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Mohamed Yousef

Mohamed Yousef

Head Of Department- Digital Solutions Information Systems (MBA | DBA Strategic Management))
Hadayk Al-Ahram

Summary

At the helm of Valeo's Software Department, my leadership fosters a culture of innovation and operational excellence. With a strategic MBA background, I steer a talented team of over 100 professionals in delivering sophisticated software solutions, including ALM apps, integration platforms, and DevOps services, which are critical to Valeo's R&D efforts. Our mission is to empower the organization through technology, optimizing processes and catalyzing growth.

In my dual role as an Excellence Manager, I am responsible for envisioning software roadmaps, managing budgets, and defining success KPIs that align with Valeo's long-term objectives. The competencies honed over my tenure, particularly in Agile Project Management and Agile Methodologies, have been pivotal in driving the software center toward operational superiority and delivering robust toolchains utilized by thousands of users across the company.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications

Work History

Head of Department - SW Center Of Excellence

Valeo
09.2023 - Current

Leading a team of 120 talents (Product,Project Managers,Delivery managers ,Full Stack engineers, DevOps,SysOps,User Support,Business Intelligence,.. ) based on Cairo part of DSIS global organization (Digital Solutions & Information Systems) in Valeo.

Team mission is to deliver multiple software cloud based solutions and services to Valeo R&D teams including ALM solution,Continuous integration service, custom web applications, integration tools and dashboarding solutions.

All solutions are maintained from Build to run.

Key Achievements:

  • Growth management: Hiring core team of SW COE in Cairo ( ~ 100 candidate in 1.5 Years )
  • Process & Methodology: Crafting processes to well manage the team increased volume and diversity of competencies

Excellence Manager - Digital Solutions

Valeo
04.2023 - Current

Holding the position of Excellence Manager for the software Center of Excellence, I'm responsible for :

- Roadmaps and visioning of the different solutions
- Budget and financial follow up
- PMO processes
- Licenses Management

- Transversal project management

- KPI's

Key Achievements:

  • Budget Management: Managing COE budget (~25 M€), Working with finance team and domain managers to ensure efficient budget budget tracking
  • License management: Centralize some SW licenses across Valeo group which allows a more efficient usage and reducing license cost by rationalizing usage
  • Migration from Scrum methodology to SAFe to allow better handling of cross domain dependencies

Program Manager

Valeo
9 2018 - 8 2020

Leading a team delivering standard continuous integration service to Valeo R&D teams worldwide based on Hybrid architectures (On-Premis & AWS ).

  • Standardize the CI/CD method for more than 300 Software projects
  • Managing the functional roadmap of the standard CI service
  • Oversee the onboarding plan across all Valeo R&D sites
  • Improving the solution performance and reliability by applying Hybrid architecture to enable cloud migration
  • Reporting the program progress and risks to management and infernal customers in steering committees

Senior Software Manager

Valeo
9 2018 - 09.2021
  • In charge of managing digital improvement programs for system and software areas across the different Valeo business units
  • Leading a team of 20+ engineers responsible for delivering a complete toolchain for software development.

Software Team Leader

Valeo
06.2014 - 09.2018
  • Leading development and testing teams delivering application lifecycle management tools.

Standard / Senior Software Engineer

Valeo
10.2008 - 06.2014
  • Software developer for various applications based on .NET C#, Matlab Simulink, and DOORS DXL scripting
  • Worked on projects such as automatic code generation, Simulink standalone viewer-editor, DOORS plugin development, and embedded software validation.

Education

Doctor of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

Arab Academy For Science, Technology And Maritime
Cairo
09.2021 - Current

MBA - Strategic Management, Egypt

Arab Academy For Science, Technology And Maritime
Egypt
09.2018 - 09.2020

Bachelor of Engineering - Communication & Electrical

Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
04.2001 -

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Planning

Agile project management

Budget management

Certification

Scrum Master - Scrum Alliance

Languages

Arabic
Native language
English
Proficient
C2

Timeline

Head of Department - SW Center Of Excellence

Valeo
09.2023 - Current

Excellence Manager - Digital Solutions

Valeo
04.2023 - Current

Doctor of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

Arab Academy For Science, Technology And Maritime
09.2021 - Current

MBA - Strategic Management, Egypt

Arab Academy For Science, Technology And Maritime
09.2018 - 09.2020

Software Team Leader

Valeo
06.2014 - 09.2018

Standard / Senior Software Engineer

Valeo
10.2008 - 06.2014

Bachelor of Engineering - Communication & Electrical

Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
04.2001 -

Program Manager

Valeo
9 2018 - 8 2020

Senior Software Manager

Valeo
9 2018 - 09.2021
Mohamed YousefHead Of Department- Digital Solutions Information Systems (MBA | DBA Strategic Management))