Iyad Aldasouqi

Iyad Aldasouqi has over 18 years of experience in various roles and organizations. Iyad is currently working as the Director of Research Operations & Coordination Centre at the Royal Scientific Society. In this role, they are responsible for sourcing state-of-the-art technology for the labs, reducing administrative work, and hiring university scholars to support the staff.

Prior to this, Iyad worked as a Project Manager at PolaresLLC, where they focused on optimizing humanitarian logistics. Iyad also worked as a Projects and Research Specialist at Princess Sumaya University for Technology, where they contributed to industry-academia collaboration and investigated knowledge transfer practices in academia.

Iyad's extensive experience also includes working as a Technical Manager at the Middle East Scientific Institute for Security, where they conducted assessments of critical infrastructure facilities and supported IT acquisition and rapid prototyping initiatives. Iyad also served as a faculty member at Princess Sumaya University for Technology, where they developed lesson plans, achieved high passing rates, and established computer labs for students.

Overall, Iyad's work experience demonstrates their expertise in research operations, project management, industry-academia collaboration, and infrastructure security.

Iyad Aldasouqi has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Princess Sumaya University for Technology. Iyad also holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the same institution. In addition, they have obtained two certifications from Microsoft: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Windows Server 2003 (MCSE) in May 2004 and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security (MCSE) in March 2002.