ELIE MATTA
CTO, Technical lead, Instructor, Startup coach
Website: http://www.eliematta.com Email: em@eliematta.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliematta GitHub: https://github.com/elie-matta
Mobile: +44 7751163070 Address: Bristol, United Kingdom
Hands-on CTO with 11 years of experience in software development. Strong academic background in instructing software engineering courses for 6 years. Track record of recruiting, building & leading software development teams in startups & large corporations. Experience in managing, architecting & developing products from scratch on the full-stack using C#, Python, PHP & JS. UK Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Visa Recipient in the field of AI. Highest honors in MSc in Databases & AI. Fluent in English, French & Arabic CORE SKILLS − Leadership, Mentoring, Appraisals, Performance, Communication − Certified Scrum Master, Agile Product Management, UX/UI − Business/Technical Strategy, Enterprise Architecture − Startup Advisory: Funding, Growth, Strategy
− Micorservices, SOA, SaaS Multi-Tenant Architecture − RESTful API design, Cloud Services, SQL and NoSQL DBs − Machine learning, AI, data visualization − Frontend, Backend, TDD, DevOps, Coding Standards
WORK EXPERIENCE Portefini – US-based e-commerce startup, raised USD500,000 in seed funding UK CTO 2019-Present − Doubled the team size within weeks and setup best practices for coding, estimation and delivery which met deadlines on time − Increased ROI by 20% by developing the curation and personalization engines to recommend clothes from a pool of 500K+ items − Acted as the point of reference for product, roadmap and scope management which paved the way for future investment Tech: Python, React, REST API, Django, nginx, Docker, Gunicorn, Celery, Redis, AWS, Stripe, Sentry, CircleCI, TensorFlow, scikit-learn
Augmental – Adaptive learning EdTech startup, won USD100,000 in startup competitions in US, UAE & Lebanon Lebanon Board Advisor 2019-Present Co-founder & CTO 2016-2019 − Successfully managed the product roadmap from idea phase to a working product piloted in 3 large high schools in the MENA region − Recruited, onboarded and managed 4 software engineers for the successful implementation of the product − Raised the team skills and performance by reviewing code, setting up OKRs and Scrum, applying TDD and coding guidelines − Established a scalable SaaS multi-tenant architecture across several technologies and platforms (mobile, web, AI, AR, bot) − Developed the core course recommender engines from concept to implementation using Artificial Intelligence Tech: C#, REST API, TDD, .NET Core, Azure (LUIS, DevOps, App Service, BotService, Machine Learning Studio), scikit-learn, Xamarin, Unity, SOA, Onion Architecture, MSSQL Server, Git SelfStir Limited – Leadership development HRTech startup with client base in US and Europe UK & Lebanon Board Advisor 2019-Present Founding member & Director of Technology 2011-2019 − Acted as the point of contact between the founders and the development team within the agile software development lifecycle − Recruited, conducted workshops and led the first 3 senior software engineers despite being the youngest − Increased user retention by 20% using machine learning to generate recommendations Tech: PHP, Yii MVC Framework, MySQL, TDD, SaaS, multi-tenancy, AWS, Bayes rating algorithm Murex – The leading enterprise capital markets trading platform rated by Gartner magic quadrant France & Lebanon Technical Lead 2016-2019 − Recruited, coached, mentored and led 15 software engineers to successfully implement AI bot initiatives across 7 departments − Created the AI community of practice, conducted hands on machine learning tech talks for 200+ engineers and consultants − Used machine learning to cut cost by 30% on clients’ software upgrade while coordinating with regional cross-functional teams − Led a core business process application development stream after a 2-week handover and drove DevOps effort Tech: C#, Python, JS, scikit-learn, NLP, Decision Tree, Azure, D3JS, RDF, Linked Data, Flask, .NET Core, CI/CD Jenkins pipeline, Git Full Stack Software Engineer & Scrum Master 2013-2015 − Promoted within 18 months to Scrum Master for commendable communication and teamwork skills − Developed the IT infrastructure self-service web portal under the ‘you build it, you run it’ mantra, used by 2K+ employees − Reduced infrastructure resources provisioning time by 110X by developing a microservices-oriented application Tech: C#, AngularJS, REST API, MongoDB, MSMQ, VMWARE virtualization, .NET Framework, SOA, Microservices, MSSQL Server Smart ESA – Startup accelerator and incubator Technical Coach − Coached 3 startups on how to go from idea to implementation, technology selection and feasibility assessment Tech: Best practices on full stack development, software architecture considerations, lean startup approach
Lebanon 2019-Present
Antonine University – Faculty of Engineering Part Time Instructor − Taught 700+ students, second through fifth year undergraduate software engineers − Coordinated and taught courses of XML, distributed architecture, web technologies and UML
Lebanon 2013-Present
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− Initiated and managed the successful implementation of final year projects in EdTech, AI, machine translation and bots - Augmental: Gives each student an equal chance to succeed through personalized and adaptive course materials - AlphonseBot: Helps universities better serve their students’ needs in exams by chatting with a conversational assistant - alTranslator: Provides higher quality translation between Arabic & English relying on previous corrected translation Tech: JS, XML, JSON, REST API, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML, Azure BotService, Google DialogFlow, Pattern recognition SNS – Multinational provider of supply chain consultancies and software solutions Technical Consultant − Improved decision making by integrating warehouse management systems and ERPs to monitor stock usability − Customized warehouse management and supply chain systems following client requirements Tech: Java J2EE, Apache Tomcat, RFID, MS SQL Server, Talend
Lebanon & UAE 2011-2012
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Equadis – Swiss company that provides data management solutions Lebanon SalesForce CRM Developer Intern 2011 − Developed data integration, automated scripts and synchronization between MSSQL server and SalesForce invoices and reporting Tech: Java, SOAP, bulkAPI, Apex EthosKMS – Digital consultancy solutions Web Developer Intern − Developed customized modules on content management systems based on client requirements Tech: PHP, Joomla, Drupal, CSS, jQuery, HTML
Lebanon 2010
CSS Providers – Software development & IT consultancy Web Developer Intern − Developed fit for purpose accounting software and websites Tech: PHP, HTML, CSS, Ajax, MySQL
Lebanon 2009
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Flat6Labs – Startup seed program and early stage fund Technical mentor − Educated a startup about API design, software architecture, integration standards and security best practices in FinTech Tech: Resource-based REST APIs, service-oriented architecture, authorization schemes
Lebanon 2019
U.S. Embassy – Youth Advisory Council Lebanon Board Advisor 2016-2017 − Engaged with the U.S. Embassy in an honest two-way dialogue to discuss the youth’s perspective on pressing educational and social issues in Lebanon. The board is comprised of 24 selected Lebanese youth leaders, between 18 and 30 years old
EDUCATION University of Burgundy – Faculty of Science and Technology MSc, Databases & Artificial Intelligence – Highest honors, top of the class, rank 1/33 Antonine University – Faculty of Engineering MEng, Computer Science & Telecom. – Fast track graduation in Software Eng. for excellent academic performance
France 2010-2011 Lebanon 2006-2010
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Microsoft – Certified course Professional program in Artificial Intelligence Harvard Business School, AI SuperNova Challenge, Euromena, Grow My Business – Startup competitions Augmental won USD100,000 in cash
edX 2018-2020 US, UAE & Lebanon 2017-2019
John Hopkins University – Certified course Executive Data Science Specialization
Coursera 2019
University of Washington – Certified course Machine Learning Foundations
Coursera 2016
Scrum Alliance – Professional agile training Certified Agile Scrum Master
Lebanon 2011
SKILLS Languages – English (Fluent), French (Fluent), Arabic (Native) Programming – Backend (C#, Python, PHP, .NET Framework & Core, Yii, Flask), Frontend (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Angular), Database (MS SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL), Other (SOA, Microservices, REST API, SaaS, Machine Learning, TDD, Git) Machine learning – scikit-learn, TensorFlow Other – Pro-bono Consulting (Mentor at the U.S. Fulbright 2018 career guidance, website development for Humanitas NGO), Sports (Tennis, Swimming, Snowboarding) pg. 2