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Founder, Editor in chief: 2008 – current • Founder and project leader the TechWorld portal • Created a team of two members to publish and create Arabic contents about latest technology and web news • Developed TechWorld portal using latest technological and design aspects • Currently managing more than 30 authors • Created marketing campaigns using social media services • Won Arabisk prize, as the best Arabic technology portal in the region • Runner-up at Hadeel prize new media awards • The main media sponsor for Riyadh DemoCamp 2009 and Riyadh DemoCamp at King Saud University • The main media sponsor for ArabNet 2010 which held at Beirut, Lebanon • Interviewed by Al-Riyadh and Al-Iqtissadiya newspapers 2. Social Media • Covered many news about social networks and reviewed latest web 2.0 apps • Used social media to market TechWorld by connecting the portal feed with social networks accounts like Facebook and Twitter • Got more than 3500 fans in TechWorld Facebook fan page, and more than 1850 followers in Twitter • Mentioned in many Western and Middle Eastern websites and social networks • Recognized by PR media in companies like Nokia, Google, Samsung and Cisco • Supported by a tool created by Google for iGoogle service for TechWorld news • At a personal level, I got contacted with many new friends by using the social networks and by making and attending technical sessions like RiyadhGeeks monthly meetings