Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name
Address
Work Address
Phone
Email
Web site
Date of birth
Fadi Amroush
Camino Huertas de la vega, 22, 3.5, 37008, Salamanca, Spain
D213, Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Universidad de
Salamanca,37008, Salamanca, Spain
+34-923-294640/294500 ext 3195
Mobile
+34- 687124077
[email protected]
www.fadyamr.com
20 Jun 1983
EDUCATION
2009 -2012
PhD's Degree with honor in Economics and Business, Universidad de Granada, (Spain)
Major in experimental economics, product selection, Decision Support Systems
Thesis: "Three Essays On Informatics Decision Support Systems In Product Selection"
(with honour )
2010 -2011
Master’s Degree in Economics, Universidad de Granada, (Spain)
Major in experimental economics, GPA: 8,638 (Scale 10)
2008
2006 -2009
Certificate in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Florida International University,
(United States)
Master’s Degree in Informatics Engineering, University of Aleppo, (Syria)
Major in Artificial Intelligence, GPA: 85, 72 (Scale 100)
2000 -2005
Bachelor’s Degree of Informatics Engineering, University of Aleppo, (Syria)
Major in Computer Networks, GPA: 77.17 (Scale 100). Third-highest GPA
WORK POSITIONS
May 2011 – Now
Freelancer trainer, various training centre & NGOs (Europe)
Training IT and business courses in different training centres such as The Advanced Style for
Training, Euro4train, Gulf training, British training centre, MBC training centres as well as NGOs
such as COSV (Italy), and NPA (Norway). I trained more than 300 trainees in more than 50
courses in many countries such as Spain, France, Suisse, Austria, and Germany. I am giving
courses in Business Process Management, Management, Decision support systems, and
personal development.
January 2014- Now
Co-founder & CEO Afkar
Afkar is a micro-incubator based in Hama that started in early 2014. Afkar provides a platform
to enable entrepreneurs in Syria and Hama with the necessary support to help them turn their
concepts into running and operational businesses. The incubator is based on 3 main pillars: 1.
Information-based website specialized in news and resources for entrepreneurs 2. Professional
e- learning and educational platform, and 3. An investor in small projects with potential for
growth and profitability. Afkar aims to change work cultures among youth and fresh graduates
to break away from traditional employment in the public sector and other “safe” industries,
while promoting creativity and risk taking in the SME industry.
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May 2012 – Now
Visiting post doctorate researcher, Department of economics and economics, history,
University of Salamanca, Spain
My current research interest is consensus measures in group decision making.
Sep 2011 - Feb 2013
EGEO Lab manager & research assistance, the experimental economics laboratory at the
University of Granada, Spain
Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the laboratory, providing IT support and technical
expertise and advice to researchers, as well as supporting researchers in designing and running
experiments.
Aug 2005 - Aug 2008
Cofounder, web & training manager, Al-AQSA for Informatics Solutions, Aleppo (Syria)
Managed the web team in developing websites and Content Management Systems (CMS), also
managed the training centre.
Oct 2006 - Sep 2009
IT Support Team Lead / Network Engineer, General Post Establishment, Aleppo (Syria)
IT support involved monitoring LANs and wireless networks, including servers, routers,
switches, and other communication hardware. In addition, I was accountable for testing and
monitoring network performance and troubleshooting problem areas as needed,
implementing policies and procedures for network administration, escalating problems,
requirements and special issues as appropriate. I also managed the server through the Active
Directory and Group Policy.
Oct 2004 - Oct 2006
Translator/Editor, RAY Publishing & Science, Aleppo (Syria)
Translating articles in informatics, Co-author two books.
Jul 2005 - Sep 2009
Trainer, various countries in Aleppo (Syria)
Teaching many IT courses in different training centres. I have taught the following courses
since 2005: PHP programming, content management, language systems, wireless network,
network management, ICDL. I have also trained more than forty students from Al- Mamoun
University in Wireless networks.
PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS
2014
“Experimental economics for web mining.” CoRR Vol. abs/1412.4726. Rustam Tagiew, Dmitry
Ignatov, and Fadi Amroush.
2013
“Social Learning in Networks: Extraction of Deterministic Rules”. The Second International
Workshop on Experimental Economics and Machine Learning (EEML 2013). Rustam Tagiew,
Dmitry Ignatov, and Fadi Amroush.
2012
"Proposing a similarity measure in Case Based Reasoning for product selection, Experimental
evidence". The Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial
Intelligence, (ICAART2012), Vilamoura, Portugal, 2012, pages 499-502, DOI:
10.5220/0003746504990502. SciTePress 2011, ISBN: 978-989-8425-95-9.
2011
"Applying Case-Based Reasoning in Decision support systems for Software products Selection"
with A.Baderddeen Alkhoder. The Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on
Information Systems and Technologies (ICIST'2011), Algeria, 2011, page 628, ISBN: 978-99319004-0-5.
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2009
Building a Programs' Evaluation System by Using CBR Cased Based Reasoning, published in Res.
J. of Aleppo Univ. Engineering Science Series No.62/2009.
2008
"Using Artificial intelligence to select the optimal E-CRM Based business needs". With
Alkhoder, A.Baderddeen and Yusef, Talal. The Proceedings of the First International
Engineering Sciences Conference (IESC08) of the University of Aleppo. (02. November 2008).
2008
"Moving to E-CRM in Arab world to increase profit, AqsaCRM a case study of Building an Arabic
E-CRM". With Alkhoder, A. Baderddeen and Yusef, Talal. The Proceedings of the First
International Engineering Sciences Conference (IESC08) of the University of Aleppo (02.
November 2008).
INVITED SPEACKER
2013
Worksop “Nonstandard models in evaluating and decision making', Department of economics
and economic history, 13 June, 2013, Salamanca, Spain.
2011
First International Conference on Tourism: with particular emphasis on Economics &
Management Aspects of Tourism Activities, May 4-5, 2011. Tehran, Iran.
PRESENTATIONS AT
CONFERENCESES &
WORKSHOPS
2011
Sixth Doctoral Workshop on Economic Theory, December 5-7, 2011. Bielefeld University,
Germany
2011
Sixth Alhambra Experimental Workshop, October 13-15, 2011. University of Granada, Spain.
2010
"Network security policy in Wireless networks", Presented at Computer Networks Security
workshop, Syrian Computer Society (SCS), 2010, University of Aleppo.
2009
"Towards implementing e-learning systems in universities - a case study of MOODLE learning
management", presented at the First National Congress of the digital content industry, June,
13-15, 2009, Damascus, Syria.
2010
"Network security policy in Wireless networks", presented at the 16th SCS Scientific
Symposium, Computer Networks, Security, November 27-28,2010, University of Aleppo, Syria.
2009
"A semantic based assessment system", presented at Sixth International Symposium
language learning, November 19-20 2009, the Higher Institute of Languages, Aleppo, Syria
2008
"Use of virtual tours in tourism and Antiquities", presented at the SCS Scientific Symposium,
Applying informatics Systems in Antiquities and Tourism, 11-12 May, 2008, Edlib, Syria.
2009
"Evaluating of Open Source CRM Systems", presented at the 14th SCS Scientific Symposium,
Open Source Conference, November 12-13, 2008, University of Aleppo, Syria.
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AWARDS & SCOLARSHIPS
2014
PEACE Post Doctorate grant at university of Santiago de Compostela, Period: 1 months
2013
EPIC Post Doctorate grant at university of Salamanca, Period: 6 months.
2009
JOSYLEEN PHD grant at University of Granada, (34 months).
2008
Top Ten candidates in Best Business Plan competition – SYEA Ventures 2008 – Title:
Establishing a consulting and software company specialized in CRM System.
2008
Best Project - 12th Informatics Projects Competition, Syrian Youth 2008, Title: Virtual Tours
2004
IAESTE Scholarship for Students Exchange (6 weeks) .Serbia, Nis (Summer 2004).
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2001
Award of the Academic Excellence, Ministry of Higher Education, Syria, (2000/2001).
TRAINING COURSES
2010
Course in ORSEE and Z-tree.
2008
Strategic Management, The Syrian Enterprise & Business Centre (SEBC).
2008
Business Intelligence, The Syrian Enterprise & Business Centre (SEBC).
2008
Intellectual Property Rights, The Syrian Enterprise & Business Centre (SEBC).
2007
Network administration using Linux, Alep Campus Numeric Francophone.
2007
Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing & Switching (CCNA).
2006
Human Resource Management, The Syrian Enterprise & Business Centre (SEBC).
2005
Six weeks training at Positive IT & media – Serbia – Web sites programming and designing
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Experimental Economics
Tools
Online participant recruitment system (ORSEE), Z-Tree (Zurich Toolbox for Ready-made
Economic Experiments).
Networks
Network administration, Wireless Network, CCNA, Certified (router configuration). Windows
2003 Server, Windows 7, Linux.
Programming
Statistical programs
Pascal, C, C ++, Delphi, PHP, HTML, FrontPage, Dreamweaver.
SPSS, R.
Marketing
CRM (Customer Relationship Managements), CMS (content management Systems). Server and
website administration, Domain registration and hosting solutions.
Business Management
Business Process Management,Business Process Modeling, Business Process Simulation,
Business Process Optimization, Business Process Orchestration, Business Activity Monitoring
PERAONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s)
Arabic
Other language(s)
Understanding
Self-assessment
Listening
European level (*)
English
Spanish / Castellan
C2
Proficient user
Reading
C2
Proficient user
Speaking
Spoken interaction
C2
Proficient user
Writing
Spoken production
C2
Proficient user
C2
Proficient user
B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Independent user
(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
Other skills and competences
Blogging, Translating, Walking, Mountain climbing. I have written many articles in many
magazines, as well as I have co-authored two published books, Foundations and principles of
programming, and Tips and solutions in Java 2
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References
Name
Current Position
Contact Details
Name
Current Position
Contact Details
Name
Current Position
Contact Details
Prof. Nikolaos Georgantzís (main Supervisor)
Full Professor of Economic Theory and Experimental Economics, Universitat Jaume I,
Castellón(Spain)
Phone :+34-964387628, E-mail :[email protected]
Prof. José J. Sempere-Monerris (Full Professor)
Full Professor in Department of Economic Analysis, Universidad de Valencia, (Spain), and CORE,
Research Associate, Université catholique de Louvain, CORE (Belgium)
Phone: +34-963828785, email: [email protected]
Antonio G. López‐Herrera (Associate Professor)
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the
University of Granada (Spain).
Phone: +34-958240467, email: [email protected]
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