EmilSayahi
Oxford,OH· 5134840972 · limesayahi@gmail.com
Systems programmer & web developerwith experience building & contributing to world-class software ecosystems such as GNOME and
theIndieWeb. Knowledgableinlow-levelprogramming,interestedinbuilding reliable,fast,memory-safesoftwarethatscales.
Experience
Hearts Cincinnati,OH
CTO August2024-Present
• Co-foundedaseed-stage B2B SaaSstartup.
• Directed&superviseddevelopmentof backend,assigned & evaluatedtasksdelegatedtojuniordevelopers.
• Organisedweeklyretrospectivemeetingwith a team of5.
• Designedproductarchitecture,technologystack, andtechnicalvision.
• Negotiatedwith vendors,representedtechnicaloperationsat conferences&investormeetings.
Protiviti Boston,MA
TechnologyConsultingIntern May2024-August 2024
• Aided2 senior consultantsforautomotiveclientconcerned withregulatorycompliance requiringbusinessplatformtransformationBPTafter$340m acquisition.
• DevelopedSAP BusinessObjectsreportsand universesin WebIntelligenceand InformationDesign Tool as partof reimplementinga major clientdashboard.
• Discovered&resolvedrecurring data lossamongconsultingteam byintroducingversion-controlprocedures.
• Automatedcreationof certainclient deliverableswith Pythonscripts,eliminating4hours of deliverablecreation &validation.
HCLSoftware Remote
SoftwareEngineerIntern May2023-August 2023
• Identified& resolvedbugs, anddesigned& builtUI elements,asdeveloperin10-personcoreteamforHCLAccelerateandIBMUrbanCode Velocityproducts.
• Transitioned productfromDockerCompose V1toV2. Migratedportionsof Reactfrontendfromclasscomponentsto functioncomponents.
• Developedfrontendofnewmajorcustomer-facingfeaturethathad previouslybeendelayedby3months.
MiamiUniversity, Departmentof ComputerScience&SoftwareEngineering Oxford,OH
TeachingAssistant August2022 - December2023
• Assistedwith instructionof Systems 1 and Fundamentalsof Programmingcoursesat Miami University; material consistedof object-oriented programming, Java,
C/C,introductorynetworking, introductiontocomputerarchitecture,andintroductiontorelationaldatabases & SQL.
• Gradedassignments, guidedstudentsin labsessions,andheld weeklytwo-hourhelp sessions.
MiamiUniversity, ITServices Oxford,OH
SoftwareEngineerIntern May2022-May2024
• Developedintegrations withapplications inMiamiUniversity’sIT ServiceManagement ecosystemsusing TeamDynamixiPaaS and Python scripts.
• Createdinternal tool tomanagedataassociatedwith 62 university-ownedbuildings,eliminatingtheneedtopurchaseupdatesforfacilitymanagementsoftware
&2 weeksof manual database changes every16 weeks.
• Createdinternaltoolto manageuniversity-ownedhardware,improvingrecord-keeping& accountability.
• Authoreddocumentationofbestpractices, internal procedures,andtechnicalstandards;onboardednewengineers.
• Presentedatthe2023 Ohio Higher Education Computing Council OHECC ConferenceatWrightStateUniversityonITSM best practices forinstitutions of higher
education.
MiamiUniversity, OfficeofGovernmentRelations Oxford,OH
GovernmentRelationsIntern August2021 - May2024
• AdvocatedfortheinterestsofMiamiUniversityinmeetingswithOhioStateSenators&Representatives,theChancelloroftheOhioDepartmentofHigherEducation,
andlegislativeaidesof US Representatives.
• AdvocatedforincreasedfundingfortheFederalPellGrantProgram,OhioCollegeOpportunityGrantOCOG,OhioStateShareofInstructionSSI,andtheChoose
OhioFirst COF ScholarshipProgram.
• Supported presidents, government relations directors, and students of Inter-University Council of Ohio members in opposing state-level legislation harmful to
highereducation.
Projects& Presentations
IntroductiontoQuantum Machine Learning November2023
Lecturegivenat theMiamiUniversityPhysicsDepartment seminar onintroductoryquantum computing,machinelearning, and theintersectionof thetwofields.
Oku May2023-Present
Open-sourceweb browser, peer-to-peer protocol, & social bookmarking system. Recipient ofthe NLnet NGI0 Entrust grant as part ofthe European Commission’s
NextGeneration Internet initiative.
Automationin ITServiceManagement May2023
Talk given at the 2023 Ohio Higher Education Computing Council OHECC conference detailing technical & administrative best practices for automating ITSM
operationsin higher education institutions.
Analysisof PotentialMaliciousStrategiestowardBit-ExchangewithIPFS April2022-August 2022
ResearchprojectinvestigatingmethodstodisruptnetworkcommunicationbetweennodesinaprivateIPFSnetwork,fundedthroughMiamiUniversity’sUndergraduate
SummerScholars Program.
Education
MiamiUniversity Oxford,OH
Bachelorof Science inComputerScience —GPA 3.81(magna cum laude) August2021 - May2024
Skills
Languages: Rust,C#, JavaScript,Python, Java,PHP
Technologies: Linux,Git, GitHub Workflows,Postgres,MySQL,GraphQL, React,MongoDB,Docker,Deno,Node.js, HTML, CSS
Techniques&Methodologies: Agile,Scrum, unit testing,end-to-end E2Etesting
Awards&Certifications
Intellectualand CulturalLeadership May2024
Commendationin UndergraduateResearch May2023
Dean’sList Fall2023,Fall2022,Spring2022, Fall2021
ChooseOhio First MachineLearning Scholarship August2023, August 2022,August2021
BertelsmannTechnologyScholarshipProgram December2021