weftid Inc

Professional network site for talent in the fields of sports & entertainment.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location Redmond, WA, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded July 2014
  • Employees 4
  • Website weftid.com

Company Summary

Weftid is a professional networking site that is built for talent in the fields of sports, entertainment, and performing arts. Weftid helps those talent showcase their skills through a unique mix of videos, images and text (Portfolio). Weftid provide talent with crowdfunding module and innovative financial tools to raise money for career-oriented goals. The platform will also connect those performers with talent seekers to get hired.

Team

  • Responsible for the strategy formulation & marketing activities for Weftid. Ali graduated with a degree in computer science. He also studied marketing, public relations & broadcasting. In 2012, Ali worked during the presidential elections as communication director for one of Egypt’s leading candidates in the race. In 2013, Ali published the first book on political marketing in the Arabic language. Currently, he is the leading morning TV Anchor.

  • Responsible for the day-to-day operations of Weftid. Wael started providing professional IT services through his company NRG Solutions. In 2012, Wael cofounded the first Egyptian crowdsourcing platform to report traffic violations. The platform is well-known in Egypt with thousands of tickets reported. In 2013, Wael founded EGTNS, a company that generates location-information through mobile usage data. Wael was awarded a Ph.D in Computer Science.

  • Mahmoud Khalifa
    CTO

    Responsible for managing the technical and testing team of Weftid. Mahmoud earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science and joined Wael as a partner in NRG Solutions, EGTNS and other successful ventures. Mahmoud received his MBA in 2012 from Edinburgh Business School, Scotland.

  • Business Development

    Hazim is a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft, Redmond. He has more than 14 years of experience in the software industry. He is experienced with online platforms and services, leading Bing.com's Core UX team for 5 years.

    Hazim has deep appreciation for innovation, and great user-experiences.
    Hazim received his MBA from Maastricht School of Management

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