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Hesham El-Nahhas

Co-founder, Wrapbook

Production payroll software

Hesham El-Nahhas is a co-founder of Wrapbook, the payroll, onboarding and insurance platform for film, TV and commercial productions, and was its Chief Technology Officer. El-Nahhas and Naysawn Naji left the fintech Arcus in early 2018 to start the company. El-Nahhas left Wrapbook in 2022 to start another company.

Hesham hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Hesham co-founded Wrapbook, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Interview
Wrapbook On Entertainment's Payroll Pain PointsPYMNTS
2020

Quick answers

Did Hesham El-Nahhas co-found Wrapbook?

Yes. TechCrunch, in an article published March 9, 2021, names El-Nahhas among Wrapbook's founders with Cameron Woodward, Ali Javid and Naysawn Naji. Variety, the same day, lists El-Nahhas as the company's CTO.

How did Wrapbook start?

Contrary Research, in a report updated September 26, 2024, says Naji pitched the idea to El-Nahhas, then Naji's coworker and interim CTO at the fintech Arcus, and the two left Arcus to work on it in early 2018. Ali Javid joined them in March 2018 as CEO.

What did El-Nahhas say about production payroll?

In a PYMNTS interview published August 31, 2020, El-Nahhas said the weekly or bi-weekly payroll rhythm is based on the limitations of older payroll systems, and that crews re-enter the same data on paper each time they move to a new employer.

Is El-Nahhas still at Wrapbook?

No. Contrary Research, updated September 26, 2024, says El-Nahhas and Naji left Wrapbook in 2022 to launch their own startups.

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