ahmed gomaa
Project Manager III at Red Hat
project manager iii , cfo pmo
experienced pmp background chemical engineering 8 year experience management consulting , project management , strategic planning .
Red Hat
https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-hat
Project Manager III
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
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emendo inc.
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Project Leader
Supported multinational pharmaceutical clients with the following tasks:
- Senior Project Manager of the fermentation plant qualification project ($1B facility) working with a team of two senior managers, 30+ engineers, and manufacturing associates, responsible for:
-- Developing and maintaining the project schedule, reporting tools, risk, and decision logs
-- Securing structured and systematic project execution 
-- Developing, and managing the escalation process with stakeholders
-- Driving issue resolution
-- Coordinating with cross-functional teams from other departments including automation and production support to provide the support needed for the project success
-- Reporting and presenting on project progress to the steering committee, and the global leadership

- Consultant for the PMO Office at a client facility:
-- Worked with a team of 10 documentation specialists to drive document handover from a major contractor clearing over a year of outstanding backlogs within weeks
-- Developed and executed a process for site-wide project prioritization working with SME’s and engineers from all units to collect, prioritize, and advocate projects ideas to upper management
-- Supported the development of departmental and site-wide annual goals through leading a series of workshops with department directors and the vice president of operations

- Consultant for the global operational excellence department for a multi-national pharmaceutical client:

-- Led a team of three consultants to develop a customized lean training program including over 30 modules (e.g. Kanban, 5S, and Kaizen) for a U.S.A. based production facility of 200 employees
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
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emendo inc.
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Management Consultant
Led shutdown projects for a pharmaceutical client facility ($1-2M projects), responsibilities included:
- Projects prioritization, scope development, and business case analysis
- Managing risk, decision, and escalation logs
- Monitoring project execution according to a strict timeline
- Schedule, scope, and budget control
- Reporting to the steering committee and maintaining communication site-wide

Led troubleshooting and improvement projects for a pharmaceutical client facility
- Employed technical experience and lean knowledge to run workshops with subject matter experts to address technical and R&D challenges
- Supported a series of improvement projects to the production process increasing yield by 30%
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
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North Carolina State University
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Lead a team of graduate and graduate researchers to develop a delivery vehicle for CRISPR-Cas antimicrobials as a follow-up on PhD research.
North Carolina, United States
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North Carolina State University
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Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
Beisel research group (https://beisel.wordpress.ncsu.edu/), Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department.

- Invented a platform technology for treating multidrug-resistant infections using the CRISPR-Cas3 system

- Demonstrated selective and titratable elimination of bacterial strains based on sequence information using CRISPR-Cas systems, featured in Nature, New York Times, Science News, Wired, and Faculty of 1000

- Published Four research articles with 900+ citations as of July 2021

- Led a team of graduate engineering and business students to develop a business case for the CRISPR-Cas3 antimicrobials leading to the foundation of Locus Biosciences

- Identified essential modules in the single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) responsible for Cas9 orthogonality

- Assisted in developing and teaching genome-engineering in mammalian and bacterial cells using CRISPR-Cas technologies, the first of its kind nationwide. Served as a teaching assistant for four chemical engineering courses

- Delivered talks at 3 national conferences

- Awarded 2 student scholarship awards to present at 2 national conferences

- Won 4 poster awards and 1 oral presentation award demonstrating excellent communication and presentation skills.

Experienced in Genome editing using CRISPR-Cas, Cas9 guide RNA design, recombination, bacterial and mammalian cell culture, cloning, PCR, gel electrophoresis, nucleic acid isolation, protein purification, flow cytometry, RT-PCR, site-directed mutagenesis, recombinant DNA techniques, bacteriophage engineering, plaque assays.
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
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Locus Biosciences
Co-Founder and S.A.B. Advisor
- Advised the board of directors on CRISPR antimicrobial research directions

- Invented the CRISPR antimicrobial platform and its drug delivery vehicle

- Performed market analysis, product value propositions and prepared the company’s business plan through  the Hi-TEC certificate program at POOLE’s college of management, North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
Environics - Egypt
Environmental Analyst
Part-time environmental analyst.
- Prepared Environmental Impact Assessments for new and running industrial plants.
- Prepared Life Cycle Analysis for new products.
Teaching and research assistant
Cairo University
- Conducted a case study to apply Internal Heat Integration Columns Propane/Propylene Splitters.
- Taught Chemical Engineering classes and problem solving sessions including Petroleum Engineering, and Process Control.
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
North Carolina State University
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Thesis title: "Programmable killing of bacterial strains using CRISPR-Cas systems”
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Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
Graduate Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Certificate Program (Hi-TEC)
North Carolina State University Poole College of Management
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The Graduate Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (TEC) at North Carolina State University is a unique interdisciplinary program that provides students the knowledge, skills and tools needed for bringing technology innovations to market. The curriculum is equally valuable for those seeking to start a new company based on an innovative technology and for those working within an established firm to bring new technologies to the marketplace.
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Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Master's degree
North Carolina State University
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Chemical Engineering
Master's degree
Cairo University
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Thesis Title: “New developments on Internal Heat Integrated Distillation Column (i-HIDiC) - a Case Study on Propane/Propylene Splitter”
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Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Cairo University
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Graduated with honors in Chemical Engineering. Designed a modified bubble reactor in my graduation project. Co-founded OneHand Student Organization.
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Identifying and visualizing functional  PAM diversity across CRISPR-Cas systems
Mol Cell, 62(1):137-47 (2016)
CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems in prokaryotes boast a diversity of protein families and mechanisms of action, where most systems rely on protospacer-adjacent motifs (PAMs) for DNA target recognition. Here, we developed an in vivo, positive, and tunable screen termed PAM-SCANR (PAM screen achieved by NOT-gate repression) to elucidate functional PAMs as well as an interactive visualization scheme termed the PAM wheel to convey individual PAM sequences and their activities. PAM-SCANR and the PAM wheel identified known functional PAMs while revealing complex sequence-activity landscapes for the Bacillus halodurans I-C (Cascade), Escherichia coli I-E (Cascade), Streptococcus thermophilus II-A CRISPR1 (Cas9), and Francisella novicida V-A (Cpf1) systems. The PAM wheel was also readily applicable to existing high-throughput screens and garnered insights into SpyCas9 and SauCas9 PAM diversity. These tools offer powerful means of elucidating and visualizing functional PAMs toward accelerating our ability to understand and exploit the multitude of CRISPR-Cas systems in nature.
http://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/pdf/S1097-2765(16)00175-1.pdf
A CRISPR design for next-generation antimicrobials.
Genome Biology 15 (11), 516 (2014)
Two recent publications have demonstrated how delivering CRISPR nucleases provides a promising solution to the growing problem of bacterial antibiotic resistance.
https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-014-0516-x
Guide RNA functional modules direct Cas9 activity and orthogonality
Mol Cell, 56(2):333-9 (2014)
Ahmed Gomaa, Alexandra Briner, and Paul Donohoue are co-first authors.
The RNA-guided Cas9 endonuclease specifically targets and cleaves DNA in a sequence-dependent manner and has been widely used for programmable genome editing. Cas9 activity is dependent on interactions with guide RNAs, and evolutionarily divergent Cas9 nucleases have been shown to work orthogonally. However, the molecular basis of selective Cas9:guide-RNA interactions is poorly understood. Here, we identify and characterize six conserved modules within native crRNA:tracrRNA duplexes and single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) that direct Cas9 endonuclease activity. We show the bulge and nexus are necessary for DNA cleavage and demonstrate that the nexus and hairpins are instrumental in defining orthogonality between systems. In contrast, the crRNA:tracrRNA complementary region can be modified or partially removed. Collectively, our results establish guide RNA features that drive DNA targeting by Cas9 and open new design and engineering avenues for CRISPR technologies.
http://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/abstract/S1097-2765(14)00751-5
Programmable removal of bacterial strains using genome-targeting CRISPR-Cas systems
mBio 5, e00928–13 (2014)
Controlling the composition of microbial populations is a critical aspect in medicine, biotechnology, and environmental cycles. While different antimicrobial strategies, such as antibiotics, antimicrobial peptides, and lytic bacteriophages, offer partial solutions, what remains elusive is a generalized and programmable strategy that can distinguish between even closely related microorganisms and that allows for fine control over the composition of a microbial population. This study demonstrates that RNA-directed immune systems in bacteria and archaea called CRISPR-Cas systems can provide such a strategy. These systems can be employed to selectively and quantitatively remove individual bacterial strains based purely on sequence information, creating opportunities in the treatment of multidrug-resistant infections, the control of industrial fermentations, and the study of microbial consortia.
http://mbio.asm.org/content/5/1/e00928-13
Education
ESA: Egyptian Student Association
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President
Had the pleasure to lead the Egyptian Student Association - North Carolina State University Chapter for 3 years. Throughout this experience, we served a large number of incoming international students, helped them settle in the city and network. We also represented Egypt in a number of cultural events sponsored by the Office of International Services at NCSU.
Finally, we networked with a number of other organizations to organize social events to celebrate a number of our holidays with the community providing several chances for interactions and networking.
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Social Services
Alnoor Islamic Center
Chief Executive Officer
Project Management Professional (PMP)
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Project Management Institute
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Graduate Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Certificate Program (Hi-TEC)
tec.poole.ncsu.edu
North Carolina State University - POOLE College of Management
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Tracy Wilshire
Principal Business Analyst at Red Hat
Durham, NC
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Eric Rollins
Manager, QA Critical Systems at APP Pharmaceuticals
Raleigh, NC
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Siri Baber
Senior Incentive Analyst
Toronto, ON
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Ingrid Barton
Operations Professional looking for new and exciting opportunities.
Raleigh, NC
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Mostafa Abdelhamid
PhD candidate at North Carolina State University
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
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Jacqueline Bidlack
Consultant at emendo inc.
Raleigh, NC
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Sam Ayoub
Principal at 962 Properties
Raleigh, NC
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Ali Talaat
PM & superintendent
Charlotte, NC
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Mohamed Beshr
Senior Engineer, Virtual Technologies at Trane Technologies
Charlotte, NC
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Clayton Hubbard
Sr. Automation & Systems Engineer at Steady State Engineering
Cary, NC
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David Erhart
Sr. Process Engineer at Aimmune Therapeutics
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point Area
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Dave Lev
I’m retired mostly.   I mean if you have an interesting thought.  I’d listen....
Greater Chicago Area
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Alan Jonhson
Technical Writer at Fresenius Kabi USA
Raleigh, NC
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Joshua Z. Warren, M.D.
Vice President, Private Equity at BPEA
Boston, MA
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Stuti Agrawal
Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
San Francisco Bay Area
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Farimah Bayat
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Bryan School of Business and Economics at UNCG
Greensboro, NC
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Chaitanya PSR
Principal at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
New York, NY
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Jason McCoy
Snapdocs | Ex-BCG | Kellogg MBA
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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Information Technology Specialist at Teraz for Consulting
New Cairo
Ahmed Gomaa
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General Manager
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Gomaa
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Trade Marketing manager at SAMIR GROUP
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Gomaa
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Project Manager at Al Maleky Group
Egypt
Ahmed Gomaa
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Research Assistant Professor at National research institute of astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG)
Egypt
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CRISPR Forum
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Chemical Engineering Network
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NORTH CAROLINA PHARMACEUTICAL & BIOTECHNOLOGY JOB SEEKER SUPPORT GROUP
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BTEC - NC State University
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