Issam Zinati is a backend developer at Hatch Apps. Issam is charged with designing APIs, collecting and modeling data, optimizing databases, and enabling secure endpoints. Prior to coming to Hatch Apps, Issam led the new acceleration program at UCASTI where he helped dozens of Palestinian startups launch from idea-stage to growth-stage. Issam has ten years of experience as a data engineer and full-stack developer. He earned his masters in Data and Knowledge Management from the University of Manchester.