Walid Eli Khoury
“Eli is a serial entrepreneur with companies in various industries. With extensive knowledge of the IT and IS fields, Eli served as a Director for a national billion dollar organization. Following that he applied his knowledge of technology systems, networks, infrastructures and management, to embark on his first startup: TechForge. By using the experience he has and continues to gain in various sectors, he strives to grow his passion of being an entrepreneur in those who seek advisement. Eli serves on the NJIT Capstone Advisory Board and was appointed the coordinator of the Entrepreneurship track.”
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W. Eli Khoury
Entrepreneur
Greater New York City Area
Current Founder at Dignitair
Founder at SEC Sites
Director & Co-Founder at TechForge LLC
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Past Corporate Director of IT at Serta Mattress Company
Education New Jersey Institute of Technology
Connections 32 connections Industry Information Technology and Services Websites TechForge LLC Dignitair.com
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W. Eli Khoury’s Experience
Founder
Dignitair
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
August 2006 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Founder
SEC Sites
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2006 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Director & Co-Founder
TechForge LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2004 — Present (3 years 5 months)
• Responsible for budgeting, staffing, quality assurance, scheduling, and interfacing with other organizations.
• Assisted enterprise level clientel in ERP systems implementation and business process redesigns.
• Coordinated data and voice communications for domestic and international operations.
• Performed Financial, and Human Resource tasks.
• Led projects for server and desktop deployments nationwide.
• Configured routers, firewalls, domain name services, e-mail, Web, and ftp services.
• Configured network servers and trained local administrators on standard network server procedures.
Corporate Director of IT
Serta Mattress Company
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
1999 — 2003 (4 years)
• Sole post-acquisition corporate hire to oversee IT merger.
• Directed a network restructuring and merging of newly acquired company.
• Researched and began implementation of a Voice over IP solution.
• Deployed Citrix to provide a cost saving tool for rapid expansion.
• Coordinated merging of Windows 2000 domains for both divisions.
• Worked closely with Corporate Executives.
• Increased productivity and manageability of systems by 75% corporate wide.
• Managed eight IT administrators nationwide.
• Managed corporate and divisional budgets in excess of $1.5 million.
• Directed seamless integrations of acquired subsidiaries.
• Coordinated integration of Oracle implementation.
• Planned and executed systems centralization and standardization.
• Researched and purchased equipment and software.
• Negotiated and deployed Wide Area Network to eleven locations nation-wide.
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W. Eli Khoury’s Education
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Bachelors, MIS, Management, 1999 — 2004
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Additional Information
W. Eli Khoury’s Websites:
TechForge LLC
Dignitair.com
W. Eli Khoury’s Interests:
management, economics, stocks, entrepreneurship, technology, writing, venture capital, entrepreneur, visionary, software, investor, tennis, golf, sailing, New York, Paris, France, Beirut, Lebanon, education, internet, communications, leadership, wine, strategy, tactical, passionate, energetic,innovation, patents, business, invention, finance, media, travel, international, french, english, arabic