Yacoub Sabatin is the VP of Technology at Smart College in Hebron. During his professional career, he worked as teaching faculty member and the head of the Computer Engineering Department at Al-Quds University, he also was the president of Ramallah Toastmasters Distinguished Club, and worked in teaching computers for local and marginalized communities, then as a freelancer, a programmer, and as a consultant with local and international clients. He was also a member in some research projects between European and Palestinian Universities including but not limited to e-learning environments, from time to time, he provides consultation services to help companies in their digital transformation journey. He was also an active member with community-based grassroots organizations that contribute to the development of a sustainable knowledge-based economy in Palestine and focus on empowering technology entrepreneurship, mainly in education special interest groups aiming to bridge the gap between academia and the tech industry in Palestine, he helped holding many university/private sector joint activities. He has a special interest in media and also in futuristic scenarios where technology can change the human lives, and also an interest in philosophy as a way to reach and rethink areas not accessible by empirical science