Manhal Elyas Cell Phone : 615-***-****

**** ****** ***** **., *******, TN 37013 e-mail : abo3p8@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Nearly 10 years experience as professional Mechanical Engineering, about 20 years as

computer programmer/ IT, More than 5 years as Linguist and Culture advisor with US Army

and 2 years as IMO.

Ability to direct complex projects from concept to fully operational status.

Goal-oriented individual with strong leadership capabilities.

Organized, highly motivated, and detail-directed problem solver.

Proven ability to work in unison with staff, volunteers, and board of directors.

Native Iraqi fluency in Kurdish, Arabic, and English,, also very familiar with Iraqi culture,

religious, Political, Social and ethnic backgrounds.

Extensive training in various Social Science disciplines. Active U.S. government secret clearance

and SSBI final.

Highly Skilled Programmer

Successful background in implementing and maintaining processes that seamlessly evolve around

software and hardware interface. Strong knowledge in program and hardware de-bugging. Sterling

reputation for clearly defining system requirements, skillfully designing applications, and seamlessly

managing technical systems.

Technical Skills

Operating MS Windows (NT4, 2000), Windows XP, Vista, and 7, Fedora Core, Unix.

Systems :

Networking : Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN)

Protocoles : TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, WINS, DNS, DHCP, POP3, SMTP, FTP, TELNET, VPN.

MS Office, Lotus Notes, Lotus SmartSuite, Symantec Security Suite, Microsoft

PowerQuest, Drive Image, Symantec Ghost, Photoshop, PowerISO, Adobe

Software :

Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Lotus approach, AutoCAD, and 3DMax Studio.

EDUCATION

1987 to 1989 M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering / U.S. Equivalency Master's degree in

Production Engineering

University of Technology, Oct 1989 Baghdad-IRAQ

1989 to 1993 B.Sc. Computer Science / U.S. Equivalency Bachelor's degree in Computer

Science

University of Baghdad, July 1993 Baghdad-IRAQ

2000 to 2002 AAS, Client Server Programmer

Highline Community College, June 2002 Seattle, WA

2012 to 2015 Continue education with 68 Credit in Master of Science in Computer Science,

concentration with Database systems and software engineering

Colorado Technical University

WORK EXPIRONSES

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R4 Corp. Bagram - Afghanistan Feb. 2011 present

Field Service Information Management Representative

The Field Service Information Management representative (FS-IMR) is the lead database

collections and information management operator for all PMIED-Defeat operations within OEF.

Serves as the subject matter expert for all automation of field operations wit h the responsibility to

design, write and implement databases serving the specific purpose to archive, collate, and

synchronize routine operations.

The responsibilities of the FS-IMR include but are not limited to:

Develop automated systems for existing routine operations that can be readily exported to or

imported within COLTs.

Develop Sharepoint Web application for all PM IED Defeat platforms ensuring its

availability, knowledge and information accessibility to all Warfighters throughout theater.

Improve existing collection management operations to incorporate PM IED defeat platforms

allowing easy search functions by platform, by user, by area and by unit information pulls.

Provides technical training, assistance and guidance to assigned Site Managers & FSRs

Responsible to automate all paper-related processes with PM IED defeat.

Responsible for the proper documentation of all analytical work performed

Assist Theater Lead in establishing searchable archives for all project data as assigned.

Performs field investigations in support of analytical approaches and categorization of events

and data. Ground truth will dictate the design of database and web applications.

Monitors and manages Automated Data Processing training as necessary for all employees

providing refresher training and technical updates as needed.

Is familiar with all logistical processes and their data applications.

Department of Defense Baghdad - IRAQ June 2010 Feb. 2011

Human Terrain System - Research Manager

Serves as Human Terrain Research Manager responsible for conducting socio-cultural

research managing the reporting processes; the information technology and processes and the

collective knowledge of the team to enable the production of a common operating picture for

a geographical area of responsibility.

Manage the team s Requests for Research (RFR) from Subject matter experts (SMEs), the

Reach-back Research Center (RRC) and intra=theater resources. Conducts all knowledge

management functions for the team including tracking, tagging and archiving all information

gathered by the team and distributing it to the supported unit. Develops and implements the

team s research requesting and reporting process, in compliance with established regulations

and guidance to enable trend analysis and knowledge transfer.

Department of Defense Kirkuk - IRAQ Aug. 2009 June 2010

Human Terrain Analyst (Human Terrain Systems)

Currently in Iraq working with an economical research team, to support the reconstructions

efforts.

Intensive research on regional history, language, counterinsurgency and military

procedure.

Duties are being execute and projects established by the team in the field.

Analyzed of data collected from field work conducted with local population and synthesis

it for presentation to brigade command.

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Designed research and analysis protocols.

Oversaw and tasked the entire research and analysis process in coordination with the Team

Leader and Research Managers.

Analyzed the available body of relevant scholarly literature and gather additional data from

a variety of sources operating in theatre (conventional military patrols, non-governmental

organizations, international organizations, Civil Affairs units, Special Forces, local

communities, etc.).

Assisted commanders in understanding the operational relevance of socio-cultural

information as it applies to the military decision-making process.

BAE System Leavenworth, KS April 2009 Aug. 2009

Human Terrain Analyst Training

Coursework in Iraqi Regional Studies, Research Methods, Intro to Anthropology, and

Counterinsurgency

Successfully served as Human Terrain Analyst in role playing exercise to demonstrate

effectiveness of training.

SMI Global Mission Support Inc. Ft. Polk, LA Feb. 2008 April 2009

Contract (Senior Interpreter) Culture advisor - instructor

Work directly with both the military unit running the training as well as the FLS role-players. Play

villagers and town s people who enhance the overall realism of the training event by providing a

real-world sociological depth found in the targeted country/populace. Although give the customer

true insight and training in the types of populations they may face once they deploy to their AOR.

Ardent Health Service Nashville, TN July 2007 Jan. 2008

PC Technician (contract through TEK Systems)

Setup the 2400 new Dell laptops (domain, wireless, mapping the server driver, install the

software that is required by each employees)

Wipe the old IBM laptops and reload with new XP OS.

Repair the IBM laptops and desktop.

Repair printers

Quanta manufacturing Nashville, TN Aug. 2006- June 2007

Technician

Repair Gateway laptops system, using PC Doctor and EuroSoft as Test software. Using as

3Dmarkas heavy load, replacing the defected parts, OS reload (reimage).

Titan Corporation Reston, VA March 2004- July 2006

Special Advisor to the Iraq Advisory Task Force, Deployed to Baghdad, Iraq

Advised officers and other decision makers about matters concerning cultural sensitivity.

Served as subject matter expert in Iraqi culture and in social and tribal issues.

Identifying cultural data and knowledge gaps in the Area of Responsibility.

Verified the accuracy of documents and letters translated into English.

Provide general linguistic support for military operations and interpret during interviews,

meetings, and conferences

Transcribe and analyze communications

Perform document exploitation.

Scan, research, and analyze foreign language documents for key information

Participated in US Army division level Information Operation Working Groups & provided

recommendations ( 1st CAV DIV, and 3rd ID DIV)

Seattle Wireless Communication Seattle, WA Oct. 2000- Dec. 2003

Owner

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Selling and installing ;

Camera security systems

Building data center for Network LAN.

Note: Also, within this period, I'm full time student in Highline Community College.

Davis Wire Corporation Kent, WA April 1999- Oct. 2000

Metallurgist / Design Engineer

Setup, documented, and maintained a database for material failure analysis (Metallurgical)

Drawing/ Design mechanical components for plant services using AutoCAD R14.

Teknon Corporation / Microsoft Redmond, WA March 1997- April 1999

Tech II- Game programmer

Putting cables Data and Voice (Cat 3, Cat5, and fiber optic)

Jacking, Termination.

Building Data center for network LAN.

Using C++ to program and test MS game

Researches and Publications

An Investigation of Metal-Flow in Ring Rolling Processes Using Visioplasticity Method.

Published in Engineering and Technology Scientific Journal. Volume II, No. 5, 1992

Using FEM to Modeling Stress Flow in the Impact Extrusion. Published in Engineering and

Technology Scientific Journal, Volume I, No.9, 1993

Computer Skills

Instructed the customers on software application like (Operating system MSDOS, windows 3.1

and 95, Winword 6.0, Excel 5.0, Approach Lotus R3.0, MS-Publisher, Database Foxpro v2.0,

VB programming .. etc.

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Access, and Publisher) Presentations,

communication, and teaching.

Design, implementing and maintain the payroll system for government department and billing

system for power department using FoxPro 2.0 (in Kurdistan region)

Expert in Programming Languages Visual Basic, C++, Fortran 77, Pascal, Assembly, shell

script in Unix, Java script, and some Java.

Expert in AutoCAD for Mechanical design.

Design, implementing and maintain the Human resource data system for R4 employees in

Afghanistan using MS Access 2007.

Design, implementing and Virtual workstation for SPARK II (mines roller) using MS Access

as database and VB Net 2011.

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