EDUCATION CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY Master of Engineering in Applied Operations Research: May 2004 GPA: 3.50 ROLLINS COLLEGE, Winter Park, FL Master of Business Administration with Honors: May 2003 GPA: 3.87 Concentration: Finance and Accounting AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon Bachelor in Electrical Engineering: June 2001 Concentration: Electronics and Communications EXPERIENCE SUMMER INTERNSHIPS UBC SERVICES INC., Lagos, Victoria Island, Nigeria Assistant to Managing Director Summer 2002 * Prepared a budget for the project manager for the construction of 39 GSM cell sites, and divided expenses into different categories: civil work, electrical work, raw material, labor, transportation, etc * Helped prepare a tender for GSM cell site construction project in Egypt * Prepared cost assessment per GSM cell site construction, performing a cost analysis breakdown for all components of the cell site, resulting in 6.5% cost reduction * Dealt with vendors and suppliers, negotiated payments and credit terms, and ensured that delivered products met requirements * Recommended strategies to improve efficiency and employee morale at the company’s warehouse, as well as going with the warehouse manager over inventory management mechanism MOTOROLA, Chicago, IL Engineering Trainee Summer 2000 * Installed, and operated Motorola’s Switch (routing hub); tested performance when running over capacity * Controlled Interworking Unit (Internet traffic controller) through online software * Prepared technical report of competitive products/services to improve business sales ACADEMIC RELATED CORNELL UNIVERSITY, School of Operations Research, Ithaca, NY Consultant Academic year 2003-04 * Worked in a team of five students on a data mining project for Analog Devices Inc. * Imported and cleaned a 4.5GB database using Microsoft Access and MySQL software packages * Exported the data to the SAS System, developed hypotheses for sampling and running statistical measures, and used the system as an aid to perform data mining analysis on the data * Pinpointed differences or similarities that may exist in ADI’s customers’ behaviors, and accordingly presented recommendations on the possibility of segmenting ADI’s pool of customers Teaching Assistant Academic year 2003-04 * Conducted weekly problem-solving sessions and held office hours for Financial and Managerial Accounting, and Economic Analysis of Engineering Systems courses ROLLINS COLLEGE, Crummer Graduate School of Business, Winter Park, FL Teaching and Research Assistant Academic years 2001-02 & 2002-03 * Conducted research and assisted in faculty publications regarding two subjects: “Predicting Bankruptcy through Empirical Evidences” and “Efficiency of Corporate Governance – United American Airline Case Study” * Collected companies’ data, calculated all types of different financial ratios, and compared the results to that of industry and market * Tutored Financial Management, Managerial Accounting, and Financial Accounting courses * Conducted weekly Financial and Managerial Accounting problem solving sessions for first year MBA students, including preparing problems, and holding office hours AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT, Faculty of Engineering, Beirut, Lebanon Lab Instructor for Control Theory and Microcontrollers Lab (junior EE class) Spring 2001 * Prepared weekly experiments, supervised students working in teams to build circuits, and graded their circuits and reports * Helped students with their term projects, and gave extra lectures upon their request. TECHNICAL AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS * Programming Languages: Assembly Codes, C++, MySQL, VBA, Visual C++ and HTML. * Application Software: MS Windows, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Powerpoint, MS FrontPage, Photoshop, AutoCad, Matlab, @Risk, ProModel, MySQL, SAS System-EM, OrCad, MathCad, EWB, PsPice, and Oracle 11.i * Team Skills/Leadership: Team leader of a group of 5 engineering students in developing the project for Analog Devices Inc. Team leader of seven MBA students for the Third Annual Strategic Planning Competition Team leader of five MBA students for an entire year working on different courses, projects, case studies, and presentations Team leader of 4 engineering students in developing final year project at AUB Resolved various conflicts while working in diversified groups * Spoken Languages: Arabic and English HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS * Passed Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level I exam (May 2003) * Beta Gamma Sigma (business honorary society) * Winner of first prize of Third Annual Strategic Planning Competition at Rollins College * Honors List, Rollins College * Honors List, American University of Beirut * Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE): 5 years