Wajeha Barakat

Wajeha Barakat currently serves as Chief of Staff at LaunchGood, having joined the company in August 2025. Prior experience includes serving as Chief of Staff for Artificial Intelligence and Senior Business Strategy Consultant at Red Hat, where Wajeha led strategic initiatives to modernize engineering programs and supported growth in technology offerings. Additional roles at Red Hat involved business strategy consulting and IT business systems analysis, focusing on translating customer needs into technical specifications and managing project scopes. Earlier experience includes project management in supply chain at Northrop Grumman Corporation and financial analysis roles at Cisco and Wells Fargo. Wajeha holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Supply Chain Management and a minor in Economics from North Carolina State University.