Member: Ms. Salam Yamout

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Ms. Salam Yamout

National ICT Strategy Coordinator

Organization: Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Industry: ICT

Salam Yamout is the National ICT Strategy Coordinator at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers since July 2010 identifying and coordinating the implementation of priority projects by various responsible entities. Before that, Salam was Program Manager for Corporate Social Responsibility at Cisco since 2005. Salam has 20 years experience in the development and management of ICT systems for both the private and public sectors, the formulation of ICT Strategies and ICT for Development (ICT4D) programs. She has consulted with the EU, UN, ESCWA, the Ministry of Administrative Reform, and the Ministry of Economy. Salam holds an MBA from ESCP-EAP, Paris / Ecole Supérieure des Affaires, Beirut in 2005. Salam also holds a M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Arizona (Tucson, USA) in 1987 and a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Valparaiso University (Indiana, USA) in 1985.

Salam is a serial social entrepreneur, having founded several NGOs and initiatives such as Women in IT, Beirut Internet Exchange Point, the Lebanese Broadband Stakeholders Group, and the Lebanon Chapter of the Internet Society. Salam is also the General Secretary and head of jury committee for the MIT Enterprise Forum for the Pan Arab Region Arab Business Plan Competition. In this capacity she has been evaluating business plans and entrepreneurs alike, especially in the area of technology for more than five years.

Address: Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Grand Serail, Riad el Solh, Down Town Beirut, Lebanon