Bassam was born and raised in Beirut. He got his BE in Mechanical Engineering from the American University of Beirut and continued his Master’s in the same field with a focus on mechatronics. Other than engineering, Bassam also has a personal devotion to music. He studied instrumental music at the Lebanese National Conservatoire and spent most of his life learning and developing his musical skills as a performer. In 2009, Bassam won the season 1 of Stars of Science, a pan-Arab innovation contest. His project Dozan is an automated tuning device for stringed musical instruments. After four years of research and development on Dozan, Bassam co-founded Band Industries and officially launched Roadie, an advanced version of Dozan, on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. In one month they were able to raise about $180,000 worth of Roadie pre-orders. He moved to China afterwards for manufacturing and in a period of one year Band Industries manufactured and shipped to over 55 countries worldwide