March is the month when we celebrate International Women’s day. On this occasion, the Huawei Enterprise Support Community has launched the #WomenofHESC project - a series of interviews with notable women from the community - as a way to to express appreciation for them and their achievements in the ICT world.
Today we have the pleasure of interviewing Mahynour Saeed. She’s acting as both a Deputy Head of Investigation Department at the Kalemt Al Arab Newspaper and as a Senior Computer Engineering Student. Mahynour is a person who admires challenges and the technology skills needed to reach almost unobtainable goals. Her goals are to create comfortable, intelligent and efficient projects and she is motivated to continuously learn and explore new opportunities. She is known as @mahynour on the Huawei Enterprise Support Community.
1. Thank you for accepting our invitation! If someone would have told you that you’d end up choosing the ICT path, would you have believed them?
Surely, I would believe him. ICT path is a journey that never ends with lots of challenges which need to be experienced. If I stopped now or didn’t choose it, I would lose my chance to join this awesome world.
2. The technical field is traditionally perceived as being a male-dominated one. Would you say that you’ve ever encountered any gender stereotypes? If yes, how did you manage them?
I had faced a challenge to lead a project related to themes such as technology & saving the environment. Mostly, in any project related to embedded system we noticed that women don't have an important role or maybe their responsibilities are negligible. When a woman leads a project, she will face a lot of objections. I was managing those challenges by starting to plan a total vision on how we could have finished our project. By setting the schedule & producing results for the project, step by step, this lead to the creation of new objectives & high satisfaction. After I finished reaching the goal that I had set in front of me every day, it was a very satisfying for me when I saw people amazed with this project. Honestly, I faced a lot of challenges, but I made sure to assess them, change the strategy and reshape the goals in order to face the next steps. All of those challenges taught me that if I will decide to continue the route of achievement, I will never quit, regardless of all the hardships I encounter.
3. Why women need technology and technology needs women?
Women need technology because it’s a journey that should be experienced. She will learn awesome things, meet experts, face a lot of technical cases, upgrade her knowledge level. As time passes by, she will become an expert in her field.
4. Tell us about the greatest challenge in your career so far. What was the most challenging part of your work and how did you deal with it?
When I began the path to android development, I decided to create my first own app named Load books. As a developer, I need to think both as a user and a developer in order to solve a problem that I face in my daily life, as well as designing and coding it accordingly. Up until now, my app has been downloaded by 10k users.
5. What do you like about your work?
The Challenges, journeys, the fact that I encounter new tech and the the competition to stay up to date.
6. What professional achievements are you proud of?
· 2nd place at the Scientific innovation competition over Arab Republic of Egypt
· Gold medal at Huawei ICT competition (Cloud track) over Arab Republic of Egypt
· Bronze medal at Huawei ICT competition over Arab Republic of Egypt
· Certified as (HCIP-AI-EI Developer)
· Certified as (HCIA-AI)
· Member at Alexandria Youth Parliament
· I Was chosen as a top talent to join Huawei’s Seeds for the future program2020.
o Representing Egypt as one of the top Huawei seeds & I was published at Huawei Northern Africa
· Former Chairman of Future Youth Family
· Speaker at World Environment Day 2019
· Led & developed lots of projects.
7. What are you short term plans when it comes to your work?
Setting daily goals of achievement, practicing and continuously learning.
8. What about the long term ones?
Setting my massive goal of reaching goals in a specific time and making sure that I keep reaching the milestones.
9. Would you say that your actions and achievements inspired other people? How?
When I talk, I share my actions and achievements. I know that they always inspire others. When people see someone who achieves remarkable things, has a positive attitude towards work and, overall, leads by example, they will surely get motivated.
10. Tell us a reason for which women should feel empowered to choose the ICT path!
She will meet a brand new exciting world; She wouldn’t get the chance of experiencing it without embarking on the ICT path!
There is an island of new solutions to problems, new technology that will be developed by her, she will meet experts, join teams, discuss issues. All these experiences will be great.
11. What other activities do you occupy your time with?
Designing, painting, learning more about fabulous technology skills.
12. How would you say that our community has helped you out so far?
It is lovely that it’s encouraging programs which makes me motivated to continue learning and exploring.
13. What are you proud of achieving here on the Huawei Enterprise Support Community?
Wining at ICT Super Brain competition, getting a Creation award at Crazy Christmas party – Challenge.
In the Huawei Enterprise Community, we value skills, talents and passion for the technical area. If you’ve enjoyed this interview, we invite you to check our other interview series, such as the HCIExcellence and MVExcellence projects.
Do you feel like you’d have a story to tell and would be a great fit for the next #WomenofHESC interview? Send me a PM as soon as possible!
MANY THANKS 
Good idea! 
