SUHAIL SAMI SULTAN

PERSONAL INFORMATION Marital Status: Married Nationality: Palestinian Place & Date of Birth: Hebron, 1972

EDUCATION n Ph.D. in Strategic Management, Maastricht University, the Netherlands 2007.

n Mphil. in Business Administration, Maastricht School of Management, the Netherlnds,2001

n MBA “Corporate Strategy and Economic Policy”, Maastricht School of Management, the Netherlands, 1997.

n B.Sc. “ Industrial Engineering ” , University of Jordan, Jordan, 1995

EMPLOYMENT September 2009 – Present

q Palestine Polytechnic University, Director of Planning, Development and Public Relations

q Providers of Innovative Services for Consultantions, General Manager

q Quality Improvement Fund, Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant August 2008 – August 2009

q Palestine Polytechnic University, PPU President's Advisor for Planning, Lecturer of Project Management, and Total Quality Management

q Providers of Innovative Services for Consultantions, General Manager

q Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant, QIF September 2006 – August 2008

q Palestine Polytechnic University, Director of Planning & Development., Lecturer of Project Management, Strategic Management, Procurement and Inventory Management, and Total Quality Management

q OMEGA Management Consultants, General Manager

JERUSALEM, SHUFAT , JAWWAL+972-599-653536E-MAIL: [email protected] August 2005 – August 2006

q Ministry of Education & Higher Education, Coordinator of the Quality Improvement Fund –QIF (a project funded by the World Bank and European Union). August 2003 to August 2005

q Palestine Polytechnic University, Head of the Administrative Sciences Department, Lecturer of Operations Management, Project Management, Management Information Systems and Total Quality Management.

q OMEGA Management Consultants, Palestine, Senior Management Consultant, August 1999 To August 2003

q Palestine Polytechnic University, Lecturer of Operations Management, Project Management, Management Information Systems and Total Quality Management.

q OMEGA Management Consultants, Palestine, Management Consultant, Oct. 1997 To August 1999

q OMEGA Management Consultants, Palestine, Management Consultant.

q Palestine Polytechnic University, Part-time Lecturer of Operations Management, Project Management and Total Quality Management.

q , Part-time Lecturer of Operations Management. Sep. 1995 - Sep. 1996

q Engineering and Management Consultants (TEAM INTERNATIONAL), Palestine, Management Consultant.

LANGUAGES Arabic: Mother Language

English: Fluent

TRAINING COURSES ATTENDED

q World Bank Procurement Guidelines, Ramallah, 2005

q Strategic Management and Fund Raising, PPU, 2005

q SPSS, PPU, 2005

q Management Consulting, a Workshop for Professionals, (Institute of Management Consultants (IMC)) Amman - Jordan, 25-27 September 1999.

q Economic Development and Policy Implementations for Developing Countries - Maastricht School of Management, 1997.

q Time Management, TEAM - Ramallah, 1997.

q ISO 9000, University of Jordan, 1995.

TRAINING COURSES DELIVERED

q Project Start up for Community purpises, Syria, 2008-2009

q Procurement Management for Local Governments, funded by CHF, 2008

q Business Government Relation, University, 2007

q Strategic Planning and Project Management, UCS, Ramallah, 2007

q Strategic Planning and Proposal Writing, Al-Sadiq Al- Tayeb, Ramallah, 2007

q Strategic Planning, Palestine Federation Industries, 2006

q Strategic Planning for the SMEs, Amman, Jordan, 2006

q Total Quality Management for Higher Education Institutes, PPU, 2005

q Strategic Planning for the Small Businesses, Hebron Chamber of Commerce, 2005

q Project Management for NGOs, Welfare Association, 2004

q Project Management for Engineers, Engineering Association, Hebron, 2004

q Purchasing Management for NGOs, Welfare Association, 2004

q Operations Management, Hebron Chamber of Commerce, 2003

q Project management for Engineers, PALTEL, 2003

q Project Management, Local Governments, 2002

q Operations Management, Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce, 2002

q Materials Management, Ministry of Health, 1998.

q Materials Management, Ministry of Local Governments, 1998.

q Project Management, Old City Rehabilitation Committee, 1998

q Operations Management, NAFID, Hebron, 1998.

PROJECTS

q Conducting a Self Assessment and Strategic Plan for Bethlehem Bible College and Caritas Nursing College, 2009

q Building a strategic plan for the Arab Hotel Association, 2008.

q Building Administrative manuals and procurement manuals for the Legal NGOs Consortium in Jerusalem.

q Building a Five-Year Strategic Plan for the PPU, 2007

q Pre-Feasibility Study for a Marble Stone TVET Center in Palestine, UNIDO, 2006.

q Self Evaluation for the Contemporary Business Administration Program, PPU, AQAC, 2005

q Implementing Qualtheme (French Quality Management System) for eight Palestinian Small Businesses, EUMEDIS, 2005

q Capacity Building for different NGOs (Building and Implementing Human Resources Manual), Global Management Consultants-Care International, 2005

q Diagnostic Studies for different NGOs in Bethlehem Area, Ijadeh, Welfare Association, 2005

q Assessing the Competitiveness of the Stone and Marble Sector in Palestine, PDF-EU, 2004

q Building Quality Management Systems for eight Palestinian Small Businesses, ILO, 2004

q Capacity Building for many NGOs, in Bethlehem, PARC, 2004

q Small Business Development Project, ILO,SBAT, 2003

q Industrial Development Project, UNIDO,, 2003

q Capacity Building (Participating in the design and implementing the Organisational Structure, Purchasing Systems, Inventory Systems, Personnel Systems and Office Layout, Hebron Municipality), 1995- 1999.

q Capacity Building (Participating in the design of the Organisational Structure and Job Description), Jerusalem Pharmaceutical Co. Ramallah, Palestine, 1995.

qCapacity Building (Implementing the Purchasing and Inventory Systems), Al-Tarifi Group, Ramallah, Palestine, 1995.

qPreparing Feasibility’s Studies and Market Plans e.g. Al- Mezan Hospital, Al-Mezan Hotel., Hebron, 1996.

q Designing and implementing Quality Systems – ISO 9000 e.g.

× Royal Industrial Trading Co. Hebron, 2000, 2003. × Al-Anan Industrial Co., Hebron, 2000. × Hebron Tanning factory, Hebron, 2000. × Al-Herbawi Industrial Trading Co., Hebron, 2000. × Al-Jerashy National for Poultry, Bethlehem, 2000. × Building Centre for Testing Materials and Engineering Studies, Hebron, 1999.

PROJECTS' EVALUATION

× Assisting in evaluating the Small and Medium Sized Development Project. It is a 2.5 million and three-year project funded by the Dutch Government aiming to support and develop the small and medium sized enterprises in Palestine in different fields (technical, managerial, marketing and IT). Based on the evaluation, the Dutch government extended the project for two years. The duration of the project is five years (1998 – 2002). The focus groups as well a field survey were used in the evaluation project. × Assessing in evaluating a Mediterranean project funded by the EU and implemented by the ILO. The project was aiming to support and develop the small businesses in Palestine in different fields (technical, managerial, marketing and IT). The duration of the project was two years (2003- 2004).The focus groups as well a field survey were used in the evaluation project.

RESEARCH

q Economic Cooperation in the most conflict area: Dead Sea and Jordan valley products.

q Effect of Internet Technologies on Improving the Integration between High Education Institutes and the local Community, co-authorized with Dr. Zatari and Mr. Sultan, this paper has been accepted for presentation at the 2005 Networking and Electronic Commerce Research Conference (NAEC 2005), Italy

q Synergy between Higher Education Institutes and the Local Community, co-authored with Dr. Zatari and Mr. Sultan, this paper has been accepted for presentation in EISTA ’05, International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications, July 14 - 17, 2005 in Orlando, Florida, USA

q Building an Efficient Clusters in a Post Conflict Area (tourism, agriculture, dead sea product), 2005

q Industrial development Model for a Post-Conflict Region: the case of the olive sector, 2004, this paper has been accepted for presentation at the 2004 Thirteenth Annual World Business Congress, the Netherlands

q Applying ISO 9001:2000 in the College of Administrative Sciences and Informatics, PPU, 2004

q Increasing the E-Commerce Opportunities through E- Learning in the Palestinian Small Businesses, 2003

q Palestinian Industry: “current situation and future prospects”. A research funded by the Dutch Government, 2000

q Training Needs Assessment, a research conducted to the Palestinian-German Business Start- up Program- Funded by the GTZ in a Co-operation with the Continuing Education Department, . Worked from June, 1998 to October, 1998

q Training Needs Assessment, a research conducted to the Micro and Small Enterprises Development Project- Funded by the Dutch Government in a Co-operation with the Continuing Education Department, Birzeit University. June. 1998 to July. 1998

WORKSHOPS AND SMINARS ATTENDED § Second International Computer and IT Conference, Hebron, 2007

§ Ist Exhibition for Education and Information, Amman, Jordan, 2005 § World Trade Organization (WTO), organized by the Palestinian Ministry of Trade, Ramallah, 1998 § 1st National Conference on Training Strategies Planning, organised by PECDAR, Ramallah, 23 June, 1999

COMPUTER SKILLS

n Spreadsheets: Excel, Word Processing: Windows, ABC, and INSTANT. ORG., CMOM, MS Project, I think, Auto Cad and other Industrial Packages

COMMITTEES § Palestinian-Dutch Friendship Association President, 1998 – present

REFERENCES § Upon Request