FADY EL-RUKBY
10802 243^rd Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98053
fady@elrukby.com; (425) 241-6076
Software Engineering Organization Leadership / Distributed Systems, Big Data & Mobile / Architecture

Certified Hadoop Professional

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/fadyelrukby

 

Versatile, highly skilled software engineering leader with broad-based technical, program, process and people management experience. Analytical and imaginative, extraordinarily organized, with software engineering skills grounded in extensive knowledge of enterprise systems. Deep understanding of business processes and an ability to translate business needs into technical solutions. Expert in SDLC methodologies and processes and in Microsoft technologies. Areas of expertise:

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Seattle Avionics Software, Woodinville • 2012 - Present

Technology – Software – Mobile (iOS, Android) – Aviation - Big Data- Hadoop – Mahout – Machine Learning – NoSQL – AWS – Azure – EC2 – Ecommerce – B2C – JAVA – MapReduce - Hbase – Flume – SOLR – R – Hive – Sqoop – Oozie – AVRO –  SerDe - Cassandra – Cloudera Enterprise Manager – Tableau – Excel - Python

VP of Engineering / Architect: SAS is at the inflection point of growth. As VP of Engineering I established the organizational structure needed to achieve the targeted phase for 2012 and to deliver on a number of small to medium sized projects for large customers such as Honeywell and AOPA. This included establishing the Project Management (Agile based), Development, Test and Release disciplines, in addition hiring resources (internal, contract and offshore), managing budget, and the setup of required infrastructure.

 

Major Contributions:

·         Successfully planned and led the development and architecture of the Seattle Avionics iOS and cloud p Mobile Aviation Platform which spans the cloud and the device, and includes a mapping engine, 3D, Location Services, Flight Planning, Connectivity with third party-devices via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and subscription and API integration with other services. This platform was used in the development of a number of products at SAS.

 

·         Deployed Cloudera’s Hadoop Distribution (CDH4) on AWS and MS/Hortonworks Distribution on Widows (HDInsight) as part of work on the next generation of the platform. Some aspects of the POCs are: using Map / Reduce to optimize flight planning calculation, Leveraging Mahout capabilities to build a recommendation engine, and for classification, forecasting using linear regression, and analysis of streaming data for more real-time results.

NOTE: You can view a short intro I made about Apache Mahout HERE.

 

·         Lead teams to successfully deliver multiple major EFB products for Honeywell and the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA) on both iOS (iPhone and iPad) and Android devices. This was done in a SCRUM environment with multiple sprints.

·         Release of AOPA FlyQ to both the Apple AppStore (iPhone), and to Google Play (Android).

·         Developed cloud integration between device monitoring and crash Analytics system (Crashlytics) and bug tracking system.

 

Microsoft, Redmond • 2010- 2011

Technology – Software – Ecommerce - B2B – ETL – Analytics – SOA – Large Distributed Systems – Data Warehousing – Mobile – Azure - Cloud
Principal Development Manager / Director: Led a large global development team (70 FTEs & vendors) in Redmond and India which includes managers, leads & ICs, architects, middle-tier, database and build & deployment professionals. Our systems process $20 billion revenue through the OEM channel. The team is based in Redmond and India, and it includes managers, leads & ICs, middle-tier, database and build & deployment professionals.

 

Major Contributions:

·         Successfully planned and led the development of the new platform for OEM IT which is based on SOA principles and implements the most advanced Microsoft technologies. The new platform which includes one major implementation on top of it, integrates with backend systems such as SAP and activation systems, in addition to interfacing with OEM partner systems, and providing easy to use BI reports and tools (leveraging SSAS ETL & OLAP) both to internal and external customers. This is a $65 million program. Technologies include SOAP, REST, JSON, BizTalk, Silverlight, Entity Framework, WCF, .NET 4.0, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008.

·         Achieved a 12-point improvement in Work Health Index for my organization at Microsoft

·         Achieved significant improvements in Automation, Unit Test Automation & Coverage (and other best practices & efficiencies), and organizational alignments.

·         Successfully managed a number of cutting edge PoCs (AZURE - PaaS / Cloud / AppFabric, MS SynC Framework, .NET Parallel processing, BI, Pex & Moles, etc.)

 

GENERAL ELECTRIC HEALTHCARE, Seattle • 2007-2010

Healthcare – Product Development – Integration – Devices – Non-Stop – OSS – Java – Apache Tomcat - BI
Software Engineering Manager: Lead the Technical Infrastructure Group of the GE Centricity Enterprise (CE) integrated clinical / financial product built on the Tandem platform. Extend product’s capabilities by integrating third-party products. Manage 15 software engineers and offshore Quality Assurance resources. Streamline and transform areas including deployment in OSS and in standards development.

 

Major Contributions:

·         Utilizing Microsoft Solutions Framework expertise to implement a clinical flow-sheet system, Web services, Blaze expert system training, e-Prescribing and document imaging system in the first 4 months on the job. This in addition to integrating third party system into the GE product (Centricity Enterprise) based on standards such as HL7, CCOW and leveraging the GE’s Aware Gateway for integrating with medical devices.

·         Led a cross-P&L initiative to consolidate hardware and the server software platforms for multiple GE Healthcare P&L systems. Also, led the initiative to verify CE on the new Blades platform.

·         Led the implementation of Centricity Enterprise at Valley Baptist Medical Center

·         Implemented WSS project portals for a few of the projects I was leading, in addition to developing a System Configurator system which is an expert-system that validates systems configuration combinations. This system is being developed in C#, SQL Server 2008, ASP.NET and LINQ.

·         Managed the Monitored Care team that developed flow sheet medical software which receives patient data from medical devices and used by medical staff to monitor patients.

 

ADGAS / ARAMCO • 2002-2007

Oil & Gas – Shipping - .NET – BPM / Workflow – SAP – BizTalk – Integration – Ecommerce – B2B – HR ERP – Java – Apache Tomcat
Software Development Manager: Managed the Microsoft technology group, leading objectives such as achieving CMM Level 3 within 2 years through the adopted the Microsoft Solutions Framework, agile methodologies such as SCRUM, in addition to implementing Team Foundation Server.

Program / Project Manager: Led the initiative to adopt a new software development lifecycle management, group organization, server architecture and best practices for the Downstream Applications Division’s rollout of the Microsoft Solutions Framework Process and team models.

 

Major Contributions:

·         Architected and led development of e-Bidding system, including integration with SAP via BizTalk and implementing a BPM workflow using K2.NET, SQL Server, ASP.NET, C#, MS SharePoint and LDAP integration, and laid foundation for SOA.

·         Worked with vendor on development of a corporate portal based on SharePoint MOSS 2007

·         Architected and managed from requirement gathering to deployment a major tanker vetting system project that automated the admission of tankers into Aramco ports. Technologies included ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, Oracle and SharePoint.

·         Led the design of HR System for VELA (ARAMCO subsidiary)

 

 

STELLCOM / VERILET, San Diego • 2000-2002, 1999

Healthcare – Pharmacy – Insurance – Financial – Oracle – LDAP – SOAP – SQL Server

Software Development Manager / Project Manager (2000-2002): Managed project as a Stellcom consultant developing software for an interactive pharmacy system for Verilet, utilizing ASP, JavaScript, COM+, XML / XSL and Oracle 8i / UNIX. Oversaw project budget, WBS and resource planning. Continued as Software Development Manager after moving to Verilet, conducting development work and other projects. Managed a group creating a Stellcom mobility platform based on Microsoft.NET, developing messaging components enabling the application to push SMS / SMTP notifications to end users. Pioneered .NET SOAP Web service providing information on drug interactions and formularies.

Senior Software Engineer (1999): Led a small team within a larger engagement with Pacific Life.

 

Gateway, San Diego • 1999-2000

Manufacturing – Ecommerce – ERP – Technology - SQL – Site Server – B2B – B2C

Software Development Manager: Managed the Ecommerce Development group (15 to 25 developers) with responsibilities for gateway.com, Gateway Extranet and other initiatives.

 

Major Contributions:

·         Led the implementation of ASIA / Pacific Extranet for Gateway

·         Implemented a Trade-In system in record time to enable customers to trade-in their systems for the holidays. The work involved integration with ERP systems, business partners and stores.

 

Career Note: Additional earlier roles include Senior eCommerce Consultant, Vertex Systems; Team Leader / Consultant, Pfizer / Parke-Davis; Senior Webmaster and Systems Engineer, Tricare, U.S. Department of Defense; Web Administrator / Developer, Motorola / GI; and Systems Engineer, Computerland. ARAMCO and ADGAS are 2 separate companies (both are Oil & Gas).

EDUCATION: BSCE: Alliant / U.S. International University, San Diego, California

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Certified Hadoop Professional (Cloudera), Multiple GE Professional Development Courses, including Lean Six Sigma Intro, Dale Carnegie, Management Training, Microsoft Solutions Framework & Scrum

 

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES: ASP.NET • AZURE / Cloud Computing • EC2 • MongoDB • Caasandra • HBASE • Cassandra • SQL Server • C# • K2.NET • MapR • Hadoop • Hive • Pig • Giraph • Hama • BPM • SharePoint • SAP Integration • BizTalk • WCF • .NET 4.0 • XML • ETL • Data Warehouse • SOA • Web Services • NoSQL • Hadoop • NLP • Machine Learning • ORACLE • VB • Erwin • Visio • Wireless Technologies • SQL CE • Windows CE Development • Embedded VB • LINQ • TFS • AJAX • iOS • Objective C • Android • GIT.

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