Eastline Marketing

The Eastline Marketing team combines the years of experience and expertise of highly-qualified professionals of varying backgrounds to offer the most proficient assistance in crafting and delivering highly customized Online Marketing strategies.  Our team is composed of Online Marketing Strategists, Campaign Managers, SEO Executives, Web Developers, Marketing Managers, Media Managers and Copywriters, each member being an expert in a specific Online Marketing area.

Our specialties run the gamut of Internet based marketing techniques and, therefore, can be trusted with any and all of your web-based requirements.

Marc Dfouni, M.Sc. - CEO | Managing Partner

Marc Dfouni holds a Bachelor and a Masters degree in Management Information Systems and Knowledge Management from Concordia University. Marc has worked in various fields including Business Process Coordinator, Inventory Coordinator, as well as Y2K Consultant at Microcell Solutions, Canada. After one year as a Project Manager at BlueSponge Inc, a leading Canadian interactive solutions company, Marc was promoted to General Manager and Chief of Operations. Amongst his biggest accomplishments at BlueSponge, Marc has created an SEO department in which he formed and trained a team. He has also managed high scale projects that have won numerous awards including South by South‐West, Canadian New Media Awards,Vidfest, Webby Awards, Gemini Awards, New York Festivals, Boomerangs, BIMA (British interactive media awards), Bell Fund 10 year anniversary award, Moebius United Nations Design award, Digital Marketing award, Prix Media and the most prestigious Cannes Lion d'Or. He has been recently selected as an Endeavor High Impact entrepreneur as well as received the British Council Young Creative Entrepreneur Award. For Marc, every problem has a four-minute limit, after that...

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Nemr N. Badine - Managing Partner

Nemr Nicolas Badine holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Concordia University with a specialization in computer systems. After taking part in the development of various Internet applications at Nortel Networks Canada, Nemr Nicolas was hired as an R&D engineer by Saco Technologies (now LSI industries), a leader in providing visual image solutions to the world’s most successful companies. During his seven years of research and development work at Saco, Nemr Nicolas gained extensive knowledge and in‐depth expertise in the software/web development and computer networking fields. He designed multimedia systems that were deployed in high‐profile live performance and entertainment projects including U2, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Celine Dion, Bon Jovi and Robbie Williams, as well as sports, advertising, architectural and financial venues such as the NASDAQ square, the New‐York Yankees Stadium and the Clear Channel advertising network. Nemr Nicolas has been recently selected as an Endeavor High Impact entrepreneur. His motto: It’s never over till it’s never over.

Jorj Ghazal - Media Director

Jorj Ghazal holds a Bachelor in E-Commerce from Concordia University and a Bachelor in Hotel Management from Lasalle College, Montreal. Jorj has worked in various fields including Chief Operation Manager, Customer Service consultant, as well as Account Manager at Global Crossing Canada. Jorj's seventeen years of work experience have helped him build a solid business awareness and his accomplishments are numerous. Amongst his biggest, Jorj has created a knowledge management and training department for Nexxlink Technologies Inc., Canada, a department still in operation since 2001. In 2006, Jorj moved to Lebanon where he helped establishing Eastline Marketing. He is presently the Media Director. Nothing is impossible for Jorj, except resurrection!

Wissam Badine - Chief Strategist

Wissam Badine holds a bachelor degree in Fine Arts – Digital Image & Sound from Concordia University, Montreal. He has worked in the multimedia and TV fields throughout his childhood and continues to freelance today. He has experience in acting for Tele Liban, LBC and A&BL, dubbing for Filmali Productions and Talkies, assistant producer for Antenne Plus TV, sound engineer and part owner of Filmali Productions, Heya TV and Hazar Productions. Wissam worked as a music producer and sound engineer at Wax Recordings studios in Montreal producing and remixing various tracks until he joined Eastline Marketing’s team in 2006 and moved back to Beirut in 2007. Wissam is currently working as a Chief Strategist at Eastline Marketing and also runs his own recording studio. His hobbies are DJing and Composing electronic music, painting, singing, soccer and working out at the gym. Wissam is proud to announce that his last cigarette was in 2007 and counting.

Wassim Al-Hakim - Production & IT Manager

Wassim Al-Hakim holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Computer from Hariri Canadian University, and is currently pursuing his Masters Degree in Computer Science at the Lebanese American University. Being a Group Leader in the Lebanese Scout Association from 1988, he is indeed an effective and efficient team leader both inside and outside the office.When Wassim is not having fun indoors on the computer, he enjoys other things, much in the same way as the rest of us. Things such as Football, Online & PC Games, netsurfing… Let me rephrase that: Things such as Football. Wassim is an extremely passionate and creative web expert, with over 6 Years of extensive experience in Web Design and Development having previously worked as a Web Developer, Project Manager and Production Manager at Cleartag.  Among many other things, he has managed project lifecycles using standard methodologies and modern tools such as Backlogs & Burn-down Charts (Excel), and developed a PHP based application engine. Wassim has also developed several Facebook applications, holding a keen interest in Social Media and Online Communities.

Avo Sarafian - Senior Web Developer

Avo Sarafian holds a bachelor degree in Computer Sciences from Haigazian University, Beirut, Lebanon.  Avo has devoted most of his expertise into learning new programming skills and languages, always on the lookout for something new and challenging. When Avo is not wearing his glasses and typing on a keyboard, he wears a scouts’ uniform, which he’s been doing so since the age of 8. Avo has also devoted the past 16 years of his life to the scouts’ lifestyle, spreading the spirit to the new generation. In 2009, with 3 years of programming experience, he boarded the Eastline Marketing Train towards awesomeness, and is now the senior web developer of Eastline Marketing. Don’t be fooled by his short height and size, he’s ready to dare you on a challenge.

Karen Haddad - Account Manager

Karen Haddad holds a BA in Advertising and Marketing from NDU, as well as a Masters in Mass Media, with a concentration in Media Studies. She has always held a keen interest in Marketing strategies, and learning more about trendsetting marketing techniques. She fine tuned those skills in her 5 years as Manager of the popular international clothing chains Bershka and Stradivarius (Azadea Group). Effectively leading and managing teams of up to 13 employees prepared Karen for her current position as Account Manager at Eastline Marketing. She is avid at building long lasting relationships with clients, as well as securing potential clients. Outside of the office, Karen enjoys spending time with family and friends, as well as her dog King, watching sunsets, and swimming!