Dr. Abdullah El-Kwafi Abonamah

Professor Abonamah is the founding President & Provost of the Abu Dhabi School of Management. He has extensive local and international academic management experience. His research and teaching interests include Artificial Intelligence systems, machine learning, and business analytics. From August, 2000 to October, 2007, he was a Professor and Director of the Institute for Technological Innovation at Zayed University and the Assistant Dean of the College of Information Systems. He works closely with many technology leaders such as IBM, Cisco, and Microsoft to design and implement technological solutions for various industrial verticals in education, consulting, healthcare, and manufacturing. Before coming to the UAE, Dr. Abdullah was a Professor of Computer Science and the Computer Science Division Head at the University of Akron. Dr. Abonamah has a PhD in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois and an Executive Management Graduate Degree from Yale University School of Management. He works with many organizations to help them develop successful digital strategies. With over sixty publications in international journals and a US patent in reliable systems, Professor Abonamah remains a strong advocate of strategic management, innovation, digital leadership, and proper technology-business integration.