 Elmagarmid was appointed corporate Chief Scientist for Hewlett-Packard during HP's acquisition of Compaq, reporting to the technology council of HP and to the rest of the executive leadership team on competitive threats, deviations and changes in strategies, divestiture, and possible new acquisitions.He also was in charge of product road maps and web services strategy for the company.He served as Chief of Data Quality at Telcordia Technologies, working on several key applications, including the 1-800 telephone billing system.