• Rasha Abdel Jalil, Project Manager at EastNets


• 23.11.2016 07:30 am
undisclosed , Rasha Abdel Jalil is a senior business analyst and project manager at EastNets. She has 11 years of experience focused mainly on business analysis, quality control and project management in IT, banking, taxation and telecom. Her IT and management background lead to a successful career in managing AML and compliance solutions from a technical and business perspective. Being exposed to different regions and jurisdictions throughout her customer visits across Europe and MENA helped her in having a solid knowledge in compliance regulations and laws. Rasha has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from University of Jordan, and has earned a PMI PMP certificate

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