photo of me, taken by fuad.
My name is Omar Bohsali; welcome to my portfolio and personal page.
Want to talk right now? Let's talk. My number is +1 703 470 7012 or google talk to omar.bohsali@gmail.com. or AIM thepascalproject.
I will change the world in a positive way. Whether this be through a new venture that make someone's life better or a simple concept that solves a problem, I'm interested. My interests and hobbies are many and scattered, but I've found a vision that I would like to follow.
Think about it - you're already fortunate enough to be in front of computer screen, which means that you have a steady food supply, power and probably clean running water. We have no excuse to not think about how we can give back and help others who are less fortunate than we are.
Are you an employer? Here is my resumé. And here's my blog. But I hope you spend a few minutes looking through this to get a clearer picture of who I am and what I am and am not capable of!
Work is love. Our lives are too short to be doing something we do not perceive as important.
These are the four projects I've been involved with for the past few years.
onsaura - a collaborative knowledge platform. onsaura is a secret project that I'm working on right now. I'm hoping to do it for my senior design project. All I can tell you right now is that it's a way to collect data. Expect to hear more about this in the upcoming months. It's going to be a huge data analytics project involving a fair amount of statistics and user interaction. |
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HitWarrior - Taking care of click fraud.
During my first year of college, I tried to solve click fraud. I haven't succeeded yet, but it was really fun and I learned a lot. site> |
divvyshot.com - simple group photo sharing
divvyshot.com is on its way to re-inventing group photo sharing. It's my close friend, Sam Odio's startup, and is already massively successful. |
These projects are really the essence of what I do. I love building things and when you build projects like this, you're completely in control to build something amazing that people will use. If you're interested in working on any of these projects, please get in touch.
"Real" Work Experience
Yeah Systems is my company that I founded in Fall 2006. Since then, it has evolved from a dorm-room idea into a consulting firm that works with clients all over the world. |
Algorithms Research Corporation is my current summer internship. We're working on risk-aware stock market trading strategies. No pictures here, keep reading! |
Probably the coolest biomedical startup in the world. Aid Networks is working to build a wireless patient sensor to make hospitals safer for everybody. My specific task was managing systems and writing test code. |
Summer internship in 2006 developing and testing various PHP web-based graphing libraries. |
University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, Charlottesville, VA
I'm studying Systems Engineering for my major. Minoring in Engineering business [completed!]. I graduate in May of 2010 and hope to join a graduate program to study information, mathematical, and/or computational sciences.
UVa is pretty beautiful, year round.
I'm in the Rodman Scholars Engineering Program, lead by Dr. Dana Elzey. Feel free to ask if you have any questions about this.
McLean High School, McLean, VA
Three friends and I took all of the computer science classes there were at the school, so we went on to found our own Computer Systems class during our senior year.
Did science fair all four years, invited to Intel International Science & Engineering Fair 3 times.
Other Affiliations
The Chemistree 5k was a great success.
Terry Moore Scholarship Foundation - Co-Founder
In October 2007, two friends and I founded the Terry Moore Scholarship Foundation (TMSF). Mr. Moore was my AP Chemistry teacher in high school and passed away in the fall of 2007 after a strong fight against a brain tumor. We run a 5k race every year and hold various community events to raise money for the scholarship.
The TMSF scholarship is given to a senior at McLean High School who shows a genuine curiosity for science and continuies Mr. Moore's legacy. For Moore (ha.. ha) information, please contact Raedun Knutsen.
Eta Lambda Chi
HAX is a semi-secret society for entrepreneurially minded students at the University of Virginia. I'd tell you more about it, but have a look at the site instead! Eta Lambda Chi has now expanded and has two locations in the San Francisco Bay Area: one in Palo Alto and another in the city.
HAX's mentality is to empower students who like to build things but need the resources and environment. You are a product of your environment, and even working around like-minded people helps you get things done.
Skills
At work. These aren't all my computers.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -Einstein
I used to consider myself very much of a software developer; I've shifted a bit closer to the statistics and business intelligence side of things to get the whole picture. I still do a fair amount of coding, though.
Statistics & Simulation:Minitab, Matlab, R, @Risk, Arena
Frameworks: django, ruby on rails.
Languages: python, ruby, php, java, javascript, databases
Recent Honors
John E. Gibson Technology Entrepreneurship Award (2009), Lockheed Martin Student Leadership Award (2008), UVa Blueprint Leadership Program (2007), Danforth Student Leadership Award (2005) .
DJ
at .. work?
I spin house, trance, electro, international, and a little bit of hip hop. I've gone digital and mix with a Hercules RMX dj console, an Akai MPD24, and Ableton Live on my Macbook. It's a great combination because
A lot of people ask how to start DJ'ig -- it's simple. Get a hold of some turntables and start practicing!
Want to see what I'm listening to? Check out my last.fm page. Bookings? Call my cell @ 703 470 7012.
Omar the long distance runner
I like to go running. Some of my biggest athletic accomplishments include running a pretty fast mile and registering the domain name track.tk.
Research project.
Omar the researcher
Amplification of image quality through the addition of positive entropy in audibly harmonic patterns. (2006-2007)
Continuation of junior year research project. I was able to sharpen blurry images by throwing randomness at them. It was only a little bit better than
what you can get with photoshop or current algorithms, but it's an entirely new concept. It also has a lot of room to improve, so I'm always looking
for new minds and new ideas for this project.
Fast Rope Descent System (2005)
Built a rappelling device that assists soldiers when descending from helicopters. It is safer, easier to use, and more cost effective. This project
received the Hunton and Williams Patent Award, so we now have a patent for it.
Random number generation & cryptography (2004)
Tested random number generator algorithms in C++, Java, Perl, Javascript, Visual Basic, TI-Basic, found out that Javascript has the most
random random number generartor out of these 6. This wasn't anything earth-shatteringly new, but it was a great expeirnece and took us to the
international science fair.
The Next Few Years
It's hard to set a goal and follow through with it. I have some interesting plans with my life, so I try to be goal-oriented. May of 2014, I'd like to be:
- In a project or organization that makes people's lives better
- An internationally known DJ
- Financially Independent
Thanks for looking
I really appreciate you taking the time to learn about me. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch! Otherwise have a great day and I really hope to meet you soon. Enjoy!
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