Fahad Albutairi is a Saudi geophysicist and University of Texas alumni. Born and raised in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, he is currently working in Saudi Aramco, the largest oil-producing company in the world. He is the former vice president of the Arab Student Association at UT, co-founder and former Technical Support Chair of the Middle East Culture Club at UT-Austin, and is a former member of the National Arab American Journalists Association (UT Chapter). As of recent, he is also a member of the Saudi IT Club, a non-profit organization situated in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and established by a group of promising, young Saudi who share an interest in information technology.