Senior University Lecturer at NJIT and Architect & Founder of MS/HS Real World Connections (RWC) Community Program
Greater New York City Area
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- Director/Architect and Founder at MS/HS Real World Connections (RWC)
- Senior University Lecturer and Director of CCS Capstone Program at NJIT
- Past
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- Executive Manager at United Industrial Group Corporation
- QA Engineer at Public Authority For Agriculture Affairs And Fish
- Education
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- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- The Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences
- Kuwait University
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Osama Eljabiri’s Summary
University educator with substantial experience in:
- Industry-level executive management
- Teaching and developing software engineering, requirements engineering, project management, research development, object-oriented analysis and design and senior project capstone courses.
- Developing undergraduate degree new courses and concentrations for computer science, management information systems, and information technology including campus-wide students in five university colleges.
- Direct experience in integrating real world practices into college and high school curriculum.
- Expert in:
1- Training project managers and leaders.
2- Designing and mentoring multiple multidisciplinary teams to solve real world problems.
3- Architecting collaborative teams and communities across university degrees, disciplines, staff members, industry sponsors, alumni, etc.
- Particularly interested in global, strategic, cross-disciplinary and cost-effective problem solving and social engineering with emphasis on change management, productivity and multi-stakeholders satisfaction.
- Designer, developer, implementer and director of the CCS capstone experience at NJIT including:
1- Industry-sponsorship track.
2- Entrepreneurship development.
3- Research development and students publications track.
4- Teaching track.
- Founder of the university-wide project course
- Founder of the Real World Connections real world team-based project-based learning experience for high school students and advanced middle school students.
Osama Eljabiri’s Specialties:
Strategic Problem Solving
Executive Management
Teaching College-Level Students (Undergrad and Grad)
Teaching High School Students
Course Development
Project Management
Requirements Engineering
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
Research Development
Software Economics
Software Engineering Processes
Business Process Reengineering
Management Information Systems
Osama Eljabiri’s Experience
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Director/Architect and Founder
MS/HS Real World Connections (RWC)
(Education Management industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)
This is a program I designed and lead as a volunteer for more than five years. The program serves middle school and high school students across NJ with students access in NY and PA. The model is open to all other states and countries to benefit from. This ongoing and evolving program offers a free real world project-based constructivist learning environment that integrates multidisciplinary aspects of education and multidimensional ingredients of character development into one framework.
The program is about enabling young women and men redefine themselves in the world and discovering their hidden potentials. It is about finding the leader inside you and unleashing the positive power of youth. -
Senior University Lecturer and Director of CCS Capstone Program
NJIT
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 1999 — Present (10 years)
Teaching and developing software engineering, project management, research development and senior project capstone courses, developing project management and entrepreneurship concentrations, advising students, advising co-op students, coordinating instructors and directing the CCS capstone experience and the university-wide project courses at NJIT. Developing and teaching innovative courses for high school students :"The Survivors". Connecting the university to numerous industry sponsors and linking students to career opportunities. Founder and director of the open university concept of P2P education and the capstone alumni advisory team at NJIT. Managing, training and advising hundreds of real world problem solving teams and customer relationships with the industry.
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Executive Manager
United Industrial Group Corporation
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Food Production industry)
March 1993 — September 1997 (4 years 7 months)
Establishing and leading managerial systems, directing and developing MIS projects, managing ISO9002 project, training staff, supervising administrative and technical departments
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QA Engineer
Public Authority For Agriculture Affairs And Fish
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Fishery industry)
March 1988 — December 1990 (2 years 10 months)
Responsible for quality assurance tests, conducting various analysis procedures, and designing computerized solutions in the agricultural field
Osama Eljabiri’s Education
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New Jersey Institute of Technology
PhD Candidate , Information Systems , 2002 — 2010 (expected)
Research area: Educational Psychology- SCCT re-building.
- Activities and Societies:
- GPA 4.0
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New Jersey Institute of Technology
Masters , Information Systems , 1999 — 2001
GPA = 4.0
- Activities and Societies:
- Sigma Chapter Of Alpha Epsilon Lambda (AEL)
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The Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences
Masters , Banking and Finalcial Sciences (Information Systems) , 1998 — 1999
Masters degrees in Banking and Financial Sciences with Information Systems specialization.
- Activities and Societies:
- Ranking first with distinction.
GPA 4.0
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Kuwait University
Bachelor , Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Additional Information
Osama Eljabiri’s Websites:
Osama Eljabiri’s Interests:
Creative Education Real World Project-based education Multidisciplinary Problem Solving Project Management and Leadership Training Entrepreneurship Training Sofware Engineering Requirements Engineering Social Engineering Soccer Travel Music Exploring new cultures Meeting new quality people Volunteering for humanatarian needs Helping and supporting youth Learning about every thing
Osama Eljabiri’s Groups:
- Member of Association for Information Systems.
- Member of The American Association for University Professors.
- Professional Membership of The Association For Computing Machinery (ACM) .
-Member of The Who's Who Historical Society (International Who's Who Of Professionals) and Who's who in America.
- Member of New Jersey Institute of Technology Sigma Chapter Of Alpha Epsilon Lambda (AEL).
- Member of the IEEE.
-Founder and director of the alumni advisory team of CCS capstone courses at:
http://www.eljabiri.com/id12.html
- Founder of the open university peer-to-peer free education network at NJIT., OWASP
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Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences Alumni
Osama Eljabiri’s Honors:
Teaching Awards:
1. Osama Eljabiri received NJIT’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2001.
2. He also received the College of Computing Sciences’ Excellence in Teaching Award in 2003.
3. In 2005, Osama Eljabiri was nominated for a national award as the “professor of the year” by the College of computing sciences at NJIT.
4. In 2005, Osama Eljabiri was nominated for the national Olympus Innovation Award in teaching by the R&D office at NJIT.
5. In 2007, Osama Eljabiri was awarded a national award as the “ US professor of the year” for the State of New Jersey by Carnegie Foundation in Washington DC.
6. In 2007 also, Osama Eljabiri was awarded NJIT's excellence in service in award, a university-wide award.
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