Leaders Anywhere

- Founded leadersanywhere.com, a platform designed to guide new leaders, particularly native Arabic speakers, in developing effective leadership and management skills.

- Launched free products including The Leaders Anywhere newsletter (in Arabic), The Guide for Time and Self-Management for Digital Professionals, and The Productivity Assessment for Digital Professionals.

Founder 

adplist.org

I started working with ADPList to offer consultation and mentorship guidance for engineers and help prepare them for interviews or guide them through their career progression.

Mentor

Forto

- Joined Forto, a digital freight forwarding unicorn, during its Series B phase and contributed to its growth through Series C & D, raising its valuation and scaling the engineering team by 400% from 30 to over 120 engineers across Europe.

- Led the Moment Of Truth project, enhancing shipment visibility and achieving an 87% customer usefulness score.

- Led the development of FortoX, a SaaS product that reduced customer manual work by ~20%.

- Initiated the Engineering Manager in Training program, promoting career growth and retaining top talent within the organization.

- Defined quarterly OKRs in collaboration with product management, aligning engineering goals with business strategy.

Tech Stack: NodeJS, Typescript, React, MongoDB, Event-Driven Microservices, RESTFul APIs, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP.

Engineering Manager

Barmej.com

Driven by a passion for teaching technology to Arabic speakers, I founded iaraby in 2011. At Barmej, I leveraged my engineering and Scrum Master expertise to create engaging educational content, including modules on NodeJS, building a complete CRUD RESTful API, and Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Kanplan). I honed skills in content creation, voiceover, and mentorship, which I now apply in leading and coaching my teams.

Educator

Mesaic

- Led the integration of the company's B2B2C product with iMessage and Google Intent, enhancing customer workflows with AI-driven automation.

- Improved product performance and customer satisfaction through custom workflow solutions.

Tech Stack: NodeJS, React, GraphQL, Javascript, Typescript, Google Intent.

Engineering Team Lead

BorderGuru

BorderGuru is a full-service solution for brands and retailers to deliver internationally from their web shop or via marketplaces.

- Architected and developed the warehouse and last-mile delivery application, implementing agile sprints and user testing with warehouse workers.

- Integrated mobile apps on custom scanners and devices, optimizing warehouse operations.

Tech Stack: NodeJS, Javascript, React, MongoDB

Software Engineer

souq.com

Souq.com, the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world, was later acquired by Amazon. I contributed to Souq's recommendation engine, collaborating with data scientists to gather user data, train AI algorithms, and deliver personalized recommendations via APIs. My success on this team led me to join the CRM team, where I helped integrate new CRM tools, including the APPBOY system, to enhance customer relations.

Key Responsibilities:

- Researched and prototyped technologies (Hadoop, Cloudera, Phalcon) for the recommendation engine.
- Developed system architectures and MVPs to validate product hypotheses.
- Analyzed data to guide product development during sprints.
- Integrated CRM tools to improve customer engagement before and after shipping.
- Enabled real-time data aggregation for user behavior to support targeted marketing.
- Built communication channels like push notifications, browser alerts, and SMS.

iaraby

Co-founded iaraby is one of the fast-growing mobile development companies in Jordan and back then in the Middle East.

Developed Fatoosh, An early on-demand content application similar to Netflix today for the Arab World back in 2012.

Co-Founder

Remote Leader | I Help Tech Leaders Transform Into Successful Remote Leaders Achieving Productivity & Work-Life Balance With 30% Less Working Time 🚀

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Rashid Shobaki 🇵🇸

Hosa Wa Nos

•	Executive Director.
•	Sales and contracts management, 721 contracts were achieved and 2,317 services were provided.
•	Management of the work team, consisting of 30 employees.
•	PR and communication, achieving relationships with more than 10 companies and offices.
•	Quality policy planning, the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 have been fully applied to the company.
•	Follow up on quality policy compliance

Co-Founder Partner / CEO

Aga Khan Foundation

•	Follow up on entrepreneurship projects funded by the Foundation
•	Providing consultations for projects and developing business models to achieve effectiveness

Business Development Consultant

Sanad Team for Development l فريق سند التنموي

Member of the arbitration committee 

Expatriates Mail

•	Administrator of the team responsible for delivering orders, managed a team of 20 remote employees. 
•	Manage the financial accounts.
•	Public relations with the stores we deal with, established a close working relationship with 20 stores

Manager Of Alepoo Branch

Central Bank of Syria

•	Maintain the banknote and coin counting machines, I restored 22 of them to work.
•	Responsible for maintaining the cooling and conditioning system and electric elevators follow up within the bank.
•	Maintain the currency peg machines as well as wrapping and punching machines, I restored 1 of them to work.
•	Preparing the maintenance reports and the regular reports of the maintenance section in the bank.
•	Manage the electronic archive team.
•	Preparing the archival work plans and following up on their implementation.
•	Team member to prepare a complete study for the restoration of the bank building.

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

 Expatriates Mail

• Managing the company's subsidiary and general accounts, which are 5 financial accounts
• Paying salaries to employees, they were 50 employees around the world

Chief Accounting Officer

UNHCR

•	Public Relations Department of the initiative, I networked with 4 institutions to implement the project.
•	Follow-up implementation of the initiative, 90 people were targeted as beneficiaries of the project.
•	Financial management.

Service Project Manager

Mobaderoon

•	Following-up the ongoing projects, which are 3 projects and 7 initiatives.
•	Creating new ideas to improve the work within the center, three ideas were created that contributed to greatly enhancing the role of the center.
•	Personnel management, for 25 employees.

Managing Of Mabaderoon center

•	Ensure the information flow between members
•	Managing public relations activities
•	Finding new partners
•	Maintain existing partnerships
•	Lead stakeholders meetings

Corporate Communications Officer

Sanaya Establishment

Market analysis and preparation of a plan to market the organization's services, which are 4 services, to target customers, which are divided into 5 segments

Director of Marketing Operations

Evaluation and study of nutrition and agricultural needs in all Syrian villages and cities and writing reports about them.

Assessment of the food and agricultural needs

Entrepreneur | Management Development Consultant | I help founders of entrepreneurial projects to develop their businesses | Planning & Managing Projects.

Unleashing the Entrepreneur Within

Navigating the entrepreneurial journey can be challenging. Have you ever felt like you're figuring out everything alone?

With over 22 years in the job market, I often wished for a mentor to guide me through best practices. I had to learn the hard way. Today, as the co-founder of two businesses and the driving force behind many new projects, I'm here to support you.

Whether you:
- Have a desire for entrepreneurship but no innovative idea.
- Are brimming with business ideas but lack the confidence to start.
- Have launched a business but struggle to sustain and scale it.

You're not alone. The obstacles you face now may have been overcome by other entrepreneurs before. I've navigated war and endured the tragedy of an earthquake, yet every challenge has fueled my entrepreneurial spirit.

My journey has equipped me with knowledge in every aspect of business: leading teams, managing finances, crafting strategies, and executing marketing campaigns. 

From 2023 onwards, I've supported startups and enthusiastic youth across the Arab World with over 71 consultations.

You can be next!

Remember, alone you are limited; with expert help, your capabilities are multiplied. DM me for business consultation or execution. Let's achieve your entrepreneurial goals together.

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