Team
Meet The Team.
A multidisciplinary team of Jordanian and Canadian talent, united by a single mission: making advanced AI safe, accountable, and useful.

Stef DJ
Founder & CEO
Visionary entrepreneur leading AruraZ's mission to deliver trustworthy AI for business and government. Sets company strategy, partnerships, and long-term direction.

Ghaith Twaissi
Co-Founder & CTO
Coming from a hospitality background, Ghaith's passion for AI led him to study the field deeply, dive into hands-on research and engineering, and ultimately found AruraZ. Today he shapes the company's engineering culture and platform architecture, driving the design of secure, scalable AI systems from research to production.

Rashed Hamadin
Head of AI Security
Security specialist with deep expertise in software analysis, secure development, and protecting AI workloads against adversarial and operational threats.

Tariq Khasawneh
Director, Government Solutions
AI & Data Science specialist bridging business and technology. Leads public-sector engagements, helping agencies adopt AI responsibly and at scale.

José C.
Head of Engineering
Engineering leader focused on operational excellence, automation, and delivery. Scales AruraZ's teams and infrastructure to support mission-critical AI deployments.
Want to join us?
We're always looking for talented engineers and researchers passionate about safe, sovereign AI. Reach out — we'd love to talk.