Hossein Jalali is the Head of Online at Al Aan TV. He has earned a BS degree in Computer Engineering and an MBA from AUS. During his role at Al Aan, he has restructured the digital outlook of the company, making it one of the most successful online media platforms in the Arab world. He also pioneered Al Aan as one of the first companies to use Social Media services for its growth, currently having over 1.8 million fans on Facebook, and over 115 million video views on YouTube. For-seeing the future of web moving towards social media, he assembled and headed a team to create a video sharing social network for the Middle East; Kalam.tv, making it the largest user generated video hub targeting the region with over 150,000 users, in just two years. Hossein's significant contributions helped establish a one of its kind inews to web system, which allowed automated capture, segregation, and storage of TV content to a website in real-time. Under his leadership, Al Aan perused to create many multi-platform mobile apps for its viewers. Hossein's intuitive roles in succeeding the online business makes him well known for his early adaptations and introductions of the latest web technology and online trends in the region.
