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AI agents are easy to demo.
They're difficult to trust in an enterprise.
Enterprise AI · Architecture ·
Commerce · Technical Leadership
Mamdouh Tarabishi
I work at the intersection of AI, enterprise systems and commerce, designing the technology, architecture and teams behind them.
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What I Do
Turning complex problems into practical, scalable systems.
Enterprise AI & Agents
AI agent architecture, enterprise knowledge systems, governance, private AI, permissions, observability and practical adoption.
Enterprise Architecture
Architecture strategy, distributed systems, integrations, platforms, technology strategy and technical leadership.
Enterprise Commerce & Retail
Enterprise retail and commerce architecture from composable platforms and Shopify Plus to integrations, catalog, order management, AI-driven commerce and agent-ready experiences.
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Current Focus
What I’m exploring, building and thinking about now.
AI Agents in the Enterprise
From pilots to production systems that can be trusted with real business workflows.
Knowledge & Permissions
RAG, MCP, context, governance, permissions and what agents should actually be allowed to do.
Agent-Ready Commerce
How AI agents change discovery, commerce interfaces, workflows and architecture.
AI-Native Engineering
How AI coding agents are changing engineering workflows, architecture boundaries and software delivery.
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What I’m Building
Products and platforms where AI, architecture and product thinking meet real implementation.
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Latest Writing
Ideas, lessons and observations from my work.
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Ideas
Some recurring thoughts I keep coming back to.
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Connecting an agent to a system is easy.
Deciding what it should be allowed to do is harder.
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Enterprise architecture is mostly
the management of constraints and tradeoffs.
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Commerce is becoming agent-ready.
Most enterprise commerce stacks aren't.
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About
A short version of my professional journey.
Technology leader with 16+ years of experience across consulting, delivery, architecture, engineering leadership, enterprise transformation and commercial strategy. I currently lead Tidal Commerce's 50+ person technology department within its 100+ person organization while continuing selective advisory work through OPStudioz. My path spans software engineering, technical training, group IT leadership and solutions architecture, with a recent focus on composable commerce, cloud-native platforms and AI systems.
- 16+ years
- Technology experience
- 50+ / 100+
- Technology team / company
- 3 clouds
- Azure · AWS · GCP
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Technology & Organizational Leadership
Strategy · Teams · Delivery · Commercial alignment
Leading a multidisciplinary technology department of 50+ people within a 100+ person company, shaping enterprise solutions, supporting strategic pursuits and aligning technology investment with revenue, delivery performance and client outcomes.
2024 → Present
Enterprise Architecture & Commerce
Composable commerce · Retail technology · Cloud platforms
Building and scaling architecture practices across commerce, OMS/POS, omnichannel experiences, enterprise integrations, Sitecore, DevOps and AI-enabled digital platforms.
2017 → 2024
Digital Transformation & IT Leadership
Business automation · Infrastructure · Operations
Leading multi-company transformation across group businesses including Dunkin' operations in the UAE, Oman and Kuwait, Jelly Belly Ice Cream, recycling and agriculture, spanning business systems, infrastructure, security and operational resilience.
2015 → 2017
Engineering, Consulting & Training
Software development · Architecture · Technical education
Developing enterprise and inventory systems, consulting on application architecture and delivering technical training, beginning with a WPF control system for a radiation calibration lab.
2008 → 2015
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Connect
Let’s build, discuss or just exchange ideas.