Mohamed is a technology enthusiast and international speaker who is passionate about new
technologies, especially Blockchain, and committed to help grow the use of added-value
technology solutions around the world.
He has over 15 years’ experience in finance, marketing, education, hospitality, product design,
big data analytics and strategy with well renowned organizations. He is a strong critical thinker
and has a passion for innovation.
Mohamed is the co-founder of “IR4LAB” and Managing Director of “IR4LAB Africa”, he occupied
various executive positions, including CEO of “FA Enterprise System” a Canadian company
developing decentralized Blockchain solutions such as the “Fast Access Blockchain” platform,
the US based decentralized exchange platform “Exchangily” and the platform “Artcryption” to
protect and manage the intellectual property on Blockchain.
Mohamed is a committee member of the MC/ISO/TC 307 committee, an ISO technical mirror
committee with an objective of creating international standards of Blockchain and distributed
ledger technologies, the committee has over 56 participating and observing members.
He is also an executive member and Director of Education at Lassonde Professional
Development (York University – Canada), a global technology innovation hub, and also led the
C-Lab incubation program, the first peer-to-peer community-based incubation program for
technology startups.
Mohamed is a program manager and instructor at Lassonde School of Engineering at York
University (Toronto – Canada), where he is teaching the use of new technologies to future
leaders and entrepreneurs.
Furthermore, Mohamed is a “Durland Innovation Award” recipient for a Blockchain use case;
the use case was described as “A cutting edge security technology to protect artists from
forgeries and theft.” He is also holder of the “Beta Gamma Sigma International Award”, the
highest recognition a business student can receive, anywhere in the world, limited to the top
20% business graduates in the world.
Finally, Mohamed is fluently trilingual and holds a Bachelor degree in Banking and Insurance
and two Masters Degrees, the first in Business Administration and Engineering Logistics, the
second in Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
