Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Remote

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Remote

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · MENA · Remote

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · Remote

Feb 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

Nov 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

Sep 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 6 mos · Remote

• Responsible for designing and teaching 2 courses within the MBA Financial Engineering Program: "Computational Finance" and "Artificial Intelligence in Finance".
• The first course introduces students to Python programming language and the Data Science lifecycle , while the second covers concepts of Machine Learning and Deep Learning, with applied applications in Finance.

Jul 2020 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · United States

• On a mission to enforce security through Artificial Intelligence & Video Analytics!

Mar 2020 – Feb 2024 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Oct 2017 – Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Apr 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 11 mos · Remote · Remote

• ZAKA is on a journey to democratize Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the MENA region and globally through sharing knowledge, building solutions, and connecting people! We are a remote, community-driven AI company designed to be an inclusive guide for organizations and individuals into Artificial Intelligence.

Nov 2018 – Nov 2020 · 2 yrs · Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• We're a new, ambitious AI/deep tech startup with big plans to help companies provide amazing customer support. Our product turns agents into superheros with an AI sidekick that works with them to improve their Zendesk powers.

Feb 2018 – Aug 2018 · 6 mos · Beirut District, Lebanon

• At Fig we build customized chatbots for businesses in different industries (news, media, retail, hotels, etc..). Using Natural Language Understanding (NLU) engines to understand the human language and extract meaning from text or voice, and Machine Learning techniques to allow the chatbot to learn and evolve.

Oct 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 5 mos · Beirut District, Lebanon

• Beirut AI is a Lebanese non-profit organization working since 2017 on enabling everyone to have access to the tools and knowledge to apply Artificial Intelligence. We are proudly the largest applied AI community in Lebanon!
• In this journey, we have helped our community explore the impacts of AI, find jobs, engage with others, and develop projects. We continue to do that by hosting various events, including our AI Bootcamp, our AI Weekend, hackathons, and university workshops. Through our Membership Program, we also provide our members with the chance to network and meet different AI enthusiasts and experts, helping expand AI in Lebanon and the MENA region.
• Beirut AI is part of a much bigger and global community called CITY AI. We have local AI hubs in more than 80 cities around the world, and that number is increasing every month. This helps us connect with more people and achieve our mission not only locally but on a global scale.

Sep 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 6 mos · Remote

• I help businesses understand and implement AI technologies. I work with multiple teams on various Machine Learning projects mainly in the area of Computer Vision (face/object detection, image classification/segmentation, image processing). My experience also includes projects on Natural Language Processing (NLP), training & deploying Deep Learning models on the cloud and different data science tasks such as: data mining, feature engineering, statistical analysis, data cleaning & processing and building prediction systems.

Dec 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr · Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates

• MinglePick (http://www.minglepick.com) is an intelligent robot that produces beautiful creative designs, using Artificial Intelligence. I’ve worked on many aspects of the platform, from the server and the backend, to the Android client application. Most importantly, I’ve handled many Machine Learning tasks where I had to experiment with different neural network topologies and Deep Learning techniques.

Nov 2016 – Nov 2017 · 1 yr · Jal el Dib

• ForwardLB is a not-for-profit co-working space and startup hub located in Jal el Dib, just outside Beirut city. We aim to group like-minded people to create a vibrant community that stimulates creativity and innovation. I was responsible for organizing community events such as lectures, workshops, panels and fun gaming nights.

Apr 2013 – May 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo · Baabda - Lebanon

• Developed Android applications for businesses
• Created and improved libraries for easy Android development
• Worked with Samsung Smart TV SDK to create smart TV apps while optimizing Codefish's framework for Smart TV development
• Created backend, database (MySQL) and web services for mobile applications using Java with Spring and Hibernate.
• Other than development, my duties involved:
• Mentoring and training up junior and new staff.
• Managing and leading a team of junior developers in both mobile and TV apps development
• Arranging team meetings, focusing on targets & achievements.
• Involved in the recruitment of new staff.

Jul 2011 – Apr 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos · Hazmieh, Lebanon

• Mobile applications and software development. Collaboratively working with other Android developers using agile development method (SCRUM) to deliver new and innovative apps.
• Annahar News application (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apps2you.annahar)
• Alfa mobile operator app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apps2you.alfa)
• The official Beirut Marathon application (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apps2you.bma)
• Implemented Qualcomm’s Augmented Reality SDK to develop an Augmented Reality 2D game for Lipton. I worked on this project with the Android Team leader Francois Zard.
• This game is available at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apps2you.lipton
• Other apps available on Google Play Store:
• https://play.google.com/store/search?q=apps2you

Feb 2011 – Jun 2011 · 4 mos · Ein el Remmaneh

• Worked on various websites using HTML, PHP, AJAX, CSS ...

Jan 2011 – Feb 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Worked on various platforms (Drupal, Joomla ...) and on multiple Android applications.
• Languages used : HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, PHP, jQuery AJAX, Java, SQLite, OpenGL ...