Ali Fawaz is an accomplished executive and enterprise architect with extensive experience in various industries. Fawaz worked at SITA, a global company providing IT and communication services for the airline industry, where he held several positions, including Head of Enterprise Architecture Solution Group, Head of Common Services Platform, and Airfare Architect. He was also a Senior Developer at Delta Technology and held various engineering positions at Varco-Pruden Buildings and Butler Manufacturing. Currently, Fawaz is the SVP, Chief Enterprise Architect at Global Payments Inc., where he focuses on developing and executing a cloud-first and API strategy to enhance governance processes and drive API and data as products. Fawaz has a dual engineering degree from Beirut University College, a BS in Civil Engineering from Marquette University, and an MBA in Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management from Clayton State University.