Mohamed Ashraf

Mohamed Ashraf Senior Frontend Developer with A11Y- Giza, 12555, Egypt (- — Professional Profile Experienced Senior Front-End Developer with over 13+ years and 3 years working deep accessibility experience. specialized in designing, creation and implementation of innovative responsive web / mobile applications that deliver improved functionality and user experience. Effectively combines technical expertise and creativity with strong business management experience to consistently deliver solid results for clients including Microsoft, Sugarwish, Sologic, Nelson, Vodafone, Air Support, Sologic, Rajhi Bank and Atos. Thrives on challenge and adopts a flexible approach to every task, including a willingness to learn new skills in order to achieve success. with considerable international exposure, works effectively as part of a cross-functional team and adapts to different cultures with ease and professionalism. — Key Technical Skills • • • • • • • • • • HTML CSS WAI-ARIA Website Accessibility WCAG 2.2 ADA Compliance. Quality Assurance (QA) UX Design User Testing A/B Testing Usability Testing • • • • • • • • • • JAWS NVDA aXe Wave JavaScript Bootstrap Tailwind Git Angular React • • • • • • • • • • Next.JS Android Accessibility iOS Accessibility PDF Accessibility Responsive Web Design Figma Adobe XD Adobe Indesign Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator — Professional Achievements • • • • Consistently achieved high levels of client satisfaction whilst working as a freelancer, delivering desktop and mobile applications for many clients across USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Dubai, France, India and Qatar. Appointed as the first Microsoft Student Partner worldwide to join the program from a College of Commerce. One of just 15 selected for the launch of the Application Factory program in Microsoft Egypt. Top Rated Plus and 100% Job Success Score for Front-End Development on Upwork.com from September 2020 till Present. — Career Summary Highlights Harris Computer (SilverBlaze Team) > Remotly (January 2022 - Feb 2023) – Accessibility Designer KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • • Fixed styling issues for clients that are using the ACE product according to their design system and style guide bootstrap 4. Worked on the Accessibiltiy issues for the SilverBlaze Product to make the product Screen Reader usable and ready. RESPONSIBILITIES • • Testing Analyzing the Product using different tool that generate reports for WCAG Compliance and then working on fixing them with the development team and product owners. Fixing and Troubleshooting UI issues that arise along the way after adding more features to the product and finding the ultimate solution and making sure it doesn't affect the rest of our clients. Sugarwish.com > Remotly (September 2020 - November 2021) – Senior Front-End Developer KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Successfully delivered countless responsive landing pages, product pages over the last year that lead to more page views, 5% more click troughs to product pages, 20% less bounces which is more time on site, trending to more transactions, and eventually more sales. RESPONSIBILITIES • • • Converting UX Designs into working responsive pages for sugarwish.com website. Coding All Email Commuications for the Marketing Team included but not limited to Newsletters, Receipts, Campaigns, and Signatures that work well on most of email clients whether they are web or mobile using HTML Table Based Layouts. Providing support for the A/B Tests for the UX Team whenever needed to test any pages, sections, ideas, agaist another. — Career Summary Highlights cont. Crossworkers Egypt > Client Air Support (June 2018 - June 2020) – Senior Angular/UI Developer KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • • Successfully delivered, in just 1 day, a complex project that was previously estimated to take 7 days by an outsourcing team, and achieved a very high-quality standard. Created the whole front-end mark-up HTML5, SCSS, Angular Material Components for a Flight Watch, Ops Control applications in 5 months and 9 sprints. RESPONSIBILITIES • • • Communicated complex, technical information to non-technical experts. Designed drafts for the initial screens of the application and created innovative, bespoke solutions. Managed all drafting and UX work for the project in conjunction with the Product Owner and the Scrum Master. (RMGS) > Client Upland Software (January 2016 – June 2018) Senior Front-End Developer KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • • • • • Successfully designed an eBook for Sologic, using InDesign, with 3 different languages and more than 16 pages in 50 hours. Designed bespoke corporate websites using the latest front-end frameworks. Managed the seamless migration of fixed layout websites into responsive bootstrap ones in 3 months. Successfully delivered Hybrid Ionic 2 angular applications for Al Rajhi Islamic Bank - Internet Banking in Saudi Arabia. Substantially improved the user experience of client websites through the implementation of responsive features. RESPONSIBILITIES • • Managed all aspects of website design and development according to the specific requirements of clients and companies. Oversaw the design of websites, added new features and updated the design while working alongside back-end developers. BlueCloudCorp (March 2014 - December 2015) – Front-End/UI Developer KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • • • • Achieved recognition for consistently performing more efficiently and productively than previous employees without every compromising on quality of output. Successfully delivered a cross-platform mobile application UX Draft for Banque Misr in just one week. Delivered the UX designs for three Windows 8 applications, each containing 25+ screens in Arabic language, in a 5 months timeframe. Created and delivered a successful front-end UI layout for the Cairo Opera House ticketing system. RESPONSIBILITIES • • Projects: Banque Misr; Mansour; Cairo Opera House; EFG Herms; Cairo University. Led and participated in regular requirements gathering meetings with the Project Managers of Banque Misr and Mansour. Microsoft MEA (August 2012 - February 2014) – UX Designer KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Successfully delivered the end-to-end design process for 70 Windows 8 & Windows Phone 8 applications in just 18 months, with projects completed for Microsoft AppFactory Program: Cairo Metro; Egypt Hotlines; Egypt Public Figures; Explore Egypt. RESPONSIBILITIES • • Played a key role as part of a cross-functional team specialising in innovative logo, splash screen and colour palette creation. Evaluated existing app designs and utilised expertise in Photoshop, Illustrator and Visual Studio to implement improvements, at all times complying with Microsoft UX Guidelines. — Education • Bachelor's Degree of Business Administration 2012 - Cairo University — Certifications • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP #-) • GUE Fundamentals Diver #- — Extra-Curricular Activities • • • • • • Microsoft Student Partner at Microsoft Egypt – representing the company at multiple events. Founder of Zitians IT Community in Egypt at Cairo University, passing knowledge onto students about technology. Co-Founder of MSP (Microsoft Student Partner) Tech Club at Faculty of Computers and Information, Cairo University. IT Head at CAPS 2012 (Career Advising & Placement Services) at Cairo University and IT Member at ABC 2011. IT Networking Supervisor at COMET (Conference on Marketing, Economics, and Trade) at Cairo University 2011 to 2013. Invited to speak about freelancing at the Microsoft Freelance ME Initiative at Greek Campus.