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# Ahmed Ashour, Co-founder and CEO

Ahmed Ashour is Co-founder and CEO at Pylon in Egypt.

## Breadcrumbs

- [People](/people)
- [Ahmed Ashour](/people/ahmed-ashour)

## Summary

Ahmed Ashour is Co-founder and CEO at Pylon in Egypt.

## Bio

Ahmed Ashour is co-founder and CEO of Pylon (since 2017), which Ashour describes as an impact-driven infrastructure management platform for water and electricity distribution companies. Previously, Ashour worked in the El Sewedy Electrometer group from 2007 to 2018, including as Sales and Marketing Director, head of alliances and partnerships and co-founding Managing Director of El Sewedy Brainovate (2011–2015), and served as a director of PRIME Alliance AISBL (2016–2019). Based in Egypt.

## Journey

| Stage | Heading | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Start | El Sewedy Electrometer | Ahmed began as a regional brand manager at El Sewedy Electrometer in Egypt in 2007 and kept that role until June 2011. |
| Rise | Brainovate | From June 2011 to July 2015 Ahmed was co-founder and managing director of El Sewedy Brainovate. |
| Leap | Alliances and Sales | In February 2015 Ahmed became head of alliances and partnerships at El Sewedy Electrometer Group, and from November 2017 to August 2018 its sales and marketing director. Ahmed was also a director on the board of PRIME Alliance AISBL from 2016 to 2019. |
| Now | Pylon | Ahmed co-founded Pylon in January 2017 with Omar Radi and is its CEO. The profile describes an infrastructure management platform for water and electricity distribution companies, with a stated goal of offsetting one gigaton of CO2 emissions. The headline notes Y Combinator's S21 batch. |

## Product

- [Pylon](/pylon): Monitor, bill, and reduce losses across utility networks

## Related pages

- [People directory](/people)

## Access and citation

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