Yehia Shouman, Media and User Experience Manager [M] +2 0100 156 0123 [E] yehia.shouman@gmail.com [W] www.yehiashouman.com [ln] http://eg.linkedin.com/in/yehiashouman Highlights of Qualifications Graduated from Modern Academy for Computer Sciences during 2001. He has already been working as a full-time graphic designer for 2 years during college until 2001 when he joined e-knowledge; an IT Investments daughter company specialized in e-learning for almost 5 years. Excelled as a multimedia developer developing e-learning activities, SCORM compliant learning objects and content re-purposing/publishing, He was promoted to become head of team responsible for publishing content online for Middlesex University. By 2004 he became head of the multimedia team and a Project Coordinator. He was sent on 3 trips to the UK traveling between London and Swansea/Wales to initiate business relationships with new customers. During the summer of 2006, Yehia moved to Santeon Corp.. Moving to a different industry, Yehia engaged in for 3 years working on online TV development and media platforms. Joining the Santeon as a Senior Actionscript Developer then taking project lead along with customer communication. Due to business needs, He was sent abroad 6 times to both the USA (Maryland) and the UK (London). The reasons varied; to ensure a successful project launch or to provide on-site development or consultancy on online TV projects. By the end of 2010, Yehia joined Active Digital Development as a Technical Product Manager, working closely with developers on an online video platform. He created the road map and the feature set of the product. He acted as the technical team lead to developers on the implementation. Yehia also put together the product's infrastructure of content distribution, security for content and developed the video player. Yehia moved to ElKotob.com by 2011 (A subsidiary of Book Depository owned by Amazon) to act as Media and UX Manager; defining the process and workflow for the media team, setting up issue tracking system, version control and media starter kit. Up to this moment, Yehia continues to work on media, e-learning and consultancy services/ projects with foreign and local customers. Below are endorsements from his former managers
Yehia for me was and still is - the Flash Guru in terms of advanced Action Script programming and XML competency. His passion about Multimedia backed up with his good taste of creating attractive GUI wether by himself or through guiding specialized designers had enabled him to lead all the company s multimedia projects. In addition to his technical skills, I endorse Yehia also for his highly effective communication skills, project coordination and management capabilities. He did play a pivotal role in communicating with UK based customers in multiple strategic projects we had, where he was a key player in winning customers' trust by working professionally as one of their own UK based teams. I look forward to work again with Yehia in any future opportunity. Ammar Al-Attiyat, Co-Founder & Managing Director, e-knowledge -- February 20, 2009 Yehia is simply one of the very few who truly don t joke when it comes to mastering an area of expertise, I believe he is one of the best AS developers in the area and one of the most smart and productive persons I ve ever worked with. Needless to say, his high spirit and sense of humor made working with him a truly enjoyable experience. I m so confident recommending Yehia to everyone seeking quality and real results. Emad Abou Elgheit, Manager, Creative Design Department, Santeon -- May 9, 2009 Skills Team leading/ managerial expertise on team building with local and international teams. Effective communication and analytic skills. Problem solving and persuasive. Deep understanding of market demands. Technical Skills Actionscript 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0. (Advanced) Jscript (Intermediate)
JQuery (Intermediate) Php (Intermediate) C# (Intermediate) Adobe Flash (Advanced) Adobe Flex/Flash Builder. (Advanced) Adobe AIR (Advanced) Adobe Dreamweaver (Advanced) Adobe Flash Media Server (Advanced) Red5 Media Server (Advanced) Flash Remoting (Advanced) Web Services. Adobe Fireworks (Advanced) Adobe Photoshop (Advanced) Adobe Illustrator (Advanced) MySQL Database (Intermediate) MS Project (Intermediate) Organizations Yehia has worked with: GNSE Group Active Digital Development (www.activedd.com) Santéon Corp. (www.santeon.com) eknowledge (www.go-eknowledge.com) Tenthrow (www.tenthrow.com) Brainbox Enterprises (www.brainboxenterprises.com) Netservex (www.netservex.com) Goal FM Online (www.goalfmonline.com) Egyptian Drilling Company (www.egyptian-drilling.com) Vividas (www.vividas.com) Regional Information Technology Softweare Engineering Center (Ritsec) (www.ritsec.org.eg) West Glamorgan Housing Consortium (www.wghc.co.uk) Naeem Holding (www.naeemholding.com) Middlesex University - London (www.mdx.ac.uk) The Book Depository (www.bookdepository.co.uk) Centre International d'antibes (www.cia-france.com) El Sawy Culturewheel (www.culturewheel.com) Events Yehia spoke at: Adobe Tour Egypt (www.adobetour.com) - Session on Flash Video Evolution (at Arab Academy for Science and Technlogy) Adobe Tour Egypt (www.adobetour.com) - Session on Flash Video Evolution (at Ain Shams University) Business Trips: Location: UK (London) and Wales (Swansea) Date: 23/10/2004 to 23/12/2004.Purpose: Initiating a business relationship in the field of software development with an offshore software house. Also visiting Middlesex University to provide support to Global Campus team.
Employer: eknowledge Location: UK (London) and Wales (Swansea) Date: 28/07/2005 to 04/08/2005.Purpose: Attending a course on a product of Simulacra (Located in London) OpenHarmonise with other colleagues from Middlesex University. Employer: eknowledge Location: USA Maryland (MD) Date: 13/12/2006 to 31/12/2007.Purpose: Providing onsite programming support for a Flash-based Online TV project produced by Santeon my employer to the client (Brainbox.tv). Providing Help for the client to hire more team members (actionscript developers), by interviewing the candidates. Training the newly hired team members. Employer: Santeon (www.santeon.com) Location: USA Maryland (MD) Date: Feb 2007 to Feb 2007.Purpose: 2 weeks of providing onsite programming support for a Flash-based Online TV project produced by Santeon my employer to the client (Brainbox.tv). Providing Help for the client to hire more team members (actionscript developers), by interviewing the candidates. Training the newly hired team members. Employer: Santeon (www.santeon.com) Location: USA Maryland (MD) Date: June 2007 to July 2007.Purpose: 5 weeks of providing onsite programming support for a Flash-based Online TV project produced by Santeon my employer to the client (Brainbox.tv). Providing Help for the client to hire more team members (actionscript developers), by interviewing the candidates. Training the newly hired team members. Providing architecture consultancy to the developers at Brainbox s F515 Development team to create project K (Kronum) an xml based open public development platform that hosts widgets developed by freelance developers.providing support for the launch of CanYouCatchMe.tv during its first launch. Employer: Santeon (www.santeon.com) Location: USA Maryland (MD) Date: January 2008 to February 2008. Purpose: 4 weeks implementing a standalone embeddable video player for Brainbox Video Productions. The player has commercial functionalities as well as basic video player functionalities. Attending meetings at USA Today for Brainbox to discuss commercial use of the player. Providing support for http://48.tv. Employer: Santeon (www.santeon.com) Location: UK London Date: April 2008 to April 2008.Purpose: 2 weeks onsite development of a flash template for a video platform for Vividas(www.vividas.net).Providing support for http:// cobra8.vividas.net Employer: Santeon (www.santeon.com)
Education: Graduate work: High school, Abbas El Akkad Language School, 1998. Bsc. Computer Sciences; Modern Academy, 2002 with a major of computer sciences and a minor of business administration Special Studies: Instructional Design and Content Development (AUC - Egypt). Essential Project Management (Qai India Limited) Software Configuration Management (Qai India Limited). Peer review (Qai India Limited). Requirements Management (Qai India Limited). Software Metrics (Qai India Limited). Sizing and Estimation (Qai India Limited). Project Management Professional - PMP Preparation - (Amideast).
Work Experience ElKotob.com - Subsidiary of Amazon (June 2011...) Media and User Experience Manager - Creating a process and workflow definition for media team with other teams. - Technical Team Management - Setting up an Issue Tracking System and version control for team assets and work files. - Team orientation and Team building - Communication and Integration with other 5 teams - Minor Creative Design Active Digital Development (March 2009 - September 2010) Product Development Manager Forga (www.forga.com) Client: VOD Arabia -Technical Team Management -Product Architecture and Features R&D -Team orientation and Team building -Communication and Integration with service providers. Project Technologies: Flex, Flash, AS 3.0, Flash Media Server, PHP, Zend Framework Live2Club Audio Player(indigo.helenaleisure.com) Client: Helena Leisure (indigo.helenaleisure.com) Flash development and component architecture. Project Technologies: AS 3.0, XML, JScript. Santeon (August 2006 - March 2009) Product Manager Santeon s ivu Media Platform(www.ivumedia.com) Client: Santeon Group (www.santeon.com) - Product Architecture - Video Player Architecture - Features and R&D Project Technologies:Flash, Flash Remoting, AS3.0 GOAL FM Online(www.goalfmonline.com) Client: Mass Advertisement
-Presenting company profile -Customer Engagement -Proposal and contract preparation Project Technologies: Asp.net (C#) and SQL Server 2005. Egyptian Drilling Company Website(www.egyptian-drilling.com) Client: Egyptian Drilling Company -Project Coordination -Customer Engagement Project Technologies: C#, DotNetNuke and MS SQL Server. Senior Actionscript Developer and Team Lead 48.tv (www.48.tv) Client: Brainbox Enterprises (www.brainbox.tv) -Customer engagement -Project Team Lead and architecture -Conducting onsite development trips Project Technologies : Macromedia Flash 8, Actionscript 2.0, Flash Remoting MX, Flash Media Server, XML, Coldfusion. Can You Catch Me(www.canyoucatchme.tv) Client: Brainbox Enterprises (www.brainbox.tv) - Conducting business trips - Flash development - Interviewing US developers technically for Brainbox at their premises Project Technologies : Flash 8, Actionscript 2.0, Flash Remoting MX, Flash Media Server, XML, Coldfusion Vividas Templates(cobra8.vividas.net) Client: Vividas UK -Conducting business trips Project Technologies:Flash CS3, Actionscript 3.0, Flash Remoting, XML. eknowledge (December 2002 - July 2006) Multimedia Division Manager
Sessions at Cairo University (Instructing pedagogical SCATE standards) Client: Cairo University Faculty of Mass Communication -Technical Instruction Project Technologies:Microsoft Word. Ritsec Demo CD (www.ritsec.org.eg) Client: Regional Information Technology Software Engineering Center Project Technologies:Flash 8, Flash Actionscript 1.0, Adobe Photoshop. Mostaqbali s Osteoprosis Learning Object (www.ritsec.org.eg) Client: Regional Information Technology Software Engineering Center -Managing design team Project Technologies:Flash 8, Flash Actionscript 1.0, Adobe Photoshop. WGHC (West Glamorgan Housing Consortium) for Wales(http:// www.wghc.co.uk) Client: CDSM Interactive solutions (www.cdsm.co.uk) -Components Architecture -Conducting business trips Project Technologies :Flash Actionscript version 2.0, XML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop. Financials Charting Utility (http://www.wghc.co.uk) Client: Naeem Holding (www.naeemholding.com) Project Technologies:Flash Actionscript 2.0, XML, CSS. ESOL Project((Used on BBC and other sites)) Client: CDSM Interactive solutions (www.cdsm.co.uk). Project Technologies :Flash Actionscript version 2.0, Visual SourceSafe, XML, and Adobe Photoshop. SCATE XSLT/Courses Modules Development(www.mdx.ac.uk) Client: Middlesex University - UK. (www.mdx.ac.uk) -Development of an XSLT engine that parses XML to generate HTML and PDF pages with smart links. -Team management -Conducting business trips
Project Technologies : XML, XSD, XSL, MSXML 4.0, server-side Jscript, HTML and Altova XMLSpy THE WSA Multimedia CD(-) Client:IT Investments Project Technologies:Adobe Photoshop, Flash Actionscript Abtal Shottar: (Online E-Learning Activities For Kids)(http://www.goeknowledge.com/abtalshotar.htm) Client: eknowledge -Jscript development -Php development -HTML development -Graphic design -Team leading. Project Technologies :Flash 6, Flash Actionscript (version 1), Jscript, XML, ASP. Abtal Shottar Dictionary(http://www.go-eknowledge.com/ abtalshotar.htm) Client: eknowledge -Application architecture -Graphic design Project Technologies :Flash 6, Flash Actionscript (version 1).Responsibilities: Abtal Shottar - a web browser for kids (http://www.go-eknowledge.com/abtalshotar.htm) Client: eknowledge - Borland Delphi Pascal development - Graphic design Project Technologies :Borland Delphi Insight Creation (August 2001 - May 2002) Graphic Designer Fairs Promotion Material and Identity Creation; Taste Mart, KitchenTech, Earaf Baladak (-) Client: Pharmaceutical Companies like Abbot, Roche, ABPharma, And other local food and beverages industry leaders.
Graphic design Technologies:Adobe Photoshop, Flash. Moody Print (April 2001 - June 2001) Internship Graphic Designer Printed materials, ranging from bills to brochures and folders.(-) Client:Local Clients Graphic design Technologies: Macromedia Freehand, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw Unison (August 2000- September 2000) Internship Graphic Designer Trained on Mac, was the first time for me to use a Macintosh system. Trained on how color separation process takes place.(-) Client:Unison Graphic design Technologies: Macromedia Freehand, Adobe Photoshop Impact BBDO (July 1999 - August 1999) Internship Surveys And Statistical Data Collector Surveys(-) Client:Impact BBDO Conducting surveys and statistical data collection References Available upon request.