Catherina Ballout is the Director of Growth Operations at BulkWhiz, the first bulk grocery e-commerce platform in the Middle East, powered by home grown artificial intelligence. She was the Chief Operations Officer at MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan Arab Region (MITEF Pan Arab) and worked with government entities and corporates helping them launch their flagship entrepreneurship and innovation programs in countries like Lebanon, Libya, Tunis, Egypt, UAE, KSA, to name a few. She also helped launch the MIT's Refugee ACTion Hub (ReACT), a global education hub for displaced populations and refugees.