{"id":8,"date":"2016-04-04T10:09:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T10:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/asafari\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2022-05-15T09:26:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T09:26:43","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/asafari\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dr. Arsalan Safari is currently an associate professor in Qatar University. His research as well as his teaching interests include innovation, entrepreneurship, operations management and business financing. He has recently completed his postdoctoral program at MIT, Sociotechnical Systems Research Center in USA where he focused on innovation, enterprise architecture and transformation. He received his Ph.D. in management (management of technology) at the University of Waterloo, Canada and his master of engineering in design and manufacturing from the University of Western Ontario (Western University), Canada. He holds a bachelor of sciences in industrial engineering, and he is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt from American Society for Quality (ASQ). Dr. Safari worked for nearly six years in the banking industry in senior levels in Canada. He has published various journal papers in high-ranked peer-reviewed journals in relevant fields.[\/vc_column_text]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#05bf62\">Background<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column el_class=&#8221;Background&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Assistant\/Associate Professor<\/h4><p>Qatar University, Doha, Qatar<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2015<\/span><span>2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research Affiliate<\/h4><p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2014<\/span><span>2013<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Postdoctoral Associate<\/h4><p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2013<\/span><span>2012<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Manager, Business Analytics, Enhanced Performance Management<\/h4><p>RBC Financial Group, Toronto, ON, Canada<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2012<\/span><span>2008<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Project Lead, Business Process Modeling &amp; Simulation<\/h4><p>RBC Financial Group, Toronto, ON, Canada<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2008<\/span><span>2007<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Project Coordinator<\/h4><p>RBC Financial Group, Toronto, ON, Canada<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \"><br \/>\n<\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">Doctor of Philosophy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2013<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Ph.D. in Management (Management of Technology)<\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Waterloo, Canada<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">Master of Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2008<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">M. Eng. in Design &amp; Manufacturing Engineering<\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Western Ontario (Western University)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">Bachelor of Science<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">1996<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering<\/p><p class=\"where\">Isfahan University of Technology<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">Professional Certificate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2013<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Certified Six Sigma Black Belt<\/p><p class=\"where\">American Society for Quality (ASQ), USA<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dr. Arsalan Safari is currently an associate professor in Qatar University. 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