Saad is a Singapore-based geek, maker, and coffee epicure. Co-founder of SpudnikLab, a startup that works to address the digital divide through digital skills education and low-cost technologies. He initiated EdibleMakerspace that brings together art and citizenScience through food and fermentation. Saad also initiated SalvageGarden, a non-profit makerspace for assistive technology. Saad serves on the advisory boards of the Global Innovation Gathering and r0g_agency for open culture and critical transformation.