Adil AL-Busaidi

Chaired the Online Teaching & Learning Committee at the College Level. Steered a committee of represented by 8 academic departments in addition to the college library and other units. Oversaw emergency remote teaching transition during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The committee helped improve faculty online teaching skills and documented guidelines like the Emergency Remote Teaching Survival Guide, Emergency Remote Teaching Regulations, Online Teaching assessment, evaluation, and mitigation of academic misconduct.

- Delivered Lectures in Business Communication, Varieties of Public and Professional Communication, Public Speaking, and Technical Writing - Designed Teaching Materials - Conducted Scientific Research - Advised Students

- Advised students - Assisted instructors in grading and assessing students - Contributed in instructors’ conference papers - Delivered lectures

Director, Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Oman (C4IR Oman) – Part of the World Economic Forum Network - Helped establish C4IR Oman and formalize its cooperation agreement with the World Economic Forum. - Developed the Center’s governance framework, Steering Committee, and a 3-year strategic roadmap aligned with national digital priorities. - Built a stakeholder network of 26+ organizations across government, industry, and academia. - Organized the December 2024 national workshop with 40 participants on the Quantum Economy and Resilient AI Ecosystems (AI in energy & governance). Focus Areas: AI governance, quantum economy, innovation ecosystems, and AI in energy.

Local Academic Director, Royal Academy of Management

Sustained and developed overall knowledge creation and knowledge transfer of the platform; Assisted and guided research investigators; Prepared & Issued calls for research; Oversaw research fund and research policies; Engaged stakeholders & evaluated research proposals; Strategized and implemented community-based innovations and open innovations (e.g., hackathons)

Contributed and developed communication and community engagement strategy for Oman 2040 Vision; Developed KPIs and KRIs for internal and external communication strategy and stakeholders’ engagement; Proposed community engagement model aligned with 2040 strategy; Reviewed and offered suggestions on issues related to 2040 initiatives, strategies, and events; Analyzed social media interactions and prepared reports through scientific analysis through social network analysis, text mining, and sentiment analysis; Advised and guided the social media team responsible for Future Foresight Forum and Oman 2040 Vision for different Social Media Platforms

Developed data collection methodology, sample size estimation, data quality checks, and data assurance strategies; Strategized, planned and supervised the execution of the following nation-wide surveys: RoadSide Interviews, Manual Classification Counts, Stated Preference Surveys, Taxi Users Surveys, Taxi Operators Surveys, In-Vehicle Count Surveys, Bus Terminal Surveys, Public Transport Demand and User Opinion Surveys, Passenger Spot Measurement Surveys, Household Interviews Surveys, Ports Surveys, and Behavior Surveys (Agencies, Enterprises and Hotels) ; Wrote proposals and inception reports and developed project pilot plan and execution plan; Supervised and managed two local subcontracting companies and their teams; Developed computer code (using R programming) using data science approach to identify Traffic Analysis Zones of Oman National Spatial Strategy; Developed computer code (using R programming) using data science approach to verify Traffic Analysis Zones of Oman National Spatial Strategy; Developed a program (using R programming) using data science approach to map traffic flow and to visualize Origin/Destination matrix of Passenger Vehicles, Goods Vehicles, and Bus Passengers for Oman National Spatial Strategy; Developed MS Excel Dashboard for managing and reporting National Transport Survey Data Collection and Submission progress.

Developed a media awareness campaign for the client; Developed content and offered suggestions; Offered consulting services on issues related to workshops, site development, and community engagement; Prepared several written reports

Supervised research project contributing to the development of a long-range plan for the Athens, OH, Arts, Parks & Recreation (APR) Department; Developed in cooperation with the Athens City Planner; Elicited narrative comments from community members at a public meeting and interviews with APR stakeholders and board members; Distributed print survey to random samples of members of the Athens Community Center and city residents who did not belong to the Community Center. Prepared oral and written reports.

A certificate of specialization in entrepreneurship and innovation helps to assess new business opportunities and use creativity to take initial ideas and turn them into successful, groundbreaking business ventures. This journey of three different courses in (1) Design Thinking and Innovation, (2) Disruptive Strategy, and (3) Launching Tech Ventures helped me assess new business opportunities, harness innovation, and grasp tools & methods that help to transform ideas into viable ventures.

Disruptive Strategy is a 6-week, 30-hour online certificate program from Harvard Business School Online. Disruptive Strategy helps students become fluent in disruption theory and gain confidence in articulating complex viewpoints, apply strategic frameworks to assess new opportunities and potential threats, and acquire techniques for executive-level strategy formulation and team management. The program was developed by leading Harvard Business School faculty and is delivered in an active learning environment based on the HBS signature case-based learning model.

Design Thinking and Innovation is an online certificate course from Harvard Business School Online, comprising 40 hours of content delivered over 7 weeks.

Launching Tech Ventures is an online certificate course from Harvard Business School Online, comprising 35 hours of content delivered over 5 weeks.

Unsupervised Learning in R; Case Study: Exploratory Data Analysis in R; Cluster Analysis in R; Machine Learning in the Tidyverse; Machine Learning with caret in R; Introduction to Shell; Exploratory Data Analysis in R; Visualization Best Practices in R; Communicating with Data in the Tidyverse; SQL for Joining Data; Introduction to Relational Databases in SQL; Intermediate SQL Queries; Intermediate Importing Data in R; Introduction to Importing Data in R; Introduction to the Tidyverse; Intermediate R; Introduction to R