Ahmed Faris is a product designer, educator and mentor based in Egypt, with more than 15 years of designing digital products used by millions of people.
He has designed government services for more than 100 million Egyptians on the Digital Egypt platform, improved the usability of Magalix’s cloud-native SaaS before its acquisition by Weaveworks, and since 2024 has designed products at Teracloud’s Egypt Lab.
Alongside client work he teaches. More than 10,000 learners have taken his courses on Udemy and almentor and his programs with Nile University, Carerha and Sprints, and he has run 90 mentoring sessions on ADPList.
He also founded Al Mejarra, the first coworking space in Sharqia, and builds his own products with AI.
Experience
Since 2024
Teracloud
Senior Product Designer, Egypt Lab
Designing products at Teracloud’s Egypt Lab: an eCommerce and catalog site for Energy Machine heat pumps, WebBi analytics on IBM Cognos, and the Energy Machine Simulate system designer.
Built the product design strategy and design system for a cloud-native security SaaS, revamped its dashboards and designed new features. Signups rose from 49% to 77% of visitors. After Weaveworks acquired Magalix, stayed on as Senior UX & Product Designer until January 2024.
Service design, research and the design system for the Digital Egypt platform with the Ministry of Communications and IT, built for more than 100 million Egyptians. Then websites for Minds and the Executive Council of Dubai.
Taught courses on Udemy and almentor, trained cohorts for Nile University’s DPE program, Carerha’s Tech Her Up and Sprints, and mentors designers one to one on ADPList.
10,000+learners taught
90mentoring sessions on ADPList
4.8course rating on Udemy
Tech Her Up · CarerhaDPE · Nile UniversityIntro to UX Design · almentor
For teams with a live product that should be converting better: an audit of the whole experience, research where it is missing, and a clear list of what to fix first.
