Manager, BIM Ventures, Riyadh

May 2023 – Present

- Lead a team of 20 engineers, QA specialists and designers delivering 16 projects across BIM’s startup portfolio and government programs.
- Act as technical lead on RFPs and proposals: write BRDs, define scope and estimates, and turn client needs into delivery plans for founders, product owners and government PMOs.
- Integrated multiple platforms with ZATCA e-invoicing (Fatoora), covering onboarding, clearance and reporting; designed the architecture around provider rate limits and managed provider agreements and pricing.
- Led the move to AI-driven delivery: rolled out coding agents (Claude Code), shared agent skills and instructions, and automated core tasks, reducing time to market by 60%.
- Shipped AI-powered MVPs to production, integrating OpenAI and Claude APIs and self-hosted open-source models such as DeepSeek.
- Set architecture and long-term technical strategy for new ventures, from first prototype to scalable production.
- Work closely with UI/UX designers to close gaps between design, client expectations and engineering.

### Technical Lead & Full Stack Developer, Webook.com, Riyadh

Oct 2019 – May 2023

- Led a 15-person team building ticketing and booking platforms for Riyadh Season, Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and Visit Saudi, serving millions of users and selling hundreds of thousands of tickets.
- Owned planning, requirements analysis and progress reporting to stakeholders for each launch.
- Built frontends with React, Next.js, React Native, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS, and backends with Node.js, Laravel and MySQL.
- Designed a micro-frontend architecture with Next.js and Nginx, so teams could release independently.
- Ran CI/CD and hosting on Vercel, Google Cloud and DigitalOcean, keeping 99%+ uptime during peak on-sales.
- Integrated Google Analytics, Mixpanel and tracking pixels, and worked with marketing on SEO.

### Software Engineer & System Analyst, Digital Oasis, Riyadh

Feb 2019 – Oct 2019

- Led development teams and gathered requirements directly with clients, producing documentation and UML diagrams.
- Built full-stack applications with Node.js, Express and React, and improved SEO for React apps with server-side snapshots and React Helmet.

### Team Lead & Full Stack Developer / Business Analyst, Balot, Riyadh

Jun 2018 – Feb 2019

- Gathered requirements, wrote specifications and UML diagrams, and built high-fidelity prototypes.
- Led the development team; built Node.js and Express APIs and React frontends, with Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel tracking.

### Junior Software Developer, DCode, Riyadh

Jul 2016 – Jun 2018

- Turned client requirements into technical specifications, designed UIs in Figma, and built React, jQuery and PHP web apps.

### Frontend Developer, Freelance

Jan 2015 – Feb 2016

### Selected projects

- Events & tourism (Webook): webook.com ticketing platform · riyadhseason.com · tickets.saudiarabiangp.com (Formula 1) · book.visitsaudi.com (Visit Saudi booking)
- Ventures & startups (BIM Ventures and others): bimventures.com · kafugames.com · soum.tech · skyna.com · gosteer.com · investaseel.sa

### Certifications

- Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute — 2025
- Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), Scrum.org — 2025

### Education

Bachelor of Software Engineering, Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan — 2018, Grade: Excellent

### Open source and speaking

- Creator of react-brackets (React library) and nextcrazy-cli (Next.js CLI); maintainer of the WooCommerce provider for Next.js Commerce.
- Instructor at a Facebook-hosted developer workshop in Riyadh and React workshops at Astro Lab Coworking Space.
- Second place, ASU Projects Competition, for a student social network integrated with university systems.

### Languages

Arabic (native) · English (fluent)

## About this site

Made in Riyadh with coding agents. Every point of light is drawn live in WebGL; the stars are tonight's sky over Riyadh, from the Yale Bright Star Catalogue.