Bassam Sharkawy

A SW enthusiast with 11+ yrs of experience in the SW industry who is passionate to upskill the young tech gurus, hence, the tech market in MENA. Building and leading strong, efficient & resourceful SW teams is my sole passion and profession. An experienced SW engineer who is skilled in C and Embedded Systems. During my professional career as a software engineer, I worked on developing various power-efficient IoT applications using different technologies/protocol stacks (BLE, 802.15.4, 6LoWPAN, WiFi). I worked closely with customers' and chip vendors' teams, in order to understand and deliver customer requirements, design & implement sophisticated applications over different vendors’ stack(s). I have experience in the medical and health-care industry, as I participated in a successful FDA-approval process (510K approval) for one of the most efficient BLE-based insulin pumps in the US. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) focused in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.