# Fathy Gad

> Fathy Gad (also Fathy Yehia Gad) is an Associate Director and Design Technology & AI Lead at Jacobs in Dubai, UAE. He leads enterprise design automation, computational engineering and governed enterprise AI, and has architected enterprise automation platforms and AI agents for multidisciplinary design teams across the Middle East.

## Profile
- Role: Associate Director, Design Technology & AI Lead — Jacobs, Dubai (2022–present)
- Previously: Computational Design · BIM Manager, Dar Al-Handasah (2015–2022); BIM Specialist, AECOM Baku (2014–2015); BIM roles at Kemet Corporation and CCC, Cairo
- Experience: 18+ years in structural engineering, BIM and design technology
- Education: BSc Structural Engineering, Benha University (ranked 8 of 868); Project Management Professional Program, The American University in Cairo
- Certifications: RICS Certification in BIM Project Management; AVS; VMA; Stanford Online Machine Learning
- Languages: Arabic, English, German

## Platforms and products
- HYDRA (Dar Al-Handasah): live structural interoperability between SAP2000, ETABS, CSI Bridge, STAAD, Revit and Rhino
- Enterprise design automation platforms, BIM automation tools and Grasshopper and Dynamo components

## AI for design
- BIM AI agent: chat-driven agent that plans BIM tasks and runs governed automation across Revit, Navisworks, CAD and analysis software
- Design AI agent: model understanding, structural design review, quality check and code compliance over BIM and analysis models, with expert feedback loops
- Principle: rules for the repeatable, AI for judgment, engineers sign off every output

## Major projects
The Mukaab, NEOM Vault, Sindalah Island, Red Sea, Diriyah Gate, Haram Expansion, Makkah Stations (KSA); Al Maktoum International Airport, Dubai Metro Blue Line, Damac Tower (UAE); Iconic Tower, Capital Business District, Magdi Yacoub Hospital (Egypt); Crescent Development (Azerbaijan); Kigali Airport (Rwanda); HAIA Airport, Panda House (Qatar)

## Recognition and speaking
- AEC Tech Hackathon New York 2017 — 2nd place
- Speaker: Autodesk University Middle East (Dubai 2018), Big5 Egypt (2022); guest lecturer, Cairo University BIM Masters (2017)

## Strategic value pillars
- Enterprise Design Automation — 15–40% design cycle time reduction through custom automation
- AI Integration & Knowledge Infrastructure — BIM and design AI agents, human approval on every output
- Computational Scalability — BIM–analysis integration in minutes, not weeks of re-modelling
- Strategic Technology Governance — usage logging, audit trail and a uniform data schema

## CV
- Available on request via the form at https://fathygad.me/#contact

## Contact
- Website: https://fathygad.me/ (request form at https://fathygad.me/#contact)
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fathygad/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fathygad4628

## Insights
- [Automation is a bidding advantage, not just a time saving](https://fathygad.me/insights/automation-is-a-bidding-advantage/): Hours returned by automation only create value when they are redeployed. The highest-value place to redeploy them is the bid.
- [Data before models: why a uniform schema beats a smarter AI](https://fathygad.me/insights/data-before-models/): Most AI disappointments in engineering are data problems. Before choosing a model, fix the library it reads from.
- [Rules first. AI for judgment.](https://fathygad.me/insights/rules-first-ai-for-judgment/): The fastest way to lose trust in AI is to use it for work that rules already do well. A practical split for engineering teams adopting AI.