Ayman Arandi
Co-Founder/Business Manager at Iris Interactive Solutions.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.ayman.ps |
| Industries: | Computing, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Gaming, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Mobile, Travel |
| Skills: | Business, C/C++, Computer Engineering, Database Administration, Databases, Design, Electrical Engineering, Embedded systems, Engineering, English, Flash, Graphic design, HTML / CSS, Human-Computer Interaction, Java, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, PHP, Product design, Public Relations, Public speaking, Recruitment, Software Engineering, SQL, System Administration, Web design, Web Development, Windows, Windows applications |
| Location: | Palestine - Ramallah |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Getting press, Internships, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Starting a company, Trading services |
| Tags: | Engineering , interactive, iris, iris interactive solutions, music, palestine, ramallah, software, solutions, technology, touch |
| Schools: | An-Najah National University |
FEATURED STARTUP
Iris Interactive Solutions
Iris Interactive Solutions
Iris is the first provider of Interactive Solutions to the Palestinian market.
- Startup type: Competition Entry
- Status: Active
- Stage: Growth
FULL BIO
Ayman is a young, Palestinian entrepreneur in the local and international domains. He co-founded “Iris Interactive Solutions”; the first Palestinian company that provides touch technology products in the region. Ayman helped evolve Iris from a university project into a start-up venture providing 10 cutting-edge products, serving customers in multiple industry and business sectors and outreaching to regional prospects in Jordan and the UAE. Ayman’s other main project: “Marhaba Palestine!” has won several national and international awards in entrepreneurship and innovation. Ayman holds a BSc. degree in Computer Engineer. His graduation project “TouchIS” has been awarded the second best invention prize in the Made-In-Palestine’09 and Made-In-Arabworld’09 Competitions. He worked in software development for some time before moving to the academic field, while simultaneously working on his first startup.
Ayman is also an active member of many social and cultural forums; He was a member of a number of delegations that represented Palestine in various international conferences and events. He is an active member of the Young Arab Leaders (YAL) organization, a board member in the Palestinian Sport for Life Organization, and a member of the Davos Economic Forum Global Shapers hub in Palestine.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Birzeit University |
| Position: | T.A at Engineering of Computer Systems Department |
| Time period: | September 2010 - Present |
| Employer: | Jawwal Telecommunication Company |
| Position: | Business Analyst |
| Time period: | December 2009 - February 2010 |
| Description: | Business Analyst |
| Employer: | Al-Arabi Net |
| Position: | Programmer, System Engineer, Web Developer |
| Time period: | August 2009 - December 2009 |
| Description: | Designing, and building the company website
http://www.bmesolutions.net Migrating the company software from Access to .NET C# and MySQL. |
| Employer: | Exalt Technologies |
| Position: | Android Team - Developer |
| Time period: | June 2009 - October 2009 |
| Description: | Android Developer. Website Builder, Android OS migration on Beagle Board. |
| Employer: | Nablus - Relief International |
| Position: | Volunteer Instructor |
| Time period: | January 2009 - May 2009 |
| Description: | General computer and ICDL certificate training for the center children. |
| Employer: | Ramallah, Nablus |
| Position: | YAL Business Internship |
| Time period: | July 2008 - September 2008 |
| Description: | Worked full time employee at Cairo Amman Bank in most of its departments. This was part of the Young Arab Leaders organization special internship program for excelled students. |
| Employer: | The International Youth's Camp |
| Position: | Experience |
| Time period: | January 2007 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Represented the Palestinian delegation. Az-Zarqa/Jordan |
| Employer: | An-Najah University Public Relation Department |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | January 2005 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Updating and maintenance of the university website, field work, and joined some video conferences for the Najah University with other universities. Also I attended Zajel International Youth Camp on 2005, 2006 Nablus/Palestine. In which I headed the Cultural Committee. |
| Employer: | Project Hope Program |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2004 |
| Description: | Field and Office work. Also represented the association in the Youth Leaders Camp which was held in Fara'a/Palestine. |
| Employer: | Nablus City Coral |
| Position: | Vocal and guitarist |
| Time period: | January 1998 - December 2009 |
| Employer: | Young Arab Leaders Forum |
| Position: | Experience |
| Time period: | May 2009 |
| Description: | Represented Palestine in the YAL forum in Beirut/Lebanon. |
| Employer: | Ramallah - Jaffa for Computer Systems |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | June 2008 |
| Description: | Got training on Voice Over IP systems. Worked with real systems and programmed adapters. |
| Employer: | Nablus - Stavanger Twinning Network |
| Position: | Experience |
| Time period: | February 2007 |
| Description: | Invited by the Palestinian community to Stavanger/Norway |
| Employer: | Nablus - Lille Twinning Network |
| Position: | Experience |
| Time period: | August 2000 |
| Description: | Member of the Nablusi delegation to Lille/France. |
| Employer: | Arab Children Conference |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | July 2000 |
| Description: | Represented Palestine in the Annual Conference of 2000 in Amman/Jordan. |
EDUCATION
| University: | An-Najah National University |
| Time period: | 2004 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Computer Engineering, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Table Tennis |
| Hobbies: | Playing the Guitar
Reading Watching Movies |
| Memberships: | Young Arab Leaders
Palestine Sport for Life |
| Awards: | Second Best Invention in Made In Palestine Competition - Sep 2009 - Palestine
Second Best Invention in Made In The Arab World Competition - Oct 2009 - Egypt |
Ayman's Startups (3)
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TouchIS
TouchIS is a multi‐touch screen that allows users to interact with the contents with more than one finger at the same time by touching it. Using simple material it is the key that lowers the costs thus makes a huge price difference.
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Iris Interactive Solutions
Iris is the first provider of Interactive Solutions to the Palestinian market.
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Ayman is Following (1)
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Mykoob
Mykoob is a web based school management system. It helps to involve parents more in the process of child education. Schools can automatically generate lesson timetables, put grades and attendance online, allow parents to follow homework and more.
Ayman's Contacts (8)
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Rawand Amarni
Pursuing Management Information System (MIS) from Arab American University, Secretary President in 2009.
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Laith Kassis
Management of Information Systems graduate from The University of Wisconsin with over 15 years of experience. Currently working as General Manager at Palestine Information and Communications Technology.
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Laila Abudahi
Microsoft Student partner,Microsoft .Net Club Leader, 2nd level Communication & Computer Engineering student at Al-Azhar University-Gaza,volanteer
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