CURRICULUM VITAE
Name and Date of birth
Name
: Hassan Ahmed Sharafuddin, Ph.D.
Date of Birth : June 12, 1956
Place of Birth: Sana'a, Yemen.
Marital Status: Married with children
Languages : Arabic and English
Address
: P.O. Box 14961, Sana'a, Yemen
Mobile
: +965 6625 2696 (Kuwait)
Email
: [email protected]
1. Academic Rank
- Assistant Professor, Economics.
2. Degrees
Date
1990
1981
Degree
PhD in Economics
M.A. in Economics
1980
Diploma in Economic Development
1978
BS in Business
Institution
Cairo University, Cairo, EGYPT
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee,
USA
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee,
USA
Sana’a University, Sana’a, YEMEN
3. Service at Arab Open University-Kuwait
Service started with AOU-KWB in February 28, 2006 as Full time tutor.
- Teaching courses such as Understanding Business Functions (B202)
and Understanding Economic Behavior (D319).
- Course Coordinator for DD202 and D319 courses
- Program Coordinator, Business Administration Program.
- Course Chair for D319 Course
- Faculty member, Business Department, the Headquarters.
- Member of the Academic Committee.
- Member of the University Council.
- Member of the Academic recruitment committee.
- Member of the Examination Committee.
- Academic Supervisor for Business Program’s students
- Responsible for counseling the students in admission.
- Assistant Director for Academic Affairs.
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Experience: 15 Years in academic field.
4. Professional Experience
Date
Place of work
September
2008present
Arab Open University
Job Responsibilities
Assistant Director for Academic Affairs
Assist the Director in day-to-day management
in the academic and student affairs.
Provide leadership and guidance to the
program coordinators in a supportive team
environment.
Act academically in place of the Director
during his absence.
Head of the Branch Exam Committee, starting
from receiving the exams and ending with
sending the results to the HQ.
Manage all academic –related documents.
Lecturing and leading students to apply the
concepts of the material via using the
analyzing and illustrating methods.
Preparing TMAs and final exams of D319
Economic Course for all the branches.
Being an active member in the Faculty of
Business Studies in which we discuss and take
decisions about how to overcome the
obstacles and solve problems.
March –
June, 2008
Jul, 2003February
2006
Sabaá University
Rector
Sana’a University
Dean, ICT and Business Studies Center, Sana’a
June, 1993 –
August 1996
Sana’a University,
Faculty of Commerce
and Economics
August 1995
– 1999
Computer and
Communication System
Corporation LTD.
University, Designing, Managing, Teaching,
and Supervising ICT and Business training
programs
Lecturer + Programmer Developer: Developed
software package for maintaining servers
providing vital statistics to the Student Affairs
and Examinations Control using Novel Network
tools
Worked as General Manager for Computer
and Communication System Company.
Main responsibilities were in managing and
promoting team works, project
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preparation, make communications and
writing with local and abroad companies,
introducing working systems and train and
assist staff in implementing information
systems.
5. Consulting Experience
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Prepared Self Evaluation Document for the Computer Department of Faculty of
Science, Sana'a University, April, 2002.
Prepare Socio-Economic and Information System feasibility studies for public and
private sectors in the field of Telecommunication, Education, Agriculture, Health
and roads & Bridges, Infocent Corporation Ltd. Sana’a, Yemen, 1995-2004.
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Provide information system consultancy for the Ministry of Planning and
Development in training staff how to use Windows programs in planning and
statistical and Economical fields, Sana’a, Ministry of Planning and Development,
June 2003.
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Assigned as a committee member for evaluating programmers and system
analysts at the Public Telecommunication Corporation, Sana’a, Yemen 2003.
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Rector, Sabaá University, Sanaá, Republic of Yemen. March 2008 – May 2008.
6. Professional Registration
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Workshop on Guidelines in Evaluating Development Projects in Developing
Countries, Ministry of Planning and Development, Sana'a Yemen April 1978.
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Training Course in Small Scale Industry Financing, Small Industry Extension
Training Institute, Hyderabad, India, October 1977 – December 1977.
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Training Course in Use of Microcomputers in Economical and statistical
Researches, The Ford Foundation, Cairo, Egypt, June 1984.
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Training Course in working on IBM-PC's, and the VAX mainframe computer,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville, Maryland, USA, July
1985 – August 1985.
- Training Course on "Research Methodology in Social Sciences", Center
for the Developing Countries Studies, Cairo University, 20-25 December,
2003, Cairo, Egypt.
- Training Course on "Oracle Database Administration", 02 May – 31 May,
2004, SQL Star International Limited, Hyderabad, India.
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- Associate Professor promotion, Sana’a University, May 2002.
7. Publications
a) Refereed Journals.
- Globalization and its impact upon food production and consumption in
Yemen, Journal of Commerce and Economics, Sana’a University, 2002.
- The Strategic Vision for Information Technology, A study
prepared for the Ministry of Planning and Development.
- The Role of Information & Communication Technology in
Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Yemen, Forum on
Technology, Employment and Poverty alleviation in the Arab Countries,
UN, ESCWA/ILO, Beirut, Lebanon, 16-18 July, 2002.
- Information Society in Yemen, Western Asia Preparatory Conference
for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), 4-6 February
2003, UN House, Beirut, Lebanon. (E/ESCWA/ICTD/2003/WG.1/10).
- Regional Cooperation for Building the Information Society in the
ESCWA Member countries, Western Asia Preparatory Conference for the
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), 4-6 February 2003, UN
House, Beirut, Lebanon E/ESCWA /ICTD/2003/ WG.1/CRP.28).
- The Evaluation of Current Status of Information and
Communication Technology and its impact in Economic
Development, Journal of Faculty of Commerce & Economics, an Academic
Periodical Referee Journal, Vol. 21, September 2003 – March 2004., Faculty
of Comm. & Economics, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen.
- Knowledge Society in Yemen, A paper submitted to the Second
Regional Preparatory Conference For WSIS, 22- 23 November 2004,
Damascus, Syria.
- English Feasibility Report, January, 2006, AOU-Kuwait.
b) Conferences:
- Participated in Workshop Program on "Guidelines on Enhancement of
Quality Assurance and Institutional Planning in Arab Universities,
Evaluating Computer Science Subjects in Arab Universities", UNDP,
Amman, Jordan, March 25-30, 2002.
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Participated in the third International Arab Conference On Information
Technology 2002 (ACIT’2002). hosted by the University of Qatar, Doha,
Qatar 16-19 December 2002.
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Participated in the Western Asia Preparatory Conference for the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), UN House, Beirut, Lebanon,
4-6 February 2003.
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Participated in the Joint OECD/UN/World Bank Global Forum on
Knowledge Economy: Integrating ICT in Development Programs, OECD,
Paris, 4-5 March 2003.
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Participated in the Third Meeting of the Committee on Development
Information (CODI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 10-17 May 2003.
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Participated in the Pan-Arab Regional Conference in preparation for the
World Summit on the Information Society, League of Arab States, Cairo,
Egypt 16-18 June 2003.
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Participated in the Second Regional Preparatory Conference for WSIS,
Damascus, Syria 22-23 November, 2004.
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Participated in The Festival of Thinkers Conference, a meeting of
academic experts and thinkers, including Nobel laureates, sponsored by
Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Education.Abu Dhabi,
UAE, 23-26 March, 2005.
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Participated in InfoDev Workshop on "Promoting Innovation And
Entrepreneurship In The Middle East And North Africa (MENA): Strategies
And Partnerships" Casablanca, Morocco. January 29-31, 2006.
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Participated in Arab University Conference, Ryadh, Saudi Arabia, April,
2007.
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Participated in Manifestations of Inclusion and Exclusion Conference,
University of Kairouan, Tunisia, 3–6 April, 2008
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Participated in APETAU 4th International Conference, Amman, Jordan, 1416 November, 2009.
c) Books:
- Food Problem in Yemen, AlAhram Press, Cairo, Egypt, 1990.
Current Research Areas:
- Scientific productivity for faculty staff members at AOU – Kuwait.
- Agricultural Economics, Theory and Application (Book)
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8. Patents, Honors and awards
World Summit Award (WSA): being selected as a
member of the SWSA Expert Panel 2005.
9. Courses taught
a) Academic Courses
- Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Sana’a
University. Sana’a. Activities include teaching of weekly courses such as
Economic Development, Econometrics, Economic Thought and Managerial
Economics. Sana’a University, Faculty of Commerce and Economics.
January, 1995 – 2006.
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Teaching Understanding Business Functions B202 and Understanding
Economic Behavior (D319), Arab Open University, Kuwait Branch, March
2006 - Present.
b) Intensive Professional Short Courses
- Teaching Applied Information Technology in economic and social issues,
Computer Center, Sana’a University, 2004-2006.
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Teaching Sana’a Computer Driving Licence, computer Center, Sana’a
University, 2004 – 2006.
10. Areas of Teaching (Sana' University, Yemen University, Saba University and
Arab Open University):
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Macro and Micro Economics
Economic Development
Mathematical Economics
Econometrics
Economic Thought
Sustainable Development
Globalization, Inequality and economic growth
Understanding Business Functions
Understanding Economic Behavior
11. Participation in Specific Programs
- Training Workshop on "Assessing the Quality and Impact of Academic
Programmes in Arab Universities for Computing Science Representatives from
Arab Universities, Preparation of the Self-Evaluation Document & Preparation
for Work as Academic Subject Reviewers", Amman - Jordan, June 01-06,
2002.
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Participated in Training Course on Accreditation for Institutions of Higher
Education in Yemen, June, 28 –July, 5, 2002. This course was implemented
by CID in coordination with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific
Research, Sana’a. Topics covered in the training include: accreditation
criteria, norms n standards, institutional assessment, National Accrediting
council procedures and report writing related to accreditation and
assessment.
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Participated in a seminar on “Academic Accreditation: Universities Pathway
towards excellence”, July, 20-21, 2002, Organized by the Ministry of Higher
Education and Scientific Research, Sana’a, Yemen.
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Assist in establishing the ICT College at Sana'a University, Yemen.
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Conducting field visits to various Universities/ Companies/Institutions to
share/ part knowledge to participants. Students on logistics, supply chain,
and operations Mgmt. Related Research and operational development issues.
Maryland University, Baltimore County, USA
Delft University, Holland.
Huawei Company, China
Tanzania University , Darussalam, Tanzania.
Most of Arab Universities
13- Other Qualifications:
- Quick learner
- A superlative observer
- Excellent problem solving abilities.
- Self-motivated, dedicated and a hard worker
- Able to work independently, as a part of a team and as a team leader
- Able to work under pressure and accomplish a wide variety of tasks
- Bilingual English & Arabic both spoken and written.
- Ability to write legislative reports and prepare academic reports supported
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with statistical and mathematical equations.
Computer skills of win 98. XP, Vista
Excellent Knowledge of MS Office.
Actively participate in various sports (table tennis, soccer) and cultural
programs.
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