Sally Metwally is the Business Development Director at ITWORX Education. Heading the company’s expansion efforts in Egypt and Africa, Sally is responsible for seeking and creating opportunities and building relationships with existing and new clients. She also leads the Education in Distress program. Prior to joining ITWORX Education she was the Director of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Misr El Kheir Foundation (MEK), whereby she was responsible for nurturing the development and fostering the commercialization of technology-based innovations, both of which lead to providing affordable access of quality goods and services and creating livelihood opportunities for the Excluded population, primarily at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP). Before MEK, she was the CEO of the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC); where she participated in developing the Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Strategy for Egypt 2011-2014. She also contributed to implementing programs that enabled startup companies to establish operation and innovation in Egypt. Prior to TIEC, she managed the research and innovation support department at the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), and was responsible for managing projects and on-going activities to develop the innovation capabilities of ICT companies. Before Joining TIEC, she established the Project Management Office (PMO) at HARF Corporation, which was responsible for providing leadership, organization and coordination to support PMO’s key activities. In addition, she held the position of program manager at EDS- HP. Sally holds a holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, a Master’s degree in Management of Technology, Six Sigma Green Belt, PMP (Project Management Professional), and post graduate certificates in Software Engineering and Software Sizing and Estimation. She also received a certification in Social Enterprise Management and Impact Investing by the Frontier Market Scouts Fellowship Program from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California.
