January 26, 2010

Executive Profile
Abdulrahman is an Inspired Engineer looking for a fair opportunity to prove his skills in a dynamic environment where personal and professional growth can be obtained. He is striving to be a True Engineer who can combine between hardware and software to develop outstanding solutions. Abdulrahman believes in himself to be initiative, results-oriented, fast-learner and trust-worthy. Abdulrahman best career match would be within a Research and Development Department in a Computing-related Engineering Organization. Abdulrhaman can be reached at selim.2k@gmail.com
Education
M.S. of Information Technology with Merit, School of Computer Science, Nottingham University, UK. 2008-2009
  • Project and Dissertation: "UCML, Ubiquitous Control Modeling Language for Android platform", which discusses effective resource utilization of recent Smart Mobile Phones by providing an in-phone IDE that allows users to develop, execute built-in sensors-based applications in real-time for Ubiquitous Computing Environment without the aid of external PC.
B.S. Computer and Systems, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt. 2002-2007
  • Cumulative grade: Good.
    • Final year grade: Very Good.
  • Title: "The Smart Car"; Development of automobile safety systems using Data Acquisition and Microcontroller.
    • Graduation Project grade: Excellent.
Al-Arish Secondary School, N.Sinai, Egypt September 1999 – July 2002
  • Final score: 91.5%
Courses and Certifications
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate "CCNA" with Score 944/1000. Jan. 2010
  • Administration and Development under UNIX Diploma, ITI, Egypt. 2008-2009
    • UNIX Programing: Shell Scripting, System Programming, Network Programming, Perl, Java and C Programming.
    • UNIX administration: Solaris, Linux, Network, Cluster.
    • Others: MySQL, PLSQL, Oracle 10g, Javascript, PHP, XML.
  • Boeing Business Enrichment Program for Young Engineers(140 Hrs)20 finalists were selected among 104 engineersadministered by AMIDEAST, Egypt March-August 2008:
    • Finance For Non-Financials. (14 Hrs)
    • Communicating For Success. (14 Hrs)
    • Mastering Business Negotiations. (14 Hrs)
    • Maintaining Corporate Image. (7 Hrs)
    • Creative Problem Solving & Decision Making. (14 Hrs)
    • Effective Leadership & Team Building. (14 Hrs)
    • Effective Presentation Skills. (21Hrs)
    • Effective Project Management. (21Hrs)
    • Business Correspondence & Report Writing. (21Hrs)
  • Introduction to Plant Automation SystemsDCS, SCADA, DataModel, HSE, RTDB, Integration... administered by Industrial Automation Ltd. Egypt; April 2008.
  • Microcontroller course for “Atmel & Microchip” at Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University. 2004
Work Experience
    March 15, 2010 - July 22, 2010
  • IT Section Head at Integrated Oil Industries Co., Cairo, Egypt
  • Deploying and maintaining ICT services and technologies optimally as per the requirements of our company such as (IPSec VPN Site-to-Site, PPTP VPN, and Firewall/Mail/DNS/Proxy services).
  • Managing IT operations and leading the IT team in the HQ and branches.
  • Negotiating IT technical and financial offers for the optimum price and quality.
  • Assisting and reporting to the Executive Management in setting IT plans and goals.
    November 1, 2009 - March 15, 2010
  • Systems Engineer at ITLogia, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Deploy and maintain IT tasks and technologies including Firewall, VPN, Proxy, and Virtualizaion.
Internships
    May 15, 2009 - July 24, 2009
  • Systems Engineer at ACT, Cairo, Egypt;
    May 12, 2008 - June 12, 2008
  • Engineering Trainee at Circuit Home Automation, Cairo, Egypt.
    July 1, 2006 - July 14, 2006
  • Reservoir Evaluation Wireline (REW) Trainee at Schlumberger, Red Sea, Egypt.
    July 9, 2005 - July 27, 2005
  • Engineering Trainee at Al-Arish Steam Power Plant, Sinai, Egypt.
Skills
  • IT: C, C++, Java, PHP, , XML(SAX, RELAX-NG), CSS, HTML, Windows, Unix & Linux Administration, mySql, , Network Security & Administration.
  • Virtualization: (VMware Server, ESXi); SkyEye; GNS3 (Xen, Qemu: in-progress).
  • Systems: Embedded Linux, Android platform, PLC & Microcontroller.
  • Need review: JSP & Servlet, JavaScript, Pl/Sql, Shell & Perl Scripting.
  • Professional with MS Office and good knowledge of MS Project.
  • Good knowledge of Networking, ERP-CRM, Artificial Intelligence, Embedded Systems, RTOS, Instrumentation & Automation, Power Plants, and Oil Field Industry.
  • Familiar with QHSE, Management and Technical Writing.
  • Scored 122 in TickleIQ test with Intellectual Type of Visual Mathematician.
    • Products and Achievments
  • The open source UCML application for Android platform.
  • Performed technical presentations: UCML, RAID,USB, AIT, USIT, …
  • Performed non-technical presentations: Sinai Today, a TV program;Sinai, What lies beneath?!; Standard vs. Default; CAT ethics.
  • Developed technical and non-technical reports: UCML, The Smart Car, Digital Evolution, Networks, FPGAs…
  • Developed non-technical reports:"Case Study on ITI Training Methodology; Increasing integrity, diversity and innovation", "Professional Skills between Demonstration and Application", "A month in SLB" , "SLB summer intern guidelines"…
  • Founded CAT "Computer Assistance Team" in Mansoura University.
  • Delivered IT and Automation solutions besides software applications for PCs and mobile phones.
    • Interests
  • Distributed, Embedded, and Control Systems.
  • Mobile, Ubiquitous and Parallel Computing.
  • RFIDs, Sensors, MEMS, Actuators, Smart Portable Devices.
  • Android, Linux, Unix and Operating Systems Structure.
  • Low level of abstraction and Hardware Interfacing.
  • NanoTechnology, Claytronics, and Synthetic Reality.
  • Project Management and Leadership.
  • Research, Discovery, Implementing new Technologies, and Innovation.
    • In-Progress and Next Steps
  • Writing Device Drivers, Interfacing with Computer(Sensors and actuators using USB).
  • More to know about Kernel and interfacing SW with HW.
  • More in Virtualization: (Xen, Qemu).
  • Completing my post study by having a PhD in an outstanding research institute.
  • Satisfying my desire in innovation and achieve some related to my interests.
  • Bridging the gap between Science and Philosophy, calling back the age of reasoning.

    • Extra
  • Commentary Report Writer and Observer.
  • Willing and able to relocate.
  • Cosmopolitan.
  • Responsive Safety car driver.
  • Not for publication Poet.
  • From Sinai.
  • "Geek", quoted by others.
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