Mo Kassem
About Mo Kassem
Mo Kassem is a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Copado, with a background in theoretical and mathematical physics and extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and software development. He has successfully led significant migrations to Google Cloud Platform and has held various engineering roles in Canada and Egypt.
Work at Copado
Mo Kassem has been employed at Copado as a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer since 2021. In this role, he has contributed significantly to the company's cloud infrastructure initiatives. He led the transition of Copado's infrastructure from GitLab On-Prem to GitLab SaaS, which enhanced the company's continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) capabilities. Additionally, he played a key role in migrating Copado customers from Heroku to Google Cloud Platform and Google Kubernetes Engine, improving their cloud infrastructure efficiency.
Education and Expertise
Mo Kassem studied at the University of Saskatchewan, where he achieved a Post Graduate degree in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Quantum Gravity) from 2012 to 2014. He also completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Software Engineering at the same university from 2015 to 2016. Prior to that, he obtained a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Power Engineering from Alexandria University, studying from 2005 to 2010. His educational background provides a strong foundation in both theoretical concepts and practical applications in engineering and software development.
Background
Before joining Copado, Mo Kassem gained diverse experience in various engineering roles. He worked as a Graduate Student and Teacher Assistant at the University of Saskatchewan from 2012 to 2014. He also served as a Science Ambassador in 2012, engaging with the Fond Du Lac First Nation community. His professional experience includes a summer internship as an Electrical Power Engineer at AlexFert in 2008 and a position as a Site Reliability Engineer at Qlik from 2019 to 2021. He also worked as a Full Stack Software Developer at SkipTheDishes from 2017 to 2019.
Achievements in Cloud Infrastructure
Mo Kassem has successfully migrated over three full Google Cloud Platform projects to Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. His work included complex components such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Armor, and BigQuery. He developed a GitOps-based pipeline for managing infrastructure changes across multiple Google Cloud Platform projects, ensuring a well-defined release process. These achievements demonstrate his expertise in cloud infrastructure and his ability to implement effective solutions.