Editorial Team

An experienced educator equipped with excellent teaching, research, administrative and educational leadership skills. Overall work experience in Higher Education (HE) of more than three decades (Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, and UK) 19 years of it in highly competitive and multicultural UAE.
These enable me to have extensive knowledge in HE sectors and a proven record of success in getting initiatives off the ground and flourishing as proven by the international awards bestowed upon me. I have worked for the construction industry for fourteen years before joining academia. I have had the opportunity of being a key person in creating a university from concept to reality which requires vision, passion, and courage to attempt to innovate and to deliberately create a new and improved learning culture. The aforementioned positions have enabled me to develop a high level of skills and experience in the following areas:

• Curriculum Design and Development.
• Creating innovative programs, extending from inception of idea, through preparing and planning, to developing and
  implementing and providing support structures
• Hands on involvement in managerial level in delivering quality programs and working closely with the quality accreditation
  agencies
• Extensive experience in consultation in HE. Delivering special expertise in quality related issues and working as an external expert
  in organizations that need to start new HE programs which have information dissemination and knowledge creation as the focus
  of their program activity.
• Extensive experience in faculty recruitment in a highly diversified background for nearly two decades.
• Established a system of institutional research of a very high standard. This is a citation from one of the CAA’s Visiting Committees
  (VC) report on 25th March, 2007) regarding the accreditation on the B.Sc. Program in Computer Engineering. This system was highly commended by the VC as stated in its report “((It is evident that IU takes it responsibilities in this area seriously and is in the process
  of establishing a system of institutional research of a very high standard. The work completed so far is very impressive and the use of the results is highly commendable. The VC has a number of recommendations in this area, but these focus on ways in which IU can now complete its institutional research project and rectify a number of problems within the existing policies and procedures. Overall, IU has implemented an objectives/outcomes-based approach and sees the positive benefits that will follow from carefully prepared institutional research, in terms of sound strategic planning and institutional development. In large part this is due to the enthusiasm and expertise of the current Director of the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Quality Administration (PEQA), Dr Abdul Sattar Al-Alusi. PEQA has a full-time assistant and publishes a number of monographs that summarize theresults of institutional research, especially those concerned with student satisfaction. There is an impressive computer-based analysis tool for student satisfaction that is available to all faculty members.”)). In this IR system I have initiated and developed Institutional Research Monographs Series for the evaluation of all the University operations and services. In addition, in later stages of the development, I have initiated and developed the “Program Annual Assessment Report” reporting in a Wholistic approach the annual assessments of all the academic program aspects with an improving strategy for the next cycle.
• A comprehensive experience in the Accreditation & Licensure Standards of the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), UAE and Kingdom of Bahrain Education & Training Quality Authority (BQA). Have good knowledge of Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA), UK, and Australia, in addition to the AACSB and SACSCOC Accreditation Standards.
• Teaching and Supervising Masters and PhD students.
  I am inducted as a Chartered Quality Professional/ Chartered Fellow of The Chartered Quality Institute of UK, listed international consultant in Quality Assurance in Higher Education by the Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN), and member of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE).
  Because of this intensive knowledge combined with vast experience in different countries I have been recognized as a distinguished management, academic, and QA consultant in various countries. Additionally, I am supervising PhD students at UK universities.

Academic and Administrative Positions

1. Freelance QA in HE Consultancy, December 2020 – present
2. Management Consultant, Al Nuaimi Group LLC International, Ras Al Khaimah,
   UAE, March 2018-Present (Currently Remotely)
3. Dean, College of Security and Global Studies, American University in the
   Emirates, Dubai, February 3,2019 – December. 23, 2020.
4. President and CEO, Emirates College for Management and Information
   Technology, Dubai, UAE, April 5, 2015- November 15, 2017. Also member of
   Board of Governors.
5. Chancellor and CEO, ITTIHAD UNIVERSITY, UAE, April 27, 2011- April
   5, 2015, also member of Board of Trustees
6. Vice Chancellor for Quality Affairs, ITTIHAD UNIVERSITY, UAE, Feb. 7,
   2010–April 26, 2011.
7. Visiting Professor, Business Improvement Centre, Coventry University, UK, April
   26, 2012 –April 25, 2013.
8. Dean (founder), College of Management and Information Systems, ITTIHAD
   UNIVERSITY, UAE, Sept. 1999 – Feb. 6, 2010. Continued as Acting Dean
   along with my new position as Vice Chancellor.
9. Director, Business Information Systems Program, ITTIHAD UNIVERSITY,
   UAE, Sept. 1999 – Feb. 6, 2010.
10. Director, Off-Campus Centre of ITTIHAD UNIVERSITY in Dubai at
    Emirates College for Management and Information Technology, Nahda 2, Dubai;
    2008 – 2011. (Two days per week).
11. Director (founder), Planning, Evaluation & Quality Administration, and the Office for Academic Accreditation Affairs, ITTIHAD UNIVERSITY, UAE, October 2001- July 2008 (in addition to my main job as Dean).

Honors & Awards

1. “Most Sustainable 100 CEOs” by World Sustainability 2017, The Address Mall Dubai, Oct. 11, 2017
2. “Education Leadership Award” by THE Golden Globe Tigers 2016 Education Leadership, on 11th April, 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
3. “Education Leadership Award” by World Leadership Congress 2015: “IF NOT NOW, WHEN?”; on 6th & 7th Oct., 2015, (www.worldleadershipcongress.org ), Dubai, UAE.
4. “Best Lecturer Certificate of Excellence” by Club of Rectors Academic Council,
   Oxford, UK during the Oxford Summit of Leaders ‘Science and Education’; 12-15
   October, 2014; The International ‘Science and Education’ Competition 2014
   organized by Europe Business Assembly, Oxford, UK.
   (http://www.summitofleaders.co.uk/en/entrants-express-exhibition ) Prof. AbdulSattar Al- Alusi Page 13 of 14
5. “Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education”, WORLD CHANCELLORS & VICE CHANCELLORS CONGRESS & AWARDS 2014, 27th – 28 June 2014, Taj Lands End, Mumbai, India. (http://www.worldeducationcongress.com/award-categories.html#)
6. “Manager of the Year Medal in science and education sphere 2013” by The Socrates Committee, Oxford, UK received during the Oxford Summit of Leaders ‘Science and Education’; 16-19 December, 2013 organized by Europe Business Assembly, Oxford, UK (http://www.summitofleaders.co.uk/en/cre-rankings)
7. ITTIHAD UNIVERSITY ranked as “Best University” by The Socrates Committee, Oxford, UK received during the Oxford Summit of Leaders ‘Science and Education’; 16-19 December, 2013 organized by Europe Business Assembly, Oxford, UK (http://www.summitofleaders.co.uk/en/crerankings)http://www.ebaoxford.co.uk/events/2013/01/17/oxford_summit_of_leaders- science_and_education/
8. “Best Lecturer Certificate of Excellence” by Club of Rectors Academic Council, Oxford, UK during the Oxford Summit of Leaders ‘Science and Education’; 16-19 December, 2013, The International ‘Science and Education’ Competition 2013 organized by Europe Business Assembly, Oxford, UK. (http://www.summitofleaders.co.uk/en/winners-2013 )
9. “Best Professor in Information Systems”, ASIA’S BEST B-SCHOOL AWARD, July, Singapore; 2010.
10. “The Name in Science Award” nominated twice as a Laureate of this International Prize in the field of Scientific Researches by Socrates nomination Committee Europe Business Assembly (UK), (# 528 October 20, 2011 and 2014)

Research Interest

1. Quality in Higher Education
2. Simulation and Optimisation
3. Artificial Intelligence Swarm Algorithms
4. Information Security
5. System Dynamics Simulation
6. Business Analytics /Modelling

Editorship and Refereeing

1. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Afaq Journal; Arab Network for Open and Distance Education, http://www.anode1996.org/afaq/advisory-committee.html
2. Member of Programme Committee, Oxford Summit of Leaders” Science and Education. Innovative Models of Development”, 12-15 October 2014,
3. http://www.summitofleaders.co.uk/en/committee#sthash.D6hHbBdH.dpuf
4. Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board, The GLOBUS Journal: An International Journal of Management and IT, http://www.globusjournal.in/about.html, ISBN 0975-721X
5. Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board, Business Review Journal: A Research Journal of the IIMT College of Management, IIMT Group of Colleges, India, ISBN 0975-0916.
6. Member of the Editorial Review Board, Journal of Information, Information Technology, and Organizations (JIITO); published by the Informing Science Institute, 131 Brook hill Court, Santa Rosa, California 95409 USA.http://jiito.org/editorialreviewboard.html.

Membership of Scientific and Professional Societies

1. Arab Network for Open and Distance Education, member, December 2016
2. The Oxford Academic Union (http://oau.ebaoxford.co.uk); Member; December,
   2015; Oxford, UK.
3. Listed Quality Assurance Consultant in Higher Education, Consultants Database,
   Asian-Pacific Quality Network (www.apqn.org); 2015.
   http://www.apqn.org/services/consultants-list
4. Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Quality Institute (www.thecqi.org), UK, 2012-
   now
5. Member Affiliate of The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in
   Higher Education (INQAAHE); (http://www.inqaahe.org ), 2011- now
6. Member of The Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org)
   2003- now.
7. Member of The Association for Institutional Research (http://www.airweb.org),
   2003-.
8. Member of The International Society of Iraqi Scientists (http://www.issiraq.org/)
   2000 –Now.
9. Founder & President (elected) of the Iraqi Operational Research Society; 1995-
   July 1996; Baghdad.
10. Member of the UK Operational Research Society since 1976- 1990.
11. MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOCIETY:
    MIT: USA; SINCE 1986

Many publications including books and research papers