Ahmed Selim, Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Ahmed Selim

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Mwasalat Misr

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Diploma, Senior Air Brigade Engineer Training
Experience
28 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :28 years, 0 Months

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Mwasalat Misr
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since August 2016

Responsibilities:
•Determining the optimum smart features (Hardware and Software) for on board buses, Data center, Operation center, Connectivity and the Depot.
•Setting deals with different stakeholder companies and organizations to integrate all the systems “Automatic fare collection (AFC), Smart cards, Automatic Vehicle Location(AVL), Passenger Information (PI), Fleet Management (FM)” to have a complete solution.
•Employing the technology to get the maximum benefit for the business.
•Providing top technology and running IT operations for my company.
•Collaborating and managing the vendors that supply solutions.
•Aligning my company’s IT infrastructure with business priorities.
•Controlling a budget of around $1M.

Projects:
•High Quality 40 Buses as a pilot project to provide intelligent public transportation in Greater Cairo.

Business Development Director, Partner at IDT for Fuel Card system
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2013 to April 2015

Responsibilities:
• Sealing the deal with the governmental company “E-Finance” to do all the steps in behalf of the people for issuing the Fuel Cards.
• Providing all the capabilities (data entry, training on governmental system to employees and technological devices) to issue fuel cards for the customers at their work place and clubs.
• Setting deals with different companies and organizations to facilitate the procedures and delivery of fuel cards to the employees.
• Following up with the workflow to offer the best service for delivering the fuel cards to the customers.

Project:
• Egyptian Fuel Card system, accredited by the governmental company (E-finance) to facilitate issuing and delivering the cards to the people.

Senior Project Manager at Presidency Cabinet
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2005 to July 2011

Responsibilities:
• Restructuring the organization of the Presidency Information Center (PIC) administratively, structurally, technically & budget to support the future growth in the next 2 decades.
• Providing and Managing the complete solutions & Security requirements (Planning, Designing, Implementation & Budget) of all PIC Information Technology needs.
• Managing, Maintaining & Securing the Information circulation on the Presidency Data Networks & Computers.
• Building, Managing, Budgeting & supporting a comprehensive human development plan to raise the technical level of the specialists in the PIC, in addition planning their career development.
• Setting and Managing the permanent security procedures to secure the circulation of Information in the Presidency Cabinet and following them up periodically and updating them according to the most recent technology development.

Projects:
• Built and Managed the Network Infrastructure in the Presidency Castles (Switches, Routers, ASAs, Fiber and UTP).
• Built and Managed the new Main Data Center & Backup Data Center using technology High Reliability & Disaster Recovery.
• Designed an Access Control system for the entry and exit of vehicles & personnel and built System Surveillance in Presidency Castles all over the country and connecting these systems with the Presidency Intranet to integrate with local programs to help reduce the expenses of the Presidency’s car fleet and fully control the entry and exit of the Castles & present the technical report directly to the Chief of the Presidency Cabinet.
• Established the Electronic Signature system among the presidency’s departments & designed this system to facilitate Electronic Messaging between the Presidency Cabinet and ministries of sovereignty.
• Built and Managed the Network Infrastructure in the PIC (Switches, Routers, ASAs, Fiber and UTP) according to the latest technologies.
• Secured and Managed the Information Systems of the Presidency Cabinet.
• Built, Managed and supported a comprehensive human development plan to raise the technical level of the specialists in the PIC, and planned their career development.

Network and System Administrator at Presidency Cabinet
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2004 to November 2005

Responsible for:
• Management of Infrastructure Buildings of the presidency castles (Switches, Fiber, and UTP).
• Configuring and maintaining routers, managing switches and layer3 switches to keep both LAN and WAN connections stable.
• Configuring and maintaining Active directory Infra-structure for all sites.
• Administering Exchange servers, both front end and back end.
• Administering File servers and managing quotas.
• Managing Backup procedures and administering the Backup server.
• Configuring and Maintaining Antivirus servers.
• Configuring and Maintaining the Microsoft update server.
• Managing technicians to perform:
- Daily work related to network maintenance.
- Solving troubleshooting tickets on ad hoc basis.
- Maintaining workstations for both H/W and S/W problems.

Chief of IT Center @ Air Force Hospital at Egyptian Air Force IT Branch
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2003 to January 2004

Responsible for:
• Managing the Hospital Infrastructure Network (Switches, Fiber, and UTP).
• Managing the Hospital Medical Information System.
• Managing the staff & the store.

Network Administrator & Technical Support at Egyptian Air Force IT Branch
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 1997 to July 2003

Responsible for:
• Managing the Air Force Head Quarter Infrastructure Buildings (Switches, Fiber and UTP).
• Maintaining workstations for both H/W and S/W problems.
• Managing technicians to perform daily activities and solve troubleshooting tickets.

Oracle Developer at Egyptian Air Force IT Branch
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 1992 to June 1997

Responsible for:
• Automating Air Force branches documentations systems using Oracle Forms
• Making all reports needed for Air Force branches systems using Oracle Reports
• Testing the programs output to make sure all the programs meet the customer’s need.

Education

Diploma, Senior Air Brigade Engineer Training
  • at Air Combat Studies Institute
  • December 2008

Managing engineers, staff, air crafts and spare parts store. Maintaining the air crafts in high performance @ Air Brigades.

Diploma, Air Maintenance Engineer Training
  • at Air Combat Studies Institute
  • June 2000

Maintaining Air Crafts. Managing staff. Controlling spare parts.

Diploma, Communications & Information Electrical Engineer Officer Training
  • at US Air Force Air Education & Training Command
  • November 1999

Planning, Time and Staff management. Managing communication equipments. Controlling resources.

Diploma, Essential Military Security Training
  • at Egyptian Military Intelligence School
  • December 1994

Securing People, Buildings & Information.

Diploma, Basic Engineering Officer Training
  • at Air Combat Studies Institute
  • November 1992

Air Craft engineering. Principal of Cost & Time management.

Bachelor's degree, B.S.C of Computer Science & Bachelors of Military Science
  • at Military Technical college
  • July 1992

Graduation Project: Medical Information System. Project Grade: Very Good.

Specialties & Skills

Managing High Performance Teams
Managing Budget
Problem Solving
Administration
Security
Problem Solving
Leadership
Self-motivated
Presentation skills
Hard worker
Logical thinking
Communication skills
Writing

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

Engineers Syndicate
  • Member
  • July 1992

Training and Certifications

Problem Solving (Training)
Training Institute:
US Defense Language Institute
Date Attended:
June 1999
Presentation Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
US Defense Language Institute
Date Attended:
June 1999
Project Management Professional, PMP Exam, PMP book 4 (Training)
Training Institute:
Project Management Information House
Date Attended:
May 2012

Hobbies

  • Voice over for Blind
    2009 - 2010 - Voice over, English & Arabic books for deaf at Resala charity. - Audio editing for the recorded books for blind at Resala charity. - Using my own car to transport aids to charities.
  • Basket ball Player
    1990 - 1993 I used to play a basket ball in Zamalek club adult team. 1987 - 1990 I used to play a basket ball in Zamalek club junior team. 1978 - 1987 I used to play a basket ball in Smouha club junior team.