Islam Mustafa

I'm a computer engineer and team leader at Elkrem and Integreight. We build Internet-connected hardware development tools using NFC, Bluetooth, WiFi, and cellular technologies. My team and I manufactured and sold tens of thousands of products in more than 120 countries, we also have official distributors in more than 70.

Our work got recognized in many events and competitions worldwide including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Germany, Sweden, France, the US, and the UK.

I'm now co-founder and CTO at Elkrem, where we build the next generation Blockchain, Ethereum and other decentralized technologies hardware connected development kits.

I was also co-founder and CTO at Integreight, a nearly decade-old company that produce products in the electronics education and the makers market. This is where 1Sheeld was born.

My main expertise is in developing embedded systems and controlling them using either web, mobile or desktop applications. I also developed a lot of entrepreneurship, business, and team management skills during my work in my startups.

I'm a full-stack software engineer; I use a wide range of technologies in development. I use C/C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Solidity, Python, and Ruby with loads of frameworks, protocols and development environments. Currently, I have written applications than ran on microchips, mobile devices, desktops, and servers.

In 2013, my team and I launched a crowd-funding campaign on Kickstarter for our product 1Sheeld. we were among the first Egyptians to do so. The campaign hit its target in less than 6 hours despite having a full month to complete! We raised more than $85K and we reached 850% of our funding goal.