The document provides information about Ahmed Banafa's background and experience, including extensive experience in operations and management with a research background in various techniques and analysis. It also lists that he has taught at several universities and has received several awards for his work. It provides a brief introduction to big data and defines it as large and complex structured and unstructured data that cannot be processed by traditional database tools. It also discusses some of the roots and key aspects of big data like volume, velocity, and variety.