Younes Moumen

Younes Moumen is the CTO of ATLAN Space, an inventor and innovator with 10 granted invention patents, 8 pending and 4 founded start-ups. During his 13-year career, he gained experiences as software developer, CTO, business advisor and Intellectual Property attorney among other roles. A graduate of the National School of Applied Sciences of Oujda, Younes co-founded Inkfast in 2005 where he developed the first mobile phone video games designed for Arabic cultures in Arabic language, even before the availability of modern smart phones. In 2013, Younes joined the International University of Rabat. He was among a small team of 3 dedicated to the protection and the transfer of the technology to Moroccan industries. Younes was in charge of prototyping, protecting Intellectual Property assets and developing business strategy for successful commercialization of the University’s technologies. In only 3 years, the University was awarded as Best Innovator in Morocco to then rank first in terms of innovation in Africa. Concurrently, Younes was actively working at prototyping 14 inventions, filing 174 patents and developing 7 detailed business plans for companies and projects that are now active or ready to be launched. The World Intellectual Property Organization issued 2 certifications for Younes in IP portfolio Management and Copyrights. He also received an Entrepreneurship training at Bucks University in Buckinghamshire, England.