Our Leadership Team

Meet the experienced professionals bringing annotation excellence to Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq

Founding Team

Melhem Bitar

Business Development Director & Co-Founder
Montreal, Canada

Melhem brings over 15 years of experience including 2 years in AI and data annotation industries. He brings a winning philosophy from Canada directly to the Middle East.

His vision for Annotations Are Us combines ethical employment with cutting-edge annotation methodologies to deliver exceptional value to clients worldwide.

Karim Muhtar

Business Development Manager & Co-Founder
Lebanon

Karim is an operations expert with a decade of experience in managing distributed teams across the Middle East. He specializes in creating efficient workflows for complex annotation projects.

His deep understanding of the regional workforce enables him to build teams that deliver exceptional quality while maintaining competitive pricing.

Rami Hajjar

CEO & Co-Founder
Lebanon

Rami is a technology visionary and serial entrepreneur. He brings together and leads the team in a no-nonsense high-value fashion.

He is responsible for architecting the gamified annotation platform that sets Annotations Are Us apart from competitors in the data labeling industry.

Rami Ariss

Head of Business Development
Lebanon

Rami Ariss is the most senior member of the team, by decades. He brings non-techncial skills to the company. He has held senior level roles in shopping centers and malls, hotels, international brands, and has forever changed the face of Downtown Beirut.

Edward Mansour

Head of Annotation Quality
Lebanon

Edward started out as a hands on developer working in KSA. His refined technical expertise empower our team to be at the cutting edge of the AI universe.

Under his guidance, our annotation teams deliver the highest quality possible.

Malek Takieddine

Head of European Operations
Spain

Malek oversees our European client relationships and expansion strategy. With experience working in both Middle Eastern and European tech markets, he bridges cultural and business practices.

His role ensures that our annotation services are lead to rich and long term partnership with European organizations while leveraging our regional advantages.

Our Mission & Commitment

Annotations Are Us is more than just an annotation service provider. We are creating a new model for ethical, high-value employment in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq.

We are not running a sweatshop like other global firms. Instead, we are creating high-value income for tens of thousands of new full-time and part-time jobs. Our gamification system ensures fair compensation based on quality and accuracy, not just volume.

By launching in Q2 2026, we aim to become the leading provider of AI data annotation services in the Middle East while making a positive social impact through ethical employment practices.