Mr. AI-Faraj was born in 1978 in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. He achieved his BS degree in Electrical Engineering, as a power engineer, from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in 2002. He worked as a project engineer for a couple of years. Currently, he is a Power Systems Engineer in Power Systems Planning Department at Saudi Aramco. It is worth mentioning that Mr. Al-Faraj was deeply involved in engineering research during his study at KFUPM and he is a coauthor of seven international research papers (all in transmission planning).