He has over 14 years experience in the IT field and has been at Microsoft for 10 years. He has a background in security, more specifically in cryptography and public key infrastructure and he spent a large portion of his career working on distributed systems and large scale services. Mohamed joined the Sql team in 2010 where he championed the first delivery of Azure Sql virtual machines and has recently been focusing on improving the availability and code velocity of Azure Sql Database. Mohamed is very passionate about coaching and mentoring, he has two young boys full of energy who are a pleasure to be with. He enjoys reading, exercising, playing tennis and spending time with his family.