Dr. Alfarisi is the AI Senior Advisor at Dragon Oil. He initiated and deployed the first AI Platform in the organization, leading to the democratization of AI, and initiated the first AI R&D projects in collaboration with academia. He built the first-ever AI Drilling GPT models. Alfarisi is a former VP of R&D and Technology, acting at ADNOC Offshore. Alfarisi established the first AI Hackathon in the Middle East, collaborating with SPE GOTECH. He brings 26 years of experience from Global Fortune 500 companies, BP, Schlumberger (SLB), and TOTALenergies. He holds patents and has authored over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference publications. Alfarisi is a six-time recipient of the BP-TOTALenergies-ADNOC Subsidiary Innovation Award and received the’ Most Likely to Change the World’ from the London Business School. Alfarisi has a dual PhD in Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Engineering from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and KU (Khalifa University).
