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Ahmed Yihia

Chief Technical Officer — ESSBC

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Ahmed Yihia

Ahmed Yihia

Chief Technical Officer — ESSBC

Ahmed Yihia leads ESSBC's technical architecture and engineering direction across sovereign government platforms, enterprise .NET systems, secure integrations, configurable services, and AI-enabled operations.

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Executive Biography

Ahmed Yihia is Chief Technical Officer at ESSBC, providing technical leadership across enterprise architecture, government platforms, financial systems, secure integration, data performance, configurable service models, and AI-enabled operations. With more than 15 years of experience in .NET architecture and large-scale digital systems, he focuses on building resilient platforms in which services, workflows, business rules, reporting, and operational controls can evolve through configuration rather than unnecessary hard-coded dependency.

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Executive Value

Architect future-ready government and enterprise systems by combining scalable .NET architecture, secure integration, configurable workflows, high-performance data platforms, intelligent administration, AI-assisted automation, dynamic reporting, and technical governance.

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Leadership Mandate

Lead ESSBC technical architecture and engineering direction.

Define scalable platform and integration standards.

Guide backend, data, API, security, and performance architecture.

Establish configurable service and workflow approaches.

Enable AI-assisted administration, reporting, automation, and interaction.

Support technical governance across government and enterprise programmes.

Guide modernization of legacy and high-volume transactional systems.

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Core Areas of Expertise

Enterprise .NET Solution ArchitectureGovernment and Financial Systems.NET / .NET CoreC# and Object-Oriented ArchitectureClean ArchitectureModular Monolith ArchitectureN-Tier ArchitectureConfigurable Service-Oriented ArchitectureASP.NET Web APIREST and SOAP IntegrationsSecure API DesignJWT AuthenticationSQL ServerHigh-Volume Transactional SystemsPerformance TuningConcurrency and Snapshot IsolationData MigrationLegacy ModernizationEntity Framework and LINQGovernment System IntegrationsSAP Financial IntegrationSSRS and Crystal ReportsDynamic Reporting EnginesAI-Ready Data ModelsAI-Assisted System AdministrationIntelligent AutomationVoice-Based InteractionPrompt-Based Operational Interaction
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Professional Experience

Current RoleESSBC

Chief Technical Officer

April 2018 – May 2022EGA — Government of Ras Al Khaimah

Technical Lead / Solution Architect

  • Architected backend platforms supporting smart-government services.
  • Designed scalable APIs and integration layers connecting government entities.
  • Led data-migration initiatives from federal and legacy systems.
  • Implemented secure and highly available backend services.
  • Provided architectural direction and technical leadership.
January 2017 – May 2017ESSBC — Dubai

Senior .NET Developer / Technical Lead

  • Led .NET and Android teams delivering enterprise and government solutions.
  • Designed system hierarchies and database architectures.
  • Developed dynamic reporting platforms.
September 2010 – December 2016Al Watanya — Egypt

Senior .NET Developer

  • Designed and delivered financial, ERP, and POS systems.
  • Built reusable backend frameworks.
  • Modernized legacy VB6 systems into .NET architectures.
  • Supported financial accuracy, compliance, and reliability.
July 2007 – August 2010Fekrasoft — Egypt

VB6 & .NET Developer

  • Developed desktop and web business applications.
  • Participated in analysis, development, testing, and deployment.
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Selected Programmes and Solutions

Unified Portal for Sharjah MunicipalitiesFree Zones Commercial Licensing Management System for SRTIPCharity and Donations Management Platform for Tarahum Charity FoundationWORX SUITE Government Services PlatformGovernment API and Integration PlatformsDynamic Reporting and Operational Control PlatformsFinancial, ERP, and Point-of-Sale Systems
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AI and Architecture Capabilities

AI-assisted backend servicesIntelligent service orchestrationAI-powered system administrationOperational monitoringVoice-based system interactionAI-driven reporting and analyticsPrompt-based management workflowsAI-ready data pipelinesConfigurable business rules and workflows
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Education and Professional Development

  • Bachelor of Information Technology — Faculty of Computers and Information, Menofia University, 2003–2008
  • Project Management Professional — Formal Training , 2025 (PMP-trained)
  • Applied Artificial Intelligence for Enterprise Systems
  • Data Analysis and Data-Driven Decision-Making
  • AI-Assisted Automation
  • Intelligent Reporting
  • Foundations of Machine Learning
  • AI Integration within Backend Architectures
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Languages

Arabic — NativeEnglish — Professional Working Proficiency

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