Mahmoud Elshikh

Hi, I’m Cross‑disciplinary Project Manager and creative designer with 8+ years of multi-sector experience in Egypt, East Africa, and the Netherlands.

Works

European Legal Support Center (ELSC)

Operations Officer

#security • #legal-tech • #process-optimization #compliance

Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE)

Co-founder

#migration-asylum-issues • #platform-design • #advocacy-and-communications

Mainline Foundation

Desk Researcher

#desk-research • #harm-reduction • #insight-synthesis

African Management Institute

Programme Associate

#training • #curriculum-development • #impact-measurement

Arab Families Working Group (AFWG)

Research Assistant

#qualitative-research • #policy-analysis • #field-interviews • #reports

Services

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

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

↳ Qualitative & quantitative studies
↳ Target-group interviews & surveys
↳ Segmentation & persona development

↳ 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

↳ (DPIA) & Privacy impact assessments
↳ Data privacy & protection design
↳ 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

My Tools

Design

UI/UX & Prototyping: Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD.
Visual & Graphic: Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), Canva Pro, Affinity Designer.
Web Standards: HTML5, CSS3

Digital

Project & Collaboration: Jira, Asana, MS 365, Smartsheet, Slack, GanttPRO.
Process & Diagramming: Lucidchart, Miro, Visio.
Research & Survey: SurveyMonkey, G- Forms, MS Forms, Proton, SecureDrop, Jotform.
Data & BI: SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL), Power BI, Looker, Tableau, Python.
Security & Testing: Metasploit, SQLmap, NIST.
Compliance & Documentation: OneTrust, TrustArc, Solution Managers.

Frameworks

NIST Cybersecurity Framework
ISO 27001
UK-EU GDPR compliance checklists
Prosci ADKAR change‑management model

Want to work together?

Don’t hesitate to send a message.