Sara Jeza Alotaibi
Senior Advisor at the Research, Development and Innovation Authority.
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Name in Arabic:
سارة بنت جزاء العتيبي
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Nationality:
Saudi
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Country of Residence:
Saudi Arabia , Saudi Arabia
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Sara Jeza Alotaibi's Bio
Senior Advisor at the Research, Development and Innovation Authority since September 2024, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
She has been an advisor to the Governor in the same body since May 2024.
She founded the Saudi Women Tech Enthusiasts initiative and held several positions at the Institute of Public Administration , including:
- Deputy General Manager for Business Development and Partnerships from 2022 to 2024.
- Professor of Web Technologies.
- General Supervisor of the Gender Balance Center from 2022 to 2024.
- Associate Professor of Web Technologies from 2018 to 2024.
- Director General of the Women's Branch between February 2021 and January 2022.
- Director General of the Women's Branch in the Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region between 2019 and 2021.
She is also a member of the Strategic Directions Steering Council at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU) from 2023 to 2024, a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) in Brussels from 2022 to 2024, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Information Technology and Lifelong Learning (JITLL) from 2017 to 2024.
She held several positions at Taif University , including: Associate Professor at the College of Computers and Information Technology between 2018 and 2022, Assistant Professor between 2014 and 2018, Dean of Library Affairs in 2018, Dean of Undergraduate Studies in 2017, Vice Dean of University Development in 2017, Vice Dean of E-Learning and Distance Education between 2015 and 2017, and Lecturer between 2011 and 2014.
She was also a visiting researcher at the Web Lab at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom between 2009 and 2014, a web developer at King Abdulaziz University between 2007 and 2008, and an assistant in the computer lab at the same university between 2006 and 2007.
She invented the "Fingerprint System," which allows electronic fingerprints to be registered in distributed systems management on the Internet instead of a username and password.
She has received several awards, including the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Fifth Saudi International Conference at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, and the 2020 Women's Leadership Award at the GCC level.
She holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom in 2014, a Master's degree in Web Technologies from the same university in 2010, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from King Abdulaziz University in 2007.




