Saima has a background in computer systems engineering and higher education, having taught at Murdoch University Dubai, the American University in Dubai, the American University of Sharjah, and the Higher Colleges of Technology. She has also written freelance articles and commentary since her teenage years.

Over 25 years of lecturing at the tertiary level have shaped Saima’s perspective that community is the true foundation of meaningful technology, a view that has only deepened with the rise of social technologies and their transformative impact across sectors.

Today her work focuses on AI governance, digital ethics, and the responsible adoption of emerging technologies, with a particular interest in how governance frameworks translate into real organisational practice. She is currently completing the ForHumanity Foundations programme and serves as a Research Group Team Leader with the Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP), where she contributes to comparative research on AI policy and governance for the CAIDP Index Report 2026.