Wael Badawy

• An award-winning author and accomplished professor, researcher, business leader and an engineer with 28 years of experience of the proven record of leadership, management, research, innovation, and commercialization.
• An experienced ITMB Program leader and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Hertfordshire, where I have successfully accomplished three program validations/revalidations, moderation, and exam board responsibilities for both Engineering/Computer Science and Business School. I also hold the distinction of being a founding member of the industry advisory board and actively participate in the Academic Quality Committee and EC/SAC committee. My expertise extends to program validation, revalidation, moderation, exam board execution and Egyptian academic validation program.
• Currently, serving as a fellow and member of the Egyptian Council on Research in Information Technology and Communications And the national committee on Environmental Issues.
• An entrepreneur successfully created seven start-ups and translated a vision into successfully exit strategies.
• Successfully develop resources, build and manage partnerships and collaborations with different stakeholders, secure investment, manage product development, sales growth and place the right professional management.
• Honored with 90+ national and international awards including 2014 Business Magazine, Leaders of Tomorrow; 2013 Alberta Venture Magazine, recognized as a leader of one of the 25 most innovative organizations and which set up the standard of innovation in Alberta; 2012 CEO in the Top 50 Fast Growing Canadian Companies, Canada; 2011 Leaders Under 40, Control Engineering; and 2010 Named in the Top 40 under 40, Avenue Magazine.
• Co-inventor and author of 34+ patents, 400+ published papers in technical/industrial journals, transactions, and conferences; 28+ books and proceedings with Scopus h-index of 20 as of May 2023
• Led International, Canadian and Industry Standardization Committees on Video, Imaging, Communication and Web. Continue active participation in IEEE Standard Association committees on AI
• Successfully raised $54,000,000+ from different non-diluting programs for early commercialization, in

Canada, USA, KSA and Egypt.

• Program Lead (ITMB) and Professor, University of Hertfordshire, GAF, Cairo, Egypt Feb. 2022 – now
• Acting Department Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Badr University in Cairo, Egypt. Oct. 2020 – 2022
• Professor, Nile University, Giza, Egypt, Sept. 2019 – August 2020
• Adjunct Professor, The Arab Academy for Science and Technology 2019-2020
• Professor and Executive Director, ABM College, Canada 2018 – 2019
• Adviser, Vice President (VP) of Business, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship; Umm Al Qura

University, Oct. 2011- Oct 2015.

• Professor, College of Computing and Information Systems, Umm Al-Qura University, Oct. 2011 -

Oct. 2015.

• Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary,

Alberta, Canada, July 2000 - 2011. (Tenured Professor 2006, Associate Professor 2003 and Assistant

Professor 2000).

• iCORE Associate, Advanced Technology Information Processing Systems (ATIPS), Calgary,

Alberta, Canada, August 2003 – December 2007

• Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton,

Alberta, Canada, July 2002 - June 2004.

• Instructor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science - University of Louisiana,

Lafayette, LA, USA, August 1997 - May 2000.

• Instructor, Faculty of Engineering, Arab Academy for Science and Technologies, Alexandria, 1994 –

1997

• Founding Member (2011), Higher Committee of Endowment Funds for research and innovation,

Umm Al Quora University, Saudi Arabia. (1 Billion SAR budget)

• Founding Member (2011), Makkah Techno Valley, Umm Al Quora University, Saudi Arabia.
• Mentor, Canadian Youth Business Foundation, 2010 – Present
• Managing Consultant, Badawy Consultant Ltd. Canada, 1997 – 2019
• Principle, RC Innovation Management, 2011 – Now
• Founder, IntelliView Technologies Inc. A spin-Off from my lab at the University of Calgary,

(CEO 2008 - 2011, CTO 2003-2008, President 2008-2013, Founder and Business Advisor 2013 -

2016)

• Co-founder and President, Cetech Solution Inc. 2003 – 2011
• Co-founder and President, YourCoolWeb Inc.1998 – 2001
• Badawy Co. (1992 – 2000) Egypt

• Ph.D. (eq.), Egyptian Higher Council of University, Cairo, Egypt, June 2006.
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Engineering, Center for Advanced Computer Studies,

University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA, USA, May 2000.

• Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Engineering, Center for Advanced Computer Studies,

University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA, USA, August 1998.

• Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science and Automatic Control Engineering, Faculty of

Engineering, University of Alexandria, Egypt, May 1997.

• Bachelor of Science (Honors), Computer Science and Automatic Control Engineering, Faculty of

Engineering, University of Alexandria, Egypt, May 1994.