{"id":9,"date":"2016-04-24T09:36:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T09:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/omar-benayed\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2020-02-19T10:16:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T10:16:52","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/omar-benayed\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;34&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>Omar Ben-Ayed is Professor of Management at the Department of Management and Marketing at the College of Business and Economics at Qatar University. He is also Qatar Rail Chair in Business Excellence. He received his PhD in Business Administration (1988) and his MS in Applied Mathematics (1985) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in USA. \u00a0He is tri-lingual (Arabic, English and French) with varied academic and non-academic work experience in United States, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Qatar. His teaching interests are related to the subjects of Management Science, Operations Management, Business Statistics and Quality Management. His research interests are mainly in the areas of bi-level linear programming, freight transportation network design and scheduling, in addition to the applications of quality management to higher education.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<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\">1988<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Ph.D. in Business Administration<\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, USA <\/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.S.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">1985<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">M.S. in Applied Mathematics<\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA<\/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.S.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">1982<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">B.S. in Quantitative Methods Applied to Economics and Business<\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Sfax<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">1986 and 1987<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">University of Illinois Fellowship Award<\/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\">1982<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Tunisian President's Award Winner of the College for Outstanding Achievement<\/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_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<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>Professor of Management<\/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>2018<\/span><span>2015<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Qatar Rail Chair in Business Excellence<\/h4><p>Qatar University and Qatar Rail<\/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>2010<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Principal<\/h4><p>Optimal Solutions Center for Management Science, USA<\/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>2005<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Professor of Quantitative Methods<\/h4><p>University of Sfax, Tunisia <\/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>1999<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Operations Analyst<\/h4><p>Federal Express, Saudi Arabia <\/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>Professor of Operations Management<\/h4><p>King Saud 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>2001<\/span><span>1994<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Associate Professor of Operations Management<\/h4><p>King Saud 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>1994<\/span><span>1991<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods<\/h4><p>University of Sfax, Tunisia <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1991<\/span><span>1988<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods<\/h4><p>University of Tunis Manar, Tunisia <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>1988<\/span><span>1985<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research and Teaching Assistant in Business Administration<\/h4><p>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_column_text]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text]<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\">Outstanding Faculty Award in Teaching, College of Business and Economics, Qatar University<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \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\">1985 and 1986<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Excellent Instructor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-dates \"><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;34&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Omar Ben-Ayed is Professor of Management at the Department of Management and Marketing at 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