Experience

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  Independant

  • Management And Operations Consultant For Amusement Parks And Entertainment Centers

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  Independant

  • Movies, Videos, and Sound
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Management and Operations Consultant for Amusement Parks and Entertainment Centers

    • Jan 2014 - Present

    Providing management and operations consulting services to amusement park and entertainment centers thoughout the US and Middle East.

  • Consultant

    • Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

    Offer consultation in the field of entertainment industry and amusement park development for some companies in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Iraq, Qatar Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Oman.

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  Future Kid Entertainment & Real Estate Company

  • Kuwait

  • Chief Executive Officer- CEO

    • Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
    • Kuwait

    Chief Executive Officer- CEOThe Company is a Kuwait shareholding company founded in 1990 and listed in the Kuwait Stock Exchange. It is one of the pioneer company in the field of the entertainment and real estate in Kuwait. The holding company Controls the following companies:a) Future kid for entertainment and real estateb) Future kid for toys and games (17 Branches)c) Al-Jazeera for Entertainment (Water Park)d) Discovery Al Seif (2 Branches)e) Happy Land, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (7 Branches)f) Happy land, Dubai h) Cartoon Network g) Casper i) Messilla Water Village

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  Dreampark- Egypt

  • Giza- Egypt

  • Vice President and General Manager

    • Jul 2007 - Aug 2012
    • Giza- Egypt

    Vice President and General Manager 6th October City, Giza EgyptSuccessfully managed DreamPark, a 150 acre amusement park with 55 rides, by adding new developments and creating a huge profit for the company. •Managed a staff of 20 directors of different departments and 1,300 employees to ensure operational efficiencies and strategic goals were met.•Responsible for setting growth and operational efficiency strategies for the amusement park.•Added two major rides : Discovery + Vertical Swing (Tornado)•Established new Kids Village which contains 26 different rides for kids between 2-6 years old and creating a surrounded seating area for families to watch their kids.•Developed 5 levels of seating area with a very nice and fancy scene in front of 4000meter square of large lake for pedal boats.•Introduced the pedal boat ride including the lake insulation and walking tracks and 5 levels of seating areas.•Developed the new main entrance for Dreampark.•Developed Miramar; a downtown area outside the park and one of the most beautiful entertainment centers in Cairo. It contains 3 cafés, 6 restaurants, bank, pharmacy, gift shop, and mini supermarket, the area stay open after closing the park.•Developed a haunted house (in progress)

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  Dreamland Sharm

  • Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

  • Managing Director

    • Jul 2007 - Aug 2012
    • Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

    Supervised the master plan for the hotel and the amusement park and purchased all the rides for the amusement park.

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  Dreamland Egypt

  • Cairo, Egypt

  • Consultant

    • Aug 1996 - Aug 2012
    • Cairo, Egypt

    Dreamland is the largest privately owned integrated development project in the Middle East. Responsible for coordinating the development and design of the major master plan for the entire integrated project over an area of 2050 acres of desert land. The principal elements of the project: two golf courses, Sheraton Hotel, Hilton Hotel, Swiss In Hotel, Housing and Real Estate (5000 residential units), Dream Hospital, Dream Mall, Dreamland Amusement Park, Sport and Social Club, Three International Schools, Dream TV channels, 6 Movie Theatres, and a Horse Riding Club.

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  Clark Atlanta University

  • Atlanta, Georgia, 30314, USA

  • Associate Professor of Physics

    • Jan 1989 - Mar 2009
    • Atlanta, Georgia, 30314, USA

    Responsible for both teaching and research activities. Teaching Activities:Course taught were calculus based introductory physics course for science and engineering student majors.Research Activity:Participated in the establishment of The Mechanical Testing Laboratory for the physical characterization of the polymeric materials and the relation between their structure and performance using polarized light refractometry and density gradient column, Fourier Infrared Spectroscopy, Sonic modulus measurement, Tensile tester, interference light microscopy.Principal Investigator in the High Performance Polymers and Ceramics (HiPPAC) center-Physical Characterization of high performance materials such as polyimide and polyphenylene sulfide Grant funded by NASA.Funded Research Projects:JET Propulsion Lab – CA, USAProject Title: Mechanical and Physical Testing of Polarization-Maintaining Optical FiberPrincipal Investigator, California Institute of TechnologyNASA - VA, USAProject Title: Quantitative Characterization of Optical Anisotropy in high refractive index films of high performance polymers ( high strength/high temperature)Principal Investigator, NASA – Langley

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  Dreamland - Sudan

  • Sudan

  • Managing Director

    • Aug 2007 - Aug 2008
    • Sudan

    Created the Dreamland master plan for Sudan and successfully launched the project for development.

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  Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Greater Atlanta Area

  • Visiting Professor

    • 1987 - 2002
    • Greater Atlanta Area

    Research included physical characterization of the polymeric materials and the relation between their structure and performance using polarized light refractometry density gradient – Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy – Sonic modulus measurements – tensile tester – Interference light microscopy.

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  The Atlanta Committee for Olympic Games

  • Greater Atlanta Area

  • Egyptian Olympic Attaché’

    • Aug 1994 - Aug 1996
    • Greater Atlanta Area

    Acted as a coordinator between the International committee for Olympic Games and the Egyptian Olympic committee. Helped the Egyptian team in their accommodation and transportation during the period of the games. Solved logistical problems during their stay and facilitated their communication with the International Committee for Olympic Games.

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  Atlanta Committee of Olympic Games - Cultural Olympiad

  • Greater Atlanta Area

  • Regional Manager for North Africa region

    • Aug 1991 - Aug 1994
    • Greater Atlanta Area

    Responsible for organizing and recruiting folkloric teams and art shows from each country and bringing them to the festival and arranging performance times. The Festival started on July 1st ,1994 for ten days and had 250,000 guests, including participation from 40 countries: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Sudan, Libya, and Palestine. The Festival included artists for wood carving, jewelry making, paining, photo gravy, batik fabric art, silk painting, carpet making and decoration, art of colored glass, wood-shell art, ceramic, pottery, music and dancing bands and other cultural arts from each country.

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  Helwan University

  • Cairo, Egypt

  • Assistant Professor

    • 1970 - 1986
    • Cairo, Egypt