E. Allam Founder  Mr. E. Allam obtained his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University in 1948. After his graduation, and for 8 years, he worked as a substations design engineer in the local utility companies then, as project engineer at Charleroi - Middle East and chief engineer at Oerlikon – Middle East. In 1957, he established Middle East Technical and Commercial Office (METACO), specialized in the design and implementation of electrical installations. From 1960 to 1976, he served as resident engineer and technical consultant for Hasler, Ltd Switzerland. In 1972, he became the representative of Haefely, Switzerland and was involved in the designs and supervision of implementation of several high voltage test labs in Egypt and the region.   In the 1970, Mr. E. Allam was the technical consultant for the extension project of the Holy Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where he designed power stations, power networks, switchboards, electronic controls, lighting, telecom infrastructure and fire alarm system. He served as a technical consultant for the Ministry of Finance and Economy in Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1979. From 1979, he was been a consultant for several government and private organizations in Egypt including, the General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP), Sabbour Associates, the Arab Bureau for Design and Engineering, and the New Communities Authority where he was in charge of planning and designing the power network of several cities in Egypt including  6th of October, Bani Suef, East Menia, Safaga, Badr, Hurgada, Marsa Alam, and Abu Tig.         Dr. Mahmoud Allam Managing Director   Dr. Mahmoud Allam received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Cairo University in 1985 and 1989 respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee in 1994. He then joined the Ultrasound Research Laboratory at Mayo Clinic/Foundation USA as a post-doctoral research fellow. Since 1996, Dr. Allam held several academic positions in Egypt including assistant professor at the computer engineering department - Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra, and adjunct professor at the American University in Cairo (AUC), the Information Technology Institute (ITI), the Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST), and Modern Sciences and Arts University (MSA). He is the founder and chairman of the information systems department – Faculty of Management & Information Systems at the Université Française d’Egypte. Dr. Allam also served as academic consultant at Nile University and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt since 2004. He is currently the program director for Communication and Information Technology at Nile University.   Since 1995 Dr. Allam has been partner and technical director of Middle East Technical & Commercial Office (METACO), Cairo. He established and headed the software development division and was responsible for the development of all software products developed by METACO. In 2007 he assumed the responsibility of Managing Director of METACO.   Dr. Allam authored and co-authored a number of scientific journal papers, book chapters and conference papers and supervised 10 master theses and 4 PhD theses. He is Senior Member of the IEEE, and member in the Egyptian Junior Business association (EJB) and the Egyptian Information Telecommunications Electronics & Software Alliance (EITESAL).