The Faculty of Business invites members of the campus community – students, faculty and staff – to attend a virtual lecture (teaching demonstration) by Dr. Abdul-Rahim Ahmad for a tenure-track position of assistant professor of business analytics and management science.

Candidate Bio:

Dr. Abdul-Rahim Ahmad is an award-winning academician working as a professor of business and supply chain analytics at the Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Thompson Rivers University, Canada. Dr. Ahmad obtained his PhD degree in systems design engineering (expert systems) and his MS degree in management sciences (management of technology) from the University of Waterloo, Canada. Prior to that, he received his BS degree in electrical engineering from N.E.D. University of Engineering and Technology and his MS degree in industrial systems engineering (supply chain management) from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. He also has post-graduate diplomas in operations research and cognitive science from the University of Waterloo.

Dr. Ahmad has decades-long teaching, research, and consulting experience with leading universities (University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, Dalhousie University, Thompson Rivers University, King Fahd University, Umm Al-Qura University) and industries (Precision Technologies Inc., Congruent Systems Inc., Alphasoft Technologies, DNA Inc., etc.) in Canada and Saudi Arabia. He has interdisciplinary research interests in such faculties as Integrated Decision Modeling in Multi-Echelon Supply Chain Management and Intelligent Tools for Knowledge-Based & Enhanced Decision-Making. He has published 50+ research papers in reputed and high-impact journals and conferences proceedings.

Dr. Ahmad’s current teaching interests are in the areas of business analytics, supply chain analytics, information systems strategy, etc., at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has received multiple teaching and service excellence awards from leading universities in Canada and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Ahmad regularly consults with industry and academia. His consultations with higher education institutions span curricula development, curricula review, faculty development, academic accreditation, and continuous quality improvement. His consultations with industry span supply chain optimization, layout optimization, decision support systems, software development, and human-computer interaction.

The lecture will take place on Friday, March 18, from 10:30– 11:15 am (Atlantic Time) via the following Zoom link:  

https://upei.zoom.us/j/68288358265?pwd=cGZjQXlMVTBxa0pUYmFnOFMzK29nUT09

Meeting ID: 682 8835 8265

Passcode: 863338

For further information, please contact Shelly Kavanagh at businessfac@upei.ca.