Ziad Matar
Executive Chairman of Coconut
Founding Partner of Meditari
President of TiE Dubai
With over two decades of experience and a proven track record at leading global corporations, Ziad Matar is a digital native, leader in emerging technologies, 5G, entrepreneurship, and a firm believer that the right talent powers innovative businesses. LEARN MORE →
Wirelessly Yours PODCAST
Access to healthcare, upgrading communication within existing infrastructure, and socio-economic distributions within cities pose concerns for both residents and leadership. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, they have become even more pressing issues for the smart cities of the future.
COVID-19 has accelerated the transformation of postal businesses, from letter delivery services to vital logistics support for organization. How are postal operators like Emirates Post adapting to their new role as facilitators of the ongoing e-commerce boom in the pandemic era?
Innovation and invention will be the building blocks of our post-pandemic economy, but we’ll also need fast and effective ways to protect ideas. In a digital world, that means reviewing and analyzing patent data using emerging tech, like AI, machine learning, cognitive computing, and more to secure intellectual property.
Dr Saliha Afridi, clinical psychologist, founder and director at The LightHouse Arabia talks with Ziad Matar about the harsh reality of digital use and social media—it’s here to stay! How can we use it more consciously while practising greater refrain? Find out more by listening to the full podcast.
In a world growing increasingly dependent on social media, concerns about data privacy are at an all-time high. How do the experts imagine a (near) future where social media is regulated? Host Ziad Matar picks apart the issue with TJ Lightwala, MD of Accenture Interactive MENA, and Isabella de Michelis, Founder and CEO of Ernie App, in the latest episode of Wirelessly Yours
Technology may be getting increasingly sophisticated, but users still demand functional simplicity. Host Ziad Matar discusses the future of user experience (UX) with Lara Chikhani, User Experience & Digital Strategy Consultant at Oliver Wyman. How will we embrace the possibilities AI, IoT, and automation can bring while keeping things straightforward for the user?
Åsa Nordgren, CEO of Trice Imaging and Gaugarin ‘G’ Oliver, software entrepreneur and serial angel investor, talk with host Ziad Matar about the potential of smart tech, cloud-based communication, image management and documentation systems in helping unlock data for remote healthcare access. Will a trip to a doctor’s clinic still be standard protocol or can you be treated from anywhere in the world? Find out more by listening here.
Host Ziad Matar breaks down 5G and the power of connectivity with Fram Akiki, President of Joun Technologies including how computing power will fuel AI’s growth, the role older tech will have to play, and why we’ll be overhauling our infrastructure to make way for 5G. Learn everything you wanted to know (and more!) about how we’ll connect in the future.
Ramit Harisinghani, general manager at b8ta and host Ziad Matar take a deep dive into the future of experiential in-person stores that are analytics-powered and software-backed by retailers all over the world. And, as always, the internet of things, virtual reality and smartphones also take the stage. Don’t miss this podcast if you’re curious about how you’ll be shopping in the not too distant future.
Host Ziad Matar talks all things UX and UI with Ahmad Alsultan, Experience Design Director at Squad X including practical tips that every business can adopt, the latest digital strategies, and what the future holds for UX and UI. Literally no stone is left unturned in this podcast session! So, if you want to learn more about UX and UI and you’re looking to give your business a competitive edge - then this podcast is definitely not to be missed!
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YOUR DOSE of digital
The hospitality world is notorious for its high employee turnover and low retention rates. It is hard to remember a time when we didn’t have a shortage of talent. In this article, I offer 3 tips for employers to perfect their recruitment processes and I also share our vision at Coconut as we help the hospitality world bridge the gap by making the hiring of talented individuals quick, simple, and seriously fun.
In the past year entrepreneur-led companies facilitated everything from safe and secure food delivery, to connectivity and communication across every sector of public and private, including cracking the vaccine! This year, TiE is celebrating the Spirit of Entrepreneurship at the TiE Global Summit. Read here about why this is important and how we can all carry The Flame of Entrepreneurship.
Whether or not the future will be like Blade Runner, Ex-Machina or Her, remains to be seen. In this article, I look at AI’s role in popular culture, what that says about where we are headed in our relationship with technology, and why we will never really want to let go of that human touch.
Everything in life comes down to trust - that special glue that holds everything together, including our relationships, our systems, and our civilization. This article takes a look at how to build trust through communication, the important role empathy plays (especially during these strange times!), and why 2021 could be the year we make trust great again.
Now that 5G is literally at our doorsteps, we’re ready to welcome it into our home…and it got me thinking about all the ways the next generation of cellular connectivity is going to change our lives. How will 5G power the future of connected experiences?
COVID-19 has accelerated the drive to make all things digital and Netflix’s recent docudrama, The Social Dilemma is making us question whether we really have a choice anymore when it comes to the information we receive. Will the status quo continue, or will there be a change to a model that balances profit generation with user and community welfare?
More of us are working from home than ever before and for some, there will be no going back to the traditional office. So, what will the future of work look like? With such a seismic shift taking place, how will we redefine work-life balance and how are organisations to support teams of remote workers?
The COVID-19 pandemic forced us all to rethink our summer travel plans. In this article, I tackle the travel experience, what might flying look like in this “new normal”? How might contactless tech and VR impact the experience and how are nations positioned to innovate?
The technologies leading the charge towards a preventive healthcare model sound great in theory but what are the challenges associated with them? Do people really trust data-enabled HealthTech? What do robotics and 5G have to do with a sterilized environment?
Courtesy of the Covid-19 pandemic, a radical digital transformation is underway across all sectors globally and the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) space is no exception. This disruption puts pressure on MVNOs to get creative and raise the bar moving forward.