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HI, I'm Joud Khattab

Information Management Officer


Business & Data Analyst, University Instructor, Developer, and Tech Entrepreneur

Email: [email protected] / Phone: +963 991 448 543

  Education

Master in Big Data Science

Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology - Graduation December 2019

Overview: Big Data science is all about uncovering findings from data. Diving in at a granular level to mine and understand complex behaviors, trends, and inferences. It's about surfacing hidden insight that can help enable companies to make smarter business decisions.

Field of Study: Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Statistics & Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Data Visualization, Cloud Computing, Data Privacy, Text Analytics, Time Series, Social Network Analysis.

Bachelors of Business Administration

Damascus University - Graduated June 2017

Overview: Business Administrators prepares to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.

Field of Study: Project Management, International Marketing & E-Commerce, Human Resource Management, Small & Medium Enterprises Management, International Business Administration.

Bachelors of Software Engineering

Yarmouk Private University - Excellent degree - Graduated August 2016

Overview: Software engineering is a direct sub-field of engineering and has an overlap with computer science and management science. Software engineers are computer science professionals who use knowledge of engineering principles and programming languages to build software products, develop computer games, and run network control systems.

Field of Study: Programming, Algorithm Analysis, Database Systems, System Analysis & Design, Computer Networks, System Security, Internet Technologies, Web Programming, Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks, English Writing Skills, Computer Skills, Communication Skills.

  Work

Information Management Officer

UNDP - Nov. 2021 - Present

Responsibilities:

Respond to ERL sector needs for information and develop relevant data bases as per the sector objectives, plans and activities.

Provide IM services for the ERL Sector including data collection, collation, analysis, and dissemination.

Management of all IM-related processes involving the sector, including HPC cycle, SHF allocations, informationn sharing with other sectors, and other as required.

Proactively gather information from other sectors and organizations/partners which may be of use to the ERL sector for informing decisions, including movement of population, shelter locations and road networks.

Proactively liaise with ERL’s Sector members also at field level to collect relevant ERL information about target areas and highlight the ERL Sector operations in IM products through maps and charts.

ICT Quality Assurance & Data Analyst

UNDP - Jan. 2021 - Nov. 2021

Responsibilities:

Develop QA standards for NGO's engagement & capacity development unit.

Develop the QA and M&E SOPs and required forms and manage the data collection and analysis.

Analyze NGOs ICT requirements giving objective advice on this matter, emphasizing changing NGOs management's mindset to comprehend the necessity of ICT as a vehicle for NGO's advancement.

Define and set TORs and specifications for software, hardware, and network solutions.

Participate in the development of the NGOs platform and its reporting dashboard.

Administrate the e-learning dashboard, and assist in the review of the training modules and curriculum

Manage the CSOs/NGOs and SBOs data.

Administrate the e-learning dashboard, and assist in the review of the training modules and curriculum

University Practical Instructor

Yarmouk Private University - Feb. 2017 - Sep. 2021

Responsibilities:

Teaching courses at the Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering. Courses Vary between programming, algorithms, data analysis, and courses that describe system analysis and design process steps from requirement gathering to testing the developed software.

Graduation projects supervisor and jury member.

Regular curriculum development. Planning and preparing a new college curriculum plan.

Preparing the academic programs for the semester.

Follow up on the scientific quality of the course content.

Coordinate Council and Executive Committee meetings.

Business & Data Analyst

Spacetoon GO - Apr. 2020 - Dec. 2020

Responsibilities:

Partners closely with business stakeholders and team members to identify and unlock opportunities.

Define, set and develop a consistent data strategy that meets the business objectives and targets, business operations, and development.

Designing, implementing, and improving data models, data pipelines, and metadata extractors.

Lead, implement, and maintain the integration and operation of the analytics and engagement systems.

Support insights and visualization of historical and complex data sets and develop prototype solutions, models, and algorithms analytics to lead to actionable insights and decisions.

University Practical Instructor

Arab International University - Aug. 2018 - Aug. 2020

Responsibilities:

Teaching Software Engineering courses at the Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering. Courses like System Analysis and Design, and Business Intelligent.

Supervising junior and senior projects.

Certified Trainer for the national graduation examination.

Co-Founder & Software Architect

ICT Solutions Office - May 2018 - Jan. 2019

Responsibilities:

Design, develop and execute software solutions to address business issues.

Creating high-level product specifications and design documents.

Developing a software project plan and manage its deliverables.

Leading and managing the software project team.

Ensure that the software solution meets various quality assurance criteria.

Create a test plan to assess functionality, performance, reliability, and compatibility of softwares.

Ensure ongoing compliance with quality and industry regulatory requirements.

Evaluate and recommend tools and technologies to ensure the highest quality product platform.

Researcher Intern at UN-ESCWA

Statistical Division - Sep. 2017 - Jan. 2018

Responsibilities:

Compiles, processes, and works with socioeconomic databases derived from a variety of sources.

Supports drafting of inputs to presentations, project documents, and research papers.

Supports the organization of expert group meetings.

Full Stack Web Developer

Freelancer - Jan. 2015 - May 2018

Responsibilities:

Developing frontend and backend website architecture and applications.

Creating servers and databases for functionality.

Ensuring responsiveness of applications.

Working alongside graphic designers for web design features.

Designing and developing APIs and write their technical documentation.

Web Developer

Dot Connect Web Solutions Company - May 2014 - Jan 2015

Responsibilities:

Working remotely with a team in several countries.

Software development for web-based systems, using C#, ASP.net, MVC, Entity framework, MSSQL server.

Create a website layout/user interface by using standard HTML/CSS practices.

  Volunteer

World Summit Awards

Youth Ambassador - Jun. 2020 - Present

The World Summit Awards WSA is an INGO that hold a unique awards system, selecting and promoting local digital innovation to improve society. WSA implements the UN agenda for the development of the information society and supports specifically the UN SDGs through the use of ICTs.

SEERS Platform

Co-Founder & Program Manager - May. 2020 - Present

SEERS is a UNDP supported startup that designed to identify core and innovative learning of a digital community that best encourages, inspires, and supports successful social enterprises and entrepreneurs through a life-long learning journey from finding best practice, case studies, lessons learnt that will accelerate their growth, encourage their collaboration and expand their future opportunities.

YLP UNDP Regional Hub

E-Platform Technical Team Leader - Apr. 2019 - Present

Youth Leadership Programme is one of the UNDP Programs, it is launched in 2015 to build the region's most dynamic network working at the intersection of youth, innovation, and sustainable development. YLP platform connects YLP alumni and partners across the Arab States region. It offers a space for participants to network, share their ideas, and search for support.

ChangeMakers

Chief Technology Officer - Aug. 2017 - Present

ChangeMakers is a Syrian Youth-led initiative aiming to provide young people with coding skills and develop their abilities to communicate effectively. It is funded by the UNFPA.

Innovation Hub

Co-Founder & Event Organizer - Feb. 2019 - Jun. 2019

A Syrian initiative that founded to support entrepreneurship, technology and innovation. By encouraging youth to start their own tech startups, Promoting the culture of openness, collaboration and innovation and providing a supportive environment for them.

Syrian Collegiate Programming Contest

Program Organizer & Coach - Aug. 2016 - Oct. 2018

The International Collegiate Programming Contest, known as the ICPC, is an annual multi-tiered competitive programming competition among the universities of the world.

TEDxYPU

Web Developer and Technical Associate - Jan 2015

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. They believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives, and ultimately, the world. TEDx is an event that bring together bright minds to give talks that are idea-focused, and on a wide range of subjects, to foster learning, inspiration and wonder – and provoke conversations that matter.

  SEMINARS

Customer Engagement Management

Design Thinking and Role Playing

Data Storytelling

Geospatial Information Management

Big Data for Development

Fog Computing

Personality Detection via MBTI Test

Seasonal ARIMA

Spark SQL

Social Networks Analysis

Smart City Era

Optimization Techniques

From Image Processing To Computer Vision

Network Address Translation (NAT)

  Teaching Courses

Introduction to Algorithms & Programming

This course consists of an introduction to problem understanding and solving. Introduction to algorithms, their representation, design, structuring, analysis and optimization. Implementation of algorithms as structured programs in a high level language. Introduction to programming with the use of a suitable high level language.

Programming 1

This course is focused on procedural programming using an appropriate programming language. It covers : arrays, functions, pointers, Dynamic memory allocation, Structures, classes and related topics. All implemented in C++.

Design & Analysis of Algorithms

This course is a study of the design, analysis and representation of algorithms. Topics include: Models of computation, fundamental strategies divide-and-conquer, recursion, search and traversal, backtracking, branch-and-bound, analysis tools and techniques for algorithms, representation of sets and graphs, algorithms on graphs, NP-completeness and intractability.

Programming Languages

This course covers the principals of programming languages. It includes the structures of programming languages. Formal specifications of syntax, semantics and translation. Data structures, data control, subprograms, storage management concepts and techniques employed in major languages.

Compiler Design

Introduction to compilation, interpretation, translation, formal languages and grammars, major compilation phases such as lexical analysis, syntax analysis, intermediate code generation, semantic analysis, optimization, and code generation.

Data Mining

The course is covering the following points: Introduction to basic principles for knowledge extraction and types of data, Acquire necessary skills in data mining implementation, Basic techniques: classification, clustering, dimension reduction, feature selection, knowledge discovery.

Computer Graphics

This course represents an introduction and fundamentals of computer graphics. Lines and circles algorithms. Geometrical transformation in 2D and 3D (Translation, Scaling, Rotation). Composing transformations, projection, methods for forming 2D views using curves.

Operating System 1

This course covers: an introductory study of evolution, services, and structure of operating systems. The basic concepts of operating system design, implementation and management of system resources such as CPU, Input/Output devices and drivers, memory and software. Examples given from modern operating system such as Unix and Windows driven operating systems.

Information System Analysis & Design

This course is an overview of system analysis and design. Concepts and methods used in the analysis, design, and deployment of information systems. Explore the major issues at each stage in the system development life cycle, including requirement analysis, logical design, functional design, and implementation. Technical tools such as data flow diagrams, entity relationship diagrams, and CASE tools are introduced.

Software Engineering 1

This course covers the following topics: Fundamentals of software engineering using a group project as the basic vehicle. Software crisis, managing complexity, requirements specification, architectural and detailed design, UML, testing and analysis, software process, and tools and environments.

Software Engineering 2

This course covers essentially the following topics: Basics of System Design, Design Methods, Object oriented software engineering, Introduction to OO concepts, Evolution of OO concepts, OO Analysis, OO Design, UML basics, OO Test and Maintenance, OO Project management, CASE tools.

Software Engineering 3

Get introduced to Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) in Java EE 7. And how to create an entire EJB application programming interface (API). The course also goes through how to create servlets and how to test the EJB items in the server.

Computer Skills

This course covers all the practical elements included in the ICDL certificate and consists of the following: Introduction to Information Technology, Windows operating system, Word, Excel, PowerPoint,Internet and e-mail Explorer and Outlook, Access database system.

  SKILLS

   Professional Skills

  • Hard Working
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Team Working
  • Research
  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem Solving

   Programming Skills

  • Algorithms Analysis
  • Web Development
  • Android Development
  • Data Analysis

   Software Skills

  • Articulate Storyline
  • Microsoft Office
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Camtasia

  Awards

Algorithms & Problem-Solving Competitions

ACM SYPUCPC

First Place at ACM SYPUCPC - 2014 & 2015

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (abbreviated as ACM-ICPC or ICPC) is an annual multi-tiered competitive programming competition among the universities of the world. The contest is sponsored by IBM.

ACM SYPUCPC

Third Place at ACM SYPUCPC - 2016

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (abbreviated as ACM-ICPC or ICPC) is an annual multi-tiered competitive programming competition among the universities of the world. The contest is sponsored by IBM.

ACM SCPC

Certificate of Achievement at ACM SCPC - 2014 & 2015 & 2016

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (abbreviated as ACM-ICPC or ICPC) is an annual multi-tiered competitive programming competition among the universities of the world. The contest is sponsored by IBM.

Entrepreneurship Competitions

Startup Weekend Damascus

Third Place - 2015

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event that brings together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and experts from all domains to do amazing things. All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams form around the top ideas and embark on a three-day frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekend culminates with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback!

Khbrat Syria

Third Place - 2016

Khbarat Syria is an NGO that holds many events and project, one of these project is a startup contest that is much like startup weekend. our project in this contest won the third place and it was a bracelet that delivers the news to family and ambulance in case of mortar or blast, and prioritize the ambulance for the injured.

  Contact

  Address

Damascus, Syria

  Phone

+963 991 448 543

  Mail

[email protected]

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