Maha El Kelish Named a Worldwide Who's Who Executive of the Year for Excellence in Business Development & Management

    POINTE CLAIRE, QUEBEC, CANADA, May 7, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Maha El Kelish, Chief Executive Officer of Development Aid Technology Advisors, Inc. (D.A.T.A.), has been named a Worldwide Who's Who Executive of the Year in Business Development & Management. While inclusion in Worldwide Who's Who is an honor, only a small selection of members in each discipline are chosen for this distinction. These special honorees are distinguished based on their professional accomplishments, academic achievements, leadership abilities, years of service, and the credentials they have provided in association with their Worldwide Who's Who membership.

Ms. El Kelish has 35 years of professional experience, with two years as chief executive of Development Aid Technology Advisors, Inc., a Canadian company that helps governments in developing countries bolster their information technology infrastructures and improve the capability of their electronic platforms. With expertise in business development, financial planning and sales, Ms. El Kelish interfaces with presidents, kings and government ministers to ascertain their technology needs. In addition to marketing D.A.T.A. through embassy-level functions, she is responsible for recruiting, hiring and training personnel.

Ms. El Kelish oversees a 140-member team of engineers and highly qualified managers working at the company's technology center in Egypt. Strategically placed at the geographic crossroads of Africa and the Middle East, D.A.T.A. personnel strive to help government agencies adopt cloud computing technology and automate functions including federal tax collection, real estate appraisal and mass media monitoring. They also work to create and implement large-scale database systems.

Prior to founding D.A.T.A., Ms. Kelish managed a business franchise for a number of years. She also worked for the global air transport firm Air Canada.

Ms. El Kelish attributes her professional success to her work ethic, her persistence and her ability to face and overcome challenges. She would also like to thank her daughter, Rhonda El Kelish for her continuous support and understanding for all the long hours spent without mommy while she builds her career and businesses, and for the beautiful family and grandchildren she gave her. They are her pride and joy and her life inspiration and happiness. Also deserving of thanks is Dr. Khaled Derbala, Chief Technology Officer of D.A.T.A. Said Ms. El Kelish, "His brilliance, dedication, absolute inspiration, support and creativity helped build the most outstanding massive technology developments/systems that surpass all of our expectations and those of our government clients. Thanks also for the long hours of service support around the clock along with his outstanding technical team's professionalism, drive, initiative and their continuous effort to achieve the most in the shortest time possible to satisfy D.A.T.A.'s needs and those of our clients." Finally, to Mr. Leo Barnett (God rest his soul) who taught Ms. El Kelish all she knows in business, business ethics, and how to exercise fairness and justice in all transactions to ensure sure that everybody wins in everything she does with and for others. In the years to come, Ms. El Kelish hopes to continue to grow her company and take on additional clients throughout Africa.

Ms. El Kelish holds a master's degree in business administration from Somerset College and a diploma in architectural engineering from the DaVinci Institute. In her spare time, she enjoys trading stocks and spending time with her three grandchildren.

For more information about Development Technology Aid Advisors, Inc., visit www.dataidtech.com.

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