Mohamed AbdAlhamid
Business Consultant, Product Manager, GeoMarketing Expert
“Nothing makes me feel more alive than finding the opportunity in every challenge that comes my way”
Experience: 15 Years
Email: mohamed@abdalhamid.com
Who is Mohamed AbdAlhamid
Mohamed AbdAlhamid is a business consultant, a product manager, and a seasoned entrepreneur with a special passion for GeoMarketing and GIS technologies. Throughout his career, AbdAlhamid occupied multiple leadership positions in multinational companies as well as developing and co-creating successful startups.
AbdAlhamid also had an important role in advancing the community by volunteering in spaces such as
- The Initiative for Improving Egyptian Local Industries in 2012
- INJAZ Egypt in 2011-2013
He also launched GIS initiatives like
- The Geo Movement Initiative to introduce and increase awareness of geographic information systems techniques and the principles of geography and spatial sciences.
- GIS meetups that facilitated GIS graduates to listen to expert talks to benefit from their experience.
AbdAlhamid’s efforts to benefit the business community in the region continue to this day as he co-founded the Product Management Community at Quantic and the Quantic Club of Egypt to bring the graduates together to exchange knowledge and share experiences.
As a visionary, AbdAlhamid’s interests are not limited to the business world. His unique and innovative ideas extend to various fields that can help the economy and the people.
AbdAlhamid’s interest in tourism, health, and human well-being, to name a few, motivated him to start his personal brand to share his thoughts in addition to his courses, podcasts, and ebooks to help individuals, business owners, and entrepreneurs succeed.
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AbdAlhamid’s Beginnings
ِAbdAlhamid Graduated in 2008 from Ain Shams University where he specialized in GIS, and his passion for this field drove an important part of his career as he started his Pre-Master’s program in GIS and joined Nielsen as a GeoMarketing specialist and, later GeoMarketing/GIS team leader at the same company.
AbdAlhamid expanded his interests in business and technology by completing the MCIT program in 2011 and, later, became Microsoft certified in
Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development , Windows Forms Application Development , Designing and Developing Windows Applications , ASP.NET Application Development.
Career and Expertise
GIS/GeoMarketing Guru
AbdAlhamid’s story continued in 2013 at Kantar TNS where he founded the GIS/GeoMarketing department and began his journey where he led location-based data validation for market research activities and established the Master Sampling Frame for Egypt and, later, for Morocco and Algeria in Kantar Operation House. During this period, AbdAlhamid developed the core method and, later, software, to validate market research activities using GeoMarketing technologies such as location-based consumer profiling indexing on digital maps to determine the socio-economic classes on a spectrum using 6+ scoring factors.
Visionary Entrepreneur
In 2017, AbdAlhamid started to follow his entrepreneurial vision. He founded startups that aim to improve life and business quality in the MENA region like Knowledgy, an inclusive E-learning platform, and The Datum Company, a technology-based consulting firm focusing on utilizing GeoMarketing tools and analytics to develop businesses and optimize operations. In addition to founding several startups, AbdAlhamid owned and managed the development of their products by leading technical and non-technical teams from the planning stage to launch and support.
Expert Product Manager
In 2020, AbdAlhamid honed the product management skills that he acquired over the years by completing the Full-Stack Product Management program at the Knowledge Officer Career Accelerator in London. As a senior product manager, AbdAlhamid managed the development of prominent products for clients in several industries MarTech, telecom, Ed-tech, automotive, enterprise solutions, SaaS, E-commerce, marketplace, and catering. AbdAlhamid’s experience in both the technical and non-technical sides of creating and developing products made him the perfect middle communicator between technical people, stakeholders, and business leaders.
Executive MBA Holder
In 2023, AbdAlhamid received his Executive MBA degree from Quantic School of Business and Technology in Washington, D.C. where he met wonderful people in business from 6 continents of the world and worked on the same projects and topics as those of the Ivy League schools.
At Quantic, AbdAlhamid found a new level of his passion for business development as he joined the newly formed Quantic Entrepreneurs community where he volunteered to coach and mentor entrepreneurs from around the world to plan and launch MVPs of their business ideas as well as judge QE competitions and hackathons every year. Mohamed also founded the Quantic Product Management Club to open networking opportunities for product managers around the world. Following the example of the Harvard Club of Egypt, Mohamed co-founded the Quantic Club of Egypt where students and alumni get together, brainstorm ideas, and share valuable experiences.
Multi-Talented Business Expert
Currently, AbdAlhamid is still pursuing his entrepreneurial visions mainly to give a push to the local economy with innovative ideas that can find a place in even a tough market and be able to grow and thrive.