Engineering · AI · Leadership

Engineeringwhat AI feels like.

I lead the engineering organization behind HP's HyperX gaming portfolio — the PCs, laptops, peripherals, and displays that millions of players use every day.

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01 · The Work

Engineering at HP.

What I lead today: the engineering organization behind HP's HyperX gaming portfolio and the AI experiences inside it.

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Talks, interviews, ideas.

Where the work meets the wider conversation — keynotes, press interviews, articles, and the long form.

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How I got here.

From the United Nations to a U.S. disaster-response agency to twenty-eight years at HP. A career shaped less by plan, more by purpose.

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On Stage — CES

Speed, Customization, Innovation: AI in Gaming.

A conversation about how publishers and developers are using AI to compress release cycles and tailor games to individual players. From the CES program.

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The work, out loud.

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Conversations & keynotes

Interviews and talks on AI in gaming and engineering leadership.

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Interviews

On the record

Long-form sit-downs with industry press and international media including CGTN America.

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Press

Mentioned & cited

Coverage of HP's gaming and AI work across publications.

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Articles

Things I've written

Notes on engineering leadership, AI in consumer products, and what scale really teaches you.

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What I focus on

Areas of work.

AI & Experience Engineering

Generative AI in consumer productsAI-native product strategyPersonalization & user modelingApplied ML in real-time systemsConversational and assistive AI experiences

Engineering Leadership at Scale

Global engineering operationsMulti-site organization designQuality engineering at enterprise scaleRelease and deployment governanceCross-functional program leadership

Product & Platform

PC gaming hardware and softwareConsumer device experiencesHyperX brand engineeringCybersecurity in consumer platformsDeveloper and creator tooling

The Path

Career arc.

1998 — Present
HP Inc.
- Senior Director, Experience Engineering & AI Experience — Gaming Solutions / HyperX
  Leading the engineering organization behind HP's HyperX gaming portfolio and the AI experiences inside it.
- Senior Director, Global Engineering Operations
  International team of 140+ engineers across development, quality, and deployment.
- Senior Manager, Software Engineering Quality Assurance
- Senior Lead, User Experience Quality Assurance
1994 — 1996
Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
- IT Department Manager
  Built and ran the IT function in a humanitarian-response environment.
1992 — 1994
United Nations
- R&D Engineering & PMO Manager
  Research, development, and program management within the UN system.
1992 — 1993
University Lecturer
- Computer Science
  Taught core CS at the university level — an early grounding in mentorship.

About

A few words about how I work.

I'm Haval Othman, Senior Director of Experience Engineering and AI Experience at HP Inc. I lead the engineering organization responsible for HP's gaming portfolio — now consolidated under the HyperX brand across PCs, laptops, peripherals, and displays — with a particular focus on the AI experiences inside those products.

My career at HP began in 1998 and has spanned the full arc of modern product engineering: software, systems, user experience, quality, global operations, and AI-native product development. Before HP I held technical and management roles at the United Nations and the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, and taught computer science at the university level. Those years shaped my leadership instincts more than anything that came after.

What I care about today is the same thing I cared about then, just at a different scale. AI is finally good enough to make consumer products feel like they understand the person using them. The work is to make that quiet — to let the experience get better without announcing itself, to let the player or the creator feel more capable, not more managed.

Speaking

On stage.

I speak at industry forums on AI in gaming, engineering leadership, and the way AI is changing consumer hardware. Most recently at CES and in international press coverage including CGTN America.

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