IT SENIOR MANAGER
Strategic Partnerships
Total years of experience :20 years, 9 Months
Managing center's IT systems, resources, contracts, assets and IT staff. Design and developed center's SharePoint Intranet. In-house web development of MoUs system. Assisted PR department on the design, development and hosting of the center's public website. Participated in the Delegates App.
Front End development with focus on interaction and UI, like maps, navigation, page layout and charts for US government.
Key Achievements:
• Support National Institutes of Health (NIH) Projects:
https://federalreporter.nih.gov (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Kendo UI, Google Maps, Google Charts, .NET, LESS and BootStrap). Created Smart (simple) Search, Search Results, Details, Visualize page including interaction JS for charts, Map page including interaction map points info pages.
• NIH Center for Information Technology websites maintenance for many NIH subsites like: https://womeninscience.nih.gov/, http://www.oar.nih.gov/ and https://interodeo.od.nih.gov
• Infograph page for LRP https://www.lrp.nih.gov/infographics
IT and management consultancy. Leading and motivating administration members in various aspects.
Building and managing the website ustous.org using Joomla CMS. Integrate members system for volunteers and groups participation. Install and configuring components required by client. Enhance template using JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3 and Bootstrap.
Key Achievements:
• Folioinvesting.com Redesign:
Participated in the redesign of the new website using ExtJS, JSP, Sass, JavaScript, Bootstrap3, HTML5, CSS3 and Nuxeo.
• Transfer Money Project:
Participate in the front-end development UI using ExtJS, CSS and HTML.
• Websites content:
Update site content for folioinvesting.com, folioinstitutional.com and foliofn.com.
Front-End development for Medicare.gov and Assets.CMS.gov projects.
Key Achievements:
• Medicare.gov:
Participate in the front-end upgrade working on Bootstrap3, CSS and Sass.
• Assets.CMS.gov:
Participate in upgrade to Assets 3.0 working on Bootstrap3, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS and documentation.
• Learning new technologies:
Backbone.js, Require.js, Sass, Angular.js & Accessibility.
HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery reusable codes. Building templates and prototypes from UX director’s mockups.
Key Achievements:
• Smart Widgets: (Planning, Implementation, jQuery Coding, Web Design, CSS, HTML). Turning contents in uploaded Word documents into interactive widgets like slideshows, tabs accordions and other UI widgets using jQuery. Oracle Stellent did not allow editors to use HTML and I created this innovative solution, among others, to spice our dull pages.
• Google Field Trip App: Preparing XML feeds for AIA to show in Google Field Trip as a main partner for Architecture category. Prepare audio files in SoundCloud and creating Excel spreadsheet to generate the XML.
• Interactive Maps: (Graphics, Interaction, JavaScript & jQuery Coding and Prepare Contribution Mode Editable Sections). Creating a map with various area selections, different requirements of data representation and actions depend on user requirement. Requesting department should change its data. No extra development to be created for each map.
• Print Enhancement: (Planning, Implementation, jQuery Coding, Web Design, CSS, HTML)
• Search Auto Suggest: (jQuery Coding, Web Design, CSS, HTML)
• Emerging Professionals Slideshow: (Planning, Implementation, jQuery Coding, Web Design, CSS, HTML). Creating the slideshow functionality code.
Creating an Excel sheet to contain content once for two pages and use it to generate the HTML code.
• Modal Overlay Code: (jQuery Script, HTML and CSS) Developed hand coded jQuery script to have a modal popup in many pages.
Managing marketing and technical aspects of the student group organization.
Key Management Achievements:
• Managing volunteer processes and members. Setting goals and strategies. Structuring organizational chart and identifying positions including role details. Leading and mentoring organization members and board.
• Handling source of income and relations with sponsors. Setting advertising rules and writing proposals. Managed finances, taxes and revenue collection. Also managed spending and organization events.
Key Technical Achievements:
• Import database from different sources, migrate to current database and representation design for Joomla CMS with responsive layout.
• I built the website using Joomla 1.5 and handled database migration, database design, desktop & mobile template design and representation. Saudis in USA is a non-profit organization that inspires and supports fellow Saudi students in the United States of America.
• Facebook API management and integration.
Providing technical and web support for TRWI projects. Supporting multimedia tasks (video and podcast) . Creating in-house application for automation of editors' work.
Key Achievements:
- Developing podcast upload script using PHP, XML, xHTML, CSS and JavaScript that decreased work time to 95%.
- Developing article conversion tool for xml article exchange between news sites using PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, XML, xHTML and CSS decreased work time to 80% and reducing errors by 90%.
- Developing Google search translation tool using PHP, XSL, xHTML, JavaScript and CSS decreased work time to 70%.
- Developing Unix command lines generator using xHTML and JavaScript to automate long commands.
Audio and Video editing and publishing to the web.
- Enhanced the Audio/Video casting process to increase productivity and reduce time.
- Effectively supporting RTL languages content like Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Kurdish.
Web and technical support for 15 news web sites in 25 languages.
Analyzing client needs, building websites, online applications and Flash presentations for several clients.
Key Achievements:
- Creating the first Arabic Flash database driven, also was in English, called The Flash Signature with the first Arabic Flash text effects project. (Flash, ASP, SQL2000 and AS2.0) 2001.
- Creating a unique proposal presentation, in a tough competitive environment, presented in a short time to board of directors and acquired the deal of developing online community site for Saudi Producers and Manufacturers of Dates Committee. Developed the project using E-Xoops CMS (PHP/MySQL) 2002.
- Creating impressive multimedia presentations for two non-profit organizations, one of them was shown on national TV. Presented to the prince (governor) of the Western region and effectively helped increase donations. (Flash) 2004
- Website design and development of Indiana University Saudi Students Club iusaudiclub.org awarded second place among IU American Asian Association student organizations. (Joomla) 2009
- Developing a very complex web application for a university admission service company and significantly helped in increasing registration and processing. (PHP/MySQL/RAD) 2008.
- Design templates, installed and managed CMS websites for M & A Custom Homes in VA, Sahel Medias in N. Africa, Fnanen.net (the largest Arabic lyrics website), Indiana University ALA and Dr. Zakri's Est. (Joomla)
- Installed and managed several WordPress affiliate marketing websites.
Abdullah Hashim Company Ltd. is one of the largest companies in Saudi Arabia and the sole dealer for Honda Products.
Key Achievements:
• Managed, designed and developed a sophisticated bi-lingual in-house ground-up CMS website which included database driven 3D and multimedia components. The project was one of the largest in the country. (Flash/ActionScript, ASP, MS SQL, XML, DHTML and JavaScript)
• Built and supervised Multi-media presentations for new products (Honda) of AHCL Corporation.
Manage IT requirements for other departments, troubleshooting, internet & LAN installations, requesting, and reviewing quotations. Analyzed, identified, and solved IT problems. Lead the web development team.
Key Achievements:
• Managed and developed websites of well-known clients like Suzuki Saudia which was awarded one of the best dealer websites by Suzuki corporation. (Flash/ActionScript, XML and ASP) 2003.
• Led web team and effectively participated in the development of Flash/Web projects. (ASP & AS2.0)
• Analyzing client requirements, prepare unique and persuasive proposals and acquiring 40% of prospective clients.
• Significantly increased company’s ability to acquire more marketing accounts and web development projects in a short time by suggesting and implementing the idea of creating eye-catching Flash intros for PowerPoint presentations. One web project was for $132, 000.
Building websites, Flash and Multimedia presentations. Meet clients and gather requirements. Help in closing deals with major clients.
Key Achievements:
- Built the first Arabic text Flash website that helped the company way ahead of competitors in web design.
- Helped acquiring a $132, 000 website deal for a local corporation.
- Participated, by creating web graphics, in first Arabic WYSIWYG editor used in the development of dial-up users' web services.
- Flash and Multimedia intro for Nissan dealer and Fuchs Oil Company which were two of the outstanding Flash intros in the region at time.
Research: E-commerce in GCC and social media big data analysis. Publications: 3 Conference papers, including one IEEE Big Data paper, and 3 journal papers
Top 7 school in USA in Information Science Academic Projects: • Midwest Pages to Prisoners, Fall 2007, Database, Books scheduling & shipping db. • IU ALA – SC (www.iuala.org), Spring 2008, Information Architecture for the Web, CMS website for IU American Library Association – Student Chapter. Graded “A” in the project and course. Designing wireframes and usability testing. • Hoosier’s Auction, Spring 2008, Web Programming, CGI Online Auction Project. My first CGI/Perl program, one of the best projects in the class of over 20 and graded “A+” for the course. • IR Fusion Research, Spring 2008, IR and Design, Research in Information Retrieval. Learned the concepts behind IR and how search engines work. • Linguistic Department Website, Summer 2008, Human-Computer Interaction, Evaluation and redesign of the site. Prototyping, wireframes and user experience testing. • My Resume Project, Summer 2008, XML, My resume in XML/XSL format. Hard coding XML/XSL with debugging.
