{"id":27,"date":"2016-04-19T06:42:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T06:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/oalkwifi\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2016-06-18T05:43:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T05:43:20","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/oalkwifi\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;17&#8243; border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>Osama AL-KWIFI is an Associate Professor at the Department of Management and Marketing. He received his PhD in Management of Technology from the University of Waterloo and MSc in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Alberta. Before returning to university to complete his PhD, he worked at the University of Toronto developing medical applications, and at several medical companies designing and evaluating new products for global markets. He was a visiting scholar at Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Academic Positions<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>present<\/span><span>2016<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Associate Professor<\/h4><p>Qatar University, Qatar<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2016<\/span><span>2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Assistant Professor<\/h4><p>Qatar University, Qatar<\/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>2011<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Assistant Professor<\/h4><p>Prince Mohammad University, Saudi Arabia<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2010<\/span><span>2009<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research Fellow<\/h4><p>Ivey Business School, Western University, Canada. <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1997<\/span><span>1995<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research Associate<\/h4><p>University of Damascus, Syria<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Education<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">Ph.D.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2009<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">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\">Ph.D.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2008<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Certificate in University Teaching <\/p><p class=\"where\">The Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">M.Sc.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2000<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Biomedical Engineering<\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Alberta, 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\">B.Sc.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">1994<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Biomedical Engineering <\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Damascus, Syria<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Honors, Awards and Grants<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Best Paper Award, Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators (ACME)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Distinguished Scholar Award, Academy For Global Business Advancement<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Outstanding Paper Award, Journal of Technology Management in China<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2010<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Canadian Federal Funding (NSERC- PDF), Canadian Government<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2009<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), Ontario Provincial Government<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2005<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Canadian Federal Scholarship (NSERC- Ph.D.), Canadian Government<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2005<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">University of Waterloo President's Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2003<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Imaging Network Ontario Honorable Award, Ontario Medical Imaging Network<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1999<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry 75th Anniversary Award, University of Alberta <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1998<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">University of Alberta Scholarship, University of Alberta<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1995<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">First Class Graduation, Syrian Ministry of Higher Education<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1994<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Class Honor - Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Damascus<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Professional Positions<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2012<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Business Strategy Consultant<\/h4><p>MGB Consulting , Middle-East<\/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>2005<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Project Consultant<\/h4><p>Sunnybrook Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2005<\/span><span>2001<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Project Leader<\/h4><p>Department of Medical Imaging Research, University of Toronto, Canada<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2001<\/span><span>2000<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research &amp; Development Engineer<\/h4><p>Department of Medical Imaging Research, University of Toronto, Canada<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1998<\/span><span>1997<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Biomedical Engineer<\/h4><p>Quality Control Supervisor, BGA Intl. Company, Saskatchewan, Canada<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;17&#8243; border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text] Osama AL-KWIFI is an Associate Professor at the Department [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":439,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/oalkwifi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/oalkwifi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/oalkwifi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/oalkwifi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/439"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/oalkwifi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/oalkwifi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/oalkwifi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/oalkwifi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}