a career in it in egypt ali zewail, mba ceo & co-founder of jidari.com
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A Career in IT in Egypt
Ali Zewail, MBACEO & Co-Founder of jidari.com
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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
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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
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THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED….
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2011-2012An explosion of startups
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Now: IT Industry in Egypt
• Many startups, serving all sorts of industries• Much less enterprise application development• Offshore development
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What’s DifferentAttribute Established Company Startups
Management Style Formal Empowerment
Emphasis Effort Output
Collaboration Low High
Employee-Client Engagement
Lower Higher
Technologies Traditional Open-source, cutting-edge
Uncertainty Low High
Projects Business Automation Anything you can imagine
Culture Executing, Delivering Learning, Collaborating
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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
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Parting Words
Be Better
Read
Care
Be TrueListen
Act
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Thank You, Take care!
Ali ZewailTwitter: @alizewail
www.jidari.com