Mohamed Siddiq, Head of School, Faculty

Mohamed Siddiq

Head of School, Faculty

Management Development Institute of Singapore

Location
Singapore
Education
Doctorate, Higher Education
Experience
29 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :29 years, 5 Months

Head of School, Faculty at Management Development Institute of Singapore
  • Singapore
  • My current job since November 2007

 Successfully integrated the program provided by the University of the West of England into MDIS curriculum
• Negotiated the terms and conditions with the University of the West of England
• Mapped the curriculum and subject expert lecturers
 Nominated as the Program Leader for the University of Bradford's Business Computing Program
• Coordinated communications between local lectures with Bradford's program module leaders
 Selected member of Internal Examination Board
• Reviewed and moderated assessment components and marks
 As acting Head of School, managed the budget, P/L, staffing and student enrolment numbers
• Lowered 15% of over-head costs by optimizing resources
• Increased student enrolments by 10% through direct involvement during enrolment drives
Subjects handled as lecturer: Systems Analysis Design, System Database and Design, Information Security, Information Technology Security Management, Information System Management, Computing Projects, Ethics and Professionalism, Project Management, Information Engineering, Network Business, Distributed Information Management, Decision Support System, Final Year Project

Dean at Management Development institute of Singapore at Tashkent
  • Uzbekistan
  • November 2008 to May 2012

 Held the influential title of Chair, Academic Review Board and personally oversaw the appeal processes pertaining to academic issues.
• Supervised the appeal processes of the individual applicants and guided through the correct course of action
• Personally interviewed and passed judgments at my discretion
 Appointed as the Chair, Unfair Practices Committee and reviewed all cases that pertained to violation of the code of conduct
• Interviewed the offenders and reviewed the circumstances and the consequences
• Passed the final verdict on my findings
 As Dean, managed the overall academic performance of MDIS Tashkent and received excellent accolades from the reviewing partnered university, University of Wales
• Interviewed, recommended and approved faculty
• Lead, supervised and assessed faculty
• Managed and supervised examinations and invigilators
• Reviewed and updated current curriculum
• Provided counseling and guidance to faculty, staff and students

Lecturer at Martin College
  • Australia
  • January 2005 to December 2006

 Subjects handled: Network Administration; Systems Administration; Project Management; Resource Planning; Operating Systems and Hardware; Systems Support/Helpdesk; Systems Security; Systems Maintenance
 Cited during graduation ceremony as Best Lecturer of the Year 2005
 Pass rate of 100% among 120 students over 2 years

Lecturer at Charles Sturt University
  • Australia
  • January 2006 to December 2006

 Subjects handled : Systems Analysis with a pass rate of 100% among 30 students

Lecturer at Gold Coast Institute of TAFE
  • Australia
  • April 2000 to December 2004

 Subjects handled: Network Administration; Systems Administration; Project Management; Resource Planning; Operating Systems and Hardware; Systems Support/Helpdesk; Systems Security; Systems Maintenance
 Assessed applications for “Recognition of Prior Learning” for local and international students having prior competency level knowledge
 Pass rate of 85% among 500 students over 4.5 years

Course Administration at National St John Ambulance
  • Singapore
  • May 1993 to June 1999

 Effectively managed the Course Department consisting of 5 full-time staff and 103 casual lecturers and examiners
 Significantly improved departmental productivity and administrative turn around time by up to 50% through eliminating duplications and redundancies
 Increased student enrolment by 200% within 2 years by optimizing allocation of resources and re-scheduling of classrooms
 Identified low performing courses and spiced up the courses to achieve peak performance
 Recognized lecturers that weren’t performing at their best and conducted counseling
 Administered the IT department, functionality, upgrades, purchasing, training, network monitoring and database management and managed project fund raising campaigns

Education

Doctorate, Higher Education
  • at Atlantic International University
  • February 2022
Master's degree, Master of Business Administration
  • at Central Queensland University
  • December 2006
Master's degree, Master of Information Systems
  • at Central Queensland University
  • December 2004

Distinction in Information Systems Management

Specialties & Skills

Lecturing
School Management
Curriculum Management
Curriculum Design
Program Management
MS Office Suite
Program Management
Lecturing
MS Visio
MS SQL Server

Languages

English
Expert
Malay
Intermediate
Tamil
Expert

Memberships

Australian Computer Society
  • Ordinary Member
  • July 2005
Singapore Computer Society
  • Ordinary Member
  • April 2007

Training and Certifications

Events Management and Planning (Training)
Training Institute:
Management Development Institute of Singapore
Date Attended:
August 2008
Duration:
36 hours
Kagan Pedagogy Methods (Training)
Training Institute:
Management Development Institute of Singapore
Date Attended:
August 2013
Duration:
8 hours
Social Media Marketing (Training)
Training Institute:
Click Media Institute
Date Attended:
July 2009
Duration:
24 hours
Lego Teaching Tools - Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Management Development Institute of Singapore
Date Attended:
March 2013
Duration:
8 hours
Problem Based Learning - Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Republic Polytechnic - PBLi
Date Attended:
March 2014
Duration:
16 hours
Basic Counselling Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Management Development Institute of Singapore
Date Attended:
March 2008
Duration:
16 hours