Ahmed Darwish
Cairo
Summary
With over 25 years of diversified experience in education, management, and engineering, Dr. Darwish is a highly accomplished executive manager. His expertise lies in developing and leading organizations, strategic planning, financial operations, and customer service. As an inspirational people manager and a thoughtful data-driven leader, he excels in project management and cultivates strong relationships with colleagues, academic bodies, governmental entities, international organizations, customers, community members, and volunteers. Currently serving as the founding dean of the School of Continuing Education at the British University in Egypt, Dr. Darwish has also held significant positions such as Vice Minister of Housing for the Egyptian government and consultant for projects in KSA and the Seychelles. Internationally recognized for his contributions, he has worked for prestigious institutions like the American University in Cairo (AUC) and the University of the Bundeswehr in Neubiberg, Germany. Dr. Darwish's diverse educational background includes a degree in engineering from Ain Shams University in Egypt, an MBA in international business from Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands, and a doctorate in computer science and information technology from the University of Nottingham in the UK.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President
International Marathon United Technologies (IMUT)
09.2019
- Oversee the high-quality and timely implementation of projects
- Coordinate with national and international partners
- Negotiate the agreements with different partners (governmental entities, international partners, and private sector companies)
- Oversee and contribute to business development activities.
Vice Minister for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements
Ministry of Housing and Urban Communities & Infrastructure
01.2018
- Responsible for a national project for upgrading informal settlements in Egypt
- Supervise and contribute to the development of the national strategy and executive plans for upgrading of informal settlements (including socio-economic development)
- Oversee the high-quality and timely implementation of the different upgrading programmes
- Oversee the financial management, planning, and controls including the budgeting process (almost 3 billion LE per year)
- Oversee the establishment and the management of the GIS database of slum areas
- Supervise the collaboration with national, international, public, NGO and private partners.
Assistant Minister
Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements
04.2015
- Contribute to the establishment of the newly established ministry (administratively and technically)
- Contribute to the development of the national strategy and executive plans for upgrading of informal settlements
- Contribute to the development of the national strategy and executive plans for municipal solid waste management
- Collaborate with national, international, public and private partners.
Deputy Director
Information Technology Institute (ITI)
12.2007
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the institute’s strategic and executive plans
- Network with national and international organizations for business growth opportunities
- Suggest and develop new training programmes
- Supervise the selection of lecturers and ensure the quality of offered training programmes
- Manage day to day activities.
Founding Dean
School of Continuing Education
01.2022 - Current
- Establishing the school (organization chart, recruitment of human resources, offerings, pricing, and issuing the bylaws)
- Establishing the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to ensure the quality of the delivered training programmes and customer satisfaction
- Overseeing and contributing to business development activities
- Establishing partnerships and agreements with national and international entities
- Managed to double the revenue during the first academic year, and the target is to multiply the revenue by 4 for the second academic year.
Adjunct Faculty
Architecture Department
09.2016 - Current
- Teaching undergraduate courses.
Acting Head of Department
Architecture Department
09.2020 - 01.2022
- Leading the process of strategic transformation and change management process
- Teaching undergraduate courses.
Lecturer
School of Computer Science
09.2019 - 09.2020
- Teaching undergraduate courses.
Director
Human Development and Training Sector
09.2011 - 04.2014
- Develop and supervise the implementation of the ministry’s automation plan and the deployment of the IT infrastructure and systems
- Supervise and contribute to the development of MCIT’s national strategic plan for human resources development targeting all members of the society, e.g
- Youth, and marginalized groups
- Oversee the high-quality and timely implementation of the different national training programmes, e.g
- On-job training, customized training, governmental employees training, outsourcing
- Ensure timely implementation of plans and disbursement of funds (yearly budget of 100 million L.E.)
- Initiate and manage collaboration with NGOs and the private sector.
Lecturer
School of Computer Science
09.2010 - 09.2011
- Teaching undergraduate courses.
Director
Institute of Quality Management
12.2008 - 09.2010
- Supervise the development and implementation of the center’s strategic and executive plans
- Network with national and international organizations for business growth opportunities
- Suggest and develop new training programmes
- Supervise the selection of lecturers and ensure the quality of offered training programmes
- Develop and supervise the timely implementation of the institute’s automation process
- Manage day to day activities.
Executive Director
National Information Sector
07.2004 - 11.2004
- Supervise the strategic plan for automation
- Supervise and contribute to the development of political and economic reports
- Supervise and contribute to the development of national databases and indicators
- Collaborate with other governmental organizations
- Design and supervise the deployment of a national GIS based system for monitoring the government expenditures
- Manage day to day activities.
GIS & Remote Sensing Research Associate
University of the Federal Armed Forces
02.2002 - 07.2004
- Work in a NATO funded research project for extracting urban information from satellite images using GIS, remote sensing, and newly developed image processing techniques
- Contributed and lead to several scientific publications.
Department Head
GIS & Remote Sensing
05.1995 - 07.1998
- Develop curriculum and programme outline
- Investigate new technologies and incorporate them into the training programme
- Ensure quality of delivered courses
- Supervise the development and implementation of the center’s strategic and executive plans
- Network with national and international organizations for business growth opportunities
- Suggest and develop new training programmes
- Supervise the selection of lecturers and ensure the quality of offered training programmes
- Develop and supervise the timely implementation of the institute’s automation process.
Education
Ph.D. - Information Technology
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK12.2002
MBA - International Business
Maastricht School of Management
Maastricht, The Netherlands07.1998
Professional Diploma - GIS And Remote Sensing
Information Technology Institute
Cairo, Egypt06.1997
Bachelor of Science - Engineering, Urban Planning
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt05.1994
Skills
- Operations Management
- Human Resources
- Customer Service
- Resource Allocation
- Business Development
- Client Relationship Building
- Process Improvement
- Media Relations
- Event Networking
- Contract Negotiation
- Staff Development
- Presentations
- Corporate Communications
- Relationship Building
- Customer and employee rapport
- Documentation And Reporting
- Decision-Making
- Partnerships and Affiliations
- Staff Training
- Policy and procedure development
- Training and mentoring
- Strategic Planning
- Critical Thinking
- Budget Oversight
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Public Speaking
- Budget Administration
- Team Leadership
- Negotiation and Persuasion
- Results-Driven
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Founding Dean, School of Continuing Education, British University in Egypt (BUE), Cairo, Egypt, 01/01/22, Present, Establishing the school (organization chart, recruitment of human resources, offerings, pricing, and issuing the bylaws).
Establishing the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to ensure the quality of the delivered training programmes and customer satisfaction.
Overseeing and contributing to business development activities.
Establishing partnerships and agreements with national and international entities.
Managed to double the revenue during the first academic year, and the target is to multiply the revenue by 4 for the second academic year., Acting Head of Department, Architecture Department, Misr International University (MIU), Cairo, Egypt, 09/01/20, 01/01/22, Leading the process of strategic transformation and change management process.
Teaching undergraduate courses., Lecturer, School of Computer Science, Misr International University (MIU), Cairo, Egypt, 09/01/19, 09/01/20, Teaching undergraduate courses., Adjunct Faculty, Architecture Department, American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt, 09/01/16, Present, Teaching undergraduate courses., Vice President, International Marathon United Technologies (IMUT), Cairo, Egypt, 09/01/18, 09/01/19, Oversee the high-quality and timely implementation of projects.
Coordinate with national and international partners.
Negotiate the agreements with different partners (governmental entities, international partners, and private sector companies).
Oversee and contribute to business development activities., Vice Minister for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements, Ministry of Housing and Urban Communities & Infrastructure, Cairo, Egypt, 12/01/15, 01/01/18, Responsible for a national project for upgrading informal settlements in Egypt.
Supervise and contribute to the development of the national strategy and executive plans for upgrading of informal settlements (including socio-economic development).
Oversee the high-quality and timely implementation of the different upgrading programmes.
Oversee the financial management, planning, and controls including the budgeting process (almost 3 billion LE per year).
Oversee the establishment and the management of the GIS database of slum areas.
Supervise the collaboration with national, international, public, NGO and private partners., Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements, Cairo, Egypt, 09/01/14, 04/01/15, Contribute to the establishment of the newly established ministry (administratively and technically).
Contribute to the development of the national strategy and executive plans for upgrading of informal settlements.
Contribute to the development of the national strategy and executive plans for municipal solid waste management.
Collaborate with national, international, public and private partners., Director, Human Development and Training Sector, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Cairo, Egypt, 09/01/11, 04/01/14, Develop and supervise the implementation of the ministry’s automation plan and the deployment of the IT infrastructure and systems.
Supervise and contribute to the development of MCIT’s national strategic plan for human resources development targeting all members of the society, e.g. youth, and marginalized groups.
Oversee the high-quality and timely implementation of the different national training programmes, e.g. on-job training, customized training, governmental employees training, outsourcing.
Ensure timely implementation of plans and disbursement of funds (yearly budget of 100 million L.E.).
Initiate and manage collaboration with NGOs and the private sector., Lecturer, School of Computer Science, Misr International University (MIU), Cairo, Egypt, 09/01/10, 09/01/11, Teaching undergraduate courses., Director, Institute of Quality Management, Management Centre, School of Business, American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt, 12/01/08, 09/01/10, Supervise the development and implementation of the center’s strategic and executive plans.
Network with national and international organizations for business growth opportunities.
Suggest and develop new training programmes.
Supervise the selection of lecturers and ensure the quality of offered training programmes.
Develop and supervise the timely implementation of the institute’s automation process.
Manage day to day activities., Deputy Director, Information Technology Institute (ITI), Cairo, Egypt, 11/01/04, 12/01/07, Contribute to the development and implementation of the institute’s strategic and executive plans.
Network with national and international organizations for business growth opportunities.
Suggest and develop new training programmes.
Supervise the selection of lecturers and ensure the quality of offered training programmes.
Manage day to day activities., Executive Director, National Information Sector, Information & Decision Support Center, Cabinet of Ministers (IDSC), Cairo, Egypt, 07/01/04, 11/01/04, Supervise the strategic plan for automation.
Supervise and contribute to the development of political and economic reports.
Supervise and contribute to the development of national databases and indicators.
Collaborate with other governmental organizations.
Design and supervise the deployment of a national GIS based system for monitoring the government expenditures.
Manage day to day activities., GIS & Remote Sensing Research Associate, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich, Germany, 02/01/02, 07/01/04, Work in a NATO funded research project for extracting urban information from satellite images using GIS, remote sensing, and newly developed image processing techniques.
Contributed and lead to several scientific publications., Department Head, GIS & Remote Sensing, Information Technology Institute (ITI), Cairo, Egypt, 05/01/95, 07/01/98, Develop curriculum and programme outline.
Investigate new technologies and incorporate them into the training programme.
Ensure quality of delivered courses.
Supervise the development and implementation of the center’s strategic and executive plans.
Network with national and international organizations for business growth opportunities.
Suggest and develop new training programmes.
Supervise the selection of lecturers and ensure the quality of offered training programmes.
Develop and supervise the timely implementation of the institute’s automation process., Misr ElKher Foundation, Cairo Egypt, Ahmed Farid Mostafa Architecture Bureau, Buraydh and Riyadh, KSA, Informal Settlements Development Fund (ISDF), Cairo, Egypt, Food and Agriculture Organization, Victoria, The Seychelles, UN-HABITAT/ General Organization for Physical Planning, Cairo, Egypt, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Cairo, Egypt, Mimar Consultants for Architecture and Planning, Mecca and Medina, KSA, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Science (AASTM), teaching undergraduate courses., Information Technology Institute (RITI), teaching postgraduate courses and supervising MBA Thesis, Maastricht School of Management Outreach Programme, The Netherlands., Ph.D. in Information Technology, School of Computer Science and Information Technology-University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, 12/01/02, Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, analyzing satellite images, MBA in International Business, Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands, 07/01/98, Diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing, Information Technology Institute, Cairo, Egypt, 06/01/97, B.Sc. in Urban Planning, Faculty of Engineering- Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 05/01/94, GCE, Cambridge International Examinations, Cairo, Egypt, 05/01/87, Egyptian, Alexandria, Egypt, 05/24/71, Married
Languages
Arabic
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
French
Beginner
A1
German
Beginner
A1
Interests
Sports and Travelling
Timeline
Founding Dean
School of Continuing Education
01.2022 - Current
Acting Head of Department
Architecture Department
09.2020 - 01.2022
Vice President
International Marathon United Technologies (IMUT)
09.2019
Lecturer
School of Computer Science
09.2019 - 09.2020
Vice Minister for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements
Ministry of Housing and Urban Communities & Infrastructure
01.2018
Adjunct Faculty
Architecture Department
09.2016 - Current
Assistant Minister
Ministry of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements
04.2015
Director
Human Development and Training Sector
09.2011 - 04.2014
Lecturer
School of Computer Science
09.2010 - 09.2011
Director
Institute of Quality Management
12.2008 - 09.2010
Deputy Director
Information Technology Institute (ITI)
12.2007
Executive Director
National Information Sector
07.2004 - 11.2004
GIS & Remote Sensing Research Associate
University of the Federal Armed Forces
02.2002 - 07.2004
Department Head
GIS & Remote Sensing
05.1995 - 07.1998
Ph.D. - Information Technology
University of Nottingham
MBA - International Business
Maastricht School of Management
Professional Diploma - GIS And Remote Sensing
Information Technology Institute
Bachelor of Science - Engineering, Urban Planning
Ain Shams University
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