MetroStar Systems Employee Receives Exclusive Microsoft Award

Written by: Jenni Hubacher

In athletic arenas, winning multiple games, titles, and championships can result in several acknowledgments and perks. Each field of sport tends to acknowledge one shining star as its team’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) for exhibiting dynamic leadership, sportsmanship, and professional conduct throughout the season. So, who says that only athletes get to have all of the fun? Microsoft_mvp_logo MetroStar Systems proudly announces and congratulates our new team member, Mostafa Elzoghbi, Senior Software Engineer, for his fourth consecutive win of the 2009 Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) Award – Visual C#.  Microsoft’s MVP Award distinguishes its awardees because in order to receive the Award, candidates undergo a rigorous nomination and review process.  Annually, the technical community’s best and brightest are bestowed this exclusive honor. Worldwide, there are over 100 million participants across the global technical community vying for the elite acknowledgment and opportunities warranted as a Microsoft MVP; of these participants, there are fewer than 4,000 active Microsoft MVPs.
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Mr. Mostafa Elzoghbi, 2009 Microsoft MVP - Visual C#

Microsoft MVPs are exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who are awarded for voluntarily sharing their high quality, real-world expertise in offline and online technical communities. Upon graduating with a B.S. of Computer Science from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, Mostafa began his professional career in 2003. In 2005, Mostafa had an idea to create a software development community in Kuwait.  Not only was it the first of its kind, but it has evolved to become the largest and most well known development and .NET community in the Persian Gulf region. For his contributions to the software development community, he received his first Microsoft MVP Award in 2006.  This year’s award was especially challenging for him because he additionally relocated from Kuwait to Iowa in order to complete his Masters degree. Ecstatic and diligent of another consecutive win; Mostafa has definite plans to continue his hard work to qualify for the MVP award each year offered.  “Receiving the Microsoft MVP Award just once would be enough and a great milestone in my development career.  However, being an MVP motivates me to increase my knowledge and expertise while staying active in the Microsoft community.  It comes with many advantages, benefits, and access to be very engaged with new Microsoft technologies.  This reward helps increase awareness and the reputation of MetroStar Systems as a certified Microsoft Gold Partner,” says Elzoghbi. Find out more about Mostafa and his background in reading his blog here: Mostafa’s Blog Posted on July 2nd, 2009 in Community, News, Our Culture.