Abdullatif Alshamsi
EXECUTIVE BIO
Abdullatif Alshamsi
TITLE : PRESIDENT & CEO INDUSTRY : EDUCATION LOCATION : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Prof . Abdullatif Al Shamsi is the current President and CEO , and Professor of Engineering , at Higher Colleges of Technology as per Federal Decree ( 29 ) for 2015 . He received his Ph . D . from Duke University , USA in 1997 and received his Master and Bachelor degrees from Boston University . Previously , Prof . Al Shamsi was the Managing Director of the Institute of
Applied Technology ( IAT ) for seven years , where he established Applied Technology High Schools , Fatima College for Health Sciences , and Abu Dhabi Polytechnic . He started his career at UAE University as associate professor , then he was appointed an Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research . Later , he founded a Universitywide Internship and Work Integrated Learning . Prof . AlShamsi has more than thirty-five research publications in worldclass scientific journals and international conferences . His latest publication was a series of books , The Making of Education , published in Arabic . technologymagazine . com 305