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Dr. Emad Rahim

Full Professor and Kotouc Family Endowed Chair/Director

College of Science and Technology

Subjects

Project Management
Business
Communication
Team Dynamic

Degrees Awarded

PhD: Sustainability
DM: Doctor of Management
MS: Project Management
MS: Business Management
BS and AAS: Community Management

Experience

Over two decades in management consulting and higher education administration experience. A former nonprofit executive, co-founded two startup firms and served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at multiple institutions. TEDx Speaker, Fulbright recipient and writer for Forbes, CEO Magazine, and The Startup Magazine.

Fields of Specialization

PhD: Sustainability
DM: Doctor of Management
MS: Project Management
MS: Business Management
BS and AAS: Community Management

Certifications

PMP, Project Management Professional
CSP-SM, Certified Scrum Professional
A-CSM, Advanced Certified Scrum Master
CM/ C.Mgr. FCMI, Certified Manager/ Chartered Manager Fellow Status
S.A., Certified SAFe 6 Agilist
Six Sigma Black Belt

Awards

Presidential Excellence in Innovation Award (Bellevue University)
Outstanding Alumni Awards (AACC)
John H. Mulroy Founder’s Award (SUNY OCC)
Congressional Award
CEC Educator of the Year
Community Leadership Award
Teaching Excellence Award (OSU)
40 Under Forty Award
Certified Manager of the Year (ICPM)
Recognized by the United Nations as an Empact100 honoree for Social Entrepreneurship

Research

Organizational Stigma, Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Higher Education, Technology Management, Public Administration

Over 80 articles published in peer-reviewed journals. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=77M8J78AAAAJ&hl=en

Additional Information

Wrote best-selling book “Resilience: From Killing Fields to Boardroom”

Featured in award-winning documentary “Against the Odds”

Interviewed on the Huffington Post, CEO Magazine, Project Eye Magazine and Worldclass Magazine

Story presented in StoryCorps, NPR, TEDx Talk and adapted into the theatre production of “Tales From The Salt City” series written by celebrated playwright and Presidential National

Medals of Arts Award recipient, Ping Chong