George Semaan is a technology leader with over 22 years of experience in the tech industry with 13+ years of that being in leadership roles. Graduating with a Bachelor of Computer Science degree, George started his career as a desktop developer (VB 6 and Delphi), which then led into web development in the early-mid 2000's (ASP.Net, Classic ASP, ColdFusion & PHP). George started his web development career working for a digital agency, which he then moved on to work for a reputable multi-national company which then led to leadership positions at 3 reputable global companies. Fortunately enough, George's career path allowed him to always exceed in making good decisions from a technical leadership perspective to support the business and more importantly his teams. George is a people person who is determined to kick goals from a business and personal perspective. He has a professional/personal approach to leadership and has a great combination of technical and management experience leading teams in excess of 50+ staff in multiple areas, such as Product, Web Development, UI/UX, BA, Project Management, Testing/QA, IT Engineers and Support. Agile Delivery is another area that George excels in and truly believes that all technology teams around the world should somehow or rather adopt the methodology.George lives by a few important motto's that reflect his leadership approach, these are:-- "People don't leave bad companies, they leave bad managers" ~Marcus Buckingham- "It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do" ~Steve Jobs- “Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your Employees, they will take care of the clients.” ~ Richard Branson- "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." ~Walt Disney
Listed skills include Coldfusion, Ajax, Microsoft Sql Server, Css, and 31 others.