Education

September 2017 – October 2020

PHD of Business Administration

Cyprus International University – Nicosia - Cyprus

Courses covered in this degree:

• Advanced Research Methods

• Strategy in Theory and Practice

• Data Analysis and Computer Application in Business Seminar

• Advanced Managerial Economics

• Management and Organizations

• Case in Business Ethics

• Critical Thinking Skills and Leadership Wisdom

September 2012 – July 2014

MA Degree of Business Management

University of Kurdistan Hewler – Erbil – Iraq

Courses covered in this degree:

• Advanced Human Resource Management

• Managerial Accounting

• Management Information Systems

• Research Methodology

• Organizational Theory

• Accounting Information System

• Strategic Marketing Management

• State and Economic Management

September 2007 – July 2012

BA Degree of Business Management

University of Kurdistan Hewler – Erbil – Iraq

Courses covered in this degree:

• Project Management

• Business Ethics

• Strategic Management

• Financial Analysis

• Entrepreneurship

• Intermediate Accounting

• Project Management

• Introduction to Political Economy

• Accounting I

• Introduction to Marketing

• Oil and the Global Energy Market Place

• Human Resource Management

• Modern Global Political Economies

• Management Information System

• Accounting II

• Introduction to Computer System

• Principles of Economics

• Introduction to Sociology

• Introduction to Politics

• Mathematics

• Introduction to Business Management

• Ethnography in Global Perspective

• Introduction to International Relations

September 2006 – July 2017

Foundation Program – English Skills

University of Kurdistan Hewler – Erbil – Iraq

Courses covered in this degree:

• Module 2 (Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking)

• Module 3 (Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking)

• Module 4 (Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking)

• Module 5 (Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking)

Academic Publications

All my academic publications are available at:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=XezmDsQAAAAJ

Work History

September 2020 to September 2022

Lecturer at Komar University of Science and Technology – Sulaymaniyah – Iraq

Teaching below courses:

• Introduction to Business

• Conflict Management

• Marketing Management

• Hospitality and Tourism Marketing

• Intermediate Accounting I

• Managerial Accounting

• Management Information Systems

• International Business Environment

• Business Analytics

• Organizational Behavior

Jan 2021 – July 2024 (Part-time)

Trainer at Top Target Academy – Erbil – Iraq (Part-time)

Teaching online courses related to business field via Zoom-Meeting for candidates

around the region. The trainings revolve around subjects related to Business

Management & Business Administration.

February 2020 to July 2020

Lecturer at Qaiwan International University – Sulaymaniyah – Iraq

Qaiwan is a UTM franchise university in Sulaymaniyah city of Iraq. Teaching below

Teaching below course

• Thinking of science and technology

November 2015 – September 2019

General Manager at Maple Vocational Institute & Maple Kindergarten – Rania – Iraq

• Monitor instructional and managerial processes to ensure that program

activities are related to program outcomes and use findings to take corrective

actions

• Provide instructional resources and materials to support teaching staff in

accomplishing instructional goals.

•  Build common vision for school improvement with staff. Direct planning

activities and put programs in place with staff to ensure attainment of school’s

mission.

• Define expectations for staff performance with regard to instructional strategies,

classroom management, and communication with the public.

• Observe employee performance, record observations, and conduct evaluation

conferences with staff.

• Comply with district policies and state and federal laws and regulations.

• Articulate the school’s mission to the community and solicit its support in

realizing the mission.

July 2012 – November 2015

Training & Competency Coordinator at Weatherford Drilling International – EBL – IQ

Weatherford had over 50 thousand employees in more than 100 countries globally.

Weatherford had 5 operating rigs in Kurdistan. Main duties and responsibilities were:

• Support all internal and external HR related inquiries or requests.

• Maintain digital and electronic records of employees.

• Serve as point of contact with benefit vendors and administrators.

• Assist with the recruitment process by identifying candidates, performing

reference checks and issuing employment contracts.

• Maintain calendars of HR management team.

• Oversee the completion of compensation and benefit documentation.

• Assist with performance management procedures.

• Schedule meetings, interviews, HR events and maintain agendas.

• Coordinate training sessions and seminars.

• Perform orientations and update records of new staff.

• Produce and submit reports on general HR activity.

• Process payroll and resolve any payroll errors.

• Complete termination paperwork and exit interviews.

• Keep up-to-date with the latest HR trends and best practice.

• Training wise was to make sure the 450+ employees we had in Kurdistan were trained

properly and are competent to do their job. This requires me to maintain a separate

• training matrix for each rig. Thus I had monthly plans to organize training with both in-

                 house and third party institutes.

June 2011 – July 2012

Operations Manager at ROI – Erbil – Iraq

• Supervise, hire, and train employees

• Manage quality assurance programs

• Strategize process improvements

• Maintaining and increasing the efficiency of the organization

Training Courses taking during that period: 

• First Aid, Cpr & Blood Borne Pathogens (Medic First Aid)

• Basic Fire Awareness

• H2S And CCBA (Opito)

• Working At Heights

• Safe System of Work (Log Out/ Tag Out, Ptw, Jha/Jsa)

• Work Permit

• Rigging And Slinging

• Confined Space Entry

• Emergency Evacuation

• Cap (Competency Assurance Program)

• Radar (Safety Induction)

• Right Start (Introduction to Oil Filed)

• WPTS (Weatherford Process Tracking System)

• Taproot (5days) (Taproot Makes You an Incident Investigator Leader)

• Strategic Negotiation

• Influential Presentation

• BIS: Basic Interpersonal Skills

• SDP: Supervisory Development Program

• Basic Fire Fighting

• Manual Handling

• Environmental Induction

• IT Induction Program

• Health and Safety Induction Commitment & Intervention Compliance Polices

• Driver And Vehicle

• Hazardous Communication

• Working At Height

• Defensive driving

• PPE

• Confined Space Entry

• H2S

• Lockout/Tagout Procedure

• Emergency Response

Languages

• Kurdish: Native

• English: Fluent

• Arabic: Good

• Persian: Good

Activities and Membership

• Arranging academic debates in the university of Kurdistan - Hewler 2009-2012

• Translating documents and movies for NGOs and GOs (Kurdish to English and vice

versa)

• Supervising a team consist of 23 people in a British Council festival in Erbil

• Member of Erbil chambers of comers and Industry/Iraq.

• Member of Institute of Cultural Diplomacy ICD – Berlin - Germany

• Participating in the annual conference of Institute of Cultural Diplomacy in

Washington-USA - ICD January 2013

• Participating in the annual conference of Institute of Cultural Diplomacy in Rome-

ITALY ICD

• Charity campaigns for the Syrian Refugees in Sulaymaniyah Area 2016-2017