Nader Yassa is a senior software engineer with over 15 years of experience developing websites, content management systems, and machine translation tools. He has extensive experience with ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, and Agile methodologies. Some of his key projects include developing e-commerce solutions, digital asset management systems, and customizing social networking platforms.
2. MY OBJECTIVES
CHALLENGING POSITION
SKILLS UTILIZATION
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
NEW EXPERTISE
GROWTH & LEADERSHIP
TEAM WORK
CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES
3. MY SPECIALTIES
CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
SITE ADMINISTRATION SEARCH & TAG
TEMPLATES MANAGEMENT FILES MANAGEMENT
WYSIWYG EDITOR BRANDING
VERSIONING MULTI LINGUAL SITES
CUSTOM MODULES USER MANAGEMENT
SEO & META DATA THEMES
VIDEOS, PHOTOS & DOCS ARCHIVING
LIBRARIES
4. MY SPECIALTIES
E-COMMERCE WEBSITES
ADMIN INTERFACE SITE BRANDING
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT MULTI LINGUAL SUPPORT
SHOPPING CART CONTENT MANAGEMENT
PAYMENT GATEWAY PROMOTIONS & DISCOUNTS
CATALOG LISTING SEARCH & TAG
SEO & MARKETING SHIPPING
5. MY SPECIALTIES
DIGITAL MEDIA & SOCIAL NETWORKING
BLOGS WORKFLOW
NEWS & ARTICLES SEARCH & TAGGING
FILES SHARING WIKI
PHOTO & VIDEO SHARING EVENT MANAGER
DISCUSSION FORUMS FRIENDS LIST
USER PROFILES WALL
SPACES & GROUPS RSS
NEWS & ARTICLE MANAGER JOBS
6. MY TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES
DESIGN & MODELING TOOL SOCIAL NETWORKING TOOLS PATTERNS & PRACTICES
MS Visio Facebook Connect, Twitter APIs, Communifire. MS Enterprise Library
IDE SEO & WEB TRACKING CMS
VS2008- VS2010 Google webmasters tool, Google Analytics Sitefinity, Wordpress, DNN
LANGUAGES WEB TECHNOLOGIES SOURCE CONTROL
C#, Visual C++, VB.Net, JS ASP.NET, WSVC, AJAX, WCF, MVC, Jquery VSS, Tortoise / SVN
,VBS
PLATFORM & SERVERS BUG TRACKING SYSTESMS
ORMS .NET, IIS5/6/7, Windows 2008/2003/ NT/2K/XP Gemini, Aardvark
NET TIERS, NHIBERNATE
RDBMS
SQL SERVER 2005, 2008
7. MY WORK EXPERIENCE
FITCH – DUBAI ROLE / LEAD DEVELOPER
MAR2008 - PRESENT
Translate business requirements into site maps,
wireframes & functional specifications.
Manage the SDLC using Agile/Scrum methodology.
Provide technical guidance on best practices,
contribute and facilitate the completion of all tasks.
Breakdown of projects into daily tasks, manage
resources availability, maintain project timelines,
estimates and goals.
Mentor the team and ensure accomplishment of tasks
on time and within allocated budget.
Assist Client Servicing with customer communications
as needed.
Solve & troubleshoot customer issues and provide
technical guidance when required.
8. MY KEY PROJECTS
PROJECT/ CAMELNET JAPAN TOBACCO INTERNATIONAL- GENEVA
DOMAIN/ DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT Audited the existing digital asset management system of
http://c-connect.jti.com CAMELNET in accordance with the initial client requirements.
Conducted system analysis, functional validation and
verification of similar suggested products.
Proposed “ThirdLight” as a new digital asset management
solution with functional specs that fulfill the client’s
requirements.
Fully customized the frontend of Thirdlight to reflect the new
brand of CAMELNET.
Implemented additional functionalities as requested by the
client.
Responsibilities:
Front End development
Tools & Technologies/PHP, SMARTY, JQuery
9. MY KEY PROJECTS
PROJECT/ JUMEIRAH COLLECTION JUMEIRAH – DUBAI
DOMAIN/ E-COMMERCE Developed an ecommerce solution that offers a range of
http://jumeirahcollection.com Jumeirah retail products online.
The system operates using various services integrating with
each other:
Jumeirah Stock Control System.
TNT Shipping Services.
MIGS Payment Gateway.
Jumeirah Loyalty program “Sirius”.
Awards:
Awarded “Online Retailer of the year (2009)” by “Retail ME”
1st UAE Awarded “Shaw Trust Web Accessibly Accreditation”
http://www.stwas.org.uk/jumeirahcollection001/jumeirahcollection.html
Responsibilities:
Backend & Frontend development
Tools & Technologies/ ASP.net, C#, MSMQ, Windows
Services, MS Enterprise Library, NetTiers, SQLServer2005,
Web Service, JQuery
10. MY KEY PROJECTS
PROJECT/ LIMITLESS LIMITLESS – DUBAI
DOMAIN/ WEBSITE+CMS Redeveloped the website of Limitless, a master real
http://www.limitless.com estate developer. The new website showcases Limitless
projects, knowledge center, and newsroom.
The site is multilingual and fully managed by an in-
house developed CMS that offers content management,
template management, sitemap management and
business modules management functionalities.
Responsibilities:
Backend & Frontend development
Tools & Technologies/ ASP.net, C#, Code Smith / NetTiers,
SQLServer2005, JQuery
11. MY KEY PROJECTS
PROJECT/ BQ BQ – DUBAI
DOMAIN/ WEBSITE+CMS BQ is a sunglass product invented by Fitch to showcase
http://www.bq.ae the range of abilities in developing a product from the
ground up.
The website is content managed and features an
interactive section that allows the visitors to try the bq
sunglass online and share their photos on Facebook
and Twitpic
Responsibilities:
Backend & Frontend development
Tools & Technologies/ ASP.net, C#, JQuery, Code Smith /
NetTiers, SQLServer2005
12. MY KEY PROJECTS
PROJECT/ GALLERY ONE GALLERY ONE – DUBAI
DOMAIN/ E-COMMERCE Developed a bespoke e-commerce system that allows
http://www.g-1.com customers to tailor how they can view Gallery One
products.
The website includes a “view in a room” functionality,
allowing the ability to compare how various prints work
alongside each other.
Responsibilities:
Backend & Frontend development
Tools & Technologies/ ASP.net, C#, JQuery, SITEFINITY,
SQLServer2005
13. MY KEY PROJECTS
PROJECT/ AES ARAB EXPATRIAT SCIENTISTS – QATAR
DOMAIN/ WEBSITE+SOCIAL NETWORKING Customized & localized a ready-made social networking
http://development.gsfitch.net tool (Communifire) for the Arab Expatriate Scientists in
Qatar.
The website features blogs, discussion forums, news &
article manager, spaces & groups, photo & video
sharing, wiki, friends list, job board & event manager.
Created new custom modules and funcitionalities that
fulfill the business needs of AES.
Responsibilities:
Backend & Frontend development
Tools & Technologies/ASP.net, C#, Ajax, COMMUNIFIRE,
Jquery
14. MY KEY PROJECTS
PROJECT/ ALZAHIA SHARJAH HOLDING – SHARJAH
DOMAIN/ WEBSITE+CMS A dynamic website designed and developed for a real
http://alzahia.gsfitch.net estate developer. The site provides information relating
to all aspects of living in Al Zahia, a Sharjah holding
development
Incorporated into the site are masterplan & floorplans for
all apartment available, and mortgage calculator, so that
investors/ potential tenants can calculate the monthly
installments.
Fully content managed in wordpress, allowing the client
to ensure the site content remains fresh and current.
Responsibilities:
Backend & Frontend development
Tools & Technologies/ PHP, Wordpress, JQuery
15. MY KEY PROJECTS
PROJECT/ HADEF & PARTNERS HADEF & PARTNERS – DUBAI
DOMAIN/ WEBSITE+CMS Developed a bespoke content managed solution,
http://www.hadefpartners.com allowing Hadef website content to remain current and up
to date, and react immediately to important market
developments.
Dynamic homepage builder, attracting browsers to new
areas of content from the homepage.
Tailored search functions, returning specific results
related to main website content sections.
Branded print function, enabling website users to build
their own Hadef branded ‘ebrochure’ containing specific
pages of content.
Responsibilities:
Backend & Frontend development
Tools & Technologies/ ASP.net, C#, NetTiers,
SQLServer2005, JQuery, ABCPdf
16. MY KEY PROJECTS
PROJECT/ JESS JUMEIRAH ENGLISH SPEAKING SCHOOLS – DUBAI
DOMAIN/ WEBSITE+CMS Developed Jess website to provide information on the 4
http://www.jess.sch.ae schools within the JESS network of schools.
Fully functional, allowing for latest news and events
feeds to feature on the home page, and additional
content areas to feature as highlighted content from the
homepage.
Fully content managed, allowing Jess to update content
and remind parents of important up and coming events
etc.
Responsibilities:
Backend & Frontend development
Tools & Technologies/ ASP.net, C#, JQuery, SITEFINITY,
SQLServer2005
17. MY WORK EXPERIENCE
IMPACT PROXIMITY – DUBAI ROLE / TECHNICAL LEAD
OCT2005 – FEB2008 Led the development of various online campaigns for
high profile clients such as Showtime Arabia and Pepsi.
Implemented a video converter engine to convert
uploaded videos of different formats (avi, mpeg, 3gp...)
into FLV format and generate video thumbnails.
Integrated SHOWTIME Arabia website with PA Sports
feeds to publish EPL’s fixtures information, daily
schedules and live results.
Websites:
Pepsi Sea of Stars
http://www.pepsiseaofstars.com/ugc
Showtime Axis of Evil
http://www.showtimearabia.com/AxisOfEvil
English Premier League
http://www.showtimearabia.com/premierleague
Shake the stadium
http://www.showtimearabia.com/Competition/ShakeTheStadium
Responsibilities:
Backend & Frontend development
Tools & Technologies/ FFmpeg – FLVTool, Windows Service, ASP.net,
C#, AJAX, XML, ADO.Net – MS Enterprise Library.SQL Server 2000
18. MY KEY PROJECTS
PROJECT/ ADCB ADCB – Abu Dhabi
DOMAIN/ WEBSITE Developed ADCB online applications and enquiries
http://www.adcb.com forms.
Integrated the website with Reuters real time feeds to
publish Financial News, Stock Markets Data, Shares
Price and Charts.
Websites
http://www.adcb.com
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (English / Arabic)
http://www.adbtrade.com
Al Dhabi Brokerage (English / Arabic)
http://www.adcbinvestor.com
Abu Dhabi Investor (English / Arabic)
Responsibilities:
Backend & Frontend development
Tools & Technologies/ ASP.net, C#, SQLServer2005
19. MY KEY PROJECTS
PROJECT/ SHOWTIME ARABIA SHOWTIME ARABIA – DUBAI
DOMAIN/ WEBSITE+CMS Developed ShowTime Arabia web site to provide
http://www.showtimearabia.com online services to the web users including ordering
movies, subscribing to various packages and
processing online payments.
Website
ShowTime Arabia (English / Arabic)
http://www.showtimearabia.com
Responsibilities:
Backend Development
Tools & Technologies/ ASP.net, C#, SQLServer2005 ,
SOAP
20. MY KEY PROJECTS
DUBAI WORLD TRADE CENTER - DUBAI
PROJECT/ DWTC
DOMAIN/ WEBSITE+CMS Developed an in-house CMS to create and content
manage Dubai World Trade Center websites.
The CMS creates and publishes dynamic, multi-lingual
web sites..
Features include creating web pages, templates,
adding placeholders, business modules & data lists.
Responsibilities:
Backend Development
Tools & Technologies/ASP.net - UIP - Component Art - AJAX
– FCKEditor – JS, C# - XML - Nhibernate - ADO.Net – MS
Enterprise Library - SQL Server 2000
Websites [Client/ DWTC] Website [Client/ Showtime Arabia]
http://www.gitex.com http://www.showtimearabia.com
http://www.shopper.gitex.com
http://www.gulfood.com Websites [Client/ Jeep – Dodge]
http://www.boatshowdubai.com http://mideast.jeep.com
http://www.gulfcomms.com http://mideast.dodge.com
http://www.careersuae.ae
http://www.dubaimotorshow.com
21. MY WORK EXPERIENCE
SAKHR - EGYPT ROLE / SENIOR S/W ENGINEER
JUL2000 – MAR 2005
Worked on SAKHR leading translation technology.
Developed SAKHR Web Based Machine Translation
[SET] providing bilingual translation from English to
Arabic and vice versa.
Developed various research tools in machine
translation to improve the quality of the translation
engine.
22. MY WORK EXPERIENCE SAKHR ENTERPRISE TRANSLATION – SAKHR
PROJECT/ SET
DOMAIN/ MACHINE TRANSLATION Developed SAKHR Web Based Machine Translation
http://www.sakhr.com/products/SET/Default.aspx?se solution - SET to provide translation from English to
c=Product&item=SET Arabic and vice versa. The system targets large
companies that have a continuous flow of translation
work.
Clients:
Ministry of Defence(UK)
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Home
Northrop Grumman(US)
http://www.northropgrumman.com
ALIS Technologies (Canada)
http://www.alis.com
SAIL LABS Technology (UK)
http://www.sail-technology.com/
SAIC(US.)
http://www.saic.com/
Responsibilities:
Backend Development , COM Development
Tools & Technologies/VC++, ASP – COM - SQL Server
2000 – HTML - JS
23. MY WORK EXPERIENCE
PROJECT/ MT TOOLS MACHINE TRANSLATION TOOLS - SAKHR
DOMAIN/ RESEARCH Developed various windows and web based
applications to improve the quality of Sakhr Machine
Translation engine including R&D tools developed for
Sakhr linguists to review and edit translation entries
while maintaining data synchronized with remote
servers in different regions. (EG – US – KSA)
Developed a web mail crawler engine for tarjim.com to
securely translate hotmail.com & yahoomail.com
messages to web users allowing them to safely read
their emails in Arabic.
Improved the caching mechanism of tarjim.com
database serving 530K+ daily requests.
Responsibilities:
App Development , COM Development, Backend
development
Tools & Technologies/VC++, ASP – COM - SQL Server 2000
– HTML - JS
24. MY GRADUATION PROJECT
OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION ENGINE
USING NEURAL NETWORKS
Developed an Arabic OCR Engine based on sub word
approach & Neural Networks.
The OCR engine included a segmentation module that
separates and identifies the Arabic sub-words.
The neural network was designed and trained on a
sample of Arabic sub-words and a single font type.
The recognition accuracy achieved 90%.
Tools & technologies: VC++ and NEUROSOLUTIONS.
25. MY EDUCATION
Ain Shams University, Faculty of Computer and
Information Sciences – Cairo, EGYPT
Sep 1996 - June 2000.
Bachelor of Computer Science.
Graduate Degree: Very good
Project Degree: Excellent
MY SPOKEN LANGUAGES
Arabic Mother Tongue.
English Very Good
French Very Good
MY SKILLS
Self-motivated team player.
Off hour flexibility and commitment to target Dates and
Quality Parameters.
Ability to handle and troubleshoot technical problems
and make technical decisions with minimal supervision.
Ability to manage multiple tasks successfully.