Karim El Naggar
Founder at Nucamp Coding Bootcamp- Claim this Profile
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French Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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Arabic Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Nov, 2021- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Nucamp Coding Bootcamp
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder
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Oct 2018 - Present
Nucamp is disrupting the learning industry with an innovative approach to software development education. Bringing together a community-based model, a state of the art e-learning platform and years of domain expertise through its leadership, Nucamp offers a unique alternative to e-learning courses and physical bootcamps, allowing career shifters to successfully start a software developer career at an affordable cost.
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Chief Executive Officer
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Oct 2018 - Aug 2020
Raised capital and scaled-up EdTech industry’s first affordable coding bootcamp, delivering high-quality classes in 30 cities across the US based on an innovative software platform and a disruptive hybrid online & in-person model.- Deployed an advanced proprietary software platform supporting large-scalable operations across the US within one year- In 2 years, grew registrations and revenue by 20x- Outranked competition on student satisfaction with 4.75/5.00 rating over 800+ reviews on top 2 bootcamp directories
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Honeywell
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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VP-GM Honeywell Connected Plant
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Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
Led a business providing industry-leading Software Solutions and Services for Process Industries, reporting directly to the President of Honeywell Process Solutions, with full P&L responsibility. Drove Honeywell’s overall Industrial IoT strategy, product marketing, SaaS software development, sales, professional services, and customer support.- Re-organized Honeywell’s Connected Plant activities into a SaaS software development and delivery organization. - Shaped Honeywell’s ‘Connected’ Strategy and positioned company as an Industrial-IoT leader for process industries.
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GE
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United States
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Grid Software Solutions GM - GE Energy Connections
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2015 - 2017
Reporting directly to President & CEO of Grid Solutions with full P&L responsibility and leading the integration of Alstom & GE Grid Software Businesses. $700M+ orders / $500M+ revenue / 2000 people. Drove strategy, product marketing, R&D, sales, professional services, and customer support. Digital Transformation leader for the Grid Solutions division.- Delivered double-digit growth on orders, revenue and margin, reduced cost by 10% and tripled operating profit in the first year of combined operations, in a flat market.- Successfully integrated 2 competitors into one-team with a strong culture in a year - less than 5% attrition.- Achieved 100% customer retention through convincing customer-centric portfolio rationalization strategy.- Surpassed synergy targets on commercial, engineering and administrative costs.- Took-on additional Chief Digital Officer role, leading the broader Energy Connections IoT Strategy - Realigned roadmaps to GE’s Digital Industrial strategy and was among first internal GE businesses to offer commercial cloud micro-services.
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Network Management Solutions Vice President
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2009 - 2015
Reported to Senior Vice President with full P&L responsibility. Led strategy, product marketing, R&D, sales, operations, and customer support. $350M orders / $250M revenue / 1400 people.Product portfolio included Energy Management, Distribution Management, Distributed Energy Management and Smart Grid solutions.- Designed and executed transformation programs to re-ignite growth, reduce costs and establish ‘Smart Grid’ leadership in the electricity transmission and distribution market.- Rejuvenated management team and established a highly scalable global organization- Accelerated innovation investment to capture Smart Grid market growth, including 3 acquisitions, all of which were successfully integrated in the existing organization, retaining key talent & management.- Successfully penetrated the Distribution market segment and established strong position within 2 years.- In 4 years, doubled the order volume and turned around the business to make it profitable in a highly competitive flat market.
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Nokia
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Finland
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Wimax Business Unit Vice President
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2006 - 2009
General management for Wimax business (4th generation wireless networks supporting IoT applications). Directed marketing, business development, sales forces support, product management, R&D and operations support. - Grew business from 0 to $100M orders in 2 years.- Moved Wimax business unit from early stage business development to securing 35 contracts for regional and national deployments in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, Latin-America Middle-East.- Positioned Alcatel-Lucent as one of the leading vendors in Wimax thanks to powerful product positioning, successful mobilization of sales forces, tight roadmap control, and successful operational scale-up.- Achieved objectives of market share capture, devices eco-system build-up & launch of 10 commercial networks.
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Circuit Core Business Unit Vice President
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2005 - 2006
GM for Mobile Circuit Core Switching business. In charge of marketing, business development, product management, R&D and operations support. Directed headcount of 350 in France, China, Germany, and Russia.- Beat sales budget by 12% (+18% increase year-on-year).- Secured operating profit in price-war environment by rationalizing products & optimizing operations.- Designed and led technology transition to Next-Generation Networks (NGN) products in key accounts- Increased R&D productivity and implemented unprecedented 3-months software delivery cycle.
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Product Management Director
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2004 - 2005
Led Mobile Core Switching product strategy & product portfolio management.Product range included traditional mobile circuit switching (MSC,HLR...), Packet-Switching (GPRS, UMTS) and Next Generation Networks.Activities covered the complete product life cycle: opportunity identification, business case elaboration, R&D project definition, field introduction, maintenance and phase-out.- Re-energized aging Circuit Core product line and launched a new software release in 6 months - from feature definition to customer delivery (down from a standard of 18 months).- Introduced new pay-as-you grow commercial schemes, based on standard products, to improve business unit’s long-term profitability.
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General Project Manager deputy / Operations
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2003 - 2004
Rolled-out a 100M€ full turnkey contract for 3rd mobile operator in the Philippines. Led an organization of 200 people and managed 7 subcontractors nationwide.Scope covered Technical Project Management, Field Operations, Engineering, Subcontracting Management, Information Systems and Processes.- In 10 months, successfully completed property acquisition for 200 sites across the Philippines and started construction of 150 sites, of which 100 were placed in commercial service within schedule and budget.- Reengineered project operations, implemented processes and tools to accelerate and optimize rollout.
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Nokia
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Finland
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Industrial Planning & New Product Introduction Manager
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2000 - 2001
Directed a 300M€ industrial plan and accountable for 60M€ inventory. - Re-engineered sales forecast analysis process and industrial plan building, including risk evaluation tools.- Set up new product introduction team. Developed global on-line tool and led worldwide deployment process.
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Supply Chain Engineering Process and Tools Manager
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1999 - 2000
Drove information systems and business processes for the division supply chain (Planning, Order Processing and Logistics).Led design and implementation of end-to-end supply chain information system carrying 1b€ yearly sales within one year. Achieved 50% order processing lead-time reduction and reduced shipment errors by 90%.
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Project Technical Manager
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1997 - 1998
Led local technical support team. Operated and maintained radio network of #1 mobile operator in Egypt.- Set up technical support team, designed operating procedures and executed succession plan in one year. Led local technical support team. Operated and maintained radio network of #1 mobile operator in Egypt.- Set up technical support team, designed operating procedures and executed succession plan in one year.
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Education
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2001 - 2003
Harvard Business School
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) -
1992 - 1997
Ecole polytechnique
Masters, Engineering
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