Rizkallah Touma
Distributed Data Architectures Research Lead
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolRizkallah Touma is a Distributed Data Architectures Research Lead with 8+ years blending applied research and industry practice in data management, NoSQL and semantic technologies. He designs and leads Big Data and Data Spaces architectures (Gaia-X, BDVA, IDSA), coordinates multi-partner European projects, and translates research-grade techniques into production-ready pipelines across Spark, Hadoop, Kafka/NiFi, and diverse stores from MongoDB and ElasticSearch to GraphDB and Virtuoso. A PhD-trained practitioner, he pairs hands-on ETL and BI experience (SSIS, Tableau, MicroStrategy) with ontology-driven semantic engineering and has reduced data access times significantly in past research. Comfortable briefing both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders, he also shapes hiring and agile practices in his teams. Fluent in multiple languages and with a background spanning academia, industry and public consultancy, he brings a rare end-user and under-the-hood perspective to data platform strategy.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree IT4BI - Information Technologies for Business Intelligence, Master’s Degree IT4BI - Information Technologies for Business Intelligence at Université de ToursMaster’s Degree IT4BI - Information Technologies for Business Intelligence, Master’s Degree IT4BI - Information Technologies for Business Intelligence at Université libre de BruxellesBachelor’s Degree Computer Science - Software Engineering and Information Systems, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science - Software Engineering and Information Systems at Damascus UniversityUPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Arabic, English, Spanish, French, Catalan
Github Skills (52)
ram9
generalization9
ids8
abstraction8
dedicated8
architecture8
linked-data7
rdf6
attestation6
trust6
extractor6
spring-boot6
semantic-web6
scada6
spring6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-RAM_4_0
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Focusing on the generalization of concepts, functionality, and overall processes involved in the creation of a secure 'network of trusted data' , the IDS-RAM resides at a higher abstraction level than common architecture models of concrete software solutions do. The document provides an overview and dedicated architecture specifications.
Contributions:4 reviews, 19 commits, 15 pushes in 6 days
secureramconcretefocusingsoftware-solutions
Fraunhofer-AISEC/trusted-connector
Sep 2020 - Nov 2021
IoT edge platform "Trusted Connector" of the International Data Spaces. Based on Spring Boot, includes Camel message routing, a Camel component for IDSCP2 (including remote attestation with other connectors) and a management web UI.
Contributions:3 comments, 8 issues in 1 year 1 month
iot-platformcamelinternational-data-spacesremote-attestationedge-platform
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