Hamed Taherdoost is an award-winning leader and R&D professional. He is the founder of the Hamta Group | Hamta Business Corporation and an Associate Professor at University Canada West. He has over 20 years of experience in both the industry and academia sectors. He has worked at international companies in Cyprus, the UK, Malta, Iran, Malaysia, and Canada, and has been highly involved in the development of several projects in different industries: healthcare, transportation, residential, oil and gas, and IT. Apart from industry, he has been a university lecturer in three different parts of the world: Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and North America. Now, he is an Adjunct Professor at Westcliff University; a mentor at Futurpreneur Canada, Advisory Board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK; Senior Technical Consultant at CI Solutions Ltd. and Innotek Consulting Ltd.; and Chair of the Research and Scholarly Activities Committee at University Canada West. He is a certified cybersecurity technologist; senior member of IEEE, IAEEEE, IASED, and IEDRC; Fellow Member of ISAC; WGM of IFIP TC11; and a member of CSIAC, ACT-IAC, and AASHE. He has been an active multidisciplinary researcher and R&D specialist involved in several academic and industrial research projects. Currently, he is involved in several multidisciplinary research projects, including studying innovation in information technology, blockchain, cybersecurity, people’s behavior, and technology acceptance.
