Cross‑disciplinary Project Manager
Based Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mahmoud Elshikh

With 8+ years of experience across Egypt, East Africa, and the Netherlands, I turn complex ideas into clear, human-centered solutions—combining structured methods with creative strategy across legal, IT, research, design, and social impact.

Works

since Apr. 2024
European Legal Support Center (ELSC)  — Operations Officer

Aug. 2020 – Jan. 2024
Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE)  — Co‑founder

Dec. 2020 – Jan. 2021
Mainline Foundation — Desk Researcher

Nov. 2018 – Mar. 2019
African Management Institute — Programme Associate

Jun. 2017 – May 2018
Arab Families Working Group (AFWG) — Research Assistant

Services

↳ Project planning & scheduling
↳ Team & stakeholder coordination
↳ Progress tracking & reporting
↳ Risk & issue management

↳ Process mapping & analysis
↳ Workflow optimization
↳ KPI development & monitoring
↳ Continuous improvement loops

↳ Process mapping & analysis
↳ Workflow optimization
↳ KPI development & monitoring
↳ Continuous improvement loops

↳ Data architecture & governance
↳ ETL pipelines & warehousing
↳ Dashboards & business‑intelligence reporting
↳ Predictive modeling & forecasting

↳ Vulnerability assessments & testing
↳ Mitigation measures
↳ Incident response planning
↳ Disaster‑recovery & resilience drills

↳ Privacy impact assessments
↳ Data protection by design and default
↳ Policy development & training
↳ Processing, consent & data‑subject request handling
↳ Audits & monitoring

↳ Requirements gathering
↳ Vendor evaluation & selection
↳ Custom integration & testing
↳ Change management & user training

↳ UX research & wireframing
↳ Responsive & accessible layouts
↳ Interactive prototypes & usability testing
↳ Front‑end development collaboration

↳ Brand identity & logo creation
↳ Marketing collateral & print design
↳ Infographics & data visualization
↳ Illustrations

Want to work together?

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