Kamyar Houbakht

Current

• Business Development Consultant at Arad Samaneh FZE
• Managing Partner at MAQSAD Internet Solutions

Past

• Senior Consultant at H2O New Media
• Graphic Designer at Dunes Graphic Design
• Network Administrator at Europcar Group of Companies

• Hardware Engineer at Neda Computers (Neda Rayaneh)
• Teacher / Instructor at Sanjesh Organization

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Education

• University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD)
• Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA)
• New Horizons

• New Horizons
• Azad University - Tehran
• Sadr School - Dubai

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Websites

• Kamyar Houbakht - Blog

Kamyar Houbakht’s Summary

Learning, Dialogue, Change, Social Transformation, Education for Sustainable Development, Organizational Learning, Sustainable Development, Web 2.0, Internet Strategies, Content Management Systems (CMS), Coaching and Training on Web and Internet

Kamyar Houbakht’s Specialties:

Business Development / Startups, Sustainable Business Development, Online Community Planning and Development, Content Management Systems (CMS), Information Architecture Design, Internet Solution Compilation and Implementation.

Kamyar Houbakht’s Experience

• Business Development Consultant

  Arad Samaneh FZE

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2008 — Present (9 months)

  - Marketing research on green IT technologies
  - Working on a strategic marketing plan for establishing a sustainable business in Dubai as a hub for the Middle East

• Managing Partner

  MAQSAD Internet Solutions

  (Internet industry)

  June 2003 — Present (6 years 2 months)

  - Responsibilities: Assessing client needs and assembling solutions, leading the technical team, co-planning organization strategies
  - Tools and Techniques: Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Open Source CRM Applications, LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP), Other Open Source Web Applications

• Senior Consultant

  H2O New Media

  (Internet industry)

  February 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  - Responsibilities: building the technical team and providing technical training on Internet technologies
  - Clients: Concur Middle East, Strike Communications, Platinum Homes, Lime Green Entertainment, American Business Council, Limitless (a Dubai World Company), Strawberry PR, Soony B Productions

• Graphic Designer

  Dunes Graphic Design

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2001 — June 2003 (2 years)

  - Responsibilities: graphic design, packaging design, color separation & prepress operations
  - Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Quark Express, Artpro
  - Clients: Pepsi International, Procter & Gamble, British Airways, Master Card, Ritz Carlton, Mars International, Master Foods

• Network Administrator

  Europcar Group of Companies

  (Automotive industry)

  January 2001 — July 2001 (7 months)

  - Responsibilities: Administrating a Wide Area Network (WAN) consisting of more than 50 client computers, a database server, a domain controller server, a Remote Access Server (RAS) server and 7 remote access locations
  - Tools and Techniques: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, UNIX, Remote Access Server (RAS)

• Hardware Engineer

  Neda Computers (Neda Rayaneh)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  March 2000 — December 2000 (10 months)

  - Responsibilities: Quality control of PC assembling, after sales services and maintenance

• Teacher / Instructor

  Sanjesh Organization

  (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

  June 1999 — August 1999 (3 months)

  - Responsibilities: Teaching computer basics, Microsoft Windows 98 and Microsoft Word

Kamyar Houbakht’s Education

• University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD)

  Masters , Quality Management , 2006 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  -Conducting regular researches through student groups, and presentation of the results
  -Subjects of study: Quality Management Concepts, Implementing Quality Systems, Change Management and Marketing Management

• Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA)

  Certificate , Internal QMS Auditor , 2007 — 2007

  More information on LRQA: http://www.lrqausa.com/about-LRQA.htm

• New Horizons

  Certificate , Certified Internet Web Master (CIW) , 2004 — 2004

  More information about CIW: http://www.ciwcertified.com/certifications/mcd.asp

• New Horizons

  Certificate , Web Page Authoring, Web Design Methodology, e-Commerce Strategy , 2002 — 2002

• Azad University - Tehran

  Bachelors , Computer Hardware Engineering , 1995 — 2000

• Sadr School - Dubai

  Diploma , Physics and Mathematics , 1991 — 1994

Additional Information

Kamyar Houbakht’s Websites:

• Kamyar Houbakht - Blog

Kamyar Houbakht’s Interests:

Organizational Learning, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Internet Technology, Open Source Software, Contemporary History of Iran, Politics in Iran, Sexology, Buddhism & Meditation, Persian Literature

Kamyar Houbakht’s Groups:

Gulf Society for Organizational Learning, American Society for Quality (ASQ), Iranian Business Council in Dubai, Union of Iranian Republicans

•    University of Wollongong - Alumni
•    UOWD Alumni
•    Organizational Learning
•    Theory U + Presencing
•    Metacognition: "Learning to Learn"
•    Education & Workplace Learning: Policy Reform
•    Bread Roll

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