Yehia Kamel, Professor

Yehia Kamel

Professor

American University of Beirut

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Doctorate, Organization Development and Change
Experience
40 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :40 years, 2 Months

Professor at American University of Beirut
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since September 2007

Teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in strategic management and change management arena. Academic activities include conducting quality research, student advising, curriculum development, and committees’ participation. Conducted management consulting through university business center.

President at Kamel Consulting Co.
  • United States
  • My current job since August 2004

Provided organizational development, training, learning design, leadership development, performance improvement, change management consultation services, and financial and economic advising. Clients includes Cisco Systems, Prudential Financials, Saudi Telecom, Saudi Airlines, Aramix, Dubai municipalities, Banking industry in Kuwait and KSA, Qatar Institute of Admin., among others.

Professor at Bridgewater State University, University of Mass
  • United States
  • August 2005 to August 2007

Teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in change management and organization development areas. Academic activities including student advising, curriculum development, and business outreach.

Director, Assistant VP, Orgaization Development and Change at Motorola HQ, Chicago
  • United States
  • January 2000 to May 2004

Conducted organization development and assessment, designed organizational learning programs at Motorola University, provided leadership in large-scale change management using Change Acceleration Process (CAP) model. Led and post merger integration activities. Implemented process redesign, performance excellence, balanced scorecards, 360°, TQM, and Six Sigma 6σ knowledge transfer, and strategic planning process. Designed, managed, and implemented leadership supply, cultural change, training, succession planning, communications plans, and talent management programs. Coached senior executives in OD activities. Assessed organizational effectiveness, performance measures, and change initiatives. Managed internal and external consulting needs with budget and supervisory responsibility.

Manager at McGladrey & Pullen
  • United States
  • January 1998 to January 2000

Led projects for improving Strategic Planning and organizational performance. Conducted BPR, risk assessment, Quality Assurance and change management consultation. Designed change strategy and performance measures. Conducted business development, RFP, and managed client relations. Led national and international project teams for Strategy development and performance improvement. Consulting projects involved organizational development strategy design, system-wide change management, leadership development, cultural change, process redesign, and organizational effectiveness. Industries served included healthcare, manufacturing, service, banking, and government.

Performance Excellence Manager at Marconi Data Systems/Videojet
  • United States
  • March 1996 to January 1998

Led organizational transformation efforts for human capital and processes performance improvement. Designed and implemented corporate learning and cognitive programs. Conducted organizational development, organizational effectiveness, change management, and business process reengineering. Implemented quality improvement systems. Established corporate Benchmarking program.

Strategic Planning Manager at Mitek Corporation
  • United States
  • January 1993 to March 1996

Designed, maintained and implemented corporate strategic planning. Conducted business analysis and analyzed industry trends. Conducted organizational effectiveness analysis and led implementation and transformation projects. Established performance and operational measures. Implemented quality assurance program, redesigned business and production processes and work flow. Implemented ISO 9000 and TQM programs improving product quality.

Materials and Logistics Manager at Suez Oil Co. (Shell Oil)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 1978 to August 1987

Managed all aspect of Materials and Logistics activates including, warehousing, purchasing, stock control, and transportation for oil field exploration and production.

Education

Doctorate, Organization Development and Change
  • at Benedictine University
  • May 2005
Master's degree, MBA-Strategy
  • at Central Michigan University
  • January 1991
Master's degree, Economics
  • at Central Michigan University
  • June 1989
Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
  • at Cairo University
  • November 1977

Specialties & Skills

Organizational Performance
Organizational Development
Change Management
Strategic Planning
Organizational Change
Strategic thinker, task acheiver

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Academy of Management, USA
  • Memeber
  • May 2004

Training and Certifications

PhD level (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 1991
Valid Until:
May 1993