Mahmoud has over 25 years of product development and executive technology management experience, with an emphasis on team building and strategic growth. Before joining Haivision, Mahmoud served as VP Engineering and CTO at Maximum Throughput — developer of post-production solutions, where he overhauled the technology and participated in the strategic planning culminating in the acquisition of the company by Avid.

Previously, he was CTO at ZipLocal, COO and co-founder of Polyester Media and VP Product Development at Discreet Logic, where he built the development team and helped to establish a stronghold in the film and video post-production and broadcast markets, leading to the company’s IPO and its eventual acquisition by Autodesk. Mahmoud received his Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University (Canada).