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….

6. 2011-2012 An explosion of startups

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

8. What’s Different AttributeEstablished CompanyStartups Management StyleFormalEmpowerment EmphasisEffortOutput CollaborationLowHigh Employee-Client Engagement LowerHigher TechnologiesTraditionalOpen-source, cutting-edge UncertaintyLowHigh ProjectsBusiness AutomationAnything you can imagine CultureExecuting, DeliveringLearning, Collaborating

9. 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

10. Parting Words Be Better ReadCare Be True ListenAct

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