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Bader Hamdan

Founder & CEO

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PartneringX

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About

🏆 Voted as Most Inspiring Partner Leader by Industry Peers 🏆 🗓️ Book me for partnerships advise ➜ intro.co/BaderHamdan Bader Hamdan is a visionary Muslim Palestinian tech executive recognized as the industry’s Most Inspiring Partner Leader. With 20+ years leading global B2B growth, he is the Founder & CEO of PartneringX, empowering startups and investors through ecosystem strategy and value co-creation—guided by empathy and rooted in the principle of Ihsan (إحسان)—excellence in both intent and action. Bader held pivotal executive roles at Vectara, Twilio, Google, and Cisco, spanning ecosystem BD/GTM and corporate development. He holds a B.S. from NC State and pursued Leadership & Entrepreneurship studies at Harvard. Rooted in purpose, he is committed to enabling the co-innovation economy and co-building a thriving Palestinian ecosystem. He also serves as a startup advisor, investor, mentor, and speaker across the tech innovation and value co-creation landscape. 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝙓 is your 𝖢𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗒𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝑰𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔™ 🧭 Guided by empathy & 𝙄𝙝𝙨𝙖𝙣 (إحسان) We empower Startup Founders, PortCo CxOs, VCs, PEs, and Venture Studios to navigate, build, and optimize 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀—unlock

Experience

Founder & Managing PartnerPartneringX
Jan 2025
Founder | Chief Partnerships & Community OfficerPartneringX
Jan 2020 to Jan 2020
Chief Business OfficerSignWell
Nov 2025
Chief Ecosystem OfficerVectara
May 2023 to Nov 2024
Vice President, Platform & Technology Partner EcosystemTwilio
Aug 2021 to Apr 2023
Global Head, Strategic Technology PartnershipsGoogle
Oct 2018 to Oct 2020
Executive MemberPartnership Leaders
Jan 2020 to Jan 2020
Global Head, Startup ISV Ecosystem BD & GTMCisco
Mar 2017 to Oct 2018
Manager of Strategic Alliances & Ecosystem PartnershipsCisco
Apr 2014 to Mar 2017
Partner Channel Sales & Strategic Alliance LeadCisco
Oct 2004 to Apr 2014

Education

Harvard Business School
Entrepreneurship & Leadership
North Carolina State University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Cisco Networking Academy
Organizational Leadership