Short bio

Tommy Ahmed is an Egyptian software engineer, product architect and entrepreneur. He is the founder and Product Architect of Orcaa, a business management platform built in Cairo that runs bookings, sales, customer records and invoicing for independent businesses. Before Orcaa he built clinic management software and residential community platforms.

Long bio

Tommy Ahmed is an Egyptian software engineer, product architect and entrepreneur based in Heliopolis, Cairo. In 2025 he founded Orcaa, a business management platform that runs bookings, point of sale, inventory, customer records, invoicing, team management and reporting for independent businesses, in Arabic and English. He builds it end to end, solo and self funded: the Laravel backend, the React apps owners use every day, the desktop and mobile clients, and the copy in both languages.

Before Orcaa he spent years building enterprise management systems for other companies, including platforms that run residential communities and clinic systems that handle patients, appointments and records. He also taught programming to cohorts of new developers, and in 2026 co-founded Aera, an Egyptian contemporary fashion brand, where he leads brand and digital direction.

He writes about building software for independent businesses at tommyahmed.com and goes by itommyahmed on LinkedIn, GitHub and X.