About
Abdelilah Sidqui
Abdelilah Sidqui is Co-founder and Managing Partner of UBIK, an independent data center engineering consultancy established in Dubai in 2019. He leads the firm’s advisory and engineering design work. He is a Board Director of African Digital Infrastructure Investments (ADII).
He has worked in critical infrastructure and technology for more than twenty years. At EMC and then Dell Technologies in Dubai, he spent eleven years running data center, cloud migration and IT transformation programmes for government and enterprise clients. He also led the advanced software and data protection practice for the Middle East and Africa.
He holds a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from ENSEM Casablanca, completed Executing Complex Programs at Stanford University School of Engineering, and is an MSP Practitioner. He works in Arabic, French and English.
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- NowCo-founder and Managing Partner, UBIK, Dubai, since 2019. Independent data center engineering consultancy for owners, developers, operators, investors and contractors.
- BoardBoard Director, African Digital Infrastructure Investments (ADII).
- BeforeEleven years at EMC and then Dell Technologies in Dubai: data center, cloud migration and IT transformation programmes for government and enterprise clients across the Middle East and Africa; led the region’s advanced software and data protection practice.
- EducationMaster of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, ENSEM Casablanca. Executing Complex Programs, Stanford University School of Engineering. MSP Practitioner.
- LanguagesArabic, French, English.
- Based inDubai.
For organisers
Two biographies in the third person and the headshot, to use unchanged in a programme, a nomination or a press piece.
Short biography
Abdelilah Sidqui is Co-founder and Managing Partner of UBIK, an independent data center engineering consultancy established in Dubai in 2019. He is also a Board Director of African Digital Infrastructure Investments. Before UBIK, he spent eleven years at EMC and then Dell Technologies, running data center and IT transformation programmes across the Middle East and Africa.
Long biography
Abdelilah Sidqui is Co-founder and Managing Partner of UBIK, an independent data center engineering consultancy established in Dubai in 2019. He leads the firm’s advisory and engineering design work. He is a Board Director of African Digital Infrastructure Investments (ADII).
He has worked in critical infrastructure and technology for more than twenty years. At EMC and then Dell Technologies in Dubai, he spent eleven years running data center, cloud migration and IT transformation programmes for government and enterprise clients. He also led the advanced software and data protection practice for the Middle East and Africa.
He holds a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from ENSEM Casablanca, completed Executing Complex Programs at Stanford University School of Engineering, and is an MSP Practitioner. He works in Arabic, French and English.
Headshot
Photograph, 2026. Please use it uncropped and without a filter.
