The Quirkat Family

The Players

Mahmoud Khasawneh, Founder and CEO:

Prior to forming Quirkat, Mahmoud, in his capacity as the CIO of Government, founded and led Jordan's e-Government Program for four years. Other main highlights of his career include the positions of Chief Technology Officer at an Interactive Services spin off of Telewest Communications/Flextech, and Chief Technical Architect for the E-Solutions Unit at EDS for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

Candide Kirk, co-founder and CTO:

Prior to co-founding Quirkat, Candide played an instrumental part as a technology consultant in shaping the CIO Office at the Ministry of ICT in Jordan. She led international cross-Governmental cooperation efforts mainly focused on transferring knowledge and technical know-how to the Kingdom, in addition to her role as a strategic advisor to the e-Government Program.

Joumana Medlej, Concept Artist/Art Director:

Joumana Medlej began to school herself in illustration and the comic arts at the age of 12, and later graduated with a BA in Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut. Before joining Quirkat, Joumana worked as part of the animation teams of Future TV and Zen TV. Her work has appeared in a number of local and foreign magazines and on regional TV shows.

She is also a globetrotter with numerous published travel articles and photography, and an active martial artist.