Biography
Dr Omar Khaled (Elsayed) joined King’s College London in 2025 as Senior Product Manager for the RADAR Base project. He is an award-winning digital transformation and artificial intelligence specialist, with over 15 years of experience leading innovation across academia, healthcare, and industry. His research and professional practice focus on the strategic application of AI, gamification, and digital technologies to generate social and organisational impact.
Before joining King’s, Omar held senior academic and leadership positions at the University of Liverpool and BOC, where he played a pivotal role in advancing digital innovation. He led the Liverpool City Region (LCR 4.0) Holistic Project, a multi-million-pound EU-funded initiative that supported more than 140 SMEs in adopting Industry 4.0 technologies, driving product innovation, digital ecosystem development, and regional competitiveness. In parallel, he founded Droovy Ltd, an Innovate UK–funded company delivering AI-powered solutions in education (EdTech) and healthcare (MedTech).
Omar holds a PhD and MBA from the University of Liverpool Management School and degrees in Software and Computer Engineering from Cairo University. His work has been recognised by Innovate UK, Times Higher Education, and the LCR Culture & Creativity Awards for advancing the use of AI and gamification across various industries.
Research interests
- Digital Healthcare and mHealth
- Artificial Intelligence
- Gamification and Game-Based Learning
Expertise and public engagement
- Programme Leader of the Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Executive Programme of Imperial College London (2025).
- Programme Leader of the Product Management and Strategy Executive Programme of the University of Pennsylvania (2024).
- Lecturer of Business, AI and Data Analytics at the University of Liverpool’s Management School (2021-2025).
- Led the Liverpool City Region (LCR 4.0) Holistic Project, a multi-million-pound EU-funded scheme benefiting over 140 SMEs in adopting Industry 4.0 technologies and building regional digital ecosystems (2023).
- Served as Digital Transformation Product Manager at Linde Plc & BOC, leading AI-powered projects that improved operational efficiency and customer experience across multiple business units (2016–2020).
- Founded Droovy Ltd, an Innovate UK–funded company delivering AI-driven EdTech and MedTech solutions (2016).
- Applied, secured and led the delivery of two Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) with Kays Medical focused on applying AI, gamification and digital transformation within healthcare.
- Award recipient recognised by Innovate UK (Entrepreneurial Role Model, 2024), Times Higher Education (Technological Innovation of the Year nominee, 2023), and the LCR Culture & Creativity Awards (Innovator of the Year finalist, 2024).
- Holder of professional certifications including MIT’s Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy (2024), Professional Scrum Master (PSM) (2024), and Project Management Professional (PMP) (2013).
- Invited Speaker & Panellist at national and international forums including the British Academy of Management (BAM), presenting research on AI, innovation and gamification; awarded best paper prizes at BAM and ECGBL.