Islam Mohamed, Coordinator at Science and Innovation Park

Islam Mohamed

Coordinator at Science and Innovation Park

British University in Egypt

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Chemical engineering
Experience
11 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 2 Months

Coordinator at Science and Innovation Park at British University in Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2017

• Support the organization of, and publicity for faculty research events, liaising closely with outreach officer, research staff from other faculties and external organizations as appropriate.
• Ensure that the research Information pages on the web are kept up to date and that research outputs are transferred onto the online database as appropriate.
• Working closely with the research community, monitor ongoing research for early identification of intellectual property arising from BUE research projects.
• Developing and advising on optimum protection and commercialization strategies in collaboration with colleagues and professional advisers where appropriate;
• Building market knowledge and a high level of understanding of relevant market sectors;
• Implementing commercial strategies including negotiating license agreements, establishing start-up companies and advising promoters of such new ventures;
• Promoting awareness of the importance of IP and other commercial issues in University research
• Developing and supporting relationships between industry and academia at all stages of research engagement.
• Working closely with the Office of the Corporate and Legal Affairs Secretary and external counsel during the review and drafting of relevant agreements
• Provide communication and outreach support, and coordinate communication and local fundraising activities under BUE SIP
• Identify and secure speaking and public engagement opportunities for BUE SIP in Egypt amongst different stakeholders.
• Write news releases, reports, publications, and organize press conferences.
• Help develop and put in place a strategic and integrated capacity building plan for the office, consulting our academic and industrial partners to apply a common understanding, principles and good practice.
• Set up and maintain a coordination system to achieve the best use of capacity building resources within and outside the office
• Identify, develop and promote tools and guidelines for capacity building which help mobilize people to achieve the greatest possible innovation and technology commercialization impact, promote growth in people, and help expand our human resources network.
• Organize high profile incoming and outgoing visits linked to the development and maintenance of international partnership.

Special relation Coordinator at RiseUp
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2016 to December 2016

- Manage 150+ startups in startup exhibitor with all the processes ( filteration, communication, setup, payment, installation and feedback)
- Manage special events during the summit
- Manage team of 50 volunteers

Business Development Executive at Fixed solutions
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2014 to February 2016

- Manage company clients
- communicate with clients and know assess their needs
- manage team of developers
- communicate with company top management

Vice president at BUE student union
  • January 2015 to January 2016

Roles and responsibilities
§ Creating, communicating and implementing team vision, mission, and overall
direction in addition to putting the team strategic plan.
§ Leading, guiding, directing, and evaluating the work of other executive leaders
including Committees heads and faculties presidents and vice presidents. And
evaluating success of all events inside campus.
§ Responsible on communication and cooperation with all foreign entities inside and
outside Egypt.
• Representative, British University at London South Bank university in UK. Mar, 2015
• Speaker, Takaful conference in Abu Dhabi on social entrepreneurship.
§ “Takaful is an annual regional meeting of scholars, young researchers, policy-
makers and practitioners in the field of philanthropy and civic engagement both from
within and outside the Arab region.”
• President, Society of Chemical Engineering BUE (SHEME) 2014
Roles and responsibilities
§ Creating and ensure the implementation of the overall plan for the club, create budget, select
committee heads and evaluate the team success.

Business development executive
  • January 2014 to January 2016

Arabhosters is one of the leading internet service providers in the Arab world.
• Account Manager, BundleHunt. 2016
BundleHunt.com; a one-stop daily deals site and the ultimate destination of unbelievable discounts
for design enthusiasts, Mac users, creative professionals, bloggers, online business owners, web
designers, developers and trusted merchants.
INTERNSHIPS and field trips:
• Research Assistance-ship, West Virginia University, WV, USA (June- 10th of August, 2015)

Vice president
  • January 2013 to January 2014

Roles and responsibilities
§ Leading the team and responsible on all the communication with the university admin and any
entity, ensure that the sustainability of the projects and the implementation, supervise the
committee heads and leading projects committee.

Vice President
  • January 2014 to

American association chapter or hydrogen energy in Egypt. (

Education

Bachelor's degree, Chemical engineering
  • at London South Bank University
  • June 2016

Bachelor degree in chemical engineering with 2nd class honor.

Specialties & Skills

Business Development
Chemical Plants
Incubation
Project Management
Chemical Processing
BUDGETING
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
DIRECTING
LANGUAGES
MACINTOSH
PUBLIC SPEAKING
RESEARCH
STRATEGIC

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Enactus
  • Consultant
  • October 2010
HultPrize
  • Winner
  • February 2014

Training and Certifications

Summer internship (Training)
Training Institute:
AMCO petroleum company
Date Attended:
August 2014
Duration:
100 hours
Summer internship (Training)
Training Institute:
Petroment
Date Attended:
July 2013
Duration:
150 hours
Internship at West Virginia University (Training)
Training Institute:
West Virginia University

Hobbies

  • Swimming
    6th place in 5KM swimming championship.
  • hiking
    Mousa's mountain in Sinai Sant Catherine mountain in Sinai
  • socializing
    Very adaptable to any environment and easy to talk to anyone.