Amer Doko

Email: amerdoko@cmu.edu                             Tel: +1 (412)-482-7694                                      Address: 749 S Millvale Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Education

                Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA                                                                                                    2009

                Masters’ of Information Systems Management

                Arkansas State University, Fayetteville, AR, USA                                                                                                     2008

                Spring International Language Center (Pre-Academic Program)

                Damascus University, Damascus, Syria                                                                                                                       2006

                School of Information Technology Engineering

Work Experience

Application Development, Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA                                                                                                          2009

· Application Development

Teacher, Damascus University & Arab European University, Damascus, Syria                                                              2007-2008

· Teacher of C++, Algorithms, Networking Systems, Networks Management

Projects ICT Consultant, UN Development Program, Damascus, Syria                                                                             2005-2007

· Project Manager of Interactive Schools Project: (www.is.sy)

· Web and Mail Administration of UNDP-Syria Projects website: (www.undpprojects.sy)

· Member of Reefnet Protal Team: (www.reefnet.gov.sy)

Project Manager, EMEA-Tech, Damascus, Syria                                                                                                                     2004-2005

· “Cham Clinic” Project Manager (Java, UML, Rational Rose)

· EMEA Workflow Management System & EMEA CMS (Content Management System) & Portal

· The internal multi-user network design, administration, troubleshooting & maintenance

· EMEA-Tech Website Administrator (www.emea-ict.com)

· Pre-sales Engineer, Network (LAN/WAN) Design

Web Developer, United Nations Population Fund, Damascus, Syria                                                                                    2004

· Volunteer to develop the organization’s website: (www.unfpa.org.sy)

Systems Analyst and Developer, TeachArabia, Damascus, Syria                                                                                         2003-2004

· System Analyst for the project “Web-based Automated Schools System”

· C++ & C# Developer

Academic Projects

· 3rd year project: Graphics Editor (Java)                                                                                                                                 2003

· 4th year project: VoIP (Java)                                                                                                                                                   2004

· 5th year project (Graduation Project): E-Government Pilot Project (Java), EMEA-Tech                                             2005

Programming Skills

· Programming Languages: Java, C#, C++, C, JavaScript, HTML, PHP, Pascal, Prolog, Lisp, Bash Scripting, SQL, PL/SQL.

· Web Applications Programming: client/server, J2EE, CORBA, RMI, JSP, Servlet, EJB, JNDI, JDBC, XML.

· DBMS: Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server; Database Design, Implementation & Administration.

· Modeling: UML, Design Patterns, XPDL.

· Application Server: Bea Weblogic AS and platform.

· Compilers, Automata, Interpreters, Algorithms, Parallel Programming.

· Encryption/Decryption, Digital Signature, Certificates.

· Modeling and Programming tools: JBuilder, Rational Rose, CBuilder, .Net, Visual C/C++.

· Protocols: TCP/IP Family, SSL, HTTP(s), SNMP, SMTP, LDAP.

Networking Skills

· Configure CISCO Switches, Routers.

· Installing & configuring Windows 2000 professional, Server, Advanced Server, 2003 server.

· Installing & configuring Active Directory service.

· Operating Systems: UNIX, LINUX (Red Hat, SUSI, Debian), Macintosh OS, Solaris, DOS, Windows 2000 pro, Windows 98 & Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Server & Advanced Server, Windows 2003 Server, and Windows Vista.

· Networking Principles, Networking Protocols, Networks Security, Networks Design and Installation, Voice over IP.

· Telecommunications Switching Facilities: PBX

Achievements and Activities

· Fulbright Scholarship Grantee, US State Department                                                                                                          2007

· Graduation Project Supervisor for a group of students, “Inventory Management System”                                        2007

· Teacher of “Networking Principals” and “Networks Management” at Damascus University                                     2007

· Teacher of “C++” and “Introduction to Algorithms and Programming” at the Arab European University              2007

· Leadership and Communication Certificate (UNDP)                                                                                                          2006

· Managing the IT Department Certificate (UNDP)                                                                                                                                2006

· International Visitor Leadership Program, US State Department                                                                                      2005

· RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer), certificate of attendance                                                                                         2004

· Editor in Chief, FIT Magazine, School of IT Engineering, Damascus, Syria                                                                   2003

· Languages spoken: English, Arabic, French