Resume

Omar Tawakol
91A Escondido Village
Stanford, CA 94305
(415) 497 4610
omart@cs.stanford.edu

Education:
Stanford University, Stanford CA. (September '96)
MS in Computer Science. Emphasis on intelligent integration of information, software agents, and application interoperability.

Stanford University, Stanford CA. (Summer '95 GPA 4.0)
MS in Manufacturing Systems Engineering. Emphasis on business strategy as it effects the manufacturing enterprise.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Ma. (1990)
BS in Mechanical Engineering. Concentrations in Economics and Philosophy.

Experience:
Informatica Corp. (Fall 95 to present)
Software Architect. Responsible for building meta-data navigation tool for Windows platform. Presently leading a development effort to build a Data Mart Web Publishing Client/Server in Java.

Hewlett Packard Labs (Summer 95, 94)

95 - Developing Distributed Applications with Objects Project. Research on the integration of simulation with OOAD especially as a tool for developing distributed/concurrent systems. Investigated the integration of simulation and modelling tools with CORBA.
94 - Research and development on the role of domain models in developing autonomous distributed agents. Explored the architecture needed to support distributed ontology creation.

Stanford University (Fall 94 to Summer 96)
Logic Group Computer Science Department (94-96),
Research on Agent Based Software Interoperability.

Developing tools to facilitate the development of autonomous software agents.
Researcher for the Center for Information Technology (CIT) and CommerceNet.
Developed a C++ Api for Agents (Magenta C++ and Crimson C++).
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Research Assistant (Stanford University, 93-94)
CIFE (Center for Integrated Facility Engineering) Collaborative distributed problem solving using intelligent agents. Concentrated on interoperating CAD systems.

Smith Industries Project Manager/Project Engineer (90-93) Houston, Texas.
Responsible for Engineering and Fabrication stages of a glycol regenerator (the largest of its kind at the time.) Responsible for design team coordination with BP/Arco/RMP. Also developed tools for integrating several design packages. Also, represented Smith Industries for a year in Cairo Egypt.

Computer skills:

Languages: Programming experience with Java, C, C++, JavaScript, Perl, LISP, Prolog,
Prokappa, ML, CGI, NSAPI, JDBC. Java is by far my preferred development language.
Platforms: Development done on Windows (VC++, MFC), DOS, UNIX.

Skills: Intelligent World Wide Web sifting agents, Distributed Objects, learning
algorithms, application interoperability, distributed design tools, Web Servers, software
architecture.

Languages:	Programming experience with Java, C, C++, JavaScript, Perl, LISP, Prolog,
	Prokappa, ML, CGI, NSAPI, JDBC. Java is by far my preferred development language.
Platforms:	Development done on Windows (VC++, MFC), DOS, UNIX.
Skills:	Intelligent World Wide Web sifting agents, Distributed Objects, learning
	algorithms, application interoperability, distributed design tools, Web Servers, software
	architecture.

Honors and Activities:
Chairman and Founder of MIT International Relations Club
MIT Debate Society
Harvard UN Conference Outstanding Delegate
Delta Psi Community Relations Chair.
Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers
Member of SECAM (Stanford Engineering Club for Automation and Manufacturing.)

Background:
Born in Egypt in 1968. US citizen. Arabic and English spoken Enjoy hiking, windsurfing, and philosophy.