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Before INVEX
Maram worked as a pharmacist in a private hospital, facing prescriptions in hard-to-read handwriting every day. She tried proposing an administrative fix, but the problem was technical by nature and she did not have the tools.
Maram Alshehri
From pharmacist to founder of a health technology company
Maram Alshehri
- 40+
- Branches using the system
- 5
- Team size
- 7 months
- Graduation to incorporation
I did not want to change my profession — I wanted tools to solve a problem I saw every day. The institute gave me the tools; the club gave me the door.2
The study journey
She joined the AI Science diploma knowing no programming at all. The first semester was the hardest, then she realised her healthcare background was an advantage rather than an obstacle: she was the only one in her cohort who understood the medical problem from the inside.
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The turning point
On Demo Day, she presented her prototype to a panel that included the director of a pharmacy chain. He asked to pilot the system in three branches within a month.
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Where they are now
Wasfa is today a registered company with a team of five, serving more than 40 branches, with Maram leading the technical team herself.
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