Experience

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  University of Dubai

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • President

    • 2001 - 2013
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Reporting to the Chair, Board of Trustees. Full responsibility for the management and administration of the University operations. Under his leadership, the College of Business Administration became the first private university in United Arab Emirates to earn the AACSB accreditation from the U.S. in 2009. Also, the College of Information Technology became the first college outside the U.S to earn the ABET accreditation for its Computing and Information Systems program. In addition, personally developed the MBA and the PhD degree programs in Business Administration; the Master of Science in Information Security; and the Master in Law degree. He had these degree programs approved by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education.

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  United Arab Emirates University

  • Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

  • Dean, College of Business and Economics

    • 1996 - 2001
    • Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

    Reporting to the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affiars. Full responsibility for the management and administration of the College that resulted in making it the first business college in the Middle East to earn the AACSB accreditation in 2000. This was the way AACSB accreditation was introduced to United Arab Emirates.

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  UCLA and California State University Fullerton, and Long Beach

  • Los Angeles, California

  • Visiting Faculty

    • 1988 - 1996
    • Los Angeles, California

    Taught at California State University, Fullerton, the University of California, Los Angeles, and California State University, Long Beach. Courses taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels include: Capstone in Strategic Management, Seminar in Planning and Control Systems, International Business Policies and Strategies, Business and Society, Management and Organization Behavior, Organization Design, Organization Development, Management Theory, and Organization Theory. Also, delivered in house management development courses for companies including Hughes Aircraft Company, Mattel, Northrop, and TRW.

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  Hughes Aircraft Company

  • Los Angeles, California

  • Chief Economist

    • 1965 - 1988
    • Los Angeles, California

    -Chief Economist ( 1980 - 1988 ) -Manager, Financial Planning and Systems ( 1977-1980)-Manager, Economic Forecasting (1972-1977)-Manager, Operations and Management Audits (1965-1972)

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  Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles ( Urban Renewal )

  • Los Angeles, California

  • Assistant Controller

    • 1961 - 1965
    • Los Angeles, California

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  Shell

  • Alexandria, Egypt

  • Head of Accounting

    • 1955 - 1958
    • Alexandria, Egypt