Biography

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Daneh Al Rayes  

Daneh Al Rayes


Vice-President of Smart Way Consulting, Bahrain

Daneh Al Rayes is the vice president of Smart Way Consulting, a Bahrain based multi-disciplinary consultancy focusing on smart cities advisory services catering to cross-sector clients. With over 13 years of experience in smart solutions deployments in the real estate, hospitality, business, and retail sectors, she is considered an expert in smart cities solutions and smart technology implementations.


In her capacity as the Co-chair of the Bahrain Smart Cities Summit an annual event organized by Smart Way Consulting since 2016, Daneh role’s was instrumental in curating the annual program of local and international speakers, bringing together subject matter experts and smart cities professionals together in a platform for dialogue and inspiration advocating for smart and sustainable solutions in Bahrain and the region.

Prior to her current role, she held several roles in the ICT industry from the Vice President of T-Linx Technology Solutions ( 2007 - 2017) and the Director of Communications and Consumer Affairs at the Bahrain Telecommunications Regulatory Authority ( 2003-2007). Daneh graduated from the University of Bahrain with a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science.

Daneh is currently a board member of the Bahrain Internet Society and was a member of C5’s Nebula (women in technology network) in collaboration with Amazon Web (2018 -2019)​.