★ HDC Certified Halal Executive
Mahmoud Darweash
Founder & Managing Director, HEXio Technologies
Mahmoud Darweash is the founder and managing director of HEXio Technologies and a founding partner of Go Halal. Through HEXio Technologies, he contributed to the development of HaNa, or Halal Navigator, in collaboration with Halal Development Corporation Berhad (HDC).
About mahmoud
Helping Halal Businesses Find Their Next Customer With AI
Mahmoud Darweash combines deep Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things engineering expertise with hands-on startup-building experience to support Go Halal and the development of HaNa, its AI-enabled lead-generation and business-matching capability for the global Halal ecosystem.
Why This Matters
What Mahmoud brings to a certification project
Mahmoud’s work covers:
Cross‑Industry Experience
Industries He Has Supported
This cross-industry depth allows Mahmoud to translate proven AI capabilities into Halal-sector use cases rather than force-fitting generic tools.
What he covers
From Product Inception to Commercialisation
Mahmoud’s edge is the full arc of a technology product—from a blank page to a paying customer, and from a paying customer to an exit.
International Experience
International Consultancy Experience
Mahmoud has delivered technology projects across several countries, including:
This international exposure gives him direct experience working across different regulatory environments, languages and stakeholder expectations—directly relevant to Halal organisations operating across multiple jurisdictions.
Industry Background
Before becoming a founding partner of Go Halal, Mahmoud spent more than 19 years in Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things and Generative AI—founding seven startups, mentoring more than 50 startups and consulting more than 100 startups through government incubators across Malaysia and Egypt.
Across these roles, he repeatedly moved between founder, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President positions, giving him a 360-degree view of how technology products are built, scaled, sold and exited.Highlights include leading more than 250 engineers at Skymind Global and building the swarm-intelligence protocol for mesh networks that was recognised as a disruptive technology by the co-inventor of MCSS, the core technology behind 4G and Wi-Fi.
Through HEXio Technologies, Mahmoud later contributed to the development of HaNa, or Halal Navigator, in collaboration with Halal Development Corporation Berhad. HaNa applies Generative AI to business discovery, matching and lead generation across the global Halal ecosystem and operates as a distinct capability within the wider Go Halal platform.
Credentials
Professional Credentials
Mahmoud is a Certified Halal Executive under HDC’s Certified Halal Executive Programme, which equips professionals to manage Halal operations across industries, align with JAKIM Halal certification requirements and uphold accuracy, consistency and operational excellence in Halal assurance.
Certification
Academic Qualifications
Mahmoud holds:
Electronics and Remote Sensing and Survey Engineering, Benha University, Egypt
2003–2007
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
2009–2010
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
2011–2013
His academic training combines engineering fundamentals with the distributed-systems and AI specialisation that underpins his later commercial work.
What he can do
How Mahmoud Can Support Your Organisation
Mahmoud’s combination of AI engineering, Halal ecosystem focus and operator experience allows him to support organisations that need:
AI-native strategy for halal customer acquisition
Generative AI integration into existing halal workflows
A qualified-lead engine built specifically for the global halal market
MVP-to-scale engineering for Halal technology products
Cross-border technology partnerships across Muslim-majority markets
Technical due diligence on Halal technology investments and partnerships
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