H A M D I H. A L H A J
Contact Information
Tel (H): +1-661-***-**** (Night) Mobile: +1-661-***-**** (All Day)
E-mail : ********@*******.***
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Address: ***** ******* *** ******
LA MIRADA CA 90638
Career Objective
Dynamic, passionate senior software engineer / leader with over 8 years experience in multiple industries. Creative and multi-disciplinary problem solver with a high degree of emotional intelligence.
Education
1998-2002 Philadelphia University, Amman - Jordan.
“BSC. Degree in Computer Sciences & Information Systems”
Currently California University of Management and Sciences
“MsCIS”
Personal skills
I bring useful ideas to a problem, communicate those ideas effectively and play a part in bringing them to fruition.
Self-reliant worker, capable of a team as necessary.
Ability to work under stress, pressure, and part-time and able to travel.
Able to learn new tasks quickly.
Know how to plan and execute projects.
Ability to work independently and as an effective team member.
Target-oriented, honest, hard-working, forward thinking and ambitious.
Passionate about programming, software and user interface development and design.
Key Skills (Technologies & Tools)
ANSI C / C++ Advanced MS Office Advanced
OOA/OOD Experienced MS Visual Studio Advanced
JavaScript / AJAX Advanced Adobe Photoshop Advanced
PHP / MySQL Knowledgeable Dassault VirTools (+PhysX, AI) Advanced
C# Knowledgeable MS Project Knowledgeable
Adobe Director (+Lingo, Havok) Advanced MS Visio Advanced
Win32 API Experienced IBM Rational Rose Experienced
FMOD API (Direct Sound) Knowledgeable 3Ds Max Experienced
OpenGL Knowledgeable Adobe After Effects Advanced
Adobe Flash (+Action Script 2,3) Experienced Adobe Fireworks Experienced
XML / XSLT Advanced Sony Vegas/Forge Advanced
EFT Development (VeriFone) Advanced Adobe Dreamweaver Advanced
LUA Experienced Adobe Premiere Pro Knowledgeable
DirectX Knowledgeable Unity 3D Knowledgeable
Work Experience
11th Jan 2011 – 30th Jun 2011 HRNIT
Web and Multimedia Developer
Worked for a project period of 6 months to help developing a website www.mvibo.com using JavaScript, Adobe Flash, and media server for video player and video streaming. Also by using OpenX SDK with flash. We successfully added inline OpenX Ads to the video player.
1st Sep 2009 – 31st Dec 2010 TalkVision
Software Engineering Consultant
Worked as a part time and task based projects on mission, and I was responsible to plan, design, organize, direct and manage software projects and team members for various projects.
Also I’ve been working directly with customers, gathering requirements, proposing solutions and project planning, preparing demos as well as developing.
Gaming Team Preparation
I have developed gaming prototypes and sales kits for TalkVision, and helped in preparing their teams, contacting clients, travel to propose projects, and wrote technical documentations and RFPs.
And I was responsible in monitoring the teamwork during the SDLC, and was performed technical researches on gaming for web, mobiles and development kits.
12th May 2007 – 1st Sep 2009 Specialized Technical Services (STS)
Technical Specialist
I was responsible on developing EFT solutions for VeriFone PoS terminals alone from scratch, the leader in Unifying the Payment gateway and e-voucher solution into single framework with a rich client interface.
During this period I gained strong in depth experience in embedded devices systems while becoming the go to person for point-of-sale systems.
E-Voucher Solution
Developed VeriFone PoS voucher solution while working under tight schedules and with minimal resources. Involved in developing EFT solution on VeriFone POS terminals, I also trained other junior developers to continue supporting clients of this project.
Enterprise Solutions
Redesigned the financial framework and backend system for Payment gateway and e-voucher solution by using web technologies like DHTML (HTML+JavaScript) with AJAX / JSP and Flash for rich client interface (RIA). I designed and implemented this solution from scratch while paying extra attention to user experience with high quality on par with great software companies like Microsoft and Google.
System Analyst / Technical Writing
System Analysis
Writing literatures, SRSs, PRSs, design clients reports, UML Diagrams and QA.
Outsourcing and Sub-Contracts
E-Voucher Solutions
Has continued supporting and developing a legacy system of VeriFone Terminals pre-built by other developers on ANSI C/C++.
Involved in developing EFT solution on VeriFone POS terminals, Jasper Reports, J2SE desktop applications.
And worked on building new blog website that combines animation drawing tools profiles using PHP and Flash.
2nd Mar 2003 – 8th May 2007 Rubicon
Multimedia Programmer
Programmed Flash-based e-learning contents, C++, CBT trainings, Flash, Director web games, VirTools non-commercial 3d games, responsible for leading team of 4 developers, and programmed 3D simulations for math and science curriculums.
E-learning Projects
Developed e-contents, plus additional tools, and 3D Science Simulations for Learning Ministry, the Audiences were the whole schools in Jordan for all classes.
Game Design Team Leader
Developed some 3D Games, Game Play Controls and AI, Physics, Character animation, Sound effects, Shaders and Special effects using C++. I was also involved in developing on C++ and designing on Photoshop the user interface.
Interests
Game Programming Software Development
Front-end Programming Software Engineering
Multimedia Programming Graphics Programming
Spoken Languages
Arabic Reading Writing Speaking
Native Native Native
English Reading Writing Speaking
Excellent Excellent Excellent
References
Mohammad Malkawi Microsoft Senior SDE 1-425-***-****
Don Cho HRNIT CEO 1-562-***-****
Mohammad Elhaj ASK.COM Senior SDE 1-425-***-****