Jan 2019 – Apr 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• + Managed a team of software engineers and led the design and successful implementation of an integration layer instrumental for the fastest launch of a branchless digital bank in the gulf (12 months from inception to production) – ilabank.com
• + Contributed to the design and implementation of a microservices architecture capable of handling the rapid growth in our customer’s user base and make the development / release cycles more regular and frequent
• + Designed a serverless orchestration layer used to manage the customers’ on-boarding and eKYC processes
• + Defined and helped enforce design, documentation and coding standards across Mobiquity and our clients’ organizations
• + Led the successful integration with a number of business critical systems (CRM, core banking system, cards management system, compliance and screening systems, to name a few)

Feb 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Beirut, Lebanon

• SE Factory is an intensive full-stack software engineering bootcamp aimed at bridging the gap between the Lebanese market demand for top talent and the supply of unskilled software developers. SE Factory achieved 91% employment success rate over 7 cohorts, was featured in Forbes, received numerous grants and recognized by the British Ambassador as one of the leading new social enterprises in the country.
• + Designed, implemented and taught the flagship Full Stack Web Development curriculum (lectures, assignments and projects development) with the focus on modern software development standards and methodologies as well as the standardisation of the curriculum development process
• + Developed the instructor and student recruitment process including the screening procedures, qualification tests, soft and technical skill quantification framework, the backbone of our selection process
• + Built the student progress quantification and tracking framework as well as the design of the demo-day structure
• + Contributed to the direction and vision of SE Factory and the development of its revenue models
• + Led the outreach and business development with local and regional companies interested in hiring from our pool and consulted on the fulfilment of their recruitment needs

Aug 2013 – Feb 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Lebanon - KSA

• 3M+1 is a tech services & product development firm, specializing in complex, mission-critical ‘system of systems’ environments. 3M+1 managed to undertake multiple greenfield and brownfield projects in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Turkey and USA.
• + Architected an Advance Traffic Management System (ATMS) model for one of the world’s most complex surface and tunnel metropolitan transportation operations in the USA
• + Led the implementation of the Terminal Operating System (TOS), the Reefer Asset Management System (RAMS), the Terminal Automation Package (AP), Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), Time Attendance & Access Control System (ACS) as well as the integration efforts with 3rd party systems/entities: Port Community System (PCS), and Shipping Lines, end to end, as well as contributing to the design and build of a 3-tier on premise datacenter, at King Abdullah Port (KAP) located in the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC)
• + Contributed to the design & architecture of the Terminal Integrated Middleware and Analytics (TIMA) platform; 3M+1’s flagship product, providing terminal operators with cross-system, cross-terminal, and cross-time data analytics visibility and real-time operational KPIs through a SaaS, multi-tenant application offering
• + Contributed to the design of statistical reports providing real-time critical business insight to stakeholders, assisting them in the identification of bottlenecks, the reduction of unnecessary dwell times and operational inefficiencies

Jul 2012 – Apr 2013 · 9 mos · Beirut, Lebanon

• + Managed the R&D unit (local and off-shore development teams) with the goal of tackling client tenders in innovative/creative ways through the process of relinquishing some classical approaches to software development and product design cycles
• + Led the technical design and development of Novo for Bank Audi. Novo is a fully digitised, teller free, branch. The platform was rolled out across Lebanon and won numerous international awards
• + Contributed to the design and development of experimental projects:
• .. Shlepster, a crowd based courier service
• .. A sentiment analysis engine for the Arabic language
• .. Other experiments involving Computer Vision, Immersive Installations, and Augmented Reality

Nov 2010 – Jul 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos · Beirut, Lebanon

Feb 2009 – Feb 2010 · 1 yr · Beirut, Lebanon