Ahmed Essmat
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Experience
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appenza
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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CEO
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Feb 2015 - Oct 2021
London, United Kingdom We co-build companies from the ground up, it's a passion to work on creative ideas that disturbs digital market places. So we created a framework of services specially tailored for startup needs. Started with a normal software house that serves mobile & web apps, and transforming into a startup factory. Delivering consultation services, staffing and development to help startups focus on their delivery and define the MVP with deep prospecting process that made us very selective with the… Show more We co-build companies from the ground up, it's a passion to work on creative ideas that disturbs digital market places. So we created a framework of services specially tailored for startup needs. Started with a normal software house that serves mobile & web apps, and transforming into a startup factory. Delivering consultation services, staffing and development to help startups focus on their delivery and define the MVP with deep prospecting process that made us very selective with the partners we work with to generate the perfect plan & finally product. Test the Idea | Partner with the Team | Challenge the Plan | Deliver the Product Show less
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e Turn
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO & Partner
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May 2015 - May 2020
Cairo
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Co-Founder & Products Director/ CTO
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Mar 2011 - Nov 2014
Egypt Raised over $1million funds from Vodafone, Ideavelopers, KI Angles, SASCO Capital Responsible of product development; targeting different sectors (Hospitality and Education) Head of engineering leading team of 20 member of developers, quality, designers and technical support Architect and design cross platform apps On 2012 launched the first e-Menu solution in Cairo restaurants and cafes, was able to acquire brand names like (Mori-Sushi, Chili’s, Makani… Show more Raised over $1million funds from Vodafone, Ideavelopers, KI Angles, SASCO Capital Responsible of product development; targeting different sectors (Hospitality and Education) Head of engineering leading team of 20 member of developers, quality, designers and technical support Architect and design cross platform apps On 2012 launched the first e-Menu solution in Cairo restaurants and cafes, was able to acquire brand names like (Mori-Sushi, Chili’s, Makani, Coffeeshop Company Aroma lounge, and other respectable cuisines.) On 2013 launched the first Android tablet based educational pilot in 4 Egyptian schools (English schools, Lcyee, Port-Said, Victoria College), 500 student and 80 teacher, view pilot social feeds. Sold the education application as white label for EduTek and rebranded as Mint Set-up, manage and improve standards and procedures within the team Ensure working practices are well defined and operational with minimal disruption using technology to improve efficiency as appropriate Manage the team and individual performance, technical and skills development Review daily priorities and take appropriate action to ensure results are achieved Assisting Sales to pursuit and capture business opportunities and supervised transitions to development team Assist and develop partnerships and form agreements with vendors and business partners, resellers, and strategic allies (El-Araby, Etisalat Misr, Vodafone, SICO, Samsung) Show less
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AH Computer Consulting, Inc.
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Solutions Architect & Process Improvement Manager
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May 2009 - Jan 2011
Rockville, Maryland USA Manage the development team, scoping and estimations to the new projects, developing and assisting in proposals, demos and client interfacing when required, Creating and optimizing the development process and the used frameworks and best practices to fit our organization. Report to Managing Director, and reported to me Team leaders, Senior Developers Focused on (Mail Track and Trace – Fleet Management – Sales Force - CRM) Delivered solutions to mega and… Show more Manage the development team, scoping and estimations to the new projects, developing and assisting in proposals, demos and client interfacing when required, Creating and optimizing the development process and the used frameworks and best practices to fit our organization. Report to Managing Director, and reported to me Team leaders, Senior Developers Focused on (Mail Track and Trace – Fleet Management – Sales Force - CRM) Delivered solutions to mega and governmental clients; “FedEx KSA- Egypt Post – United States DODEA (Department Of Defense Education Activity) in Japan - DANONE Egypt" Integrating Microsoft CRM with Sales force PDA solution Developed WinCE based application for GPS tracking devices Show less
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Noon Technologies
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder & Products Manager
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Jan 2009 - Jan 2011
On 2003 founded with my partners (Canada, California) our first startup focused on Education On 2009 resumed back to develop e2L iPad app connecting students with Moodle learning gateways, giving the ability of online/offline communications and collaboration on materials, assignments, and discussions.
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ITWorx
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Egypt
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Presales Engineer/ Senior Software Engineer
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2008 - 2009
Coca cola – “Presales” migrating legacy workflow system from lotus to Microsoft SharePoint ICT - Qatar - "User Management Module" (project), Integration between Exchange, LDAP, SharePoint User Profiles and SMS database GEMS Schools Learning Gateway (Abu Dhabi), MS SharePoint educational portal Syngenta – Field Planning System (outsourced) Acting as Team leader, Redesigning and Migrating Syngenta legacy system from VB6 as desktop front-end and Access as database… Show more Coca cola – “Presales” migrating legacy workflow system from lotus to Microsoft SharePoint ICT - Qatar - "User Management Module" (project), Integration between Exchange, LDAP, SharePoint User Profiles and SMS database GEMS Schools Learning Gateway (Abu Dhabi), MS SharePoint educational portal Syngenta – Field Planning System (outsourced) Acting as Team leader, Redesigning and Migrating Syngenta legacy system from VB6 as desktop front-end and Access as database back-end to .NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005, the system serves 500+ occasionally connected users, over 4 regions. With data synchronization modules and local database for offline usage Outsourced to Execution, I was involved in a Portfolio management application for Execution Company placed in UK, integrated with Microsoft CRM 4.0. Show less
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Team Leader
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Aug 2006 - Mar 2008
Built an enterprise service management solution in compliance with ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) Best Practices. Spectra CRM Web application: Off-shelf CRM product with built-in out of the box customization module serving different lines of businesses, the product handles sales and marketing activities that easily integrate with the company's service desk product Spectra Helpdesk (ITIL):Implemented Incident Management, Configuration Management, SLA/Contract Management… Show more Built an enterprise service management solution in compliance with ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) Best Practices. Spectra CRM Web application: Off-shelf CRM product with built-in out of the box customization module serving different lines of businesses, the product handles sales and marketing activities that easily integrate with the company's service desk product Spectra Helpdesk (ITIL):Implemented Incident Management, Configuration Management, SLA/Contract Management modules MonoFactory Form builder: Web applications generator, an online web service to generate a fully functional asp.net web application from a UI design...by enabling the developer to access a web page and using the drag drop on the application tool box; the application Database, web forms, relations, code will be generated. This tool is used to generate the previous 2 solutions (CRM, Helpdesk) Show less
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Senior Engineer
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Jan 2005 - May 2006
Cairo, Egypt I’ve participated in multiple projects; ERP, Kuwait Times (POS), School Management System and Archiving Solution.
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Vertex Technologies
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Egypt
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Developer
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Aug 2004 - Jan 2005
Developed using .NET and DirectX; Clinic reservation system and 3D game
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Education
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Helwan University Cairo
Bachelor of computer science, Computer Science