Profile

Experienced software developper, system engineer/admin, and webmaster. Has been solving technical issues of all kinds since the early age of 11, contributed hundreds of working days to the free software community through various projects, and is recognised today as a leading figure of the local free software scene in Morocco.

Education

Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra - Morocco

Bachelor's degree in Java/C++ software development.

Skills

Programming languages:
C(expert), C++, Java, PHP, Perl (notions), Python (notions), web development (HTML/JavaScript, ..etc), SQL, PL/SQL, Pascal, x86 Assembly, Motorolla 68x (assembly).

Development Platforms

Java/J2EE (JSP, Servlets, ..etc), LAMP, C/C++/GTK+/QT/*nix., PHP/HTML.

Application servers (J2EE):

Tomcat, Glassfish.

Databases:

MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle.

Operating systems:

GNU/Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Red Hat, ..), xBSD (Free/Open/Net), Solaris/OpenSolaris.

Virtualization technology:

VirtualBox, Qemu, Bochs.

Sysadmin:

VNC, SSH, XDMCP, XoSSH, FTP, HTTP, DHCP, Linux Kernel recompile/customization.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO):

Keyword targetting, on-site and off-site optimisation, netlinking, pagerank sculpting, backlink anchor text design and distribution, traffic analysis and generation, social media, RSS.

Other:

Dynamic person, with speech and writing abilities (in three languages), can write precise reports about the work being done. Good communicator, can share and manage work with others, and conduct training sessions eventually.

Spoken languages

Arabic, French, and English, written and spoken (perfect trilingual).

Work Experience

2009

Nextma, Casablanca

System engineer and junior consultant.

• Is responsible of research and development and IT security in the company.
  
• Conducts system administration and IT security operations for the clients of the company (on-site and remotely).
• Performs sysadmin related training sessions regularly.
  

2009

Mandriva Linux Maroc:

• 2 months work placement.
• Designed a secure web-based collaborative editing tool based on MediaWiki.

2008

Webhelp Maroc:

• Student job in a leading call-center. (6 Months)
• Worked on the "Numericâble" back-office project, and for the Cdiscount.com website

Multiple services as a Freelancer:

• Website design and development.
• Custom software development.
• Private programming and webmastering courses.
  

Activities

2006 - 2008

Rock music gig organizer / promoter.

2007 - 2009

Pro blogger: manages a dozen of successful adsense monetized blogs and websites.

2008 - 2009

President of "l'Association Marocaine des jeunes musiciens".

Volunteered as a moderator on multiple online discussion boards (rock-side, AMJM, ..)

References

Available upon request