SPEAKING · MEDIA · EXECUTIVE FORUMS

Complex technology, explained through real operating experience.

I speak about the decisions behind regulated financial platforms: how they are secured, scaled, transformed and operated when downtime, compliance failure or loss of trust is not acceptable.

BASED IN DUBAI · AVAILABLE GLOBALLYKEYNOTES · PANELS · FIRESIDESPODCASTS · MEDIA · BRIEFINGS

SIGNATURE TALKS

Seven conversations built on operating experience.

01

Rebranding a Live Regulated Exchange While It Runs

CEOs · CTOs · PRODUCT LEADERS · PLATFORM ENGINEERS

A practical look at why a live rebrand is a platform migration, trust event and operational-risk program - not a design exercise - and how it was delivered with no planned customer downtime.

02

Securing the Digital-Asset Signing Path

BOARDS · CISOs · CTOs · CUSTODY TEAMS

A board-to-code view of how a venue defends the path from transaction request to final on-chain signature.

03

What Regulators Expect From a Digital-Asset Technology Organization

FOUNDERS · INVESTORS · COMPLIANCE LEADERS · LICENSING TEAMS

An operator's view of turning regulatory expectations into architecture, controls, evidence and daily operating routines.

04

Scaling an Engineering Organization From Zero to 150+

CTOs · FOUNDERS · PEOPLE LEADERS · TRANSFORMATION TEAMS

What changes when a build team becomes an international operating organization - and why adding people can initially reduce delivery quality.

05

The CTO's Role When Technology Is the Business

BOARDS · CEOs · INVESTORS · SENIOR TECHNOLOGY LEADERS

A practical framework for connecting platform risk, commercial strategy, security, organization design and capital allocation.

06

Trust Infrastructure for Stablecoins and Tokenized Assets

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS · FINTECH LEADERS · WEB3 FOUNDERS

A clear view of the controls, integrations and operating choices required to move programmable assets from prototype to trusted financial infrastructure.

07

Engineering Quality When AI Writes the Code

CTOs · CEOs · BOARDS · ENGINEERING LEADERS

How a regulated-platform organization adopts AI-assisted development without lowering the bar - review discipline, security controls and clear accountability when code volume explodes.

FORMATS

Built around the event, not a recycled deck.

20–40 MIN

Keynote

One strong thesis, vivid system examples and a practical decision framework.

25–45 MIN

Fireside conversation

Executive-level discussion with enough technical depth to move beyond talking points.

PANEL

Executive or technical panel

An operator's perspective across regulation, markets, security, product and scale.

MEDIA

Podcast or media interview

Interviews and expert commentary on regulated fintech, digital assets and security.

45–90 MIN

Private executive briefing

A closed-room working session for boards, investors and leadership teams.

Osama Bari, Dubai-based Chief Technology Officer and fintech speaker
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Osama Bari, Chief Technology Officer.

Osama Bari is a Dubai-based Chief Technology Officer with more than 14 years across fintech, digital assets and enterprise technology. He has helped deliver four regulated platforms across VARA, FIU-IND and FSC environments, scaled international engineering and product operations, led a transformation of a live regulated platform without planned customer downtime and driven major cloud-cost optimization.

His work spans trading infrastructure, custody integration, payments, liquidity, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, regulatory delivery and international engineering operations. His perspective connects technical depth with board-level accountability.

He speaks about how regulated financial platforms are built, secured and operated; how technology organizations scale without losing control; and how CEOs and boards should evaluate technology when system failure has a direct commercial, regulatory or trust consequence.

For organizers. Both biographies on this page may be used in event materials. Employer and product names remain excluded; the verified employment record is on LinkedIn.

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