The idea of National Technology originated in 1996.

It was initiated by Mohamed El Shahed, a 27-year-old service engineer at Bayer Diagnostics.

Bayer Diagnostics is a manufacturer of laboratory analyzers.

Mohamed El Shahed recognized the need for information technology in medical laboratories in the Middle East.

He studied the benefits of current information technologies for clinical laboratories.

He researched available products in advanced markets.

He sought investors to invest in a product that was not yet available in the region.

He looked for young talented software developers to bring the
idea to life.