Hussein Fakih
Beirut
Summary
Development Manager (since June 2021) with 15+ years of IT leadership experience. Expert in building high-performing teams, driving secure development practices, and leading IDS through ISO 27001 compliance. Established a Business Development unit that secured top-scoring bids and spearheaded the company’s AI adoption strategy, including team-wide AI upskilling, AI integration engine, and chatbot solutions. Recognized as a strategic partner to leadership in aligning technology with business growth.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Development Manager
Integrated Digital Systems (IDS)
06.2021 - Current
- Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor multi-disciplinary development teams, overseeing the full software development lifecycle from planning to deployment.
- Define technical strategies, establish frameworks, and enforce coding standards to ensure high-quality, scalable solutions.
- Collaborate with executive management and business units to align development objectives with organizational goals.
- Manage budgets, resources, and timelines, while mitigating risks and ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.
- Foster innovation by evaluating and integrating new technologies into company products and processes.
- Key Achievements
- Eliminated staff turnover by cultivating team motivation, conducting one-to-one coaching, and implementing customized training programs.
- Built and executed the company’s AI adoption strategy, including developing an AI integration engine, chatbots, and embedding AI tools into products, QA, and code review processes.
- Established the Business Development unit, introducing pricing models and technical proposal templates that consistently achieved top scores, resulting in winning major international bids.
- Introduced standardized development and QA processes, including automated testing, code reviews, and secure development practices aligned with ISO 27001 and OWASP.
- Enabled cross-team collaboration models, improving coordination and increasing delivery efficiency on large-scale projects/products.
- Acted as a strategic partner to company leadership, shaping the company’s technical roadmap and positioning IDS as a competitive player in AI and secure enterprise solutions.
Project Manager
Integrated Digital Systems (IDS)
01.2016 - 05.2021
Team Leader & Business Analyst
IDS Fintech
01.2011 - 12.2014
Senior Developer
Integrated Digital systems (IDS)
04.2008 - 12.2010
Education
Bachelor Degree - Computer Science
Lebanese International University
01.2008
Skills
- Microsoft Office: Project, Visio, Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams and more
- Google: Analytics, Ads, Business, Maps, Emails, Learning and more
- Web Servers: Apache and IIS (all versions)
- DBMS: Postgree, MSSQL Server and MYSQL and more (all versions)
- Technologies: Microsoft NET/Core and PHP
- Programming Languages: C#, VB NET, ASP NET, C, PHP, JQUERY, AJAX, HTML5, XML, JSON, JavaScript, and CSS3
- Other: MS Project, Trello, Fabric, Firebase, ASANA and more
Certification
- March – 2018 PMP #2168967 Project Management Professional, Certified by PMI
- March – 2013 MCP 480 Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3, Certified by Microsoft
- April - 2005 MCTS 2779 – 2780 MSSQL 2005 Implementation & Maintenance, Certified by Microsoft
LANGUAGES
Arabic Reading Excellent Writing Excellent Speaking Excellent
English Reading Excellent Writing Excellent Speaking Very Good
References
Dany, Lichaa Elkhoury, dany.lichaaelkhoury@fao.org, 00961 3 858943
REFERENCES
References available on request
Timeline
Development Manager
Integrated Digital Systems (IDS)
06.2021 - Current
Project Manager
Integrated Digital Systems (IDS)
01.2016 - 05.2021
Team Leader & Business Analyst
IDS Fintech
01.2011 - 12.2014
Senior Developer
Integrated Digital systems (IDS)
04.2008 - 12.2010
Bachelor Degree - Computer Science
Lebanese International University