Alaa Abdelhaq
Computer Science graduate from Yarmouk University, currently working as Senior developer at Maktoob – souq.com.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://lostwithin.net |
| Industries: | Computing, Entertainment, Food and Drink, Gaming, Information Technology, Internet |
| Skills: | Engineering, HTML / CSS, PHP, Software Engineering, Web Development |
| Location: | Amman |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding team mates, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Recruiting for my startup, Trading services |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Tech Spaceship |
| Position: | Managing partner |
| Time period: | December 2009 - Present |
| Description: | After 5+ years experience, I decided to go solo doing consultations, give trainings in the web field, and
develop and create new products and services related to the Internet needs |
| Employer: | Toot Corp – www.ikbis.com |
| Position: | Web-master (Part time) |
| Time period: | February 2007 - Present |
| Employer: | SyntaxDigital – Spring Web Technologies |
| Position: | Web developer (Agile Programming) |
| Time period: | January 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Spring is a sister company for Syntax Digital dedicated for web development.
I developed many sites using the well known Drupal CMS and frameworks like code igniter. My Job here was not only involved in the programming side but the requirement gathering (in agile way) analysis and documentation, followed by setting up server, website development and the QA. Web Sites I developed under Code igniter (framework): http://play.jo Web Sites I developed under Drupal: http://al-sijill.com http://soliya.net http://cms.soliya.net http://mediame.com http://ahlan.se Web Sites I developed under wordpress: http://cycling-jordan.com http://freewaregenius.com |
| Employer: | Maktoob – souq.com |
| Position: | Senior developer |
| Time period: | June 2008 - November 2009 |
| Description: | Souq.com was launched in 2006 as the first Arabic auction and online eCommerce marketplace, offering services for individual buyers and sellers as well as businesses to come together as a single trading community.
My duties was involved in developing some of souq’s projects on magento eCommerce platform, plus revamping the whole project using symfony, my work also involved me giving training sessions for the whole team on symfony. |
| Employer: | Mashreq Bank |
| Position: | Relationship-Sales Officer |
| Time period: | October 2005 - October 2006 |
| Description: | I was responsible for pay rolls accounts to corporate but not through the traditional route of sitting in a branch waiting for customers to walk in.
It starts by establishing contacts in the target organizations and conduct field visits to present and sell the products. |
| Employer: | Umniah |
| Position: | Customer Care rep, (Part time) |
| Time period: | June 2005 - October 2005 |
| Description: | I Held this position while working with Tejari.com. |
| Employer: | Tejari |
| Position: | Account Manager |
| Time period: | September 2004 - September 2005 |
| Description: | Tejari® is an open, horizontal e-Business community that allows registered members to buy and sell goods and services using all purchasing methods. Tejari® allows its members to capture savings by enhancing strategic sourcing for all business needs. Extending beyond e-Commerce, our services also allows its members to extend their market reach, access a global supply base, instantaneously share information, and collaborate effectively across the supply chain.
- Qualifying the sales opportunity - Standard Tejari presentation - Demonstration of Tejari e- Marketplace functionality - Developing value proposition - Developing industry- specific knowledge including supply chain knowledge - Preparation of proposals and agreements - Develop a sales pipeline of new accounts and opportunities for existing accounts to ensure consists achievement of quarterly revenue targets. - Customer negotiations - Contract finalization - Provide reporting and communication to management as required. |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | - Tennis
- Video games - Reading |
Alaa's Startups (1)
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Tech Spaceship
Tech Spaceship works on delivering high quality custom software for its clients. We are specialized in web application development and mobile application development using various technologies.
Alaa's Contacts (4)
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Omar Abdelhaq
Information Technology and Services Professional
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Ibrahim Jabour
BA from Al-Azhar University Gaza, 34 months as E-Marketing and Content Development Specialist at Hadara (a Paltel Group Company), Presently Community Manager at Shababit Community, Author at StartUpArabia, Coordinator at SADAF Technology Development