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Our extended team spans many areas of expertise in various industries.

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Dr. Basem Alzahabi

Executive Consultant in Higher Education, and Strategic Development

·  Professor Emeritus, Engineering, Kettering University, USA

·  Former University President, Al Ghurair University, Dubai, UAE

·  Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

·  Graduate of the Harvard Program for New Presidents – Focused on strategic governance, financial leadership, and institutional performance

Consulting Expertise

·  Higher Education Strategy & Reform: Led institutional transformation, strategic planning, accreditation, and curriculum modernization in U.S. and Middle Eastern universities

·  International Program Development: Designed and expanded global academic partnerships, student/faculty mobility programs, and compliance systems 

·  Government & Public Sector Consulting: Directed a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) project on government modernization in Syria

·  Engineering Education & Innovation: Developed industry-aligned programs, integrated entrepreneurship into STEM curricula, and advised on outcome-based assessment systems

·  Accreditation & Quality Assurance: Deep experience with ABET accreditation, learning outcome assessment, and institutional audits

·  Leadership Development: Facilitated leadership workshops and executive training in management and governance 

Industry Collaboration & Technical Leadership

·  Managed over $1.75 million in funded research and industry-sponsored projects with:

o  SGMW (China) 

o  General Motors (USA)

o  Ford Motor Company (USA)

o  Hyundai /MSC Software (Korea)

·  Specialized in NVH Analysis, Finite Element Simulation, and Structural Optimization

·  Led development of CAE-based training programs for automotive engineers in China 

Professional Recognition & Global Engagement

·  Speaker and consultant in the U.S., UAE, Syria, Slovenia, Hungary, and Lebanon

·  Editorial board member and reviewer for international journals and conferences in engineering and education

·  Recipient of multiple awards for teaching excellence, advising, and global faculty leadership

Dr. Khaldoun Khashanah

Dr. Khaldoun Khashanah served as a professor of Quantitative Finance and Financial Engineering at the School of Business and the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology. With a multidisciplinary background in mathematics, engineering, and finance, he has held academic and leadership positions across various schools within Stevens since 1994. He was the founding director of the Financial Engineering (FE) Division and co-director of the MBA in Financial Engineering programs. An accomplished researcher, Dr. Khashanah has authored over 30 publications, contributed six book chapters, and delivered more than 30 conference presentations at national and international venues. His work spans areas such as quantitative finance, portfolio optimization, stochastic systems, predictive analytics, and algorithmic standards. 

His research was supported by grants from the NSF, NASA, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRC Institute), CME Foundation, and Accenture. Research topics spanned wide areas of research in high-frequency finance conference, system of systems taxonomy and elegant design, algorithmic contract type unified standards, quantitative finance education, B2B implementation of digital transformation. His current research involves agentic AI implementation in systems, Hawkes processes, and detection of jumps.

Dr. Khashanah has extensive experience in pedagogy and epistemology for curricular architecture and contextual learning. He taught courses in various disciplines both in person and online. He also introduced new graduate certificate programs, master’s programs, and the first PhD in FE in the US along many new courses in FE with new financial lab component in the curriculum. He has mentored and graduated ten PhDs and advised over 400 master’s and undergraduate students. He helped bridge academic-industry-regulatory relationships through education, innovation, and applied research.

His extensive practical experience includes collaborations on projects with several consulting firms such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Oakleaf. He is also a named inventor on a U.S. patent related to compute-communicate continuum systems. He has served on numerous committees and held several executive positions in Board of Directors and as a CEO. 

Mohamed Amer Al-Mahayni, M.D., FACC

POSITIONS HELD:

02/2019 - 1/2021    Vice President of Medical Staff

 St. Francis Hospital-Muskogee 

02/2017 - 01/2019  Chairman of Medicine

 St. Francis Hospital - Muskogee

02/2015 - 01/2017  Chairman of Medicine QI Committee

 Muskogee Regional Medical Center  

02/2008 - 10/2013  Director of Cath Lab

 Muskogee Regional Medical Center

06/2008    Established Interventional Cardiology Program

 Muskogee Regional Medical Center

09/2003 - 12/2006  Director of Cardiology Fellowship Program

 AlBassel National Heart Institute  

 Damascus, Syria

09/2003 - 12/2006  Director of Cath Lab

 AlBassel National Heart Institute

 Damascus, Syria 

10/1999 - 09/2002  CCU/ICU Director

 Dr. Erfan & Bagedo Hospital

 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

WORK EXPERIENCE:  

10/208 - Present  Attending physician and President

 Muskogee Cardiovascular Center

 Muskogee, OK  

07/2003 - 10/2008  Attending physician

 Muskogee Heart Center

 Muskogee, OK

03/2003 - 04/2007  Senior Cardiology Consultant

 Jiser Specialty Center

 Damascus, Syria

09/2003 - 12/2006  Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist

 AlBassel National Heart Institute

 Damascus, Syria

10/2099 - 09/2002    Consultant Interventional Cardiologist  

 Dr. Erfan & Bagedo Hospital

 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

08/1995 - 06/1999  Attending Physician at:

 St. John Hospital, Tulsa, OK

 Muskogee Regional Medical Center, Muskogee, OK

 Wagoner Community Hospital, Wagoner, OK

 Muskogee Heart Center, Muskogee, OK

MEDICAL TRAINING:

10/2002 - 02/2003  Carotid, peripheral and high-risk coronary

   Interventional Fellowship

 Washington Adventist Hospital

 Takoma Park, MD

07/1994 - 06/1995  Chief Cardiology Fellow

07/1992 - 06/1995  Cardiology Fellowship

 Texas Tech University Health Science Center

 School of Medicine

 Lubbock, TX  

07/1992 - 06/1995  Clinical Instructor

 Texas Tech University School of Medicine

MEDICAL TRAINING CON'T:

10/1991 - 06/1992  Chief Medical Resident

 Wayne State University-VA Medical Center

 Detroit, MI

07/1989 - 06/1992  Residency, Internal Medicine

 Wayne State University

 Detroit, MI

09/1988 - 02/1989  Research at Wayne State University

02/1988 - 07/1988  Preparation for FMGEMS I

10/1987 - 01/1988  Preparation for FMGEMS II

08/1981 - 09/1987  Medical School

 Damascus University School of Medicine

 Damascus, Syria

08/1986 - 12/1986  Externship (Internal Medicine/cardiology and OB/GYN)

 Stoke Mandeville Hospital

 Aylsebury, England

 Externship (Neurology)

 Nottingham University Hospital

 Nottingham, England

07/1985 - 09/1985  Externship (Internal Medicine)

 City Hospital, Nottingham University

 Nottingham, England

LICENSURE:

 1995 - present  Oklahoma

 1993 - present Texas

 

CERTIFICATIONS:

   2020  Recertification, American Board of Internal Medicine  

 Cardiovascular Disease

2014  Recertification, American Board of Internal Medicine

 Interventional Cardiology

CERTIFICATIONS CON’T:

 

2009  Multislice Cardiac CT Angiogram

2005  Recertification, American Board of Internal Medicine

2005  Recertification, American Board of Internal Medicine,

 Cardiovascular Medicine

2002  American Board of Internal Medicine, Interventional

 Cardiology

1995  American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular

 Medicine 

1992  American Board of Internal Medicine

1988  ECFMG

EXAMINATIONS:    

   12/1990 - FLEX (Michigan)

 1988 -  FMGEMS

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:  

 

   1998  Fellow, American College of Cardiology

PUBLICATION & RESEARCH 

EXPERIENCE:  

 04/07  Cardiology in Syria

     Circulation, AHA

 1994  Abstract (submitted) - Calcium Content in Human

 Aortic Valves Increases with Age

 1989  Abstract - The effect of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP)

 On ACTH and Metoclopramide Stimulated Aldosterone   Secretion in Man.  Published in Circulation Supplement 1989

1987  "Genetic and Immunological Principals of Disease" 

 Assisted in publishing 300 pages in Arabic for Damascus   University Medical School Thesis

 1986  Research Project - Tuberculosis Amongst Lower Class Workers

 1987  Damascus University Medical School   

CARDIOVASCULAR EXPERIENCE:  

 *  Left and right heart catheterization, (subclavian, femoral, 

 Jugular, brachial, and radial)

 *  PCI

 *  Intra-aortic balloon pump placement

 *  Peripheral vascular disease consultation

 *  Peripheral and carotid arteriogram

 *  Carotid, renal and peripheral interventions

 *  Swan-Ganz Catheter, arterial line and temporary pacemaker

 Placement

 *  Cardiac CT angiography

 *  Transesophageal and transthorasic 2D and color flow doppler

 Echocardiography

 *  Impedance cardiogram, electrocardiogram, tilt table and stress

 Testing

 *  SPECT Nuclear Cardiology interpretation

 *  dobutamine, lexiscan and stress echocardiography

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES: 

 12/2006  Chairman, Internal Medicine Board Review Course

     Syrian American Medical Association

 Aleppo University

 Aleppo, Syria

 6/2006   Chairman, Organizing Committee

 Syrian American Medical Society Conference

 Damascus University

 Damascus, Syria

 06/2005  Chairman, Organizing Committee

 Syrian American Medical Society Conference

 Damascus University

LECTURES GIVEN:      

 04/2007  Hypertension

 Syrian Diabetic Society/Syrian Kidney Society Conference

 

 12/2006  Coronary Artery Disease

 Internal Medicine Board Review Course

 Aleppo University

 Aleppo, Syria

 

LECTURES GIVEN

CON’T:  

11/2006  Pathophysiology of Acute Coronary Syndrome 

 Syrian Cardiovascular Society Symposium

 Latakia, Syria

 06/2005  Acute Coronary Syndromes

 Syrian American Medical Society conference

 Damascus, Syria

 

 06/2005  Hemodynamics in Carotid Stenting

 Syrian American Medical Society Conference

 Damascus, Syria

 

 12/2004  Cardiogenic Shock

 Biannual AlBassel Cardiovascular Meeting

 Damascus, Syria

 04/2004  Congestive Heart Failure

 Syrian Cardiovascular Society Symposium

 Palmyra, Syria

   01/2002  Congestive Heart Failure, Past, Present & Future

 Grand Round

 King Faisal Specialty Hospital

 Jeddah, KSA

 04/2000  Calcium Channel Blockers

 Cardiology Club Conference

 Jeddah, KSA

 07/1994  School of Allied Health

 "Endocarditis, Carditis, and Pericarditis"

 TTHUSCSM - Lubbock, TX

 04/1994  Medical Student Clinical Lectures

 "Important Aspects of Physical Examination"

 TTHUSCSM - Lubbock, TX

 07/1993  School of Allied Health

 "Endocarditis, Carditis, and Pericarditis"

 TTUHSCSM - Lubbock, TX

 04/1993  Second Year Medical Students "Introduction to Patient   Assessment"

 TTUHSCSM, Lubbock, TX  

Mohamed Ghazwan Al-Mahayni

 

“I believe in people’s abilities to achieve and succeed; Create a world where everyone can win”.  

Extensive experience in executive operations excellence.  An expert on strategic sales, organizational structure, behavior, budgetary controls, and strategic planning. Skilled in collaborating with all members of the organization to achieve business and financial objectives. Instrumental in streamlining and improving processes and reporting methods, and implementing analytical solutions. Expertise in:

Mr. Al-Mahayni is a team builder and an expert in accountability framework development. He values honesty and integrity, learning and growing, and winning together. A true believer in people’s abilities to achieve and succeed. Mr. Al-Mahayni also has extensive experience in the international market, including North America and MENA. 

Mr. Al-Mahayni's clients included a variety of industries and business categories:  

·  Financials: Merger Capital, Venture Capital, Insurance, and Mortgage Brokers

·  Human Resources; Labor Union negotiation, recruitment, people development, Bench Development, Training, Labor Management Systems

·  Construction: Roofing, Rough-ins, Plumbing, Electrical, Carpentry, Engineering, Drywall, Remodeling, and concrete 

·  Manufacturing: Sheet Metal, Medical Equipment, Aerospace Equipment, Submarine Composite Components, Metal Pipes, Machining, Environmental Chambers, UV Lights, Metal Foundries, Cultured Marbles, and stone Cutting.

·  Services: Facility Maintenance, Landscaping, Home Care, Flooring, Marble and Stone shops.

·  Retail: Electrical, Plumbing, Floors, and Carpet, Power Tools, LED Lights, Agricultural Equipment, Oil Refinery, Warehouse, and Logistics 

§  Cogent Analytics – Consulting, Business Developments and Optimizations Projects   5/2022- Present Sr. Client Service Consultant and Projects Director: Regardless of the size or mission of your business, there are four major pillars of business success. They are tied to each other, and each is dependent on the other three. These interconnected pillars together make up the Profit Platform. Mr. Al-Mahayni, strengthen each pillar of your business in a management consulting process. Building a strong Profit Platform optimizes a company to be profitable. Profitability includes having positive cash flow, meeting debt obligations, and increasing the value of equity. As a consultant with years of work experience in the consulting industry, driven by our mission of service to clients. Working with integrity and transparency to generate profit, and helps small business owners create wealth for themselves and their families, for their employees and the employees’ families, and for the community as a whole. 

§  Captain Jay’s – Dearborn, Michigan   Senior Director of Operations and Business Development  7/2019 – 5/2021 

§  SEDCO -Tarfeeh Food Company- Riyadh, KSA.  Vice President of Operations     8/2017 – 7/2019
YUM Brands – Mawarid Food Company - Pizza Hut.  Riyadh - Saudi Arabia     5/2016 – 8/2017
Sr. Director of Operations

§  NDC. Diet Center.  Riyadh - Saudi Arabia.    11/2013- 5/2016 

§  Rackson Cooperations. Detroit, MI.  DIRECTOR of Operations  -     9/2009-11/2013

§  YUM BRANDS ( KFC, TACO BELL, PIZZA HUT, LONG JOHN SILVER, A&W) – USA      5/1994 – 6/2009

§  PLATFORM LEARNING INC. Detroit, MI.   Director of Operations     2004- 2005  Regional - Michigan school districts relevant to the “No Child Left Behind” Title I federal.

EDUCATION 

  • Bachelor Of Science:   International Business Management. 

Goldey Beacom College.  Wilmington, DE     1991

  • Harriri Foundation:  Scholarship Recipient.       1985
  • Conferences and Seminars: 

o  VI Sigma Training     Green Belt  1998 - 2015

 

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