- Fakher Oueslati

1205 Rue Ouimet, Apt. 12
Montréal, Québec
Canada, H4L 3P8
Fakher OUESLATI
oueslati.fakher@gmail.com
(+1) 514 465-6800
Website: www.fakheroueslati.com
LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/in/fakheroueslati
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Telecommunications (CGPA=4.1/4.3).
INRS (University of Quebec).
National Diploma in Telecommunications Engineering.
Equivalent to a B. Eng. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Higher School of Communication of Tunis (SUP’COM).
2013 - Jan. 2015
Montréal, QC, Canada
2009 - 2012
Tunis, Tunisia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ericsson Canada
Montréal, QC, Canada
Junior innovation Professional, Internship
Sep. 2014 – Dec. 2014
 Improved the performance of a Cloud IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
 Reduced the call establishment latency by more than 80% by adding a new feature inspired from the
Thread Pool Pattern, by correcting some bugs and by improving several parts of the implementation.
 Keywords: IMS, SIP, C++, Distributed Systems, Git.
INRS in collaboration with Summit-Tech
Montréal, QC, Canada
Research assistant
Jan. 2013 - Sep. 2014
 Improved the quality of the Video of WebRTC and a VVOIP application developed by Summit-Tech by
proposing and implementing a new congestion control and rate adaptation algorithm.
 Keywords: WebRTC, Gstreamer, x264, JavaScript, C, C++, RTP/RTCP, SIP, SDP, RCS.
QoS Design (Software company specialized in telecommunications products)
Oct. - Dec. 2012
Software engineer, Contractor
Tunis, Tunisia
 Led and trained a small team of engineers.
 Started the design and the development of an optical fiber network automatic planning solution.
 Keywords: FTTx, Network planning, GIS, JEE, Openlayers, Vaadin.
Université du Québec à Montréal
Montréal, QC, Canada
R&D Engineer, Internship
Feb. - Aug. 2012
 Optimized the needed time to configure OpenFlow switches by 31% and reduced the used bandwidth by
17% by designing and implementing a network management solution based on NETCONF and OF-Config
protocols.
 Keywords: SDN, Openflow, NETCONF, OF-Confg, YANG, Network Processor (EZchip).
NGI Maghreb (Software company specialized in Geographical Information Systems)
Tunis, Tunisia
Software Engineer, Internship
Summer 2011
 Proposed an efficient solution to integrate the interactive map of the company in android and iOS devices.
 Designed and developed a mobile application (Android) that provides location based services and GPS
navigation.
 Keywords: Android, Java, Adobe Flex Mobile, OpenScales, WMS, SOAP, Webservice, GIS, LBS.
NGI Maghreb (Software company specialized in Geographical Information Systems)
Tunis, Tunisia
Software Developer, Internship
Summer 2010
 Designed and developed a Rich Internet Application that displays the interactive map of the company and
provides location based services.
 Keywords: Java, Adobe Flex, OpenScales, SOAP, Webservice, GIS, LBS.
ACADEMIC & PERSONAL PROJECTS
Distributed Multimedia Test Bed:
 Implemented a prototype of a Distributed Multimedia Tet Bed that allows to perform automated voice and
video quality measurements.
 Keywords: Distributed Systems, Java, Gstreamer, x264, Opus, RabbitMQ, Git, JSON, XML/XSD, QoS.
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Smart Mobile Radio:
 Developed a prototype of a smart radio.
 Proposed a new algorithm to recognize the type of the surrounding environment using machine learning.
 Keywords: JEE, Android, Gstreamer, Tomcat server, REST, Jersey, Machine Learning.
Project of course MGR840 - Mobility and IP telephony:
 Deployed and established the architecture of an IP network supporting VoIP and DASH services.
 Installed and configured an Asterisk server, VoIP softphones, and the network emulator Dummynet.
 Performed several quality of service and quality of experience tests.
 Keywords: Asterisk, MPEG-DASH, Dummynet, Apache server, FreeBSD, Linux.
(For older projects, please visit my website)
CERTIFICATIONS
Cisco: CCNA Exploration (4 certificates)
TOEIC: Score 870/990
NETWORKS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SKILLS
Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, SIP/SDP, RTP/RTCP, IPv6, OpenFlow, OF-Config, NETCONF.
Networks: IMS, Cellular networks (LTE/EPC, UMTS), WLAN, Software Defined Networks (SDN).
COMPUTER SCIENCE SKILLS
Application Lifecycle Management: Agile Methodologies (SCRUM), Microsoft Project.
Web development: Flex, HTML5/ CSS3, JavaScript, Django, Symfony2.
Languages: Java, C++, C, Python, C#, PHP5, Ruby, Matlab.
Web services: REST, SOAP.
Mobile application development: Android.
Databases: MySQL.
Operation System: Linux (Ubuntu, OpenSuse), Windows.
HONORS & AWARDS
African Social Venture Prize (Entrepreneurship competition organized by Orange)
 Selected as one of the top 10 projects out of 436 from all over Africa.
Challenge MED In Tunis Sup'Com (INRIA in Sophia Antipolis - France)
 2nd prize.
Nov. 2012
Jul. 2011
Imagine Cup 2011 (Software development competition organized by Microsoft)
 Developed with my team a mobile application that uses augmented reality.
 3rd prize and selected as the best project for improving the economy.
May 2011
Challenge Entrepreneurship project 2011 by Sup’Com (Entrepreneurship competition)
 Winner team.
Apr. 2011
CONFERENCE AND TRAININGS
Savoir Affaires, Lanaudière et Les Laurentides
Québec, Canada
-Entrepreneurship trainings, teamwork and business plan competitions (1 week)
2014
IMPACT! Youth Conference for Sustainability Leadership (4 days)
Ontario, Canada
-Among 175 college and university students chosen from more than 730 applicants across Canada.
2014
LANGUAGES
English
French
Good Fluency (TOEIC, score 870)
Fluent
Arabic
German
Native language
Beginner
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