Alain E. Gebara

Lebanese American University                       gebara_alain@hotmail.com        Lebanon, Byblos                                          Tel: (961) (3) 78 55 87             PO Box: 90, Box: 527                                                                                                                                  

                        MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION                               COMPUTER  AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING                         GRADUATE FROM THE LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, LAU               FRENCH / ENGLISH / ARABIC

 

OBJECTIVE: Highlighting my abilities.

 

ACADEMIC HISTORY

2003 - Present: Lebanese American University, LAU – Byblos Lebanon
  Masters in Business Administration Enrolled in 2003,
  39 credits program, GPA 3.8.

 

1998 - 2003:  Lebanese American University, LAU – Byblos Lebanon
  Computer and Telecommunication Engineering
  Enrolled In 1998, Bachelor Degree of Engineering, 165 Credits Program, Honor List, Graduated on July 2003.

                           

1993 - 1998:    Mont La Salle School, French System School
  “Double Bac”: French and Lebanese Baccalaureates with
  Emphasis on Math- Result: Distinguished Student in both.

                          

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003-2005   TWO YEARS CAREER WITH POTEL SARL – LEBANON
In spite of the traditional job as engineer, have been working in POTEL for two years at the Managerial level
  - Creating an HR department.
  - Onsite management.
  - Handling R&D department.
  - Creating contacts with worldwide suppliers and cost saving schemes through emphasis on globalization.

 

2004-REMOTE SYNCHRONIZATION SOFTWARE FOR THE UNIFIL – LEBANON, POTEL Company
  Project manager
  - Onsite management for 1 continuous month, 18h/day.
  - Coordination with worldwide chief engineers and managers.
  - Continuous team motivation.
  - Software purchased by the UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON.
  -This system controls a 5 MW power house of the UNITED NATIONS.
   

  

2004-FREELANCE WEB DEVELOPMENT –PROJECTS INCLUDE
Customer coordination including, general meetings, data collection, and ultimately web creation.
  Some references: .Website for Electrical contracting firm:
  http://www.potelsarl.com, Website for a hair implantation clinic.
  http://www.hcc-lb.com, Website for the Lebanese ski school.
  http://www.lebaneseskischool.com.

 

2003- REMOTE MONITORING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT – LEBANON, POTEL Company
  Project manager.
  -  Project planning and management.
  -  Technical implementation.
  -   Web generators control system for the BLF bank.
   

 

 2002-ADMISSION VIRTUAL 3D TOUR CD FOR THE LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
  Project Coordinator and General Supervisor
  - Team leader and sole representative.
  - Technical work such as database control and “three-sixties” for the LAU facilities. (Labs, courts, etc…).
  -  Flash and macromedia director animations.
   

 

 2001:BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR – LEBANON, POTEL Company
  -Implementing and Publishing
  -Installing the BMS in the “Berytech Techno-pole” (ESIB University).
  -Assisting in the installation of the BMS in the Metropolitan Palace Hotel (Horch Tabet).
  -Designing the BMS for the Sagesse (St Paul) University.
   

 

2000: NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR – LEBANON, Lebanese American University
  Administrating Windows 2000 Network
  -  Remote Installation and set up of Windows 2000 Professional for the MCSE classes. (Seven classes each consisting of 2 servers and 30 clients).
  - Configuring DHCP, DNS, Wins, Remote Access, etc.
  - Configure Internet access for the Network.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 Linguistic skills: Arabic, French and English: Very Fluent in Reading, Writing, Speaking   

Managerial skills: MBA focus on Management, Leadership and Human Resources.

Programming Skills and Development Tools:

Operating Systems:   
  - Windows (1998, 2000, NT, XP).  
  - Linux/Unix.
   
Networking:  
  - Microsoft Certified Professional. (MCP).
   
High Level Languages:  
  -Object Oriented Languages: Professional Java developer.  Programs developed:
      
  -Lovato monitoring software/Tetris, Stanford’s       university version/ Snake game/Paint brush/ Online Advisor (software that advises any student, based on his ID and Password, parses the HTML of the Banner System in the University, logs on to a local Oracle Database (JDBC) and then based on priorities given to the courses, on the prerequisites of the courses, and on the courses offered on the current semester, advises the student which courses for the coming semester, via an applet displaying all the courses of the curriculum in a tree format.
       
   -C, C++ and Pascal Developer.
   
Databases:  
   Professional SQL Developer under Oracle 9i/SQL, PL/SQL/ JDBC and SQLJ/ Object Relational Databases/ Publishing SQL Data Using XML/SQL/MM (SQL Multimedia).
   
Other Programming Languages:  
  VHDL, 80386 and Motorola 68000 Assembly.
   
Other Computer Skills:
  Microsoft Office (FrontPage, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
  QTVR authoring studio, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Flash, Macromedia Director.
   
   
   
Professional Memberships:
   Active member in the order of Architects and Engineers.
   Active member, (for four consecutive years), in the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
   
   

 

 

 

Sports and Activities:   
  Scuba Diving (Padi Certified Nitrox Diver)
  Football:  best player in the interschool Arab championship.
  Tennis, Basketball, snowboard.

 N.B: Just workaholic.