Jihad Al-Sabbagh initially received his bachelors in Architectural Engineering from Damascus University - Faculty of Architecture in 1988. Following suit, he graduated from Louisiana State University with a Masters of Science degree from the College of Architecture in 1992, and Masters of Civil Engineering from the College of Civil Engineering in 1994. He has been practicing engineering since 1995 in state of Florida, and founded his prestigious firm, Sycamore Engineering, Inc. in Tampa, which has been flourishing since 2004.