Ahmed Ragab Issa

Many mobile applications are used to buy and sell both new and second-hand items giving used things a second life and preventing more waste. OLX offers a functional, crisp, resourceful, and responsive app, making it the cherished brand people know today.

The OLX app offers a user-friendly interface and allows users to find and make great deals on their mobile phones, electronics, lesser-used cars, homes, houses, apparel fashion, pets, kids' products, and much more.

The company owned an old app that was serving eight different countries until they decided to create an app for each country.

In this project, I worked on the mobile app side:
• I was responsible for migrating the users from the old app to the new eight apps in stages to minimize user base dropoffs.
• Led a squad of cross-functional 12 software engineers working on all third-party integrations such as payments, one-time password (OTP) SMS, OTP calls, MoEngage, etc.
• Implemented the integration with the MoEngage CLM tool to enable the marketing team to run effective campaigns, which increased user engagement by 22%.

The same codebase was released in eight different MENA countries with different configurations.

An iOS framework for providing real-time online bidding in adtech to boost iOS app publishers' revenue. It is built to support online bidding for banner, interstitial, and native Ads. It also supports the original API and rendering API. It uses Google Ad Manager to render the ad from the ad server for most ad types.

It is the official IHF iOS app for handball fans to stay up-to-date on the latest results, news, tournaments, and events worldwide. The app allows users to stay connected with their favorite teams with live coverage of every IHF international tournament, including articles, photos, match highlights, etc.

As the senior iOS engineer for this project I:
• Designed the iOS project.
• Built the App architecture on my own and provided a sample module for the other team members to follow.
• Technically reviewed the App requirements document and design.
• Owned the code review for all the Swift code.

The Egypt Air iOS app offers users the following services:
• Flight booking: book the flight using the mobile device.
• Check-in: select the seat and issue the boarding pass.
• Manage reservations, update contact information, and select preferred seats and meal.
• Flight status information: request arrival and departure information.
• Display timetable information to easily plan the journey.
• Display baggage allowance and information.
• Find first and business class lounges information around the world.
• Review the latest offers.
• Office locator: get the Egypt Air office's contact information and locations worldwide.
• Review information about the destination with a destination guide
• Display special services information
• Get an answer by reviewing the FAQ section.
• Display all services onboard information.
• Get the latest news and travel alerts from Egypt Air.
• Baggage tracking service.

I have worked mainly on:
• General enhancements.
• Bug fixing.
• Baggage tracking service.
• COVID-19 updates.
• Push notification of new features.
• Permission updates.

The first escrow service in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, enables users to create contracts, pay others contracts, and deal on Waffy to secure themself. It allows the buyer and seller to sell through Waffy quickly and securely. It also has a deep integration with the biggest retail website in Saudi Arabia, www.haraj.com

I architected and developed this iOS application from scratch, developed all its core features, and managed the iOS team working on it. I also owned the release process on the App Store.

An iOS App that enabled the view of golf swings in real-time.

By streaming the camera from one iOS device to another's screen with ultra-low latency, a user can see their swing in real time! Just like looking in a mirror, only with a few more benefits. This real-time feedback allows users to learn new motor patterns faster than ever before. Feel vs. Real has always been a huge issue in golf instruction. Users can now visually see what they're feeling and make changes far more quickly.

Features:
• Real-time stream. No Wi-Fi or data connection is needed.
• Slo-mo 240 fps video recording and playback.
• Review and analyze swings with our intuitive video editing tool.
• Draw reference lines to help guide your swing and movements.
• Seamlessly share videos between devices.
• Import and export videos to and from your camera roll.
• Name and organize videos.

An intuitive strategy management platform that simplifies the process of strategy design, execution, and control. It enables strategy management office (SMO) and vision realization office (VRO) leaders to navigate an integrated digital experience that crafts sustainable performance excellence following the global frameworks: European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), Balanced Scorecard (BSC), or Hybrid.

Strategy360 helps leaders digitalize the process, manage its KPIs and monitor the progress in one integrated scenario that leverages the capabilities of the cloud, analytics, mobility, security, and collaboration and is available on-prem. Built on Microsoft technologies, Strategy360 is a web-based, easy-to-use, efficient, and bilingual (English/Arabic) platform.

I worked on this project on the iOS app, with the following responsibilities:
• Technically reviewed the project requirements and UI/UX.
• Architected the project and implemented a sample module to guide the other team members.
• Worked with other five iOS engineers side by side to deliver the project.
• Owned part of the code review process.

The PassApp mobile application helps users access their home/company gates/door or even car with digital passes and get rid of all their physical keys by merging security with convenience and enabling smartphones to securely open a door/gate.

In this project, these were my main responsibilities:

• Working on the app for enterprise users' key booking during COVID-19 to enable the organizations to limit their employees' office attendance using keys schedule validation.
• Fixing some performance issues inside the PassApp iOS app.
• Working on the residential access control keys and allowing the user to share his own keys with other users.

Reusable library for enabling developers to develop and manage
iOS app forms using a few lines of code. It is built on Swift and can be used on iOS projects using the CocoaPods dependency manager. This private Pod is used on 7+ company projects. I started this Pod from scratch as an initiative to be used to quickly build 40+ forms for the ABK Banking app chatbot.

An Objective-C-based framework to provide an indoor navigation service for the Grand Egyptian Museum built using Xamarin technology. It was mainly an umbrella framework to wrap the Grand Egyptian Museum indoor navigation feature implemented based on a third-party framework for indoor navigation services called PointrLabs.

DoctoryKW app is considered the first online medical platform in Kuwait designed to book appointments. It displays the medical care providers, doctors, and clinics, making it easier for users to reach them.

I worked on the iOS side, I started the app from scratch with another iOS engineer, and we were working together side by side and reviewing each other codes.

Smart DMCA is a mobile application that provides United Arab Emirates (UAE) DMCA customers, professionals, partners, facilities, and beneficiaries with a mobile-enabled channel to access and apply for services like marine craft license, marine craft driving license, and permits.

I worked on the iOS side of this project; I:
• Added user license to the Apple Wallet.
• Enhanced the accessibility voiceover.
• Applied changes in font size feature when the user changes the font size on the device settings.
• Implemented the login with the UAE Pass feature, which is an OAuth 2 login third-party provided by the UAE Government for Gulf citizens.

An iOS app built for the MBC TV channels to provide Muslims with all the essentials they need during the Holy Month "Ramadan." Its core features are MBC channel shows schedule, Ramadan tips, Zakat calculator, Sebha, Prayer timing sharing, Prayer timing based on location, and Iftar timings.

I worked on the iOS development, supporting the app and adding new features like:
• Zakat calculator.
• Prayer timing notifications.
• Player timing share.
• Qibla direction.
• Retheming the app.
• Nearest Mosque location.

Sea Dubai is an iOS App developed in Swift to facilitate searching and identifying marine leisure and recreational activities. It pinpoints tourist locations and destinations, recreational places, floating restaurants, marinas, yacht clubs, yacht and boat charter companies, and jet ski and water sports companies.

I developed the iOS app and integrated the back end with the mobile app to make all the features available to the users.

It is an enterprise application for the UAE-MOFA (United Arab Emirates - Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to manage the foreign aid projects that the United Arab Emirates has with other countries. The teams can work on the projects offline and sync when they are back online with a good level of version control.