Creative Director · AI Lead, USAGM · Washington, DC

Between AI ambition and AI execution, there's a craft.

Dual native Arabic and English speaker. Award-winning Creative Director and AI Lead at the U.S. Agency for Global Media. I turn AI use cases into production workflows that ship at institutional scale, by someone who knows there's an art to achieving global reach.

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Who I Am

Creative Director.
Federal AI Lead.
Dual native speaker.

I lead AI strategy at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, where I deploy USAI.gov capabilities across 48+ language services and help other federal agencies identify and implement their AI use cases. I write the FedRAMP requests, build the governance frameworks, and coordinate with the National AI Initiative Office.

Since 2020 I've led VOA News Central's visual team, transforming how complex stories reach global audiences. The work has earned 40+ industry awards, including Webby, Telly, New York Film Festival, and SND honors, and helped grow VOA's audience to over 360 million people worldwide.

Now I'm bringing that combined expertise to the Middle East. Dual native Arabic and English speaker. Deep roots in Washington and Cairo. The region is investing billions in AI, but the gap between ambition and execution is where I operate.

Current Role

AI Lead

USAGM / Voice of America

Platform

USAI.gov

Federal AI Deployment

Recognition

40+ Awards

Webby · Telly · NYFF · SND

Languages

Arabic & English

Dual Native Speaker

Cross-Agency Impact

Helping Agencies Find Their AI Use Cases

FedRAMP · AI Governance · Platform Access · Policy Coordination

What I Build

AI that ships.
Design that speaks.

AI Lead at USAGM. 40+ industry awards. Visual journalism that reaches 360 million people. Not another consultant selling slides.

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Federal AI Deployment

As AI Lead at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, I lead the deployment of USAI.gov platform capabilities across federal broadcasting operations and advise other agencies on identifying and implementing their AI use cases. From FedRAMP authorization to production rollout, I've built the playbook for responsible federal AI adoption across 48+ language services.

Federal AI

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Arabic-Language AI

Dual native Arabic and English speaker building AI solutions for the language global tools still get wrong. Dialect-aware, culturally grounded, designed for real Arabic audiences, not translated from English as an afterthought.

Specialization

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Creative AI & Visual Storytelling

40+ awards (Webby, Telly Gold, New York Film Festival, SND) for visual journalism that reaches 360M+ people. Runway ML, Veo, ElevenLabs, Adobe AI -- I don't just know the tools, I've built award-winning production systems around them across 48+ language services.

Creative Direction

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AI Governance & Federal Strategy

I write the actual frameworks: FedRAMP package reuse requests, AI governance policies, use case mapping, federal platform access strategies, and cross-agency coordination with the National AI Initiative Office. Not theoretical compliance. Real institutional strategy that gets authorization signed and capabilities deployed.

Strategic Advisory

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Team Training & Enablement

Custom programs for creative and media teams across the MENA region. Not generic webinars. Hands-on workshops built from real production experience, delivered with the cultural and linguistic fluency that only a dual native speaker can bring.

Capacity Building

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Multilingual Production at Scale

Translation QA pipelines, cross-language design systems, automated localization workflows. I've managed production across Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin, Korean, Kurdish, Pashto, and Dari -- simultaneously.

Operations

How I Work

Implementation,
not imagination.

The Middle East doesn't need more AI keynotes. It needs people who've done the hard work of making AI reliable, governable, and culturally fluent.

Audit & Architecture

Deep dive into your existing workflows, content pipelines, and team capabilities. I map where AI creates genuine leverage versus where it creates risk. No generic frameworks. Every plan is built around your actual operations and cultural context.

Pilot & Prove

Targeted implementation on one high-impact workflow. Measurable results in weeks, not quarters. You see what AI does with your content, your languages, your quality standards before scaling.

Scale & Govern

Proven workflows roll across teams and languages with governance that keeps quality high and risk low. Training, documentation, and continuous optimization baked in from the start.

Evolve & Lead

AI moves fast. I keep you ahead. Ongoing advisory that captures new capabilities as they emerge while maintaining the standards that define your brand.

Built for
the region.

Dual native Arabic and English speaker. Deep roots in Washington and Cairo. A career built at the intersection of creative excellence and AI at institutional scale. I operate where Western technology meets Middle Eastern ambition.

الخليج

Gulf States

Media groups, ministries, and enterprises investing billions in AI. I bring the operational depth to move from strategy decks to production systems.

مصر

Egypt

Africa's #1 AI-ready nation. Deep personal connections in Cairo's creative and entertainment sectors. Annual presence on the ground.

الإعلام

International Media

Broadcasters and publishers operating across Arabic and beyond. The specific challenge of editorial quality at multilingual AI scale.

الحكومة

Government

Currently leading AI deployment at USAGM and advising other federal agencies on AI use case identification and platform adoption. Direct experience with FedRAMP, USAI.gov, and federal AI governance.