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SHERIF
M. R. HASHEM
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Dr. Sherif Hashem is the Director of the Information Society Development Office (ISDO) at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt (http://www.mcit.gov.eg/; http://www.isdo.gov.eg/). He is also an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. Dr. Hashem received a B.Sc. in Communication & Electronic Engineering (Distinction with honor) and an M.Sc. in Engineering Mathematics from Cairo University (Egypt - 1985 & 1988), and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University (USA - 1993). He also completed the Senior Executive Program at Harvard Business School (USA - 2001). Dr. Hashem authored and co-authored more than thirty articles and book chapters in the areas of information technology, computational intelligence, and operations research, with applications in engineering, energy, environment, and computer sciences. Dr. Hashem held research positions at Purdue University (USA), West Virginia University (USA), Honeywell Sensor and Systems Development Center (USA), and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the US-Department of Energy working at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - PNNL (USA). Dr. Hashem is the Manager of the Information Society Development Program at MCIT. He is the coordinator of the national committee on electronic signature and the committee on postal sector reform. Prior to joining MCIT, Dr. Hashem worked as a senior consultant and senior project manager at the Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), and at the Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Center (RITSEC), where managed several information technology projects in various sectors including electronic commerce, tourism, culture heritage preservation, healthcare, and community empowerment, including the award winning project: Egypt Information Highway (http://www.highway.idsc.gov.eg/). Dr. Hashem received several awards and recognition including: the Global Bangemann Challenge Award (from the King of Sweden: Stockholm - 1999), the International G7-GIP Information Society Award (G7/8: Warsaw - 1997), the Excellence in Teaming Award (PNNL - 1994), and the Spirit Award (Honeywell - 1992). Dr. Hashem is listed in MARQUIS Who`s Who in the World (16th edition - 1999 & Millennium edition - 2000 ) and in Who`s Who in America - Science and Engineering (5th Edition - 2000). He is a founding member of the Internet Society of Egypt (ISE), and a member of the Internet Society (ISOC), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), and Egyptian Syndicate for Engineers. Dr. Hashem is a member of the Board of Directors of Egypt's National Postal Organization. Some
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