Ahmed Tawfic Saleh Email & Phone Number

Egypt

Cairo, Egypt

A HealthTech company offering an innovative and efficient care model for diabetic patients. We aim at reversing Type II and sustainably manage Type I through digital therapeutics, wearables and continuous remote monitoring.

Cairo, Egypt

• Geekfactory was a programming bootcamp provider aimed at training/employing underserved segments by building their technical, engineering, and soft skills; plan is to relaunch the organization as an NGO later in 2018.
• Growth/outcomes: Grew revenues well beyond breakeven through tuition and referral fees; was on track to triple revenues in second year; 100+ students (mostly recent college graduates) completed the 3 camps (iOS.
• Product development: Interviewed leaders of 25+ recruiting companies (from major software companies to early-stage firms) to identify key tech-talent hiring pain points and customize camp offerings to address these.
• Hiring: Recruited senior technical leads from reputable companies as instructors for below-market compensation by convincing them to “give back” to Egypt’s tech ecosystem.
• Marketing: Led digital and offline marketing/promotion efforts yielding 250+ applications for 20 spots per camp.

Cairo, Egypt

• Freshies.me was an e-commerce platform offering premium fresh produce and homemade items to Cairo residents.
• Customer acquisition/retention: Grew customer base 44% monthly, achieving 90% increase in daily unique visits, 80% increase in activation (placing first order), and 25% increase in viral invites, keeping acquisition.
• Technology development: Led team of 5 (1 engineer, 1 designers, 3 operations staff) to build the platform; led all early operations.
• Dashboard: Developed dashboard to track user engagement, order items/values, recurring customers, and new referrals.

United Arab Emirates

• Post-MBA I joined Schlumberger Business Consulting in UAE to help our customers make informed strategic decisions. Below are some highlights from my projects:
• Technology adoption strategy: Devised new technology adoption strategy for top oil & gas producer to close gaps between current capabilities and future needs, potentially saving $10M+/year in technology development.
• Portfolio management strategy: Defined portfolio management strategy for major oil company to rank exploration prospects, saving $50M in drilling costs in first year alone and creating hundreds of millions of dollars.
• Economic assessment strategy: Reviewed process of economic assessment of prospects for a major client in the Middle East and designed a new model to ensure common standards are applied.
• Stakeholder engagement plan: Devised and conducted a stakeholder engagement plan for a technology group within an oil company to identify value creation opportunities.
• Organization review: conducted organization review and enhancement for a group within a National Oil Company.

Chicago, IL

Cairo, Egypt

• Groupinion.ME was a project I developed during my MBA. Inspired by the Arab Spring movement in Egypt, my team was trying to build an online debating platform that would provide statistics on the public sentiment.
• Managed a 3-person team to build an online debating platform.
• Developed a customer acquisition strategy, handled day-to-day operations and product development process.
• Raised $5,000 in seed funds by winning the “Greatest Progress Award” of the Social New Venture Challenge (1 of 3 cash prizes, 30 teams contested).

Cairo, Egypt

• I started off my professional career at Schlumberger, a leader in the Oil & Gas services industry. With Schlumberger, I developed professionally from an engineer to a leader responsible for developing business in our.
• Took responsibility for opening new market for the Production Data Management suite.
• Led 3-person service delivery engineering team located in Egypt, Sudan and Syria.
• Recruited and subsequently mentored 2 engineers to serve as the 1st line support for three main clients.
• Initiated an internal tailored training program to help introduce new engineers to the specific products and services we offer to clients. Designed the program to include internal and third party training.
• Headed teams comprising 6 members, 4 nationalities, and 3 locations on a $1M+ project to develop oil and gas national data bank for a regional government.

Master, Business Administration

• Fulbright Scholarship: Awarded $200,000+ to cover tuition fees and living expenses. • Social New Venture Challenge: Awarded 1 of 3 cash.

Bachelor Of Science, Major: Computer Science, Minor: Business Administration, 3.92