Mohammed Moustafa Mahmoud
Vice President
Organizational Development
The Savola Group
P.O. Box 14455 Jeddah 21424

Personal

Date of Birth: May 25, 1954

Nationality: Canadian, Egyptian

Marital Status: Married with two children

Education

• Ph. D. in Business Administration (Management Science), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A December 1984.

• M.S.  in Civil Engineering  (Transportation Science), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A. August 1984

• M.A. in Regional Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A. August 1982

• Master of Business Administration (Operation Management), University of Mansoura, Egypt, October 1978

•  Bachelor of Commerce, University of Mansoura, Egypt, May 1976. Excellent with Honors Degree, First of Class.

Professional Experience

• March 1999 - Present

• Vice President

• Human Resources Development

• Savola Group, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• Employment: 9,700, Turnover: SR 5 Billion

• The Group include: Savola Edible Oil Co (KSA, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco), United Sugar Company, Savola Packaging Systems, Panda Supermarket (47 branches, the largest in the Middle East), Herfey (non-managed 80 restaurants), Al-Mari (non-managed largest Dairy farm in the Middle East)

• During my employment in Savola I had the full responsibility of managing the following departments: Management Development Center; Organizational Development Dept; Human Resources Development Systems; Savola Academy; Panda Retail Academy; and Food Safety & Hygiene Dept.

• I was also a member of the following bodies: Savola Group Operating Board, Public Relation Steering Committee, Human Resources Steering Committee, Career Development Committee, Reward Taskforce, Savola Value & Ethics Committee, Learning Organization Taskforce, Corporate Balanced Score Card Team, Corporate Communication Team, and Headquarter Managers Team.

 Achievements included:

• Administering the Group Competency-Based Career Development System, At-Tamayuz Program, for all managers. The system includes Personal Competencies Assessment using Management Assessment Centers; applying MCI Management Standards at Supervisory, Managerial and Executive levels; Knowledge and Skills Assessment; Job Evaluation (Hay); and Broad Banding. I had full responsibility of administering promotion and salary increase of all Savola managers.

• Developed Savola Oracle Human Resources Development Systems, which includes all managers' performance related data.

• Full responsibility for administering the Performance Management System and Bonus calculation.

• Developed a web-based Performance Management System, The Big Rocks System, which is based on the concepts of: Balanced Score Card, Management by Objectives, Steven Covey's First Things First, and Web enabled communication system.

• Developing and implementing the Corporate Balanced Score Card using Oracle BSC.

• Leading Aligning Action to Strategy and Linking Rewards to Performance initiatives.

• Founder and director of Savola Academy as a profit center. The Academy developed and offered tens of executive and management training modules and offered several performance improvement consulting services to several Savola Group business units in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and Jordan.

• Designed and managed the production of Savola Knowledge Profiler; a software program that analyzes managers training portfolio and produce a knowledge profile.

• Coordinator of Harvard Executive Development Program consortium.

• Developed and administered 360-degree assessment for top management (Leadership Practice Inventory LPI and Personal Competencies)

• Established Panda Academy to provide retail functional training to 4500 associates in Panda Supermarkets in the areas of: front-end management, meat, deli, produce, bakery, receiving, merchandizing, selling, security, store management, purchasing, category management, logistics, food safety & hygiene, customer service, … etc.

• Managing the Organizational Development Dept of Panda Academy: Management Assessment, 360-leadership assessment, career planning, organizational design, bonus systems, performance management system, new employee induction, and development of future hypermarket managers.

• Managed the first Human Resources Development (HRDF) grant and successfully employed 1,000 Saudis in Panda.

• Established and managed the Food Safety & Hygiene Dept. Developing Standard Operating Procedures, Store Assessment, Store Audit, and Training & Development.

June 2005 - Present (Seconded from Savola Group)

Mayor Advisor, HRD & OD

City of Jeddah

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

• Assist the Mayor in key strategic initiatives such as:

• Organizational restructuring

• Competencies assessment of 200 managers using Assessment Centers and Profile XT

• Re-engineering Field Inspection Functions, Land Titles Dept, and Research & Development Centers

March 2003 - June 2005 (Seconded from Savola Group)

Secretary General Advisor, Management Development

Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

• Strategy formulation and implementation using the Balanced Scorecard; including development of Stakeholders Value Propositions, Strategic Themes and Objectives, Strategy Map, Key Performance Indicators, cascading, reporting and software application. Application was selected among the finalist in the International Best Practice Chambers of Commerce Competition organized by World Chamber Congress (Durban, South Africa June 2005).

• Restructuring the Chamber in alignment with the strategy and key stakeholders.

• Development of HRD system with assistance of Mercer International including: Role Clarification, Job Evaluation, Grading & Salary Scale, Competency Profiling and Assessment, Performance Management System, and Performance-Based Reward System.

• Development of the Chamber’s Organizational Manual, Corporate Governance, Levels of Authority, and Internal Reporting and Communication System.

• Developed and implemented 360-degree leadership and values assessment tool, Performance management system, internal customer satisfaction survey of support services, and Gallup employee satisfaction survey.

• Held the position of General Manager of Jeddah Center for Manpower Development (January 2004 – March 2005). During this period, took full responsibility of:

• Organizing the first Arabic conference and job fair for Employment of People with Disabilities. Produced the first Arabic documentary film (70 minutes) on employments of disables (broadcasted 3 times on Saudi TV in full).

• Took full responsibility of recruitment of 1650 Saudis within Intakes 4 and 5 if the National Joint Training Initiatives funded by Human Resources Development Fund

• Supervising two MBA programs offered in collaboration with Maastricht University and The Arab Academy for Science and Technology. 

September 1995 - April 1998

February 1989 - June 1990

Head of the Academic Unit

Institute of Banking Studies, Kuwait

Under the supervision of Central Bank of Kuwait. Responsible for offering professional qualification and training in banking and finance to all employees of banks and financial institutions in Kuwait.

• Full responsibility for managing the academic, administrative and financial aspects of the Academic unit. This Included setting academic plans, establishing program regulations, setting budget and monitoring expenses, promotion, managing students admission and course registration, recruiting instructors, course materials development, classes scheduling and logistics, assessment and evaluation, administering exams and graduation procedures, and coordinating with financial institutions.

• Participated in several hiring and planning committees.

• Designed and delivered numerous training programs in: decision making, creative thinking, supervisory and management skills, leadership, productivity management, and statistical analysis.

• Taught an MBA- level course in “Quantitative Business Analysis for Managerial Decision Making”

• Taught quantitative analysis and operations management the academic unit.  Examples are: building descriptive models of students’ evaluative behavior; and establishing systems and procedures flowcharts for academic operations.

January 1991 - September 1995

Associate Professor of Management Science

Faculty of Administration studies

• Teaching Management Science/Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, service Operations Management, and Statistics courses in both classroom and distance learning modes.

• Acting Dean and Coordinator of the Bachelor of Commerce Program for several periods.

• Served in several university committees including:  University Academic Council, Graduate Studies Board, Students Award, B. Comm. Academic Regulations, B. Comm. Admission, Research and Study Leave Travel Fund, Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA) Executive, AUFA Committee in Benefit and Salary Negotiation, and several recruitment committees.

• Founder and donor of  “Dr. Mohamed M. Mahmoud Award in Excellence in Management Science.

• Head of the development them of “Athabasca University Strategic Management System”.  The System served as management flight simulator and was the first actual application of System Dynamics methodology in the area of education management.  It employed the state-of-the-art system dynamics software “Stella” and behavioral modeling techniques to simulate business policy.  The system is updated and used on a constant basis to simulate management policy scenarios and to support the strategic decision making process.

• Directed a project for the development of a multi-media computerized educational courseware in the area of business statistics.  The project was funded by Alberta Heritage Fund and was developed on both Macintosh and IBM-PC platforms using Authorware Professional and interactive video.

 June 1990 - December 1990

Fullbright Visiting Scholar

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Phliadelphia

• Conducted collaborative research with Dr. W. Bruce Allen, Chair and Professor of Public and Management, Regional Science and Transportation.

• Developed a library of business simulation games in the area of Inventory Management, Production Scheduling, Logistics, Transportation and Physical Distribution.  The Simulation library is sued in teaching MBA and undergradeuate courses at The Wharton School.

January 1986 - January 1989

Assistant Professor Of Business Administration

Faculty of Commerce, University of Mansoura

• Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in: Decision Analysis, Production And Operations Management, Inventory Management, Operations Research, Managerial Economics, Microcomputer Applications in Business, and Quantitative Techniques in Marketing.

• Participated in the University executive Educational Program and Management Consulting Services.  Participation was mainly in the from of designing and offering training programs for major; local manufacturing and service companies such as: Mansoura Fertilizer Co., Dakahilia Textile Co., Western Delta Particle Wood Co., Coca Cola Co., and Domyat Port Authority.

• Participated in founding the Faculty of Commerce micro-computer laboratory.

• Participated in the Faculty computer training seminars.  The program trained hundreds of students the area of DOS, Basic programming, word processing, spreadsheet, and data base management.

• Assisted in the supervision of several MA and Ph.D. theses.

January 1986 - January 1989

Consultant & Head of Computer Based Training

Arab Engineering and Management Consulting (Team International)

• (Team International is one of the largest management and engineering consulting and training firms in the Middle East.  It has offices in more than 14 countries and employs more than 300 experts.)

• Assumed the positions of: advisor to the president, Acting head of the Computer Technology Center, and finally head of computer-assisted training unit.

• Assisted the president for TEAM training activities in the area of Industrial Management, Logistics and Physical Distribution, Computer Applications in Management, and Quantitative Techniques Application in Management.

• Designed and delivered a variety of training programs to major Arabic corporations in the area of: petrochemicals (Saudi Arabia, Libya and Egypt), oil exploration (Egypt), air lines (Kuwait and Saudi Arabia), banking (Kuwait, Jordan and Egypt), textile (Egypt and Morocco), railways (Egypt), public administration (Jordan and Egyptian), iron and steel (Saudi Arabia and Egypt), and Food industries (Egypt and Jordan).  In Addition, participated in TEAM’s central training activities in Morocco, Switzerland, Austria, U.K., Greece, Egypt and Spain.

• Participated in several research projects including: a study of optimal sitting of gas stations in major Saudi Arabian cities, and simulation analysis of irrigation system.

• Director of the First Arab Youth Summer computer Camp in Yorkshire, U.K., 1987.

• Developed, as the Head of TEAM Division of Computer Assisted Training, several simulations, computerized testing and scoring systems, computerized questionnaire analyzers, decision support systems, and tutorials to be used in TEAM’s training programs.

May 1984 - December 1985

Computer Consultant

Academy of Educational Development, Washington, D.C., USA

• Undertook major responsibility in the system analysis, design, programming and implementation phases of a bilingual (English/Arabic) decision support system for the Egyptian Ministry of Education.  The system - which was voice activated-provided support to decision-makers in the area of facilities, human resources and financial planing of Egypt national education system.  The project was conducted in collaboration with the institute for Research in Higher Education of University of Pennsylvania.

January 1981 - December 1985

University of Pennsylvania

• Department of Decision Science and Regional Science

• Designed computer decision supports systems and participated in several research projects in the area of operations management and transportation.

• Tutoring Center

• Assisted undergraduate and MBA students in course in Decision Analysis, Statistics, Computer Programming, and Operations Research.

• International Classroom, University of Pennsylvania Museum

• Taught classes and gave talks to American school students, and clubs on topics related to the religion of Islam, Arabic culture and ancient Egyptian civilization.  This activity was featured in the major local newspaper Philadelphia Inquirer.

June 1976 - December 1980

Assistant Lecturer of Business Administration

Faculty of Commerce, University of Mansoura

• Taught undergraduate course in Production Operations Management, Operations Research, and Inventory Management.

Professional Society Memberships

• American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)

• Society for Human resources Management (SHRM)

• Arabian Society for Human Resources Management (ASHRAM)

• Saudi Arabian Council for Quality (SACQ)

• Minaret Business Association (MBA)

• American Production & Inventory Control Society (APICS)

• Institute of Management Science (TIMS)

• Founding and Chairman of TIMS College in “Education Applications”

• Operations Research Society of America (ORSA): Full member. Now INFORMS

• The Americans Institute for Decision Sciences

• Society of Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE)

• Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS)

• Administrative Science Association of Canada.

Awards and Fellowships

• Alberta Heritage Found Grant for Excellence in Teaching Research Project “Development of Computerized Tutoring and Assessment Systems for Teaching Business Statistics”, 1993-94.

• Ahtabasca University Academic Research Grants, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994.

• Full bright Visiting Scholar at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 1990.

• US-AID Peace Fellowship awarded for graduate study at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1981-1983).

• UNESCO Scholar Fellowship to participate in the International Seminars in “Mathematical Economics” and “System Analysis” at The International Center for Theoretical (ICTP), Treste, Italy (September - November 1978).

• UNESCO Scholar Fellowship to participate in the International Seminars in Computer Applications in Business and Management, Parts, Greece, August 1979 and July 1980.

• Plaque of Excellence in Business Administration received from the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt (1979).

Examples of Training Received in HR and OD Areas

• Development Center Manager Certification, Pilat Consulting, Jeddah June 14-24, 1998 and London, June 29 - July 7 1999. Also included certification for administering Global Tycoon Business Simulation Game in Assessment Center by IntelliSIM; and using HR Pulse IT system for managing competency data base.

• Profile XT Administration Certification, Profile XT International, Jeddah, January 2005.

• International Facilitation Certificate, Switzerland, 2003.

• Interviewing Skills Program, Wazan Consulting, Jeddah, February 26, 2000.

• Hay Job Evaluation & Profile Techniques, Hay Group, Jeddah, October 20-22, 2002.

• Hay Job Analysis Techniques, Hay Group, Jeddah, October 19, 2002.

• Position Analysis Questionnaire Certification, PAQ Int., Jeddah,  May 2002.

• Internal Quality Auditor Training Course, Bureau Verita, Jeddah 26-27 August 2000.

• The 5^th International Competency Conference: Using Competency-Based Tools and Applications to Enhance Organizational Performance, Linkage International, London, 23-26 October 2000

• The 2000 Human Resources Conference, The Conference Board, London, 12-13 April, 2000.

• Oracle Balanced Score Card, Oracle Inc., Jeddah December 2001.

• Competitive Strategy, Harvard Leadership Development Partnership, Jeddah, September 16, 2000.

• Managing and Serving Customer, Harvard Leadership Development Partnership, Jeddah, November 12-13, 2000.

• The Role of The Corporate Headquarters, Harvard Leadership Development Partnership, Jeddah, May 13-14, 2001.

• Business Challenges: Supply Chain Performance Management Simulation, Insight Enterprise & Gabel Consultants, Jeddah 2-3 November 2002.

• Managing Change: Qualification of Change Advocates, Organizational Development Resources (UK), Jeddah, December 1999.

• Change Management, Oliver Wight Co., Jeddah 1998.

• Competency Based Succession Planning Seminar, Institute of International Research (IIR), Dubai, October 24-27 1999.

• Arabian Society for Human Resources Society (ASHRAM) 4^th Conference: Today’s Investment in HR: Tomorrow’s Prosperity, Bahrain, 16-19 November 1998.

• Facilitation Skills Workshop, Whinney Murray & Co., Jeddah, 12-13 September 1999.

• American Society for Training & Development 2000 International Conference & Exhibition, Dallas, May 20-25, 2000.

• Strategic Profitability: Business Management Simulation, Business Today, Jeddah, March 28-30 1998.

• Organizational Alignment to Improve Company-Wide Results Workshop, ASTD, May 19-20, 2000.

• Effective Coaching Skills Workshop, Savola Management Development Center, June 25, 2000.

• Creative Training Techniques Workshop, Dallas, May 18-19, 2000.

• Decision Focus: Excellence in Problem Solving and Decision Making, The Bob Pike Group: Executive Development, Inc., Orlando, Florida, June 1-2, 2001.

• American Society for Training & Development 2000 International Conference & Exhibition,, Orlando, Florida,  June 3-7, 2001.

• Performance Management, Savola Management Development Center, July 19, 1998.

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Franklin Covey Co, Jeddah April 2001.

• First Things First: Time Management, Franklin Covey Co, Jeddah May 2001.

• Training Evaluation and BSC, Institute of International Research (IIR), Dubai, May 14-17, 2000.

• Collective Bargaining Conference, Canadian Council for University Teachers, Val Morin, Quebec, June 12-16, 1993.

• A System Thinking Approach to Organizational Learning, Gould Krutzer Association, Inc., Boston, Mass., USA, 1992.

• Survey Methodology, Institute of Banking Studies, Kuwait, March 10-12, 1996.

• Situational Leadership, Savola Management Development Center, Jeddah, March 9-11, 1999.

• The English Speed Reading Programme: Strategies and Techniques, Kuwait Institute of banking Studies, Kuwait, March 3-13, 1996.

• Finance for Non-Finance Managers, Savola Management Development Center, Jeddah July 25-27 1998.

• Performance Management, Savola Management Development Center, Jeddah July 19 1998.

• Effective Time management, Kuwait Institute of Banking Studies, Kuwait, May 29, 1989.

• Communication & Assertiveness Skills, Savola Management Development Center, July 21-22, 1998.

• Finance for Non-Finance Managers, Savola Management Development Center, July 21-22, 1998.

• Visiting and Technical Tour of Southbank Institute of TAFE, Brisbane, Australia, 11-12 November, 2001.

• Visiting and Technical Tour of Queensland Bakery Association and the Bread House, Brisbane, Australia, 11-12 November 2001.

Lectures, Presentations and Keynote Speeches in HR-Related areas

• Aligning People to Strategy: The Experience of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce And Industry, The Middle East HR Summit, Dubai, 18-21, 2005.

• Meeting the Recruitment Challenge: Recruiting & Retaining Talent, Middle East Retail 2005, Dubai, 14-15, 2005.

• Using Assessment Centers For Recruitment and Development, World Class Recruitment And Retention Strategies, Dubai, 30 January - 3 February 2004 ,

• Re-Vitalizing the Workforce: Unlocking the Potential through Nationalization, the 9^th Annual Shopping Center Convention Conference, Dubai, March 17-20, 2003.

• How Does the Organization Link Individual Performance to Corporate Strategic Objectives, 4^th International Human Resources Association Conference in Best Practice in Training and Development, Dubai, 29 Sept – 2 October 2003.

• Keynote Speaker, 11^th Anniversary of Assessment Centers, PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Jakarta, 8 November 2001.

• Who Should be responsible for training and development in an organization, IIR Conference in Achieving Organizational Success through Human Resources Development, Dubai, March 11-14, 2001.

• Linking Career Development Planning to Corporate Stretgy, Globalization of Arabic Human resources, 6^th  Annual Conference for Training in the Arab Worl, PMEC, Cairo, October 25-27, 1999.

• Effective Career Development Programmes for GCC National Employees, Institute of International Research (IIR) , Dubai, 21-24 October 2000.

• Linking Outcome Oriented Models of Evaluation to Process Oriented Models of Evaluation, IIR Conference in Evaluating Training Effectiveness, Dubai, 14-17 May, 2000.

• Saudis in The Front Line at Azizia Panda Supermarkets: Saudization from Job Design to Career Planning, 3^rd Annual Saudisation Forum, Institute of International Research (IIR), Jeddah, 11-12 February 2002.

• Saudization Programs in Savola Group, 2^nd Annual Saudisation Forum, Institute of International Research (IIR), Jeddah, 25-28 February 2001.

• Measuring and Developing the Quality of Managers: The Savola Group Experience, Saudi Arabian Quality Council, Jeddah December 2002.

• Becoming and Effective Leader, Public Seminar, King Fahad University for Petroleum and Minerals, Dharan, Saudi Arabia, May 19-20, 2003.

• Living the 7 Habits, National Proctor & Gamble 2003 National Sales Meeting, Jeddah, June 2003

• Competency-Based Performance management System “At-Tamayuz: The Savola Experience, 11^th International Conference for Management Training and Development “Arab Organization...Where to?”, Arab Engineering & Management Consultant (TEAM), Cairo, April 27-29, 1999.

• Improving the Performance of Organizations by Developing Managerial Competency, in Vocational Education & Training for Gulf Organizations Workshop, Institute of International Research (IIR), Dubai, 31 January – 1 February 1999.

• Designing and Implementing a Competency Based Program, Institute of International Research (IIR), Dubai, February 2, 1999.

• An Integrated Approach for Competency-Based Career Development, Arabian Society for Human Resources Management, Jeddah, May 17, 1999.

• IT-Enabled Performance Management: The Savola Group Experience, Arabian Society for Human Resources Management (ASHRAM),  Jeddah, September 25, 2001.

• Recognizing and Eliminating Barriers to Creative Thinking, Minaret Business Association, Jeddah, October 2002

• Part-Time Lecturer, Business School, University of Kuwait, Kuwait 1985-88 and 1999-2000. Taught courses in Operation Management and Quantitative Techniques in Business.

Professional & Community Activities

• Developed and offered many training programs through training and consulting firms in Kuwait and Egypt in the areas of Supervisory and Management Skills, Service Quality, Report Writing, Decision Making, Creative Thinking, Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Continuous Improvement Techniques, Coaching and Counseling Skills, Leadership Skills, Business Ethics Workshop, Setting SMART Objectives, Performance Management, First Things First, and  The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to major corporation such as Saudi Airlines, Kuwait Ministry of Finance, Kuwait Audit Authority, SABIC, Gabco, Aramco, Libya Ministry of Petroleum, Kuwait Airlines, Kuwait Oil Company, Pepsi, Kuwait Finance House, Gulf Bank, Commercial Bank of Kuwait, and Fine Foods.

• Developing Organizational Structure, Job Description, HR Polices and Procedures, and Salary Structure for Al-Trasel Services Company for Mobile Phone telecommunication, Kuwait 1996.

• Member of the Board of Directors, Research & Development Center, Faculty of Economics & Administration, King Abdul Azziz University, Jeddah 1998-99.

• Member of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry Committee on Training and Human Resources Development, 1998-99.

• Member of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry Retail, since 2001.

• Lecturer, MBA program of the Mastricht School of Management (MSM), Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

• Member of The Executive Committee, International Islamic Organization for Education, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, since inception 2002.

• Founding Member of Arabian Society for Human Resources Management ASHRAM (Western Region Branch) 1998.

• Facilitation of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry Workshop on “Developing an Integrated Strategy for Training in Jeddah”, Jeddah, March 22-23.

• Competency Assessment of the top 82 managers and executives in Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, June-August 2003.

• Academic Reviewer, Management Science Division, Administrative Studies Association of Canada (ASAC), 1995.

• Jeddah Summer Festivals 2001, Public Seminar on “Aiming High”, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce Auditorium, Jeddah, June 2001.

• Jeddah Summer Festivals 2001, Public Seminar on “Aiming High”, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce Auditorium, Jeddah, June 2001.

• Team Leader for the organization of The Summer Islamic & Arabic Studies Summer School for over 400 participants: age 2 to 90. Sponsored by The Institute for Islamic & Arabic Studies, Washington DC., held in Edmonton, Canada during the period August 2-25, 1994.

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, lectures to members of Jeddah Dawa Center, Jeddah 2000.

• The Art of Dealing with Pilgrims, A special training program for  Hajj supervisors, Saudi Boy Scout Organization, Jeddah February 2003.

Academic Publications

• Published Papers in Reviewed Journals and Conference Proceedings

• “Learning Laboratories in Service Operations Management: The Case of Course Development and Production at an open University,” The Annual Conference of The International Academy Of Business Disciplines, April 8-11,1993, New Orleans.

• (With P. Genta and S. Smalldon,) “Microworld of an Open University: A Strategic Management Learning Laboratory” Proceedings of The 1993 International System Dynamics conference, Mexico, Summer 1993.

• “Optimal Inventory consolidation Scheme : A Portfolio Effect Analysis,” Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 13.No. 1,1992, pp. 193-214-

• “An efficient Algorithm for the optimal Design of Integrated Procurement Production Distribution Systems Under Economies of Scale,” The Third Annual Meeting of the production and Operations Management Society, October 18-21, 1992, Orlando, Florida.

• “Descriptive Model of Students’ Decision Behaviors in evaluation of Higher Education,” Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education: An International Journal, July, 1991.

• (With Rudy Yaksik) “The Commodity Swap Market: Evolution and Prospects,” The Arab Banker, March, 1990.

• “Building Rule-Based Export Systems: VP-EXPERT,” The First Egyptian computer Society Workshop on Export Systems, Cairo, April 5-9, 1987.

• “Optimization of Production-distribution systems : Analyses of Centralization vs. Decentralization Under Concave production Cost Function,” Proceedings of the 12^th International Congress For Statistics, Computer Science, Social and Demographic Research, Scientific Computer Center, Ain Shams University, Cairo, March 28-April 2, 1987.

• “Application of Mathematical Programming Algorithms in Optimizing in Input-Output Analysis: I-Static Models,” proceeding of the 12^th International Congress For Statistics, Computer Science, Social and Demographic Research, Scientific Computer Center, Ain Shams University, Cairo, March 28-April2, 1987.

• (With W. Bruce Allen and Douglas McNeil) “The Importance of Time in Transit and Reliability of Transit Time for Shippers, Receivers and Carriers,” Transportation Research, Special Issue on Transportation Systems and Logistics, Part B: Methodological, Vol. 19B, No. 5, October 1985.

 Published Textbooks

• Introduction to Operations Research, University of Mansoura, Egypt, 1986.

• Principles of Inventory Management, University of Mansoura, Egypt, 1987.

• Management Information System, University of Mansoura, Egypt, 1987.

• Management Science; Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada, 1991.

• Operation Management, Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada, 1993.

• Business Statistics, Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada, 1994.

• Service Operation Management, The Open College, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada, 1995.