College Advisory Board

The second advisory board meeting of the College of Information Technology for the academic year 2017-2018 was held on Monday February 5, 2018 at Fairmont Hotel, Dubai.
The board members discussed opportunities to bridge the gap between academia and industry. They agreed to organize field trips to students to international companies, to invite keynote speakers from the industry to share their real-life experiences, to conduct workshops to improve students’ soft skills and to facilitate internship placements for senior students. In addition to four faculty members from the College of Information Technology, six from the industry and four from the College Alumni attended the meeting:
• Dr. Mirna Nachouki (Acting Dean)
• Dr. Riyadh Mehdi  (Head, Information Technology Department)
• Dr. Khalid Ammar (Head, Computer Engineering Department)
• Dr. Amer Al Nassiri (Faculty member, Fujairah campus)
• Dr. Usman Zafar (DUC International)
• Mr. Mohammad Al Zuraiqi (CISCO Systems)
• Mrs. Marwa Zaghow (Dell EMC)
• Mr Wissam Kadi (SAP University Alliances)
• Ms. Manal Al Ansari (Emirates NBD)
• Mr. Auda Hazeem (Nattiq)
• Mr. Soheil Banihasimi ( Alumni, currently working at Mena Energy)
• Mr. Ahmad Moustafa (Alumni, currently working at Ajman University)
• Ms. Fatemeh Shahcheraghian (Alumni, currently working at Oracle)
• Ms. Soumaia Boussoufa (Alumni, currently working at Sharjah Ladies Club)