Karim Barbir, IT and Security Director

Karim Barbir

IT and Security Director

Cleartag

Location
Canada
Education
Diploma, Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations
Experience
24 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :24 years, 4 Months

IT and Security Director at Cleartag
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since January 2010

" Managed and coached team members
" Designed, planned and oversaw the rollout of Cleartags IT infrastructure
" Designed, planned and oversaw the rollout of clients IT and security infrastructure (including international banks, corporations, government and political parties)
" Audited and monitored all Cleartag and client systems
" Managed and ensured fulfillment of all client Service Level Agreements
" Lead the team through hands on showcases
" Reviewed briefs, project scopes and ensured applicability of IT scopes (hosting, network topology etc&)
" Compiled and produced guidelines for streamlining the teams operations
" Managed the IT budget and expenditure on hardware and software
" Recommended and implemented improvements and efficiencies
" Identified, approached and recruited potential team members

Founder / Information Security Consultant at Phivision Inc.
  • Canada
  • June 2007 to January 2010

" Managed and coached team members
" Designed, planned and implemented Phivisions infrastructure and servers
" Assessed vulnerabilities and performed penetration tests on clients networks, systems and web applications
" Performed routine audits of systems and software
" Managed the internal and hosted networking infrastructure
" In charge of the recruitment and training of new staff

Co-Founder / Chief Technical Officer (CTO) at Vocalpad Canada Inc.
  • Canada
  • June 2007 to January 2010

" Managed a team of administrative and technical staff
" Designed, planned and implemented Vocalpads infrastructure and servers
" Set up interconnections with top-tier carriers
" Implemented and developed the retail and wholesale departments
" Developed new services by implementing new technologies
" In charge of recruiting and training of new staff

IT Manager at LP Systems
  • Canada
  • April 2006 to May 2007

" Managed and coached team members
" Designed, planned and oversaw the rollout of client IT infrastructure
" Managed and ensured fulfillment of all client Service Level Agreements
" Lead the team through hands on showcases
" Reviewed briefs, project scopes and ensured applicability of IT scopes
" Identified, approached and recruited potential team members

Accomplishments :
" Implemented new tools to optimize IT Support
" Developed new service offerings
" Increased IT Departments profits by 25% in one year
" Improved clients satisfaction and retention
" Fostered a cooperative and positive work environment

Network Administrator at OnBoard Data Systems
  • Canada
  • June 2004 to August 2005

" Migrated existing domain from NT4 to Windows 2003
" Optimized existing infrastructure
" Implemented backup and disaster recovery policies and solutions

Developer at FXinnovation
  • Canada
  • October 2002 to June 2004

Developed various Web Applications based on PHP/MySQL (Human Resources Management, Content Management System)

IP Contact Centre Specialist at Cognicase
  • Canada
  • August 2001 to October 2002

" Deployed and supported Cisco IP Contact Centers and Cisco Call Manager

Network Administrator at W4 Technology
  • Canada
  • June 1999 to August 2001

" Configured, optimized and secured the network and servers
" Administered the systems and network
" Implemented backup and disaster recovery policies and solutions
" Provided support to 30 users

Education

Diploma, Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations
  • at Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management
  • December 2010
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Université du Québec à Montréal / UQAM
  • June 2002

Specialties & Skills

Training
Science
Web Applications
Management
Telecommunications
Network Security
Security
Penetration Testing
Vulnerability Assessment
Backtrack
Vulnerability Scanning
SSL VPN
Digital Certificates
Unix Shell Scripting
Unix Administration
Debian/Ubuntu
SQL Server
Asterisk
Firewalls
Routers
XenServer
Hyper-V
PostgreSQL
Ruby on Rails
VMware ESX
VMware Infrastructure
VMware Server
VMware Workstation
MySQL DBA
Firewall Management

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Spanish
Beginner