POSITIONS
Founder and CEO
GCC, Asia, Africa
2011 - Present
Chairman
Al-Eajaz for Creative Projects
GCC
2010 - Present
Founder
Soubhi Abdulkarim Technical Consultancy
Oman
2014 - Present
Chairman
SOUTER Group
Multi-national
2007 - Present
CTO
Hydra Trading
Abu Dhabi, UAE
February 2008 – May 2009
Senior Vice President and CTO
Abraaj Capital
Dubai, UAE
October 2006 – February 2008
Director of IT
ASPIRE - Academy for Sports Excellence
Doha, Qatar
May 2003 – July 2006
Senior System Architect
Intel Corporation
Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
April 1995 – January 2003
CEO
IBE Corporation
Computer Networking industry
Portland, Oregon, USA
February 1988 – June 1995
Senior Technical Engineer
Advanced Office Systems
Beaverton, Oregon, USA
September 1992 – March 1995
Senior Technical Engineer
Pacific Office Automation
Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Business Supplies and Equipment industry
Tigard, Oregon, USA
March 1989 – August 1992
Technical Manager
Engineering and Office Automation Services Center
Business Supplies and Equipment industry
Damascus, Syria
January 1982 – February 1984
EDUCATION
B.S., Information Technology
University of Phoenix, USA
Graduate level coursework in Management of Engineering and Technology
Portland State University, USA
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Medical Information Systems - Dubai, UAE (2007)
Intel University, Hillsboro. USA (1995-2002)
Nashua Corporation, Nicosia, Cyprus (1984)
Brother Corporation, Nagoya, Japan (1983)
Ricoh Corporation, Tokyo, Japan (1983)
Olympus Panoly, Nagoya, Japan (1983)
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Holder of US Patent number 20030088796 in the areas of communication devices. |
PUBLICATIONS
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Chief architect of the PC-DVD Compliance Test Specification which was being used by the DVD forum to test PCs for DVD compliance. |