Basic Info
Mosab Ahmad
9 years
Giza, Egypt
High School
Manager
Work Experience
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Founder & Software Engineer at Zobad.net
Experience DetailsFounder & Software Engineer IT/Software Development, Management Manager I founded, own and run the project. I develop and maintain its codebase and production servers and availability to users, as well as developing new features and exploring new technologies to enhance the project Company DetailsZobad.net Cairo, Egypt 1-10 employees Computer Software, Information Technology Services http://www.zobad.net
Sep 2011 to present (1 year 8 months)
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Senior Software Engineer at Inmobly
Experience DetailsSenior Software Engineer Engineering, IT/Software Development Experienced (Non-Manager) Develop and maintain server side stacks using C++, Python, MySQL, PHP, Linux and any necessary technology to serve mobile and tablet applications worldwide Company DetailsInmobly Giza, Egypt 11-50 employees Computer Software, Information Technology Services , Internet Services http://www.inmobly.com
Jan 2012 to Jun 2012 (5 months)
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Technical Consultant at Bluw i
Experience DetailsTechnical Consultant IT/Software Development, Engineering Experienced (Non-Manager) Migrating an existing project into drupal 7 Company DetailsBluw i (multinational) London, United Kingdom 51-100 employees Human Resources , Information Technology Services http://www.bluw-i.com
Jun 2011 to Sep 2011 (3 months)
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Senior PHP Developer at Basharsoft
Experience DetailsSenior PHP Developer IT/Software Development Manager N/A Company DetailsBasharsoft Cairo, Egypt 1-10 employees Information Technology Services , Media Production http://www.basharsoft.com
Apr 2010 to Apr 2011 (1 year)
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Software Engineer at Arabia Inform
Experience DetailsSoftware Engineer IT/Software Development Manager
* Company DetailsArabia Inform Cairo, Egypt 1-10 employees Information Technology Services http://www.arabiainform.com/
Nov 2009 to Jan 2010 (2 months)
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Software Engineer at Citex Software
Experience DetailsSoftware Engineer IT/Software Development Experienced (Non-Manager)
* A part of Interclick team, and interactive TV solution for a company based in Germany, This project is a complicated one that has many components some PHP, some Java and some written in C++. The PHP parts include and admin portal, a user's portal and an editorial portal that I am involved in. Company DetailsCitex Software Giza, Egypt 1-10 employees Information Technology Services , Media Production , Internet Services http://www.citexsoftware.com/
Oct 2008 to Nov 2009 (1 year 1 month)
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Linux sys admin and PHP developer at Media International
Experience DetailsLinux sys admin and PHP developer IT/Software Development Experienced (Non-Manager)
* Load balancing linux web servers and implementing MySQL replication and file sync between them Company DetailsMedia International Giza, Egypt 101-500 employees Media Production http://www.mediaintl.net/
Jan 2007 to Jan 2008 (1 year)
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PHP & MySQL developer at 20at.com
Experience DetailsPHP & MySQL developer IT/Software Development Entry Level
# Developing a CMS from scratch to fit the editors' needs, and migrate from an old version to this new version. Company Details20at.com Giza, Egypt 1-10 employees
http://www.20at.com
Jan 2004 to Dec 2006 (2 years 11 months)
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Achievements
* Launched the project in 16 hours
* One of the biggest ecommerce startups in Egypt saw a potential in the project and started supporting it to grow
* Won the third place award in zajil competition (http://blog.zobad.net/2012/01/blog-post_22.html)
Learned the Python programming language and many of the industry standard tools
Introduced the company to the Agile methodologies of managing software projects
* Helped implementing agile methodology
* Laid down the platform design, operated and maintained the online infrastructure of the platform
Planned and implemented the migration of their main news website from proprietary software to open source and made a 97% success in the process.
Created some UI layers that made it a lot easier for other developers to work, and for the designer to integrate her art work.
* Made huge contribution to the development plan and implementation of 20at.com website.
* Successfully managed 20at.com infrastructure
The main achievement in 20at was the "last minute site ideas"!
We had many situation that required a very urgent launching of a new site to cover current events like monitoring the Egyptian Elections in 2005 (both Parliament and Presidential), the War of 2006 on Lebanon, which was developed and launched in under 13 hours and was the best to cover the war news.
I was an Active Sea Scouting member and I left the scouting life at the degree of Captain. I was the head of the newsroom in high school. I was a main organizer in a science show in school
Education
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Faculty of commerce in commerce
Education DetailsFaculty of commerce commerce Cairo University, Egypt Not specified N/A N/A Cairo University
2008 - 2012
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Computer Engineering in Computer Engineering
Education DetailsComputer Engineering Computer Engineering Cairo University, Egypt Not specified N/A Dropped out. Please check my blog. Cairo University
2002 - 2007
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High School - National/Local
High School DetailsNational/Local Ahmed Bahget Egypt 2002 A / Excellent / 85 -100% N/A Ahmed Bahget
2002
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Certifications
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Learn to Program: The Fundamentals
Nov 2012
Certificate detailsLearn to Program: The Fundamentals Nov 2012 N/A N/A N/A UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Statement of Accomplishment of university of Toronto's non-credit online offering of "Learn to Program: The Fundamentals" on Coursera.org |
Training and Courses
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Advanced Agile Training at X2A
Mar 2010
Training/Course DetailsAdvanced Agile Training Mar 2010 X2A N/A |
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Embedded C at Training for Islam
May 2008
Training/Course DetailsEmbedded C May 2008 Training for Islam N/A |
Training/Course DetailsOracle Introduction May 2005 Training for Islam N/A |
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CCNA at Training for Islam
May 2005
Training/Course DetailsCCNA May 2005 Training for Islam N/A |
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PHP & Mysql at Training for Islam
Oct 2004
Training/Course DetailsPHP & Mysql Oct 2004 Training for Islam N/A |
Training/Course DetailsRed Hat Linux Essentials Apr 2007 Media International N/A |
Training/Course DetailsRed Hat Linux Administration Apr 2007 Media International N/A |
Training/Course DetailsRed Hat Linux Networks and Security Apr 2007 Media International N/A |
Training/Course DetailsIntroduction to Computer Science and Programming Dec 2012 MIT An online course by MIT on http://www.edx.org that is the same as their on campus course. |
Likes and Dislikes
Open Source, Honesty, Food, Geeks, Coffee, Freedom, Work, Linux, FOSS, FLOSS, Python, Crowd Sourcing, Data, Cloud Computing
Mean People, Flies & Mosquitos, Hypocracy, Software patents, Ignorance, Debt, Unjustified silly routine, Mainstream media, Cairo's atmosphere, Traffic jams
Last update 5 days ago.
Profile Skills and Keywords
API DesignAdvanced Agile TrainingAnalyticalApacheArabicBash ProgrammingBloggingBluw IC++CCNACSSCloud ComputingCode IgniterCoffeeCommerceComputer EngineeringComputer SoftwareContent Management SystemsCreativeCrowd SourcingDataDatabase DesignDrupalEmbedded CEngineeringEnglishEntertainmentEntrepreneurFLOSSFOSSFoodFounder & Software EngineerFreedomGeeksGitGoogle AppengineHTMLHonestyHuman ResourcesITInformation Technology ServicesInitiativeInnovativeInternet ServicesIntroduction To Computer Science And ProgrammingJavascriptLearn To Program: The FundamentalsLinuxLinux Sys Admin And PHP DeveloperManagementMedia ProductionMercurialMySQLNew MediaOnline MediaOpen SourceOpen Source SoftwareOracle IntroductionPHPPHP & MySQL DeveloperPHP & MysqlPHP FrameworksPythonPython FrameworksRed Hat Linux AdministrationRed Hat Linux EssentialsRed Hat Linux Networks And SecurityRuby On RailsSQLAlchemy Python ORMScalabilitySenior PHP DeveloperSenior Software EngineerSocial MediaSoftware ArchitectureSoftware DevelopmentSoftware EngineerSoftware LegalitiesSymfony FrameworkTechnical ConsultantWeb 2.0Web CrawlingWeb DeveloperWeb DevelopmentWorkSelf-assesed Skills
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Key Skills
Analytical, Creative, Initiative, Innovative, EntrepreneurOnline Presence
