Ahmed Elghobary

VP of Engineering at Kemet Trading

Ahmed Elghobary has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning multiple roles and industries. Ahmed currently serves as the VP of Engineering at Kemet Trading, where they are involved in building crypto-derivative trading infrastructure. Prior to this, Elghobary worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Software Development Manager. Ahmed was responsible for managing teams and overseeing the development of various projects, including Resolver Query Logging and AWS Identity.

Before joining AWS, Elghobary held the position of Director of Software Development at Nexus, a FinTech startup. In this role, they led multiple cross-functional teams and implemented a new technology strategy to modernize the company's technology stack.

Elghobary also gained valuable experience at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as a Software Development Manager and Lead Architect. During their time at IFC, they played a key role in defining architectures, managing teams, and adopting modern software development practices.

Earlier in their career, Elghobary worked as a Technical Manager and Software Architect at both the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and UNODC. Ahmed also served as a Solutions Architect and Lead Software Engineer at LINKdotNET, as well as a Senior Software Engineer at EDS (now HP Enterprise Services) and LINKdotNET.

Elghobary began their career as a Software Engineer at Tech. Vision, where they designed, developed, and modified software applications according to client requirements.

Overall, Ahmed Elghobary's work experience showcases their expertise in software development, team management, architecture design, and implementation of innovative solutions.

Ahmed Elghobary graduated from Cairo University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained the following: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in March 2020, Chief Technology Officer Career Guide from LinkedIn in September 2019, ITIL Foundation Certified from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT in 2014, PRINCE2 Practitioner from APMG-International in April 2013, PRINCE2 Foundation from APMG-International in March 2013, MCTS: SharePoint 2010 - Configuration from Microsoft in August 2011, MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Configuration from Microsoft in June 2008, and MCTS: Biztalk Server 2006, Custom Applications from Microsoft in May 2008.

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  • VP of Engineering

    July, 2022 - present