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Abdallah G. Deeb

Experience

2007-2008 RimuHosting Cambridge, NZ

System Administrator

* Answering support tickets
* Configuration/management of virtual private servers

2006-2007 HATCO, ltd Beirut, Lebanon

IT Officer/Lead Developer

* IT infrastructure restructuring and administration (MS Exchange 2000, MS Sql Server, Linux Firewall, …)
* Setup and integration of Microsoft Great Plains (ERP) and CRM
* Design and development of manufacturing (MRP) application (WebApplication – PHP+MySql+MS SqlServer)

2002-Current Gnosys, sarl Beirut, Lebanon

CTO, Lead developer

* Internal XML-RPC based publishing software (Python + wxPython toolkit + Wordpress platform)
* Project manager and lead development for statistical data management & reporting software built for the UN ESCWA. (VB6+Python+MSSQL+OLAP)
* Project manager for development of online accounting suite. (Perl+PostgreSQL)
* Administration of internet hosting services.
* Linux training (command line, programming and Samba integration).

2000-2002 Freelance developer

* Structural design for web magazine, wrote tools & workflow. (Perl+VBA)
* Designed a messaging system (email, IM, paging) based on various open source components for ISP use.
(OpenLDAP/CyrusIMAP/sqMail, PHP+Javascript+BASH)

(mandatory military service)
1997–2000 Non-profit organization Metn, Lebanon

Developer, System administrator

* System administration and user support. (Windows NT, 2K)
* Development of in-house applications. (C++/VB5-6/MSAccess)

1995-1997 Destination, ITX Beirut, Lebanon

Developer, System analyst

* Setup networking hardware (ISP infrastructure)
* Setup and administration of Mail, Database, Web, IRC, & Gaming Servers.
* Writing in-house application (C++/Java)
* Consultancy and programming for telephony projects (PBX/Callback Application) (C/VB)

Education
1993-1997 ISAE (CNAM), Lebanese University Beirut, Lebanon

* “Informatique de Gestion”, Business Administration and Computer Science.

Computer & Other Skills

Natural languages

* Arabic: Native
* Englich: perfectly spoken and written
* French: very good.

Programing Languages Working knowledge of:
C/C++, Visual Basic (6, .NET, for Applications, and Script),
Python, Perl, Java, PHP, JavaScript., C#,
HTML, CSS, XML, SQL
Technologies & Operating systems
MS SQL Server + Analysis Services (OLAP)
MySQL, PostgreSQL , SOAP/XML-RPC
LDAP (OpenLDAP), Samba
Microsoft Office / OpenOffice.org Development

Linux (founding member of the Lebanese LUG)
Windows (NT, XP, 2K, 2K3)
Mac OS X
familiar with Solaris

Recent Personal Projects

* Easy to use control panel for hosting services. The project aims at creating a standards compliant, AJAX enabled, new user oriented control panel.
* Currently developing open source Historical Timeline software, to be used with a Bible research database I wrote a while back.
* Developed the concept of Open Source based community centers for the ICT dept. in UN ESCWA. The centers are now being deployed in rural areas in the Middle East.

Interests
Movie critique, writing, camping and hiking.

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