About the Founder
Momprenuer
Lamees Abourahma first ventured in the entrepreneurial world in 2002. After she taught herself Java programming, she designed and developed a recipe organizer and meal planner software, and built an ecommerce site for it. She presented her work to a local Java group in Columbia, SC and published an article in the Software Developer Association of the Midlands’ newsletter. Over the next two years she had two children and became more active with local mom groups. Currently she's working hard on balancing family life with her drive to learn and work.
Passion for the Web
While working on her Master’s degree at University of Waterloo in 1999, she created her first web page after attending an introduction to HTML workshop. Later in 2000, while working for an IT consulting company in Ottawa, Ontario, she designed and developed an online ASP book-tracking system for the in-house library. In 2001, she created her first professional website. She’s been advancing her web design skills and building more websites since then.
Solid Background
Lamees has a B.Sc (honors) in Mathematics and Computing Science from Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. She was supervised by Alan J. George who is a well-known sparse matrix mathematician and served in a number of senior administrative positions, notable Vice-President, Provost, and Dean of Mathematics. Lamees is always advancing her skills and knowledge by reading books, articles, taking classes and attending conferences. She recently earned her certification in Advanced Search Engine Optimization from Search Engine College. One of her goals is to earn an MBA from a well respected school.
