I founded MZ Businesses in 2025 and currently serve as the Chief Executive Officer. MZ Businesses is a multi-purpose company based in Detroit focused on offering consulting, outsourcing and training services.

We canvas the industry and the market for the latest requirements, regulations and standards to stay on top of the latest trends. We believe that no two contracts are the same and each client needs their own tailoring and undivided attention. We treat your success as our own. 

We work in the off-highway, agricultural machinery, aerospace, e-commerce, robotics, medical devices & IoT sectors to bring unique solutions and support to manufacturers in those sectors at a more affordable cost by outsourcing to our partners in Egypt. 

I joined AAM in 2019 and currently serve as a Senior Engineering Manager, where I am responsible for Functional Safety, FMEA, and compliance. In this role, I led and managed a diverse global team of 37 engineers and 6 suppliers, driving ASPICE and ISO 26262 compliance activities, facilitating DFMEA workshops, and spearheading issue resolution and continuous improvement initiatives. My efforts are geared towards embedding best practices across the organization.

In collaboration with directors and senior managers, I help shape group and product strategies, define technology roadmaps, and develop customer proposals. I’m also actively involved in negotiations and metrics reporting for both internal and external stakeholders. Among my key responsibilities are ensuring meticulous project scheduling, resource management, and delivery excellence to meet financial objectives, ensuring on-time PPAPs, and leading audit activities. As a Functional Safety Manager, I am accountable for guiding projects through successful ASPICE and Functional Safety certifications, presenting to auditors with precision and confidence.

Upon the resignation of the previous board in 2022, other co-owners and I stepped up to run for the board. I was appointed the vice president of the association where I had the pleasure of serving my neighbors and community and supervising multiple renovation initiatives. 

I embarked on my sailing journey with ASI in 2022 as a student, and quickly immersed myself in the community. As I earned my Level 1 certification for small boats, I eagerly took on various volunteer roles, including co-leading the Social Committee. In October 2022, I was honored to be elected Vice President, and have proudly served on the board since then. ASI has been an incredibly enriching experience, and I wholeheartedly encourage anyone with a passion for sailing to join this vibrant community.

In 2023, I began my MBA journey at the  University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC) Geis College of Business with a clear objective: to deepen my business acumen and prepare for upper management and business-centric roles. I finished in December 2024, with a focus on strategic management, innovation and global business challenges, areas where I believe the right strategy can be the deciding factor between a business's success or failure. This passion for crafting and driving impactful strategies fuels my desire to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the organizations I work with.

Though brief, my time at Ford Motor Company from 2017 to 2018 was incredibly valuable. As a member of the HEV Controls team, I played a key role in developing control strategies and software for various hybrid vehicles. My work involved model-based engineering for Hybrid Vehicle system controls, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and conducting rigorous unit, integration, and Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testing for software updates. Additionally, I was responsible for creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation for requirements, architecture, design, and unit testing. Working at Ford allowed me to contribute to cutting-edge automotive technology within a highly respected company.

As the Regional Engineering Manager for LHP Engineering Solutions in Pontiac, Michigan, I led multiple projects across diverse industries, both internally and externally. My work spanned HIL development and V&V of engine controls at Navistar, after-treatment diagnostics, calibration, and validation at Cummins, electrified powertrain initiatives at FCA, configuration management migration and product development at BorgWarner, and system development at GE. I also contributed to advanced projects like LiDAR sensor safety development and played a pivotal role in organizational development, adult learning program creation, requirements elicitation, effort estimation, and project management.

Managing a team of up to 25 employees, I was deeply involved in customer interface, project and account management, and executive-level interactions. A unique opportunity arose during my tenure when I took on the responsibility for Learning and Development within the HR department. For nearly two years, I collaborated with experts to design and launch educational content through our LMS, enhancing the skill sets across the organization.

During my time at LHP, I also earned my first Functional Safety certification from TÜV Nord and had the privilege of teaching the course, further solidifying my expertise in this critical area.

In 2021, I was ordained by the Universal Life Church to officiate civil wedding ceremonies in Michigan. I’m excited to help couples embark on their lifelong journeys together, creating unforgettable moments as they strengthen their bonds and build their families. Being part of such a significant milestone in people’s lives is an honor I deeply cherish. 

As a result of the Arab Spring in 2011, the Egyptian community in Chicago came together. I engaged in the community and with the help of like minded individuals we founded a non profit organization called Egyptians Abroad for Development (EAD) with the aim of enabling Egyptian expatriates to contribute to the future growth of Egypt. I took on the role of treasures where I reconciled monthly statements, invoices and expense accounts, keeping records accurate and current, planned and managed annual budgets, tracking expenses and investigating discrepancies to maintain optimal controls, drafted monthly treasury reports to support management decision-making needs , completed journal entries, reconciliations and account analysis to prepare quarterly financial documents and general account management. 

While I am not a licensed professional, I have served as a life coach and career mentor for different individuals over the years on a volunteer basis. I have helped others with personal, relationship and career issues. Individuals I have helped ranged from high school age to mid career individuals. On occasion, I also offer financial advice and assistance to help individuals get their life on track. Such advice ranges from tips to improve credit scores, debt elimination and budgeting.

As I graduated the second of my class, I joined Cairo University as a faculty member with the aim of being a professor there someday. My responsibilities varied to cover multiple areas. I lectured on subjects like Engineering Drawing, Theory of Machines, Modeling & Simulation, Robotics, Control Theory and, Vibration Analysis. In addition, I was responsible for one of the mechatronics labs and performed scientific research while pursuing my masters degree under Prof. Said Megahed. I did my research on the flexibility of robotic joints using multibody dynamics and physical data and published a conference and a journal paper with Robotica.

I have authored several articles and poems that featured in different magazines in Egypt. While I have not published any works in the US, I am currently working on 2 novels that I am hoping to submit for publishing in the coming years.

I entered Cairo University to pursue my passion for mechatronic systems dreaming still that one day I would build one of the transformers and make it a reality.  As a student I always took initiative in different aspects of my education and collage life which included polling student opinion and advocating for them with the faculty members as well as facilitating access to scientific resources for the students and organizing different events. In my first internship, I worked at an assembly factory for BMW vehicles where I fell in love with the automotive industry. While my internship focused on industrial engineering aspects of the work, I had the chance to understand different vehicle and vehicle assembly technologies and I was immediately drawn to the industry. I continued my pursuit of mechatronics systems with more vigor as the automotive industry now was included in my scope. I was lucky enough to have my graduation project be the design, manufacturing and control of active magnetic bearing system under Prof. Elshafei and working in a team of 4 brilliant young minds to make it come true.

I grew up in Cairo Egypt with frequent trips to Saudi Arabia where my dad worked as a professor. As a child, I was always fascinated with mechanisms and drawing and dreamt of building ships, planes and robots. One of the big influences on this was an anime by Hayao Miyazaki, Future boy Conan. The technology and details in the anime caused me to try to draw and mimic some of the technologies in the cartoon, without success of course since I was less than 6 years old! This inspired me to pursue engineering at a young age and I began learning programming and how mechanisms work. There were a few accidents of course that my parents accepted in my pursuit of my dreams which included some working devices being dismantled never to work again!

My ultimate ambition is to establish myself as a visionary CEO of a global corporation by the time I’m 50, known for driving innovation and shaping the future of entire industries. I’m continuously seeking greater responsibilities and challenges that allow me to influence the direction of groundbreaking products and the company’s overall vision. Alongside this, I am committed to earning the prestigious SAE Fellow title, while also expanding my real estate portfolio, building a legacy of success and strategic growth.

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