| Professional Experience
Concurrently with my secondary and university education, I worked on several projects during my spare time. Besides the technical aspects and working closely with the responsible people to meet their demands, I acquired the experience of working in a group and under pressure to meet deadlines. This experience has also broadened my knowledge of the market in various industries.

December 2007 – Present                Underground Paintball                      Hazmieh – Lebanon

Co-owner, project developer and member of management team of a 1600 m² paintball field. Responsible for Marketing and Logistics

October 2006 – August 2008           United Parcel Service                       Beirut – Lebanon

IT Developer – UCS website maintenance – network maintenance – implemented several OAS systems for both the customer support and the operations department – conception, development and distribution of e-marketing campaigns –User System and new online services and personalized versions – Implemented desktop applications using flash’s ActionScript and XMLwebServices – Developed an email marketing interface – Currently developing an ESS with data mining capabilities for senior management – Good knowledge in the courier service industry.

Freelance Projects |

2008|

- Designed the corporate identity and provided printing services for Tradelec a leader in trading electric supplies.

2007|

- Designed and developed an e-commerce website for Little Diamond a Lebanese based jeweler.

- Designed a Flash company profile for Business Unlimited an international consulting firm.

2006|

- Designed the corporate identity for a local computer brand: Watermelon Computers

2005 |

- Designed Marks & Brands advertizing agency’s website and won the silver award in Lebanon Web Awards 2005.

- Designed Lebanon Elite Car Rental corporate identity, website interface for online hotel reservation and online car booking requests.

- Designed Attorney Raphael Sfeir’s corporate identity and provided printing services also designed the personal informative website.

- Designed Gibran’s Lebanon bookstore’s corporate identity and provided printing and packaging services.

 2004 | Launched a graphic design and programming freelance identity e-grek, aiming to provide companies and Individual professionals with the best of the web in addition to web hosting, e-commerce, corporate identities and printing services.

2002 |

- Designed United Couriers Services’ web destination, integrating a tracking system and many dynamic services such as online pickup and online delivery notifications.

- Designed Lions Youth Camp website including online application, chat rooms, guest book and contact form.

Educational Background |

2004 – 2008 | Student in the American University of Beirut (AUB) / Lebanese American University (LAU), Majoring in Business with an emphasis in Management Information Systems (MIS), listed on the distinction list of Fall 2006, Spring 2007 & Spring 2008. Graduated with Honors with a cumulative GPA of 3.37.

Related Courses by June 2008: 

 
2004 | French Baccalaureate in Economics and Sociology - Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais Achrafieh

2003 | In order to enrich my skills and knowledge in the field of computer programming, I attended in June 2003 a Summer Workshop at “Digipen Institute of Technology” (DIT) for video game programming.

Computer knowledge & programming languages |

- Knowledge in OLAP data warehousing and multi-dimension data analysis.

- Knowledge in SQL Server 2005 – Visual Studio 2008 – Microsoft Project – Microsoft Visio

- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/Xp Pro and Ms Office applications and Add-Ins

- Google tools: Google AdWords, Google AdSense, Google Analytics, Webmaster Tools

- Network configuration and protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, FTP, DNS, Mail Server, WHOIS lookup
- Basic knowledge in Linux shell scripting

- Basic Knowledge in Microsoft Business Solutions Navision

- Client Side: HTML – DOM – XML – JavaScript – AJAX – VBScript

- Server Side: ASP – ADO SQL – Basic skills in PHP

- High-level:  Java – Visual Basic – Action Script – SQL – Access – Basic skills in Visual FoxPro9

- Adobe Photoshop – Adobe Illustrator – Macromedia Flash – Macromedia Dreamweaver

Language Proficiency | Fluent in Arabic, English & French (read, written & spoken)

Extracurricular Activities |

2001|Elected as Class delegate to represent my classmates in the Teacher-Student Council
2002|Member of the Youth Exchange Committee of the Lions Clubs District 351

Participated in the organization of the Youth Camp held in Lebanon and Jordan

Other Skills |

- Communication Skills & Client Servicing – Conceptual Thinking – Basic Skills in Photography

Interests |

Information Technology – Traveling – Skiing – Diving – Movies – Music