Muslim CEOs Dinner Series – Manchester (July)

Safa Alkateb is a tech entrepreneur and CEO of Autocab, a wholly owned subsidiary of Uber Technologies.

He started his career as a computer engineer, developing complex hardware and software systems. After graduating with a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from Florida Tech, Safa became Director of software development, then Vice President of Engineering, then CTO at several NASDAQ-listed companies in the US.

In 2000, he established his own startup developing parallel processing software for the telecom industry. Eight years later, he sold that business to Cavium, a $6B Silicon Valley company, and became general manager of one of Cavium’s three divisions.

In 2012, Safa joined Autocab as CEO, transforming the business from hardware to SaaS, eventually selling the business to Uber in 2021.