Manal Houri
Personal information
Manal Houri
Innovation Architect and Adjunct Professor
Contact information (Private)
+1 972 839 2980
Contact information (Work)
Meta Platforms Inc.
+1 972 839 2980
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Work history
Previous Professions:
- Director of Tech, May 2023 - present, Meta Platforms Inc.
- Director of Tech and Data, March 2020 - April 2023, Meta Platforms Inc.
- Innovation Architect, January 2018- March 2020, Facebook Inc.
- Adjunct Professor, January 2015-December 2017, Southern Methodist University.
- Technical Training & Portfolio Manager, May 2014- January 2018, Ericsson Inc.
- Learning Consultant, March 2013-April 2014, Ericsson Inc.
- Technical Instructor, January 2011-February 2013, Ericsson Inc.
- Teaching Assistant, August 2008-December 2010, Southern Methodist University.
- Research Assistant, August 2005-July 2008, Southern Methodist University."
Major Achievements
Publications (Books, Articles, Reports, etc.):
- Manal Houri, “Immersive Learning Combo,” The Trainer’s Blended Content Cookbook, MIMEO, December 2017. [Link]
- Manal Houri, “Uberized Learning in the Age of IoT,” MIMEO blog, September 15, 2016. [Link]
- Houri, M. & Szygenda, S. (2015, March). Wide area power management: A clique partitioning algorithm for power management in geo-distributed data centers. Paper presented at the Computers and their Applications (CATA) conference. Honoloulu, USA.
- Houri, M., Khargharia, B., Hariri, S., Kdouh, W., El-Rewini, H. & Yousif, M. (2008, April). Autonomic power and performance management of high-performance servers. Paper presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing. Miami, Florida. DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2008.4536418
- Mansour N., Haraty, R. Daher, W., & Houri, M. (2008, July). An auto-indexing method for Arabic text. Information Processing and Management, 44, 1538-1545.
- Houri, M. and Mansour, N. (2008). Testing web applications. Information and software technology, 48 (1), 31-42.
- Houri, M., Khargharia, B., Hariri, S., Szidarovszky, F., El-Rewini, H., Khan, S., Ahmad, I. & Yousif, M. (2007, March). Autonomic power and performance management for large scale data centers. Paper presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing. Long Beach, California. DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2007.370510
- Houri, M., Ramadan, R., Abdelghany, K., & El-Rewini, H. (2007). Impact of heterogeneity on the deployment of sensor networks. WICON '07 proceedings of the 3rd international conference on wireless internet (article no. 27). Brussels: Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Retrieved from http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1460047
Exhibitions, lectures & performances:
- Speaker, “Learning Amidst the Internet of Things,” Learning 2017, Orlando, Florida, 2017.
- Kick-off Speaker, Summer Intern Program kick-off, Ericsson, Plano, TX, 2017.
- Speaker, 5G Use Cases, Engineers’ Week, University of Texas in Dallas, Richardson, TX, 2017.
- Speaker, “Uberized Learning in the Age of IoT”, Learning 2016, Orlando, Florida, 2016.
- Speaker, Promoting Computer Science to undecided major class, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2016.
- Speaker, Promoting new Learning Services Solutions: gaming and multimedia, Verizon User Group, Frisco, TX, 2016.
- Speaker, “Wearable Learning,” Training Conference & Expo, Orlando, Florida, 2016.
- Speaker, “Technology for Good,” Ericsson University Relations Intern Fall event, Plano, TX, 2015.
- Speaker, “Generation Z in the Workplace,” Learning 2015, Orlando, Florida, 2015.
- Speaker and Session Chair, Computers and their Applications (CATA), International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA), 2015
- Lecture, "Like a Millennial in a "Candy Crush" Store", presented at the Learning 2014, Orlando, Florida, 2014.
- Lecture, "Game on! Learning Gets Personal", presented at the Learning 2013, Orlando, Florida, 2013.
- Lecture, "Workload Characterization for Power-Award Application Placement in Large Scale Data Centers", presented at the Computer Science and Engineering Department Colloquium, SMU, Dallas, Texas, 2010.
- Lecture, "Compatibility-Dependent Application Placement for Energy-Efficient Data Centers", presented at the Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon, 2008.
Accomplishments
Awards:
- Received the Ericsson Learning Services Innovation Recognition Award for innovating a new virtual learning model in the corporate setting, January 2012.
- Received the Outstanding Performance Award from the Graduate Student Council at Southern Methodist University for her service on the graduate student council, April 2010.
Competences & Skills
Field(s) of Expertise:
- Innovation and Tech
- Corporate Technical Training
- Learning Consulting
- Power Management
- Data Centers
- Software Testing
- Emerging Tech
- Artificial Intelligence
- Metaverse (AR/VR/XR)
- Digital Innovation
- Tech & Data at Scale
- Product Management
- Data Centers Power Management
- Software Testing
Languages:
- Arabic
- English
- French