Kais Salhut
Practice Director, Solution Ownership, Slalom
In 2009, after visiting his hometown of Jerusalem, Kais Salhut started a software development outsourcing company in Ramallah, Palestine, to tap into the largely underutilized talent pool Palestinian universities produced each year. The company he started later merged its operations into iConnect Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. While in Palestine, Salhut was very active in promoting the development of the technology echo system, where he spoke at Palestinian universities and sat on the board of Peeks—Palestinian Geeks, a grassroots organization aimed at building a sustainable knowledge-based economy in Palestine.