Family Name :

:

Alwagait

First Name:

:

Esam

Address

:

P.O Box 102726

Riyadh 11685

Saudi Arabia

:

Higher Education:

Name

:

University of Southern California.

School of Engineering

Department of computer science

Period

:

2000-2002

Major

:

Computer Science

Degree

:

Masters.

GPA

:

3.89/4.0

Core subjects

:

Advanced database systems, Web programming, Artificial intellegence

Higher Education:

Name

:

King Saud University, college of computer  and information sciences.

Period

:

09/1993-06/1998

Major

:

Computer Science

Degree

:

B.S. computer Science.

GPA

:

4.61 (Second class Honor)

Core subjects

:

C programming, Pascal Programming language, Database management and Design, Artificial Intelligence, Networks and distributed systems, Operating Systems

Secondary School

Name

:

Riyadh Secondary School

Year

:

1992-1993

Grade

:

Excellent  (%98.46) , First rank

Core subjects

:

Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry

Mar 2007 – Now

Portal and E-Services Department Manager

King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mar 2004 – Dec 2004

XML Webservice Programmer

USC Information Science Institute

Working with a team to develop an Arabic learning game used to teach American soldiers how to speak Arabic

Converting InfoPath XML files to the format used by the software

Working with Unreal engine to develop voice recognition software to evaluate pronunciation of software user.

Aug 2002 –Aug 2006

Research Assistant/ PhD Student

University of Southern California DBLAB

Conducting research in Database Areas including resilient web services and on demand media streaming.

Feb 2002 – August 2003

Web Master

USC Urban Initiative Program, Los Angeles, CA

Creating and administrating website

Creating a site to gather statistical information from an MS SQL-based database

Securing and administrating the server hosting the site

Feb 2001 – Jan 2002

Web Master

Southern California Studies Center (SC2), Los Angeles, CA

Creating and administrating website for the center

Programming DB functionality to allow researchers to access the SC2 publications

Creating an online database to hold the SC2 members information

Securing and administrating the server hosting the site

July 1999 – August 2000

Teaching Assistant

King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Teaching tutorials and labs for computer courses.

Building the home page of Computer science department.

Helped in implementing Computer Center LAN security.

August 1999 – July 2000

Part time Network Consultant

Saudi Internet Company (ISP), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Security related issues for hosted site, and user information.

Linking Databases to website through ASP technology.

Firewall Administration (Raptor EagleNT V 6.0).

June  1998 - August. 1999

Network Security Engineer

International Systems Engineering (ISE), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Developed web protection software called SecuWeb.

Managed SecuShield team (a complete security solution).

Participated in installing SecuShield in Private Information Center (PIC).

Experienced with the installation and configuration of Raptor Firewall.

Member of development team of Jalees Home filter (Parental control solution)

September  1997 – June  1998

Interanet Web-Developer (Business Application Trainee)

Lucent Technologies, SA.

Developed, and published web site for Lucent Technologies- Saudi Arabia Branch.

Linking Database to the web (Oracle Database). To create dynamic reports, which can be access securely by higher management..