Zaher Abou Shakra, Senior web conultant

Zaher Abou Shakra

Senior web conultant

Brand lounge

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
11 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 2 Months

Senior web conultant at Brand lounge
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since November 2018

* Maintain multiple ongoing projects.
* Implement code daily using Apache Velocity, JavaScript/JQuery, HTML 5, CSS 3, using content management systems such as Wordpress.
* Develop high visibility, triple-A title websites.
* Interface with backend data systems to produce dynamic user experiences.
* Identify users and system requirements for new websites and applications
* Write or review code for various applications
* Run functionality testings and debug code
* Responsible for leveraging innovative technologies such as Linux, PHP, MySQL, Git, JavaScript, WordPress, HTML5, CSS3, SASS, GULP, and WEBPACK to develop mobile responsive websites and applications
* Collaborate with team to articulate the best technological business solutions
* Analyze user story acceptance criteria to ensure technical feasibility and point out potential issues
* Architect and develop broadly compatible products, features, and bug fixes, while monitoring accessibility, performance, and multilingual installations
* Develop and maintain complex WordPress based applications
* Implement complex features using modern PHP code and patterns while following best practices
* Develop WordPress widgets, plug-ins, custom post types, and page templates
* Improve internal tools, standards, and integration processes

Sr. PHP Web Developer/Team Leader at Media Squared
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2016 to November 2018

Responsibilities:

- Leading a team of 6 developers
- Being Involved in full product life cycle from design to deployment (Agile methodology)
- Performing website design (UI and UX ) and development for clients and delivering solutions
- Ensuring cross browser compliance
- Applying SEO tools on websites.
- QA Testing websites and applications on device simulators and actual devices to fine-tune products

Open Source Consultant at Cellempower FZ LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2014 to August 2016

Responsibilities:

- Playing key role in development, implementation, and support online system
- Performing development, design, and analysis for several project modules
- Performed application design and analysis
- Creating system for adding, removing and modifying registered system users.

Projects Manager at Valorise FZ-LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2013 to November 2013

Responsibilities:

- R&D for a Service Project KYC
- Maintaining the WEB Part using GROOVY/Grails and MySQL server
- Responsible for researching and analysis on mobile wallet and related technologies
- Securing and simplifying any customer diligence from registration to mobile money enrolment and smart device and all its remote control and supervision.
- Improving all proceeds from the data collection to the back-office activation
- Enriching basic data collection with additional biometrics information (photo / scan / fingerprint / signature)

Web and Mobile Developer at Media Network Company
  • Lebanon
  • October 2012 to March 2013

Responsible for researching and analysis on market trends and related technologies. Lead developer of mobile applications while generating a web
friendly version of the products. Met with customers in various industries including,
media, telecom, finance/banking and governmental sectors.

• Used Java, XML, CSS using Eclipse and other SDKs, to develop state-of-the-art
mobile applications.
• Used DreamWeaver, WAMP server, javascript, AJAX, HTML, MySQL and PHP for web development.
• Responsible for general maintenance of application library and debugging.
• Involved in full product life cycle from design to deployment.
• Responsible for general maintenance of application library and debugging.
• Supported junior members of the team, providing ongoing advice and guidance.
• Tested applications on device simulators and actual devices to fine-tune products.
Including bluestacks, youwave and SDK manager.


TECHNICAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
• Programming: Java, C/C++, Vb.net, AJAX, CSS, MySQL, PHP.
• Developing Environments: UML, Eclipse, Dream Weaver, MS Visual Studio, Visual
Basic, Enginesite, CISCO Packet Tracer, Spring Tools (Grails, Groovy, Srping
Security )
• Internet Environments: XML, Html, JavaScript, HTML, PHP.
• Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, Access, MySQL, Apache.
• Operating Systems: Windows XP & 7, Unix and Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, Backtrack)
• Web Servers: Microsoft IIS, Apache and WAMP.
• Productivity & Presentation Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Power
point), Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Lebanese University
  • July 2011

C++, JAVA, VB.NET, PHP, HTML, Assembly, WEB XML, Software Engineering UML, SQL SERVER, MySQL, Networking, Database

Specialties & Skills

HTML/XML
PHP Applications
PHP Frameworks
Mobile Android Development
Eclipse & Netbeans
Grails and Groovy
Visual Basic, Vb.net
Microsoft Visual Studio C++
Business & Technology Analysis
System Design
Competitive intelligence/analyses
Research & Project Planning
New product development
Quality Management & Reporting
Networking / Cisco Packet Tracer
Productivity & Communication
Unified Modeling Language, UML
PHP & Dream Weaver
HTML, XML & Enginesite 5, CSS
Wordpress CMS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert
Spanish
Expert

Training and Certifications

ionic 2/ ionic 3 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2017
Node.js (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2017
Angular (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2017
Laravel (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2017

Hobbies

  • Swimming
  • Meditation
  • Listening to Music
  • Reading