Make your platform dependable
Review infrastructure, deployment workflows, and observability. Turn operational bottlenecks into a prioritised plan and implement the improvements.
Discuss your platform ↗
Mohammed Roqa · Engineer & technical founder
Reliable cloud platforms.
Practical AI automation.
I help growing teams replace manual work with dependable cloud platforms, integrations, and AI applications.
Based in Sandton, South Africa · Consulting and senior engineering opportunities
Explore selected work01 / Services
Where I can help.
A clear scope, practical implementation, and a handover your team can use.
Replace repetitive work
Connect APIs, webhooks, data pipelines, and AI applications into workflows with validation, monitoring, and human review where it matters.
Discuss a workflow ↗Move from idea to delivery
Shape requirements and build the application, backend, integrations, and release process. Keep technical decisions connected to business needs.
Discuss your product ↗02 / About
Strategy in one hand.
Engineering in the other.
I turn business ambition into secure, reliable systems and useful products through thoughtful engineering, clear communication, and a commitment to measurable progress and continuous improvement.
Think in systems
Connect technology choices to people, process, and long-term outcomes.
Build for trust
Prioritise security, reliability, clarity, and responsible use of data.
Keep improving
Measure what matters, learn continuously, and turn insight into action.
03 / Experience
A decade of building, leading, and improving.
2026 — Present
Founder & CEO
Lync Digital
Built and launched Lync’s client and invoice management platform as sole engineer. Own the Flutter application, backend, deployment, integrations, and product roadmap. Available on web and Android.
2022 — Present
Business Development & Technology Consultant
Independent Consulting
Advise small businesses on cloud infrastructure, automation, and systems selection, then implement integrations and reporting workflows using APIs, webhooks, and data pipelines.
2018 — 2020
Senior Engineer
Elm for Information Security
Operated network infrastructure and data centres for government-sector programmes. Built KPI dashboards and automated monitoring and reporting, removing a recurring weekly reporting workload and shortening incident detection.
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.
04 / Education
Academic foundations.
Practical perspective.
Formal study in information systems and technology, supported by professional cloud-native and DevOps credentials.
Master of Science
in Information Systems
Lund UniversityLund, Sweden
Bachelor of Science
in Information Technology
Cairo UniversityCairo, Egypt
Professional developmentProfessional certifications
05 / Selected work
Projects with purpose.
A selection of products, research, and infrastructure work across enterprise, public-sector, and academic environments.
01
Product engineering · Lync Digital · 2026
Lync: client to cash flow
Founded and built a platform for small service businesses to manage clients, invoices, online payments, and expenses. Sole engineer across the Flutter application, backend, integrations, and deployment.
Available on web and Android
Explore LyncInvoice lifecycle / connected
Every step, in sync.
Client → Invoice → Payment
02
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.
Read the research03 / Case study
Enterprise automation · Elm
ELMNET Automation Platform
An API-driven service-provisioning workflow that connected request intake, validation, fulfilment, and operational handover.
Problem
Provisioning depended on repetitive manual steps and handoffs across teams.
Constraint
The workflow had to integrate safely with established enterprise and network operations.
Built
Automated orchestration from service request through implementation and operations.
Result
Less repetitive work, clearer ownership, and more consistent service delivery.
04
Product engineering · GreenRoute · 2026
Trip-level carbon intelligence
Built a commuter application using South African emissions factors across nine transport modes, with figures traceable to their sources.
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Enterprise infrastructure · Elm
HQ Infrastructure & Services
Built and maintained the IP infrastructure and core services for a new headquarters supporting more than 500 users.
06
Independent research · 2026
APEX-Negotiate
Designed and wrote a benchmark and accompanying paper for evaluating large language models in multi-turn negotiation settings.
Discuss the research07
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.
06 / Capabilities
Broad perspective.
Deep technical range.
01
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Network architecture
- Security
- Capacity planning
02
DevOps & Automation
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- Ansible
- REST APIs
- Observability
03
Data & AI
- Python
- R
- SQL / NoSQL
- ETL / ELT
- TensorFlow
- PyTorch
- LLM architecture
04
Strategy & Leadership
- Flutter / Dart
- Product strategy
- Systems thinking
- Technical communication
- Team collaboration
- Continuous improvement
07 / Contact
Have a difficult problem worth solving?
Let’s talk about cloud-native systems, intelligent automation, product engineering, or the next ambitious idea.