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yousef abu-hmeidan

MBA in HR from German-Jordanian University, MSc & BSc in Mech. Eng. both from Fairleigh Dickinson University, BSc in Physics from Basrah University, Free Lancer, Training and Consultation since 2007, Director at JIC-RSS from 2004-2007.

Headline: Entrepreneur
Skills: Business, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Industrial Engineering, Languages, Leadership, Management
Groups: Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE)
Interested in: Advising startups, Consulting opportunities, Investing in projects, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups
Schools: Fairleigh Dickinson University, University of Basrah

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: The Jordan Engineering Association
Position: Lecturer

Employer: Jordan Innovation Centres Network
Position: Co Founder

Employer: GJU
Position: Instructor

Employer: Jordan Innovation Centre for Engineers and Industrial Enterprise Royal Scientific Society (JIC-RSS)
Position: Director
Time period: August 2004 - November 2007
Description: Co-develop a public-private partnership agreement between RSS, JUMP, ACI, and JEA to secure the incubator financial sustainability.
Co-developed and implemented the incubator’s Business Plan, that adopted by all JICs created later as JIC Network. Results achieved: create seven start-ups companies; register three patents, three trade marks and two copies right, conducting 44 training program (600 training hours) attended by 53 incubatees and 186 entrepreneurs from local community.

Employer: RSS
Position: Division Head
Time period: January 1995 - July 2004
Description: Network with local universities and different industrial sectors to create a local location advantage for conducting forthcoming researches and projects, and to market the division’s capabilities. Main achievement was creating the Jordan Foundrymen’s society.
Manage the budget and ensuring financial probity in all decisions. Budget achieved through marketing the division’s human resources technical capabilities and providing services and studies to local industrial market.

Employer: RSS
Position: Manager
Time period: December 1992 - December 1994
Description: Conduct Research Business Interface, such as Classification of Metallic Scrap for the benefits of local foundries and metallic scrap dealers. The results of this project emphasis the importance of charging materials classification for effective, efficient and profitable production. Fund raised through the networking with international agencies, national public and privet organizations such as the United Nation Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Higher Council for Science and Technology, Amman Chamber of Industry, Jordan Engineers Association and Jordan Industrial Bank. Local foundries and scrap dealers were benefited from this project’s results.

Employer: Fairleigh Dickinson University
Position: Part time instructor
Time period: September 1983 - August 1986
Description: Teaching undergraduate courses at the Engineering College and at the Learning Centre during my running towards the Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Employer: RSS
Position: Researcher
Time period: November 1978 - November 1992
Description: Conducting research Business Interface, such as manufacturing of a Train Break Shows made Of High Phosphoric Grey Iron. Project conducted for the benefit of Aqaba Railway Corporation where these break shoes used to be imported prior conducting this project.
Managing practical and technical tasks in the Foundry Technology Unit. Tasks such as metal melting, sand moulding, sand testing, metal analysis, charge calculation, raw materials selection, spare part machining and testing, proposals writing and daily management work.

EDUCATION

University: University of Basrah
Degree: Physics, BSc

University: Fairleigh Dickinson University
Degree: Mech. Eng., MSc

University: Fairleigh Dickinson University
Degree: Mech. Eng., BSc

INFORMATION

Memberships: Science Park and Innovation Centres Expert (SPICE Group),
Middle East & North Africa Business Incubation Network ( MENAinc),
Arab Knowledge and Management Society (AKMS),
Jordan Engineers Association (JEA),
Project Management Institute (PMI),
National Industry Support Commission (NISC) – Jordan,
Technology Transfer Panel, JEA, Jordan. 94-96,