Abdulrahman I. Tarbzouni

ait //at// mit /*dot*/ edu

500 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, 02139     Cellular: (857) 204 4370

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology                           Cambridge, MA

Candidate for S.B. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and S.B in Finance & Management. May 2007.

Dar Assalam Private School                                           Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)

Graduated June, 2002. Percentile : 99.56% - top 1% in the Kingdom

Work and Research Experiences

[Aug ‘04 - Present]    MySecretary (Startup), Vice President of R&D                                                Cambridge ,MA

MySecretary is a next generation web services application that provides a rich and highly functional online user-experience for
consumers and enterprise workers. Based on the concept of the universal canvas, MySecretary is a tool that can be customized
to finish any task efficiently with minimal user intervention. “Be the boss, let the web work for you” is the slogan of our startup.

 

[Jul ‘04 - Present]    SETLA (Saudi Entrepreneurs and Technology Leaders Association), Founder and Chairman   KSA

Overseeing the operations geared towards fulfilling our objective of being a catalyst for growth and advancement to Saudi Arabia
through empowering our country’s youth with great opportunities. Leading nation-wide initiatives and representing the Kingdom
 in universal events of relation to our vision.

 

 [Jan ‘04]  MIT Assistant Researcher : Wearable Computing Lab (BorgLAB),  Media Lab          Cambridge ,MA

Implementing and designing a social computing application that is based on wearable computing hardware and open source Linux
software. PDAs will be assisted by vibrating haptic sensors that will provide feedback to the user in context based environments.

 

[Jan ‘04 - Present]    FreeWebs.com      Chief Technician: Support Dept.                                                  Cambridge ,MA

Providing support to customers including every aspect of the service (designing, coding [CGI, XML, HTML], hosting).

 

[2002]                     Saudi Aramco     Saudi Aramco Innovation & Leadership Think Tank                       Dhahran, KSA

Youngest member of the think tank that included senior executives and reported directly to the CEO of Saudi Aramco. Lead the out-of-company efforts in recruiting gifted students. 2002 was named Innovation Year at Aramco; more than 30 patents were pending for rights. Published a taped talk about “Innovation and Opportunities” addressed to Saudi Aramco’s President & CEO, and Board of Directors.

 

 [2001]  Atos Origin Corp. & Saudi Aramco  Consultant: SAP Department and Internet Group           Dhahran, KSA

Trained on high-tech systems and software: Databases, Servers, UNIX OS, Linux OS, Network Infrastructure, Cache Flow, PKI, Firewalls, Datacenters, and Load Balancers. Implemented a new security system on web and mail servers.

 

[2000-Present]          Saudi Computer Society (SCS)      IT  Plan & E-education Researcher                Riyadh, KSA

Pocket E-Learner and various E-education projects. Contributed to the Saudi Arabia’s National IT Plan forum. Member of the committee headed by the Chairman. Launched an e-education initiative by communicating with the Ministry of Education, Microsoft and SCS.

 

[1999, 2000] Oracle Corp.  Business Analyst & Liaison: Marketing, Educational & Support Dept.        Riyadh, KSA

Worked on administrating CRM databases and provided case forwarding service for support department. Co-organized two seminars on Oracle 8i solutions. Worked as a liaison between educational technical institutes and educational dept. by providing course materials

Achievements & Activities

·         Gave a talk about Innovation and Information Technology titled “Yes to Innovation” at Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil producing company, attended by VP,  CIO and several GMs; this was broadcasted over the net to all Aramco employees (2001)

·         Beta tester for Microsoft Corp. on the .NET platform, Windows and Office.(2000)

·         Executive board member, MIT IEEE/ACM; Chair of conferences and publications. Active member, MIT Entrepreneurship Club, MIT Innovation Club (2003-2005)

·         Nominated national-level to represent the Kingdom in its first ever participaton in the International Informatics Olympiads (2003)

·         Headed a team of four to represent the Kingdom’s students in the 16th National Computer Conference (2000)

·         Director, Robot Design Team @ King Fahd Uni. for Petroleum & Minerals (leading Middle Eastern technology institute) (2001)

·         Took the stage at the Gulf Internet Forum 2002 ; discussing with the committee the future of e-commerce (2002)

Professional Workshops & Skills

Artificial Intelligence, Network Security @ SCS—Java Programming, Building Computers Workshop, Internet & Networks Workshop, Electronics Workshop @ KFUPM—One month professional development workshop on success, innovation, time & mind management.

Proficient in Java, XML, .NET technologies, Linux, UNIX, C++, C, VBasic, HTML, MatLab and Mathematica.

Awards

Microsoft Corporation’s Vice President Award for “Outstanding Achievements in the IT field.” — Certifications of Excellence from: Oracle Corp., Atos Origin Inc. & Saudi Aramco’s SAP Dept. — Best Gifted Student in The Kingdom, 2001— Highest Scorer in Gulf Creativity Test, 2001— “Fastest Code Breaker”@ KFUPM