Basic Info

Name: Ahmed ElSharkawy

Professional Experience: 3 years

Location: Giza, Egypt

Highest Education: Bachelor's Degree

Career Level: Experienced

Work Experience

Product manager at Basharsoft

Experience Details

Job Title: Product manager

Job Role: Marketing/PR/Advertising

Career Level: Manager

Job Details: Define the product strategy and roadmap
Deliver product requirement documents with prioritized features and corresponding justification
Work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
Be an expert with respect to the competition
Run beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples
Develop the core positioning and messaging for the product
Perform product demos to customers
Set pricing to meet revenue and profitability goals
Deliver a monthly revenue forecast
Develop sales tools and collateral
Propose an overall budget to ensure success
Brief and train the sales force
Brief press and analysts and go on press tours
Act as a leader within the company

Company Details

Name: Basharsoft

Location: Giza, Egypt

Size: 1-10 employees

Industries: Information Technology Services, Internet/E-commerce

Website: www.basharsoft.com

Feb 2010 to present (7 years 5 months)

Fundraising Officier (volunteer) at Egypreneur

Experience Details

Job Title: Fundraising Officier (volunteer)

Job Role: Operations/Management, Sales/Retail

Career Level: Manager

Job Details: N/A

Company Details

Name: Egypreneur

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Size: 11-50 employees

Industries: Internet/E-commerce, Online Media , Information Technology Services

Website: www.egypreneur.com.eg

May 2011 to present (6 years 2 months)

Co-Founder, Biz Dev, Marketing, and Content Strategist at Bayanat for infographics and data visualization

Experience Details

Job Title: Co-Founder, Biz Dev, Marketing, and Content Strategist

Job Role: Sales/Retail, Operations/Management, Creative/Design/Art

Career Level: Senior Management (e.g. VP, CEO)

Job Details: WE ARE BAYANAT; We are a curiosity-driven Infographics and data visualization lab.

We love simplifying access to information through creative visual story-telling that uncovers insights hidden underneath piles of unstructured data.

We do believe in open data as a tool to create social impact and that information is power, only if shared.
- See more at: http://bayan.at

Company Details

Name: Bayanat for infographics and data visualization

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Size: 1-10 employees

Industries: Graphic Design , Internet/E-commerce, Research

Website: www.bayan.at

Sep 2011 to present (5 years 10 months)

Marketing and Business Development Manager at WUZZUF

Experience Details

Job Title: Marketing and Business Development Manager

Job Role: Marketing/PR/Advertising , Business Development

Career Level: Manager

Job Details: Manage all Online Marketing channels with team
Develop and implement new strategies for Growth
Prospect for potential new clients and turn this into increased business.
Meet potential clients by growing, maintaining, and leveraging your network.
Identify potential clients, and the decision makers within the client organization.
Research and build relationships with new clients.
Set up meetings between client decision makers and company’s practice leaders/Principals.
Plan approaches and pitches.
Work with team to develop proposals that speaks to the client’s needs, concerns, and objectives.
Participate in pricing the solution/service.

Company Details

Name: WUZZUF

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Size: 11-50 employees

Industries: Business Services - Other, Internet/E-commerce

Website: www.wuzzuf.net

May 2012 to present (5 years 2 months)

Marketing Product Manager at OneCard

Experience Details

Job Title: Marketing Product Manager

Job Role: Marketing/PR/Advertising

Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Details: Manage all Marketing activities
Manage Online marketing channels
Manage all Advertising activities
Work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
Be an expert with respect to the competition
Develop the core positioning and messaging for the product
Deliver a monthly revenue forecast
Propose an overall budget to ensure success
Brief and train the sales force
Act as a leader within the company

Company Details

Name: OneCard (multinational)

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Size: 101-500 employees

Industries: Internet/E-commerce

Website: www.onecard.net

May 2013 to Jan 2014 (8 months)

Rollout Quality Control Engineer at Etisalat Misr

Experience Details

Job Title: Rollout Quality Control Engineer

Job Role: Engineering - Telecom/Technology, Quality, Project/Program Management

Career Level: Entry Level

Job Details: - Manage teams to perform the quality audits according to the pre-specified checklists.
- Training the Quality teams.
- Identify quality problems and recommend solutions.
- Interpret test results, compare them to established specifications and control limits, and make recommendations on appropriateness of data for release.
- Investigate or report questionable test results.
- Monitor testing procedures to ensure that all tests are performed according to established item specifications, standard test methods, or protocols.
- Participate in out-of-specification and failure investigations and recommend corrective actions.
- Document user support activity, such as system problems, corrective actions, resolution status, and completed equipment installations.

Company Details

Name: Etisalat Misr (multinational)

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Size: More then 1000 employees

Industries: Telecommunications, Internet/E-commerce, Engineering Services

Website: www.etisalat.com.eg

May 2010 to May 2013 (3 years)

Project Engineer at IPGROUP

Experience Details

Job Title: Project Engineer

Job Role: Engineering - Telecom/Technology

Career Level: Entry Level

Job Details: * Analyze system requirements, capacity, cost, and customer needs to determine feasibility of project and develop system plan.
* Confer with engineers, customers, vendors or others to discuss existing and potential engineering projects or products.
* Review and evaluate work of others, inside and outside the organization, to ensure effectiveness, technical adequacy and compatibility in the resolution of complex engineering problems.
* Determine material and equipment needs and order supplies.
* Develop and perform operational, maintenance, and testing procedures for electronic products, components, equipment, and systems.
* Prepare, review, and maintain maintenance schedules, design documentation and operational reports and charts.
* Review or prepare budget and cost estimates for equipment, construction, and installation projects, and control expenditures.

Company Details

Name: IPGROUP

Location: Giza, Egypt

Size: 11-50 employees

Industries: Engineering Services

Website: www.ipgroupint.com

Nov 2008 to Jan 2010 (1 year 2 months)

Trainee (intern) at Vodafone

Experience Details

Job Title: Trainee (intern)

Job Role: Engineering - Telecom/Technology

Career Level: Student

Job Details: Testing and optimizing repeaters in over 80 locations around Cairo using TEMS.
Then making a full report on the repeaters tested.

Company Details

Name: Vodafone

Location: Giza, Egypt

Size: More then 1000 employees

Industries: Telecommunications

Website: www.vodafone.com.eg

Jul 2008 to Jan 2008

Achievements

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Achievements as Product manager at Basharsoft (2010 - present)
Owning and implementing a product using the SAAS model, www.Wiserec.com

Managing the marketing activities for BasharJobs.com, BasharSoft Flagship product

Other achievements in school, university, sports, etc...
Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering rowing team: second place in the national university rowing tournament STP2006 - Best Student Activity in Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering STP2007 - Nominated for best student activity in the history of Cairo University

Education

BSc in Electronics Engineering

Cairo University

2004 - 2008

High School - Thanaweya Amma

Manor House School

2003

Training and Courses

- "Creating Success in Times of Challenges" by Mr. Ralph Watson at Impact for training and development

May 2010

Training/Course Details

Training Name: - "Creating Success in Times of Challenges" by Mr. Ralph Watson

Date: May 2010

Institution: Impact for training and development

Description: N/A

GSM overview at Vodafone youth leadership initiative

Jul 2006

Training/Course Details

Training Name: GSM overview

Date: Jul 2006

Institution: Vodafone youth leadership initiative

Description: N/A

- "Building True Success" by Richard Branson, Carly Florina, Jack Welch, Malcolm Gladwell, Rudolph Glullani, Stephan R. Covey and Marcus Buckingham at SCOPE

Nov 2005

Training/Course Details

Training Name: - "Building True Success" by Richard Branson, Carly Florina, Jack Welch, Malcolm Gladwell, Rudolph Glullani, Stephan R. Covey and Marcus Buckingham

Date: Nov 2005

Institution: SCOPE

Description: N/A

- "Future of Science" by Prof. Ahmed Zewail at AUC

Feb 2006