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Dr.
Ahmed M. Darwish
Dr.
Darwish received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Cairo University, in 1981 & 1984
and received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of
California, Davis in 1988.
He
received the Egyptian National Engineering Award for the year 1999. Dr. Darwish
was selected by Singapore to receive the Middle East Eminent Persons Award
(MEEP)-2007 in recognition for his work.
He also Received the Lifetime Achievement Medal for his distinguished
career from University of California, Davis in 2017.
His 2 last public positions were Minister of
State for Administration Development (2004-2011) and Chairman of the Suez Canal
Economic Zone (2015-2017).
As
a Chairman of the SCZone, he laid the foundation of
one of largest Special Economic Zones in the world (461 sq km and 6 ports). As
the Minister of State for Administration Development (2004-2011). This included
three major portfolios; e-Government, Institutional
and Human Resources Development and Governance Institutionalization (including
transparency and integrity in government and public sector). The work done by the team was internationally
recognized. Egypt’s Government electronic and web services rank was 23 out of 192
countries according to the 2010 UN-PAN report and the program received the best
service award both from the UN in New York (2009) and the African Union in
Johannesburg (2008). Egypt was accepted as a member of the Public Governance
Committee in OECD.
He is a
consultant to a number of international organizations
(UNDP, UNIDO, WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, FAO, ESCWA, European Union and World Bank),
government organizations and companies in Egypt, Middle East, Africa, Europe
and United States.
For
more information, please visit http://www.amdarwish.com
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Dr. Ahmed M. Darwish
Dr. Darwish received his B.Sc.
in Electronics and Communication Engineering and M.Sc. in Computer Engineering
from
He received the Egyptian
National Engineering Award for the year 1999. Dr. Darwish was selected by
Singapore to receive the Middle East Eminent Persons Award (MEEP)-2007 in
recognition for his work. He also
Received the Life Time Achievement Medal for his distinguished career from
University of California, Davis in 2017.
His 2 last public
positions were Minister of State for Administration Development (2004-2011) and
Chairman of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (2015-2017).
As a Chairman of the SCZone (2015-2017), he laid the foundation of one of
largest Special Economic Zones in the world (461 sq km and 6 ports).
As a Minister of State for Administration Development
(2004-2011). This included three major portfolios; i. The preparation of the
National Policy and Strategy Document on e-government in addition to the
planning, administration and coordination of the implementation. Ii. The design and execution of the Institutional and Human
Resources Development Program and iii. Governance institutionalization including
transparency and integrity in government and public sector.
The work done by the team was internationally
recognized. Egypt’s Government electronic and web services rank is 23 out of
192 countries on the 2010 UN-PAN report and the program received the best
service award both from the UN in New York (2009) and the African Union in
Johannesburg (2008).
He was an invited speaker to numerous international
events, among them: “Making Reform Happen”, OECD Paris 2010, UNIDO General
Conference, Vienna 2011 and UNIDO Forum on Strategies and Instruments for
Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development, Vienna June 2014, World e-ID,
France 2012-2014, invited expert at the Helsinki Process: Improving
International Investment Regime, Helsinki 2013, and Government Technology
Summit, UAE, 2013 & 2014. In addition due to his work on innovation and
entrepreneurship he was an invited key note speaker at several events among
them International Innovation Summit, Tunis Sept. 2014 and Startup Weekend,
Cairo 2013 & 2014.
Dr. Darwish is a Professor of Computer Engineering at
Cairo University. During his academic career he was on sabbatical leave with
the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Virginia Tech. He
is a member of few scientific and professional societies. He was the IEEE Egypt
Section Chair. He supervised 10 PhD Dissertations and 26 MSc Thesis. He has
over 64 publications in peer reviewed journals and scientific conferences, 11
invited papers, shared in 4 books, numerous invited talks and few sponsored
research programs.
Dr. Darwish is a consultant
to a number of international organizations (UNDP, UNIDO, WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO,
FAO, ESCWA, European Union and World Bank), government organizations and
companies in Egypt, Middle East, Africa, Europe and United States.
For more information, please
visit http://www.amdarwish.com