MOURAD OULID-AISSA

5945 West Parker Rd, Apt # 1436, Plano, Texas 75093 * 972-523-0933 * mo1d40b1@we
stpost.net
PRODUCT MANAGER * SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT * ENGINEERING LEADER
Driven, and disciplined technical expert and team leader with acumen for articul
ating complex concepts and substantially and positively impacting major software
development and life cycle processes and solutions.
* Reliable and innovative emerging technology / information technology solutions
architect.
* Recognized inventor and entrepreneur, holding several patents through U.S. and
European patent offices.
* Product manager, proficient in leveraging technology in design and implementat
ion of business plans.
* Program manager adept at teaming with diverse stylistic backgrounds and experi
ences.
Areas of expertise:
Product/Program Management/Development * Team Leadership/Mentorship * Personnel
Development/Coaching Interpersonal Communication * Strategic Thinking * Complex
Problem Solving * Negotiations
Information Technology * Computer Science * Computer Security * Multimedia Appli
cations * Database Management Systems (Distributed, Real-Time) * Electrical & Co
mputer Engineering * Software Development Life Cycle
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KAPLAN UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION, Fort Lauderdale, Florida * 2010 - Current
Adjunct Faculty - Information Systems and Technology: Online instructor, Network
and Applications Department. Teaching Network Intrusion and Incidence Response,
Computer Forensics.
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BROWARD, Hollywood, Florida * 2009-2010
Chair / Faculty - Mathematics and Sciences Department: Coordinate Math and Scien
ce academic programs following Florida and French Education Ministry benchmarks.
TEKNOFEATURE SOLUTIONS, Frisco, Texas * 2008-Current
Founder: advertisement, entertainment and education applications.
ALCATEL-LUCENT NORTH AMERICA, Plano, Texas * 2007-2008
Vice President Research & Development: Commanded all aspects of North America R
&D Center for Multimedia Business Unit. Governed product management and technolo
gy strategies of emerging technologies and media applications, targeting multi-p
latform support and generic productization. Scope: family of generic interactive
applications coupled with notification and communication platform for blended s
ervices, providing end-to-end multimedia solutions well suited for application o
rchestration, mediation between telecom and multimedia applications (IPTV, Mobil
e), integration with interactive advertising, plus presentation production / cus
tomization framework, and specialized multimedia engines.
* Boosted revenue from $250K to potential $3M through alliance with Turner Broad
casting System R&D to initiate deployment of applications, most notably "Superba
r" application, to key service providers.
* Created and launched R&D center of competence in 1 month comprised of 25 staff
, with business development, R&D, project management, support, infrastructure, i
ntegrated with world-wide Multimedia BU. Built demo room and multi-platform lab,
generating prototypes geared towards increasing company visibility.
* Bolstered company interest in sales, marketing, and R&D through design and att
ainment of general availability of communication/interactive media application p
roduct solution, resulting in creation of new business opportunities.
* Restructured definition and position of 2 products as essential to a comprehen
sive solution in order to counter concerns regarding product overlap. Additional
features offered increased clarity for sales and marketing teams.
* Achieved general availability of notification and communication product beatin
g other internal competing solutions from IP Multimedia business division. Achie
ved productization of interactive media applications; products deployed at custo
mer sites, targeting other high-probability accounts.
* Cultivated collaborative opportunities for diversification of UK-based interac
tive application team through creation of marketing and research/development ini
tiatives. Spearheaded pursuit of patent accepted internally.
* Established successful relationship with TBS executive R&D lab (SuperBar redes
ign, What's Hot Enhanced, Live Mosaics, IMS integration with IPTV, Click to View
, Mobile DVR, etc.).
* Supported business development initiative with Tier 2/3 plan (based on legacy
IPTV and evolution).
* Promoted Alcatel Product Decision Review Process quality process / software de
velopment life cycle including DOORS requirements methodology. Also promoted agi
le software development life cycle.
* Initiated, formulated Application Placement Engine concept (patent pending) wi
th objective to contribute in next-generation platform/foundation initiative.
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ALCATEL NORTH AMERICA, Plano, Texas * 2006-2007
Vice President Systems Integration Applications: Orchestrated administration of
R&D and professional services in IPTV solutions and integration. Presided over
technology operations and realization of interactive TV, quadplay, and OSS/BSS a
pplications. Targeted communication and custom development of entertainment engi
neering and products. Synthesized application technology initiatives with CTO, m
obile, fixed, and integration services divisions. Powered technology and funding
for interactive TV applications business. Drove transition of home-grown legacy
IPTV middleware. Led teams of up to 75 staff in North America and partnered wit
h teams throughout Russia and Europe.
* Achieved productization of "Insight" troubleshooting system (OSS/BSS-EMS media
tion/test execution framework).
* Conceptualized and attained general availability of notification and communica
tion suite product following mid-stream team transitions.
* Obtained premier revenue from key customers through fashioning and funding of
enhanced content and convergence interactive applications. Notification and comm
unication product deployed at 2 customer sites (Centurytel and Turner Broadcasti
ng System). iTV applications, Public Education Government and Yellow Pages, depl
oyed under AT&T U-verse.
* Interactive TV Portfolio deployed at TBS executive R&D lab (enhanced content,
convergence applications.)
* Transitioned iTV domain knowledge from staff of 30 in remote sites to staff of
7 in local site in span of two months.
* Propelled conversion of legacy middleware technology from staff of 20 to outso
urcing corporation. Transition included strategic leadership in business negotia
tions and procedural agreements.
* Evaluated end-to-end solution and integration opportunities for IMS for variou
s accounts.
* Acquired 1st revenue from AT&T via negotiation of precedential agreement regar
ding shared intellectual property.
* Minimized capital and operational expenses by negotiating acquisitions and by
garnering support from internal departments, respectively.
* Acknowledged by European leadership and charged with establishing new foundati
onal team within the Products Business Unit for North America.
UNISPHERE NETWORKS/SIEMENS NETWORK CONVERGENCE, Boca Raton, Florida * 1999-2005
Director Engineering: Superintended all U.S. and global aspects of softswitch t
echnology program, including creation and delivery of product for business conne
ct, multimedia over cable carrier, and enterprise solutions. Launched developmen
t program in a startup mode from scratch. Pioneered formation of 1 GA release, a
nd 2-3 parallel biannual releases. Engineered all developmental phases of softwa
re innovations. Administered several budgets totaling $4M-$12M. Mentored up to 1
0 technology teams, including 150+ engineers in 7 locations around the globe.
* Restructured Boca team to include groups, charters, management leads, and clea
r delineation of all operational responsibilities. Team size grew from 40 to 150
+ in 1 year.
* Led complex softswitch development program from analysis to customer beta. Dep
loyed in several US and International accounts. Softswitch product based on next
-generation carrier-based clustered platform, open-system, universal architectur
e.
* Long time single point of contact / product manager /project manager for softs
witch development program in company management team. Last focus on softswitch a
pplications and special projects.
* Planned, coordinated software development, including front-end requirements, d
esign, implementation, integration testing, entry to / support of SQA, product s
upport.
* Technologies developed by team: universal call engine, service execution envir
onment, signaling/connection managers, element management agents, application se
rvers, fault-tolerant middleware.
* Delivered customer presentations and coordinated more than 20 customer demonst
rations.
* Guided 1.5 year evolution of pioneer softswitch program from engineering analy
sis to customer beta, including attainment of patent.
* Stimulated revenue growth from $0 to $35M+ in 4 years via stabilization and de
ployment of new voice over product at CableVision; now world's largest VoC deplo
yment.
* Re-launched VoIP project, effectively navigating 5 critical issues regarding a
utomation, installation, and maintenance through formation of and clear communic
ation with 5 swift-action teams.
* Promoted Siemens Product Provisioning Process quality process / software devel
opment life cycle. Also promoted agile / fast-feature software development life
cycle, including RequisitPro product definition methodology.
* Achieved designation as Inventor - Communicator through European Patent Office
.
* Member of Florida Atlantic University Industrial Advisory Board.
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SIEMENS - INTERNET SOLUTIONS BU, Boca Raton, Florida * 1997-1999
Coach/Team Lead Engineering: Steered product team of 15 in proof of concept and
delivery of multi-tier call-signaling voice over IP and network solution. Coach
ed team of 10 in implementation of network services and network databases for ne
xt-generation solutions. Equipped newly merged team in collaboration with 2 addi
tional team leaders.
* Designed architecture of multi-tier VoIP gatekeeper / media gateway controller
, media gateway, network services, databases / management, network element manag
ement, clearing houses, and billing solutions.
* Led solutions architecture and directed team in production of only prototype c
reation for VoIP solution deliverable.
* Engineered and managed network services, including authentication/authorizatio
n and accounting, directory services and zone, usage, service control and databa
se schemata.
* Led business unit VoIP product strategy and solutions initiatives, architectur
e analyses and contributions via VoIP standards (ETSI TIPHON, ITU, IETF).
* Presented VoIP architecture solutions, responses to RFPs to customers, market
requirements.
* Produced system requirements (inter-domain settlement billing, network service
s database).
* Coached/led team of gatekeeper-routed call signaling VoIP solution proof of co
ncept (7 members).
* Coached/led team of multi-tier VoIP end-to-end solution deliverable (15 member
s).
* Led architecture and network services management, engineering development (8 m
embers).
* Restructured product management priorities to reconcile costs and resources by
redefining priorities and articulating phased deliverable plan to ensure realiz
ation of commitment made to customer.
* Acquired U.S. patent for distributed database architecture and management for
open network evolution.
SIEMENS - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, Boca Raton, Florida * 1995-199
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Manager Engineering: Manager / lead designer of CATV/Telephony development group
(12 members) developed connection management and signaling, V5 agent, recovery
and upgrade subsystems of "CoAxiom" product.
* Led design of call processing and V5 agent development group (8 members), Acce
ss Business Unit.
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff: Access networks development team lead (
4-6 members) for design and implementation of CoAxiom V5 Agent subsystem; front-
end to connection management / signaling subsystem. Lead architect of CoAxiom he
adend interface unit embedded DBMS (4 members).
* Designed V5 agent subsystem (ETS V5.1/V5.2 protocols) for connection managemen
t.
* Designed on-board database subsystem for telephony/CATV applications.
Senior Staff Engineer: Lead architect/designer of EWSD switch intelligent access
procedures (IAPs) in support of real-time ISDN features. Member of Open Network
Evolution ("Vision O.N.E") database design team of selected experts from US, Ge
rmany and UK. Coordinator of editorial review board for Vision O.N.E database co
ncept. Consultant to intelligent network study team. Lead of fast feature altern
atives and patents.
* Analyzed access network call processing administration (ETS V5.1-V5.2/GR-303/G
R-2833).
* Designed EWSD switch database and access procedures for ISDN Integrated Packet
Handler, Remote Data Terminal and Integrated EWSD/DCO. Led Feature Teams.
* Designed new Vision O.N.E DBMS using object-based and distributed client/serve
r concepts.
* Coordinated editorial review board for major concept/design deliverable (Visio
n O.N.E) involving development and systems engineering organizations across US,
Germany and UK.
AT&T BELL LABORATORIES, Holmdel, New Jersey * 1984-1991
Member Technical Staff: Technical Team leader of Database Technology and Plannin
g group in last 6 months with AT&T. Lead system engineer / chief architect / pro
ject manager investigating AT&T service needs and setting technological directio
ns for network databases and call-processing applications, targeting about $1 M
revenue savings per day for AT&T Network Services. Evaluator of competitive OLTP
and FT technologies. Teacher of sections of center. Host of new employee and su
mmer science programs. AT&T contact with University of Pennsylvania. Advisor for
career development plans and mentorship. Organized/presented career development
committees, seminars, center courses.
* Lead designer for advanced intelligent networks database technology focus on d
istributed real-time services (OLTP systems), service-creation and network manag
ement systems.
* Architected network database core system (2NCP) and interfaces, service applic
ation platform and interfaces, service creation and management systems, OSSs, an
d network protocols.
* Created task forces, led teams, planned / managed at least 7 major technical p
rojects across development, systems engineering, network users, and business gro
up organizations.
* Promoted AT&T Bell Labs Product Quality Deployment quality process / software
development life cycle.
* Promoted industrial technical program with University research. Hosted trainee
s from high-schools.
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan * 1979 - 1984
Research/Teaching Assistant: Researcher in distributed database technology. Lect
urer and electrical engineering / computer laboratory / programming language ins
tructor.
* Conducted research in distributed database systems, emphasis on data modeling
for multi-view applications, design of distributed schemata, data allocation app
lications.
* In parallel, applications of data modeling and relational-database design to g
eometric modeling and computer graphics applications.
* Taught interactive computer graphics and variety of computer engineering cours
es.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer and Information Engineering * 1984
Thesis: Methodology for the distribution of databases
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Professional Development
Product/Project Management * Team Skills/Management * Technology Development Pro
cesses * Self Development
Telecommunications Technology * Software Technology * Software Quality Deploymen
t * Systems Engineering
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Fluent French * Basic Spanish * Basic German * Basic Arabic
INFORMATION / SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
Sun UNIX * Linux * MS NT * JAVA * .NET/C# * C++ * C
SOA * SDP * IMS * 3G * Web Services * BPEL * IN * AJAX * XML * SOAP
Database * Real-Time DB * Oracle * MS SQL * ColdFusion * OSS/BSS
Security * SIP * MGCP * MEGACO * SIGTRAN * OMAP * H.323
H.248 * TCAP * ISUP * SS7 * ISDN * SNMP * OSP * H.225/Annex-G
PATENTS
Invention Disclosure Case No. 802440 Title: "Method and Computer Readable Medium
for Application Placement System".
Patent pending filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 2007
Designation as Inventor Communication under Rule 17(3), European Patent Office "
Universal Variant Softswitch Utilizing Object-Oriented Inheritance and Polymorph
ism". Patent No. 04104407.4. 2004
United States Patent and Trademark Patent No. 5687363, "Distributed database arc
hitecture and distributed database management for open network evolution". 1997
Designation as Inventor Communication under Rule 17(3), European Patent Office P
atent No. 95102702.8, including 4 patents packaged under title "A distributed da
tabase architecture and distributed database management system for open network
evolution". 1995
AWARDS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Individual Performance Award * Exceptional Contribution Awards * Certificate of
Appreciation