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A Career in IT in Egypt

A Career in IT in Egypt. Ali Zewail , MBA CEO & Co-Founder of jidari.com. Introductions. Currently, CEO at Jidari.com Previously: General Manager @ Raya Software Research & Innovation Manager @ Intel Corporation Also worked at Soficom , Unilever.. Fulbright Scholar, MBA 2004

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A Career in IT in Egypt

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  1. A Career in IT in Egypt Ali Zewail, MBA CEO & Co-Founder of jidari.com

  2. Introductions • Currently, CEO at Jidari.com • Previously: • General Manager @ Raya Software • Research & Innovation Manager @ Intel Corporation • Also worked at Soficom, Unilever.. • Fulbright Scholar, MBA 2004 • B. Sc. Eng, Alexandria University, 1994

  3. IT Industry in Egypt • Within Egypt: Mostly Enterprise Applications • Biggest Sectors: Government and Banking • Database Applications • ‘Traditional’ technologies based on large vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, etc. • Offshore Development • Some startup activity

  4. Then something Happened….

  5. 2011-2012 An explosion of startups

  6. Now: IT Industry in Egypt • Many startups, serving all sorts of industries • Much less enterprise application development • Offshore development

  7. What’s Different

  8. If you want to do it yourself • Take risks – but calculated ones • Know your customer – first and foremost • Don’t copy – be creative • Don’t just look inward – think across industries • Don’t be generic – find a niche • Be excellent – don’t settle for mediocre • Lastly - work very, very hard

  9. Parting Words

  10. Thank You, Take care! Ali Zewail Twitter: @alizewail www.jidari.com

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