Mahmoud Shehata
Co-Founder & CTO at Firnas
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMahmoud Shehata is a founder‑focused CTO and engineer with 10 years of experience building product‑centric web and blockchain systems, currently co‑founding and leading technology at Firnas. He has repeatedly taken early‑stage ventures from idea to deploy—co‑founding Fleek and Zubility and founding Dricity—while emphasizing rapid iteration, UX, and lowering entropy in distributed systems. His background spans full‑stack development, principal engineering in climate‑focused blockchain projects, and data science roles that inform pragmatic, metrics‑driven decisions. Based in the United States and grounded in a Computer Science degree from Simon Fraser University, he brings entrepreneurial grit, hands‑on engineering, and a knack for turning complex decentralised concepts into usable products.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BSc Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BSc Computer Science at Simon Fraser University
English, Arabic
Github Skills (200)
benchmark10
content-delivery-network10
peer-to-peer10
contract10
ipfs10
hey10
throughput10
smart-contracts10
load-testing10
solidity10
animation10
burn10
latency10
planet10
rust10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
fleek-network/ursa
Dec 2021 - Mar 2023
Ursa, a decentralized content delivery network that is censorship-resistant and trustless without compromise on throughput and latency
Contributions:479 reviews, 89 commits, 89 PRs in 1 year 3 months
ipfsipldfilecoinrustblockchain
Psychedelic/terabethia
Nov 2021 - Oct 2022
Terabethia - A Bridge and Messaging Protocol between Ethereum and the Internet Computer.
Contributions:56 reviews, 106 commits, 31 PRs in 11 months
ethereumbridgeblockchaininternetmessaging
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