Beirut, Lebanon — one of the first & top coders in the Middle East

The multidisciplinary journey.

00 — About

Most people pick one career.
I built 8.

I wrote my first line of code at 10 and sold my first website at 13, before most of Lebanon was even online. I built the country's first school website, and by 15 I was selling projects, co-hosting ann IT show on radio and presenting a computer segment on TV.

Three decades later, the careers multiplied but the habit never changed: innovate & build. Today I run XTND, one of the top development companies in MENA. I operate several ventures in parallel. I teach multiple courses & AI at university. I fly drones and create videos that bring millions of views. I built one of region's most popular bands. I organized some of Lebanon's biggest rock shows. I live the rest of my time outdoors doing extreme sports.

Different careers. Same mindset: Uncompromising Excellence.

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A life in fast-forward

Years of passion,
always creating.

1994

Started coding at age 10. A coding pioneer and part of the first generation of modern programmers in the region.

1997

First website sold, age 13 when internet was still rare.

1998

Built Lebanon's first school website & ran a freelance coding business through school.

1999

Hired by a major tourism site at 15. Co-hosted an IT radio show & hosted a computer segment in a TV show.

2002

Started playing music & founded my band.

2003

Started events management and sound engineering. The beginning of Rockring and fifteen years of running Lebanon's music scene.

2009

Won first place at Beirut's first Startup Weekend.

2011

Founded my first official company which today is XTND.

2013–15 award streak

Swept Developer Tournaments in Lebanon and regional Middle East titles, back to back.

2020 co-founded

Moviegoers - Lebanon's top cinema app, smart schedule, machine-learning showtimes, & online ticketing.

2024 founded

Appventure - the AI social & activity discovery app. Find your people, find your adventure.

2025 founded

BlazeMaster - the foodie career turns into a product: my own hot sauce brand.

2025 founded

CareFlow - AI-powered healthcare & clinic management system.

Now

XTND + multiple ventures, a college professor, a drone in the air, a bass in the corner, and a cliff queued for the weekend. All running together.

Career 01 — Code

The agency:
XTND.

est. as Grind, 2011 · Beirut → MENA

"We believe in code." XTND is a full-fledged digital agency focused on technology & development: web, mobile, e-commerce, and custom platforms for startups and enterprise across MENA. We bridge business vision and technical execution: architecture, scale, security and UX decided properly, then built.

In the AI era, anyone can prompt, but few can build. With three decades of engineering experience, we drive today's AI tools, not the other way around.

Web & MobileE-commerceCustom PlatformsStartup CoachingAI EngineeringSEO & Social
xtnd.io

Some Clients

  • PwC — big 4 consulting firms in the world
  • Patchi — worldwide multistore e-commerce
  • Opel & Mazda — top car brands
  • Streach — patented unique project in the world for measuring offline ad reach
  • Mzaar Ski Resort — The biggest ski resort in the Middle East
PwCLive Love BeirutLibanPostMzaar Ski ResortMattaMazdaCinemallM2USJMaxime ChayaOpelCosmocityESA Business SchoolSouk el AkelRodgeBlédinangnoAtamianMix FMPatchiIPT PowerTech
Career 02 — Entrepreneur

Multiple projects,
all in motion.

founder & builder, not just backer

Products I founded and engineer. Each one built from inspirations in my own life.

Appventure

Social Discovery · AI

Find your people, find your adventure. A social discovery app that builds your “vibe” and uses AI to match users with people and experiences they'll actually enjoy, from hikes and climbs to surf trips. It has advanced built-in tools for organizing events, handling bookings and payments, finding people & audience with AI, and sharing event galleries.

getappventure.com →

Moviegoers

Cinema · ML

Lebanon's top cinema app. Machine learning blends real-time showtimes, booking, your location, availability and even traffic to surface the best screening near you, plus reviews, premieres, and competitions.

moviegoers.me →

CareFlow

HealthTech · AI

An advanced AI-powered practice management system for clinics and physiotherapy practices. Appointments, patient records, billing, analytics and AI-assisted workflows, built to run a modern medical practice from start to finish.

careflw.com →

BlazeMaster

Hot Sauce · Craft

The foodie career turned product. Born from years of delicate cooking, BlazeMaster is my own hot sauce brand. Made in fresh batches, grown in the Bekaa. I engineered it with the same care as everything else I do. Yes, entrepreneurship applies to chili too.

blazemaster.shop →
Career 03 — Film & Flight

Stories shot
from above.

videographer · drone pilot

Professional videographer and drone pilot. Filming Lebanon, our own activities, and working with brands to create amazing content. From concept to final cut including , edits, color, and sound, I've directed and shot countless viral videos reaching several millions of organic views.

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organic views & counting
Work·projects
customer & showcase videos
Drone·
Drone cinematography & dynamic FPV shots
Viral·videos
edits built to reach
Career 04 — Sound & Stage

Fifteen years
of loud.

rockring · blood ink · sound engineer · studio owner

I founded Rockring & spent fifteen years organizing some of the biggest rock concerts in Lebanon. I also booked international artists, engineered live sound, recorded album, and held the official license as Lebanon's national director for the Global Battle of the Bands, the world's largest band competition.
Some of the highest caliber bands in the world recognized me as one of the best concert organizers they have worked with in the world.

On the other side, I was one of the country's best-known bassists with my band Blood Ink. We released two albums, and were one of the most popular rock/metal acts in the region playing all over the country and the region

Overview

  • Metal Hammer feature — a two-page article in the world's biggest rock magazine covering our shows
  • HAIL! in Beirut — brought the supergroup of Megadeth, Sepultura, Slayer & Judas Priest members to Lebanon
  • GBOB national director — Lebanon's official lead for the world's largest band competition
  • Blood Ink — bassist, two albums released

"The organisation is first class… the promoters who brought us over, Rockring, are keen to bring more bands over. They impressed us all."

— Metal Hammer, on the HAIL! show in Beirut
Career 05 — Classroom

Spreading knowledge.

university professor · coding & ai

I learned to code by taking things apart, reading everything, and experimenting. As a college professor, I love passing that knowledge. I teach coding, UX, AI, and building games. I bring years of experience into the classroom through practical means: less theory and more "here's how it works". My goal is simple, teach hands-on the way I learned. Less talk, more action, and keeping it interesting.

Career 06 — Adventure

Built for
freedom.

@roydtriptv · always outside

I didn't build different businesses to stay busy. I built out of passion, and my goal is to buy back my time. No 9-to-6, no office hours. If the snow is good, I'm on the mountain. If the sea is calm, I'm there it. Life first; the work is engineered around it.

Parkour, snowboarding, wakeboarding, freediving, mountaineering, cliff jumping. All filmed and on socials, sharing the adventures and extreme hobbies here: @roydtriptv.

ParkourSnowboardWakeboardFreedivingWakeboardWakeboardingMountaineeringCliff Jumping
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@roydtriptv

  • 23K on Instagram — adventure films, drone aerials & POV sends
  • 33K on TikTok — the extreme cuts that travel furthest
  • Shot by us — the videographer career and this one share a camera bag
  • The rule — freedom of time, any activity, any day of the week
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weekdays outside
Recognition

Trophies &
receipts.

Next career?

Let's build
something.

[email protected] xtnd.io appventure moviegoers careflow blazemaster @roydtriptv · ig @roydtriptv · tt