Computer Science Technical Support

Michel Abd Alsamad

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Toronto, M2N1L8

Summary

An ambitious computer science graduate who’s looking to start a career in IT; a field which I have a great deal of passion for.

Technical Skills

Scripting (Unix shell) Web development (HTML/CSS, WordPress) Programming (Java, C) Web application development (SSL, AJAX, JSP, XML, JSTL) Desktop Systems (Windows 7-10 enterprise, Mac OSX, Linux) Unix/Linux Command Line Interface Database management systems (IBM DB2, MySQL) IDEs (Eclipse, NetBeans) LAN, WLAN, DNS configuration UML & flowcharting (Visio) MS Office 2007, 2010, 365 Documentation & collaboration (Confluence) Mobile OS support (Android, iOS, BB 10) Servers (apache tomcat) Work Experience

Research assistant

Computer security department, York University (May 2016 – Present)

Researching the methodologies of web-browser forensics and principle of web-browser data logging.

Studying the effect of new sophisticated web-browser features as well as HTML5 and HTTP/2 features on forensic evidence.

Developing a forensic tool that will give a certainty level on the type of event that generated the log entry.

Setting up an Amazon AWS cloud server to host test pages and monitor logs. Free-lance web developer

Self-employed (Sept.2015 – Present)

Providing clients with advice on the type of website that best fits their web business objectives while minimizing costs.

Using WordPress to develop interactive websites.

Applied the latest technologies such as SSL and encryption to provide highly secured web applications.

Providing technical support for clients.

Security guard

Manhattan place condominium (Aug. 2013 – May 2016)

Using communication skills with residents and visitors on daily basses to make them feel home and welcome.

Working in a team environment to keep the community safe and organized by the condominium rules.

Working in a multi culture community that embrace its diversity. Civil Engineer Assistant

Afif & associates engineering (Sept. 2009 – Jan. 2013)

Creating projects time frames and work plans.

Interacting with clients, explaining the state of the project and best funding options

Working on construction sites, enforcing quality control rules and recommending new rules.

Solve on site and office work problems on daily basses.

Education/ Certifications

Volunteer Projects

Languages

English Arabic

Bachelor of Science 2013 - 2016

Computer Science

Lassonde School of Engineering York University

Bachelor of Engineering 2007-2013

Civil Engineering

Damascus University

First Aid Trainer 2012

Worked with a group of volunteers giving first aid training to people living in hot combat zone in Syria. Programming lessons 2010-2011

Teaching basic programming fundamentals to kids in my church scout.

Instant Feedback Classroom Testing

and Quizzing

Developed an application to facilitate instant-

feedback quizzing/testing sessions in

classrooms using student owned electronics,

eliminating need for using 3rd party platforms

like clickers; written in Java, to be used on any

compatible device.

Server DDoS Stress Test

Created a light program that synchronizes

connections to a specified listening port on a

target system, to test server and application

resilience and proactivity against distributed

denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

Book Store web application

Developed an E-commerce web application

(Book Store), both front and back end. The

application was backed by a Derby database

and was hosted on an apache tomcat server.

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