Contact
m.itani@ajman.ac.ae
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Ajman Campus
Maher Itani

  • Maher Itani

  • Assistant Professor
  • Ext: 5161
  • CV

Maher Itani is an Assistant Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Ajman University. Previously and for sixteen years, he was the Senior Logistics Officer at United Nations for Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA). Concurrently, he worked as an adjunct faculty in Supply Chain and Business Decision Systems lecturing at the Lebanese American University and the American University of Beirut. Maher received a Ph.D. in Supply Chain Systems from North Dakota State University (NDSU), Fargo, United States, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (MCIPS), Stamford, United Kingdom. He has over fifteen years of experience in supply chain management, such as implementing procurement procedures and tendering processes to purchase goods, works and services, and ensuring that open and free competition for procurement is adhered to. This requires him to administer the contracting processes for acquiring pharmaceutical supplies, construction works, and educational services to refugees. He is also an expert in designing and implementing logistical plans to provide various relief supplies to refugees per United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) guidelines, the humanitarian charter, and minimum standards in humanitarian response (SPHERE).

Education
  • Ph.D in Supply Chain Management from North Dakota State University, USA, 2014
Experience
  • Assistant Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Ajman University, UAE, 2019 -
  • Senior Logistics Officer at United Nation for Relief and Work Agency, LEB, 2003-2019
Teaching Area
  • Quantitative Business Analysis, Business Statistics, Land and Maritime Transportation Systems, Operations Research, Introductory Transportation Economics, Business Research Methods, Contract Management, ERP/SAP, Managerial Finance, Operations Management, Business Logistics, Transportation Management, Business Decision Modeling, Data Analysis; Intermediate Business Statistics, Economics, Microeconomics, Econometric, Procurement and Supply Chain Management, and Project Management.
Research
  • Emergency Operations Management
  • Procurement and Contract Management
  • Sports Management
Publications
Conference Presentation
  • Building a Sustainable Future: How ESG can transform your business
Memberships, Awards and Honors
  • AGBA’s Vice President for the Promotion of Research in Operations Management
  • MCIPS