My name is Mostafa Hamza Sayed. Currently, I am working for Microsoft as a software engineer in Bing Team.
Prior to joining Microsoft in 2021, I was Software Engineering Team Lead at Autodata Solutions (a J.D. Power company). I worked with and lead a wonderful team of Software Engineers, Database Administrators, and Quality Assurance Engineers. Previously, I also worked for the City of Calgary as a Senior IT Consultant looking after a set of development projects related to application portfolio management (APM), Supply Management and Corporate Economic Index. I worked as Software Support Engineer, Delivery Project Manager, and Life Cycle Manager for IBM (2009-2014) looking after our clients besides planning and executing the restructuring of the support services for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
I lectured in many universities and colleges in both Canada and Middle East. I have 15+ years of experience in both academia and industry.
I received my PhD. from University of Calgary in 2019 specialized in Software Engineering working in LSMR Lab at the Department of Computer Science under the supervision of professor Robert J. Walker and Dr. Maged Alasaar. I received my BSc. and MSc. in Computer Science in 2007 & 2012 from the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
I am PMP, green-belt six sigma, ITIL, Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), Microsoft Ceritifed Solution Developer (MCSD) certified
- Software Product Line Engineering, Round-trip Engineering, Software Re-usability, Pervasive Systems
- Software process and project management
- Subject Matter Expert - Bow Valley College, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (2022 - Present)
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Adjunct Instructor - SAIT Polytechnic, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (2014 - 2015, 2020 - Present)
- COMP213 - Computing for Engineering Tech (Fall 2020)
- COMP267 - MS Office Web Design Basics (Fall 2020)
- COMP261 - MS Office: An Introduction (Fall 2014, Fall 2015)
- Pervasive Systems & Context Awareness Instructor - Information Technology Institute (ITI), Giza, Egypt (2013 - 2014)
- Java Instructor - Vision Academy, Cairo, Egypt (2009)
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Teaching Assistant - University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
(2014 - 2018)
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SENG 403 - Software Develpment in Teams & Organizations (Winter
2015,
Winter 2016)
- Official student evaluation: 6.4 (out of 7.0)
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SENG 511 - Software Process and Project Management (Fall 2014, Fall
2015)
- Official student evaluation: 6.3 (out of 7.0)
- SENG 301 - Analysis & Design of Large-Scale Software I (Winter 2014)
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SENG 403 - Software Develpment in Teams & Organizations (Winter
2015,
Winter 2016)
- Mostafa (Hamza) Sayed . "Identifying, Structuring, and Evolving Features in Software Product Lines". Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, June 2019.
- Mostafa (Hamza) Sayed , Robert J. Walker, and Maged Elaasar. "CIAHelper: Towards change impact analysis in delta-oriented software product lines". In Proceedings of the International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, pages 31–42, 2018. doi: 10.1145/3233027.3233036
- Mostafa (Hamza) Sayed , Robert J. Walker, and Maged Elaasar. "Unanticipated evolution in software product lines versus independent products: A case study". In Pro-ceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Reverse Variability Engineering (REVE 2017), International Software Product Line Conference, pages 97–104, 2017. doi: 10.1145/3109729.3109739
- Mostafa (Hamza) Sayed and Robert J. Walker. "Recommending features and feature relationships from requirements documents for software product lines". In Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Realizing Artificial Intelligence Synergies in Software Engineering (RAISE '15), ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, 2015. [pdf]
- Mostafa (Hamza) Sayed , Sherif Aly, Maged Elaasar. "Automated Generation of Pervasive Systems Architectures: A Detailed Empirical Evaluation". International Journal of Software Engineering, Technology and Applications, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2015 pp.64 - 89. DOI: 10.1504/IJSETA.2015.067531 [pdf]
- Mostafa (Hamza) Sayed , Sherif G. Aly and Hoda Hosny. "An Approach for Generating Architectures for Pervasive Systems from Selected Features". Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP 2011). July 18-21, 2011. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. [pdf]
- Mostafa (Hamza) Sayed and Sherif G. Aly. "A Study and Categorization of Pervasive Systems Architectures Towards Specifying a Software Product Line." Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP 2010). July 12-15, 2010. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Pages: 635-641. [pdf]
- Mohy Mahmoud, Sherif G. Aly, Ahmed Sabry, Mostafa (Hamza) Sayed . "A Jabber Based Framework for Building Communication Capable Java Mobile Applications". International Journal of Information Technology (IJIT). Volume 15, No. 1, 2009. [pdf]
PhD in Computer Science (January 2014 - November
2019)
Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Science and Faculty of Graduate Studies
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Supervisors: Robert J. Walker, Maged Alassar
Research topic: Change Impact and Risk Estimation Analysis in Software Products Lines
GPA: 3.9 out of 4
MSc. in Computer Science (September 2007 -
Feburary
2012)
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Supervisor: Dr. Sherif G. Aly
Thesis: Feature-based Generation of Pervasive Systems' Architectures Utilizing Software
Product Line ConceptsDepartment of Computer Science
GPA: 3.55 out of 4
BSc. in Computer Science (September 2002 - June
2007)
Department of Computer Science
The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Supervisors: Dr. Mohy Mahmoud & Dr. Sherif G. Aly
Graduation project: Beep - A Jabber-based Framework for Building Communication-capable
Java
Mobile Applications
GPA: 3.453 out of 4
Microsoft (2021 - Present)
Software Engineer (2021 - Present)
Autodata Solutions (J.D. Power) (2017 -
Present)
Software Development Team Lead (2020 - Present)
Senior Software Developer (Level III) (2019 - 2020)
Software Developer (Level II) (2017 - 2019)
Client Solutions, City of Calgary (2016 -
2017)
Senior IT Consultant
Computer Science Department, University of Calgary
(January 2014 - June 2018)
Research Assistant
IBM (July 2009 - July
2014)
Life Cycle Manager (LCM) for Middle East & Africa (MEA) (2013 -
2014)
Life Cycle Manager (LCM) for Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
(2012 -
2013)
Maintenance and Technical Support Services (MTSS) Delivery Project Manager (2010 - 2013)
Enhanced Technical Support (ETS) Team Leader for MENA (2009 -
2013)
Software Support Engineer (2009 - 2011)
IT Central (January 2008 -
June
2014)
Software Delivery Manager (Co-founder)
Online Modern Solutions (March
2009 - June 2009)
Technology Specialist
LinkDev (June 2007 - January
2008)
Solution Developer
- Games for kids - Daneyat AlTorath (2015-2017)
- FileTracker - City of Calgary (2016-2017)
- Corporate Economic Index - City of Calgary (2017)
- Application Portfolio Management - City of Calgary (2016)
- CanadaReside - ITCentral (2014)
- RentnSale - ITCentral (2012-2014)
- Otlob.com - LinkDev (2007-2008)
- Programming: C#, ASP.NET, MVC, HTML, Java, JQuery, JavaScript
- Databases: PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB
- Management: Project Management, Change Management, Product Management, Crisis Management, Agile, Scrum, DevOps
- General: Azure DevOps, Microsoft Technologies, Jira, Gitlabs, Github, Docker, Kubernates
- NOTT Award, Autodata Solutions. Awarded in the recognition of outstanding achievement in FcaInventory Project (April 2020)
- NOTT Award, Autodata Solutions. Awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement for completing MCSD Certification (December 2019)
- Eminence and Excellenc e Recognition Award for high performance, IBM (2012)
- Research Award, University of Calgary, Computer Science Department (2015 - 2016)
- MSc. Dean's List of Honor, AUC. Given annually to the students with GPA above 3.5 (2009 - 2010)
- Best thesis project award, Department of Computer Science, AUC (2007)
- BSc. Dean's List of Honor, AUC. Given annually to the students with GPA above 3.3 (2005 - 2007)
- Communications Chair, Computer Science Alumni Chapter, University of Calgary (2016 - present)
- Executive member, Computer Science Alumni Chapter, University of Calgary (2015 - 2016)
- Mentor, International Student Services, University of Calgary (2015)