Mohamed Hefny joined IDC in June 2008 as a research analyst in the systems and infrastructure solutions group.

Hefny oversees research on security for the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa market. Furthermore, he supports IDC customers and business development activities for enterprise solutions.

Mohamed also oversees IDC standard research on workstations in EMEA, as well as supervising related consulting activities.

Prior to joining IDC, Hefny worked as an international marketing specialist for GET Group, Egypt – a global market leader of passport and identification systems. He was also an executive manager for Digital Technologies Establishment, Qatar, and a contributing writer for the Egyptian edition of PC World magazine.
Mohamed is a certified project manager (CPM) from the American University in Cairo and holds a Bachelor's degree in engineering from Ain Shams University, Cairo. In addition to his native Arabic, he is fluent in English and French.