Research skills have been gained over 30 years achieving more than 110 publications over 120 PhD and MSc thesis supervision, book’s publication, patent, research awards, and promotion to Professor in 2003. Moreover, senior membership in IEEE, membership in IEEE Computer and Communication societies, member of Journal’s editorial board, member of International conference TPCs, reviewer of scientific publications, organizing conferences, university research handbook auditing, research budget preparation, research groups establishment and over 400 thesis examiner.

Long experience in higher education practices allowed me to hold the head of department, program coordinator, deputy dean in Computer Engineering Information Technology Department, University of Technology, Baghdad, Dean of College of Engineering, Gulf University, Bahrain and Dean of Research and Graduate Studies at Applied Science University, Bahrain. Finally, now I have the honors to be quality assurance advisor at Duhok Polytechnic University, Iraq participating in reviewing university programmes and educational practices. This experience and practices gave me required skills of dealing with colleagues and managers in the higher education sector and helping me in programs and colleges establishment together with developing accurate and achievable plans. The leadership has been developed to serve to the communities in the Arab countries such that I am grateful for the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others and I am humbled to be a part of the leadership team in Iraq and Bahrain.

From 2008 until now, I have been involved in strategic planning, quality assurance programs, NQF and accreditation projects, financial budget planning, external examiner, staff mentoring and moderator internal and external. Always wants to be involved in all aspects of the project and works hard to achieve the project expectations.