Basil Soufi

Experience

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  Loughborough University

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1999

  • Worked with clients including Rolls-Royce, Health and Safety Executive & Birse Construction to identify their needs and develop appropriate solutions e.g. computer based training system for customer service representatives; decision support system for laser users and manufacturers• Collaborated with Engineering Faculty to complete a multi-disciplinary research program• Provided consultancy on information management, multimedia design, computer based learning, and design computing• Invited by the Colour and Imaging Institute, University of Derby to develop a new postgraduate course on Research Methods in Design for their MSc program. Show less

  • Lecturer

    Jan 1996 - Jan 1999

  • Research Associate and HCI Consultant

    Jan 1991 - Jan 1996
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  Tagus International Ltd.

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Multimedia design and HCI/CBT Consultant

  Interaction design consultant to Tagus International Performance Improvements Products and Services Ltd. Completed the design of information and content architecture and enabled the development of a multimedia system for training British Petroleum's customer service representatives.

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  UK Local Government (Hertfordshire)

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2004

  Information Systems Program Manager

  • Led a major change initiative for UK Local Government involving the re-engineering of critical business processes to bring clear and rapid improvements in management information and customer service.

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  Abu Dhabi University

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2011

  Department Chair (Information Systems) and Associate Professor

  • Founding chair of Information Systems with wide ranging responsibility for recruitment, accreditation, quality, process improvement and curriculum management.

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  Hamdan Bin Mohammed University

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2015

  Program Leader and Associate Professor (Project Management)

  • Managed training and certification programs in collaboration with the university training partners• Teaching graduate courses for the Master of Project Management program using smart and blended learning • Contributed to strategic planning and policy revisions.

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  IAT

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2022

  Senior Manager / Head of Institutional Effectiveness

  • Direct and oversee institutional research and strategic planning processes for all IAT entities• Maintain and support multiple national and international accreditation and quality assurance systems

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  Commission for Academic Accreditation for Higher Education (CAA)

  Jul 2022 - now

  Commissioner for Academic Accreditation