Dr. GHASSAN FILIMBAN
4216 Jefferson Oaks Cir. Apt. C.  Fairfax, VA 22033  U.S.A.
 Tel: (703)627-4953
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CORE COMPETENCIES


	More than nine solid years of experience as a Project Manager and
Business / Web Marketing Analyst.
	Excellent credentials in Information Technology, Project Management
(PMP), Business Administration, Marketing, and ISO 9000 Quality Management
Systems (QMS).
	A well-trained professional in deploying Project Management Institute
(PMI) Body of knowledge (PMBOK, third edition) in all process groups; Initiation,
planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing projects.
	A Trained expert in all knowledge areas of project management; Scope,
Cost, Time, Quality, Risk, Human Resources, Procurement, and communication with
stakeholders.
	Strong credentials as Business Technology Analyst in Business Process
Re-engineering (BPR), Business System Requirement Specification, Use Case
Specification, Functional and Non-functional Specification, Software Development
Life Cycle (SDLC), Object Oriented Analysis and Design Concepts (OOAD), UML
diagrams (Use Case, Class and Sequence), Quality Assurance (QA), and Software
Standards (CMM, ISO, and SPICE).
	Strong in web operational and marketing analysis using Salesforce,
Omniture, and Adwords.
	Extended experience in conducting marketing research and measuring
consumer behaviour and attitude towards products and e-commerce technology.

EDUCATION 

	George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 
Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology (Obtained in 2007)
Dissertation Topic: Statistical Meta Analysis of Electronic Commerce Technology
Adoption

	University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan
Master of Science in Computer and Information Systems (Obtained in 1998)

	King Abdul Alaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, (Diploma granted 1996)
Completed Graduation Project: Purchase Incentives Amongst Mobile Phones
Shoppers: An Applied Marketing Research. 

CARRER DEVELOPMENT

	Project Management Institute (PMI), Newtown Square, PA; and Training
Camp, Philadelphia, PA.
Certification of Completion of Project Management Professional (PMP) Training,
granted 11/2007.

	St. Peter’s College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK; and George Mason
University, Fairfax, Virginia
Certification of Global Trade in Digital Economy Program and e-Commerce, granted
1999
The program included Global Corporate Strategies, Trade Policies and Laws,
Technology and Enterprise Integration, Telecommunication, Electronic Commerce,
and included lectures at The United Nations (UN), World Trade Organization (WTO),
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland.

	BSI (British Standards Institution) Training services, London, UK
Certification of Completion Auditor and Lead Auditor of (ISO 9000-Quality
Management System) Training, granted 1997

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

	Computational Intelligence Group, George Mason University, Fairfax,
VA.
Teacher Assistant and Research Assistant, 2003 – 2007
Duties:
-	Managed the CI group projects and organized lecture series. 
-	Research includes Statistical Meta-Analysis, Information Technology Adoption,
and User Behavior and performance Modeling. 
-	Teaching includes basic Information Technology and software use such us SPSS,
S-Plus, and Meta-Analysis
-	Completed Projects: 
•	Measuring the impact of e-Commerce Technology Ease of Use and Usefulness on
customers’ Attitude.
•	Measuring the impact of Systems’ Security, Users’ Skills, and Cultures on
e-Commerce Technology Utilization Levels by consumers.
•	Measuring Technology Satisfaction of employees in banking environments in
relations to System Security, Complexity and Uncertainty of Job Tasks, and
Management Support.
•	Measuring Consumers’ Privacy Behaviors and Functions in Internet environment
in relations to Privacy Policy and Improper Information Practices. 

	United Nations Association, Washington DC.
Internship: Graduate Fellows, Aug-December 2006.
Duties: 
-	Examined the United Nations and World Bank systems and reforms.
-	Examined the formulation and execution of global e-business strategies in the
international economy.
-	Presented advanced solutions and projects for global knowledge management,
Information Technology infrastructure, environmental management, and reforming
the United Nations.

	SMARTHINKING, Inc, Washington DC.
Internship: Operational and Web Marketing Analyst, Summer 2005.
Duties: 
-	Forecasting key operational variables.
-	Collecting and analyzing data on company vital operations.
-	Keeping statistics track of vital operations, usage, staffing, and costs.
-	Preparing reports for the executive team and board of directors on operations
trends.

	Zainudeen Estate Inc., Jeddah, KSA.
Marketing and I.T. Manager, 1997 – 2002.
Duties: 
-	Pioneered and guided fully functional marketing research projects.
-	Designed and supervised media advertisement campaigns for the newly finished
commercial and residential units. 
-	Managed the projects of re-engineering and integrating of the business
processes. 
-	Designed and managed the information systems and HR technology training
programs. 

PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION

	Adoption of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to Electronic Commerce: A
Statistical Meta-Analysis Approach (To be published)
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Journal, 2006.

	Statistical Meta Synthesis of E-Commerce Technology Adoption.
The Third International Conference on Computer Science, Software Engineering,
Information Technology, Electronic Business, and Applications CSITeA’04, Cairo,
Egypt, 2004.

	Computational Analysis of End User Satisfaction in Saudi Arabian
Financial Institutions.
The Institute of Operation Research and the Management Science INFORMS Annual
Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 2003.

	Internet Privacy Behaviour and Function.
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 2000.

	Global Establishment of International Standards in Petroleum and
Natural Gas Industries: The Institute of Petroleum (IP) and British Standards
Institute (BSI) Case.
Global Trade and the Digital Economy Program, St. Peter’s College, University of
Oxford, Oxford, UK, 1999. 

TECHNICAL SKILLS 

Computer Skills:	Windows, UNIX, Networking, C++, Basic, SQL, Database, MS Office
Pro, MS Project, MS Visio, MS FrontPage, Web Design, IBM Rational Rose (UML).
Computational & Statistical packages:	Crystal Report, SPSS, S-Plus,
Meta-Analysis software (Metawin 2 and Comprehensive Meta Analyses), NCSS-PASS.
Other packages:	Salesforce, Omniture, Adwords (search engines monitoring).	
Languages:                                                 	Fluent in Arabic and
English.

REFERENCES

Available upon request