Euler Technology Solutions offers a big data analytics solution that enables Enterprises, Security Agencies, and Law Enforcement Agencies to ingest, manage and integrate massive data from various sources, analyzing them for connections so they can be probed to answer important questions, reveal insights, and discover relationships.- Designed and currently building the 3rd version of the big data analytics solution.- Responsible for ongoing suggestions and best practices for the entire solution.- Development team oversight to assure that the solutions can be suitably translated into effective and robust implementations.- Took ownership of the current cloud setup and optimized it for performance, scalability, and cost.- Took ownership of the Docker infrastructure running our solution and currently maintaining it. - Designed the Euler NLP engine that aims to analyze, understand, and derive meaning from text. - Designed a Deep Learning NLP engine to analyze social media posts in Arabizi and identify sentiments and topics.- Managing the full life development cycle of all company projects.ENVIRONMENTS: HortonWorks Data Platform, HDFS, Hive, HBase, Accumulo, YARN, Java, Spring Framework, View.js, Docker, TeamCity, YouTrack, Agile, NLP, Ubuntu, AWS, VMware, Red Hat Virtualization

Completed Projects:- Led the effort in designing and implementing a Big Data analytics solution to bring together massive, disparate data sources and scour them for connections and patterns. The core of this solution is a custom-built ontology-driven knowledge graph framework that enables mapping any information to the graph and applying a reasoner to derive new knowledge.- Built this version of the Big Data analytics solution on a custom graph database powered by Accumulo, ElasticSearch and HDFS.- Led the effort in deploying a 400 TB 20 node Hadoop Cluster.ENVIRONMENTS: HortonWorks Data Platform, Ubuntu, AWS, VMware, Red Hat Enterprise Server, Red Hat Virtualization

- Led the effort of redesigning the network, linking all 3 Dubai based schools together. The new design solved IP shortage issues, increased security, increased performance, eliminated bottlenecks and increased redundancy for core network components. - Linked all 3 schools via VPN so now employees can easily access and share resources and also used that link to hook the phone systems of the 3 schools together.- Created a dashboard that allowed the ICT officers in all 3 schools to have a realtime view of the network, servers and services.- Empowered ICT officers to take control of their schools through mentoring and coaching- Improved communication between team members and between the ICT department and other departments - Identified team member weaknesses and set objective to help them overcome them- Debugged the network using Wireshark and as a result identified and fixed a couple of issues such as the backup software's abuse of the bandwidth.- Upgraded the servers and moved to a virtualized Hyper-V environment in all 3 schools.- Led the installation of a new IP Phone based PABX in 2 of the 3 schools.- Smooth upgrade of the email server to Office365.com. Staff came in the second day and started using the new system.- Supervised and helped improve the efficiency and speed of the windows deployment process. 9 times faster than what they used to do.- Saved tens of thousands of Dirhams by negotiating great deals with our suppliers- Setup VLANs in such a way not to allow classroom networks to communicate with each other but still be able to communicate with the AD server and gateway.- Installed and configured a new firewall that is based on Linux (iptables, snort and squid) and has a very innovative and easy to use UI to control the flow of data. -Upgraded the wireless networkENVIRONMENTS: Windows Azure, Hyper-V, Office365, WireShark, Snort, iptables, GateProtect Firewall, D-Link switches, Ubiquiti Networks, ManageEngine Helpdesk, SQL Server, DocuShare

- Streamlined support team workflow by training employees on support call and email response, resulting in a 60% reduction in level 2 escalation from 70% to 10%. - Managed the development performed by outside software support companies to ensure efficiency, correctness and cost-effectiveness; and following-up on progress to ensure completion.- Revamped the system architecture to improve security, performance and reliability by moving major functionality to dedicated servers, improving the performance of major SQL queries and tailoring security to fit each server’s functions.- Implemented numerous improvements to the game, including installer optimization and automated communication with players. - Provided system and security administration, setting-up, monitoring, maintaining, and backing-up firewalls, gameservers, webadmin server, website and payment gateway.- Utilized innovative strategies to fight against 3Gbps DDoS attacks, hiding the gameserver behind an array of firewalls, randomly assigning players to firewalls and then distributing those firewalls on the cloud in different geographic locations, resulting in an affordable defence and savings of up to $6,000 per month. ENVIRONMENTS: iptables, Shell Script, C++, PHP, MySQL, Visual Studio 9, Linux Debian 6.

Neur0s was the result of my collaboration with the CEO and founder of Roxana who wanted to venture beyond software outsourcing and start investing in new ideas. The result of this collaboration was Neur0s. (During my research I created a polling web app using Scala and GWT to evaluate both technologies and see if they fit the startup goals)The goal of Neur0s was to provide solutions for information overload problems using text mining and machine learning.- Used data mining techniques to design an advanced algorithm that allows computers to “understand” and process streams of information. - Created a Twitter reader that groups similar tweets together, identifies noise relative to the stream, highlights important tweets, and learns from users’ interactions to improve ranking and filtering. see http://youtu.be/bXdq9TrDAEI - Led 2 employees in the development of an Outlook plug-in that ranks emails by importance. Basically, Google's Priority Inbox for Outlook see http://youtu.be/9Glf6KRL09YENVIRONMENTS: Python, Django, Scala, GWT, MySQL, AWS, C++, PHP, Visual Studio 8, Add-in Express.

Fadel Partners, an Oracle certified software and services partner, based in NYC, USA and Sin el Fil, Lebanon. Fadel Partners' solutions portfolio includes the eRoyalty Suite for Enterprise Rights, Royalties and Participations Management. - Defined and maintained software processes, including supporting documents and tools such as Bugzilla and ACE.- Re-engineered all aspects of the eRoyalty Suite, moving from standard 2 tier to full MVC and utilizing JSF, Spring Framework and Hibernate. - Assembled and trained a 5-employee eRoyalty development team in implementing the new eRoyalty suite within 1 year.- Implemented a custom application utilizing the Oracle 10G Fusion Middleware platform, then integrating it into Oracle E-Business Suite.- Maintained team morale through daily communication and teambuilding activities. - Facilitated effective communication between the US and Lebanese teams.- Ensured that the correct solutions were applied, the adopted process was followed, and all assigned tasks were completed by deadline. - Coordinated between business, test and development teams to ensure cohesive operations. - Provided team support, including escalated technical support and management support during inter-team disputes. - Resolved various software issues, foreseeing potential risks and identifying tasks required to minimize impact.- Maintained required resource levels, ensuring adequate staffing based on project size and requirements. - Reported project progress to management on a weekly basis.ENVIRONMENTS: JSP, JSF, Spring Framework, Hibernate, Oracle Framework, Oracle ERP, JDeveloper, Toad for Oracle, Oracle DB, Windows Vista, Linux RedHat.

Enfotrust Networks is a work force automation solution provider based in Marietta, Georgia, USA. I was part of Enfotrust's software outsourcing firm in Lebanon.- Created and maintained software development processes, including the supporting documents. - Managed streamlined operations during growth from 20 to 69 employees.- Coordinated with enfoTrust's CEO to move 70% of software production to LibanCo, managing 10 teams during the process.- Reorganized company into smaller business units, significantly reducing management efforts and increasing reactivity potential. - Solved a seemingly irreparable ghost batch report issue affecting a major client for over 1 year. - Assisted the US-based R&D with selection of objectives, including experimentation with new, easier-to-code architectures, as well as tools and techniques for smart devices supported by the company. ENVIRONMENTS: ASP, VB6, C#, ASP.NET, Visual Studio .Net, MS SQL Server, Windows 2003, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP, Office XP.

The Insurance Control Committee is mainly dedicated to monitoring the day to day operations of all the insurance companies in Lebanon.- In charge of setting up the Commission’s new location, this project included, voice and data network, new servers, server closets, switches, PABX, Internet, alarm, access control and time attendance. I handled this project from bidding to delivery and setup.- Monitored the day-to-day operations of an average 50 insurance companies in Lebanon.- Managed network maintenance and software infrastructure, troubleshooting email and webserver issues, and ensuring secure and updated employee machines.- Provided the commission with software solutions to streamline daily processes, including a web app that allowed for online submission of required financial reports by insurance companies and viewing of the consolidated reports created by the commission.ENVIRONMENTS: Windows 2003, Oracle Forms 6i, Oracle 8i, C#, Visual Studio .Net, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP, Office XP.

The aim of this startup was to capitalize on two projects, one for online management of Credit Card accounts (www.crediscreditcards.com), including Hardware and Software. The second was a Time Attendance software using Iridian's IrisCode Technologies. I was in charge of establishing the company's IT department, including training, network administration, project management and company orientation.ENVIRONMENTS: IrisAccess 2200, Windows 2000 Professional Server and Advanced Server, BEA Weblogic 6.1 and 7.0, Oracle 8i and 9i, JBuilder 7.0, XML/XSL, DHTML, Javascript, IE 6.0, MSXML, EJB, JSP, Tomcat 3.3 and 4.0

In charge of maintaining and adding new functionality to the software that manages the draftee's personal information, military status and division. Undertook the task of integrating the data of draftees from previous promotions that was gathered from three different departments.ENVIRONMENTS: Powerbuilder 6.0, SQLAnyWhere 5.0, MS SQLServer 7.0, Windows 98.

Soft Solutions is one of Europe's key players in the retail industry's information technology. Soft Solutions targets the kernel of information system engineering for the retail industry through its pricing module and purchasing module in addition to other supporting modules.As Technical Project Manager I lead the team in moving the company's Client/Server financial applications to the web by adopting the J2EE multi-tier architecture. I did everything from the architecture to the UI. The only thing I did not do was the database. I interviewed and hired the team who will take care of building this software. I created the training documentation to get them onboard and productive as quickly as possible (I think some of the material I created is still being used there today). The thing that I am most proud of was, choosing to do most of the UI using Javascript and using XML to communicate between the web browser and the app server. This was JSON and JQuery before the terms were coined (it was 1999).As Head of R&D I undertook the task of finding and testing any technology that can benefit the company's applications and lead the development team in applying these new technologies by using examples and case studies. I covered EJB, XML/XSL, DHTML and JavaScript.As Network Administration consultant I aided the administration team in laying out the LAN, setting-up the local and internet security, configuring the company's website and email server, configuring the routers and installing and managing Oracle database servers under Windows 2000 Server and Linux Redhat 7.1.ENVIRONMENTS: Linux, Windows NT4.0, 2000 server and workstation, Linux Redhat 7.1, BEA Weblogic 6.0 and 6.1, Oracle 8 and 8i, JBuilder 3.5, 4, 4.5 and 5, Apache web server, XML/XSL, DHTML, Javascript, IE 5.5, MSXML, EJB, JSP, Sendmail Advanced Message Server 1.0.0, IIS 4.0, MSProxy server 2.0, JDBC, Tomcat 2.x and 3.x, WiseInstaller 6.0