Think in systems
Connect technology choices to people, process, and long-term outcomes.
Engineering systems that turn complexity into progress.
I’m Mohammed Roqa, a senior technology engineer and founder with 10+ years of experience building secure, cloud-native platforms, data systems, and automation products.
Sandton, South Africa · Senior Technology Engineer & Founder
01 / About
Strategy in one hand.
Engineering in the other.
I work where business ambition meets technical execution—translating difficult problems into resilient systems, clear roadmaps, and products people can actually use.
My background spans enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, data engineering, DevOps, AI, and startup leadership. At Elm, I automated operational workflows, improved network visibility, and helped sustain mission-critical services. Today, as founder of Lync Digital, I lead product vision from idea through delivery.
I believe strong technology is not defined by novelty. It is secure, understandable, measurable, and built to improve with use. I bring the same approach to teams: communicate clearly, stay curious, and make progress visible.
Build for trust
Prioritise security, reliability, clarity, and responsible use of data.
Keep improving
Measure what matters, learn continuously, and turn insight into action.
02 / Experience
A decade of building, leading, and improving.
2022 — Present
Founder & CEO
Lync Digital
Define company strategy and lead product ideation, design, development, and testing—building scalable processes around customer and market needs.
2018 — 2020
Senior Engineer
Elm for Information Security
Led infrastructure, telemetry, automation, and performance initiatives—supporting 99.9% uptime while reducing operational costs by 50%.
2014 — 2017
System Analyst
Elm for Information Security
Supported enterprise systems across their lifecycle, automated data workflows, performed statistical analysis, and translated customer needs into technical improvements.
2012 — 2013
System Analyst
Ebtikarat Communications & Inventions
Analysed system requirements, validated performance, resolved post-deployment issues, and delivered user documentation and formal training.
Education & credentials
Formal study backed by hands-on cloud-native practice.
MSc, Information Systems
Lund University · Sweden
BSc, Information Technology
Cairo University · Egypt
Kubernetes & Cloud Native Associate
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
DevOps Foundation Associate
DevOps Institute
03 / Selected work
Projects with purpose.
A selection of platforms, research, and infrastructure work across enterprise, public-sector, and academic environments.
01
Data visualisation · World Government Summit
The World Data Visualization Prize
An interactive story exploring a decade of global progress and the forces shaping the future of societies, governments, and citizens.
02
Enterprise automation · Elm
ELMNET Automation Platform
Automated IT service provisioning from request intake through operations, reducing manual effort and improving delivery consistency.
03
AI research · Lund University
Movie Review Sentiment Analysis
An AI model designed to interpret qualitative audience sentiment beyond simple numerical ratings.
04
Enterprise infrastructure · Elm
HQ Infrastructure & Services
Built and maintained the IP infrastructure and core services for a new headquarters supporting more than 500 users.
05
Published research · Lund University
Blockchain Adoption in SMEs
Research into the drivers and determinants that influence how small and medium-sized enterprises adopt blockchain technology.
04 / Capabilities
Broad perspective.
Deep technical range.
01
Cloud & Infrastructure
- Public cloud
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Network architecture
- Security
- Capacity planning
02
DevOps & Automation
- CI/CD
- GitHub
- Jenkins
- Ansible
- REST APIs
- Observability
03
Data & AI
- Python
- R
- SQL / NoSQL
- ETL / ELT
- TensorFlow
- PyTorch
- LLM architecture
04
Strategy & Leadership
- Product strategy
- Systems thinking
- Technical communication
- Team collaboration
- Continuous improvement
05 / Contact
Have a difficult problem worth solving?
Let’s talk about cloud-native systems, intelligent automation, product engineering, or the next ambitious idea.