Resume Summary of Qualifications First rank in nation-wide MSc. entrance exam, Graduate of BSc program with honor, Skilled in handling multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, Skilled in teamwork and team leadership First Name: Mohsen Last Name: Akbari Citizenship: Iranian Education Academic Education: PhD in Organizational Behavior, University of Tehran, Faculty of Management, Tehran Iran, 2005 2011. MSc. in Business Administration, University of Tehran, Faculty of Management 1, Tehran-Iran, 1999-2002. BSc. in Business Administration, University of Tehran, Faculty of Management, Tehran-Iran, 1995 1999, Graduate with Honor. Diploma of Human Sciences, Puya high school, Arak-Iran, 1991-1995. Other Education: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Business, CIIM, Cyprus, 9 May -3 June 2005. Work History (Professional Experiences) Haseb System Co.; since April 1999 to August 2000 I had been working (in part time) for Haseb System Co., a managerial consulting company. We worked on strategic planning of Pars Electric Company (the biggest television and radio- cassette player manufacturer in Iran) and Iran National Carpet Co. Gathering and analyzing marketing and financial data and preparing reports in these areas was my main works in these projects. Pakshoo Co.; from August 2000 to January 2001 I was employed as international marketing expert in an Iranian company namely Pakshoo 2 company that manufactures hygienic and cleansing products. Finding potential markets and wholesalers in Gulf region, studying their import rules and regulations, analyzing these data for the managers were my tasks. 1 - http://management.ut.ac.ir 2 - http://www.pakshoo.com
Queen CoEast Co.; by January 2001 Internet started pervading in commercial works in Iran, my friend and I triggered a small company named Queen CoEast Co 3. to experience this new technology in business. I was in charge of sales assistant and head of chemical department. Zardkuh Company; Designing the Marketing Plan of Zardkuh Company was one of my works in 2004. I was a member of the team working on marketing strategies and 4P plans for Zardkuh. Petrochemical Transportation Company: as the Consultant of the CEO in organizational development, marketing and IT, I have started my work since January 2006. Academic Researches Institute for Trade Studies and Research; Since July 2002 I started my work in Institute for Trade Studies and Research (ITSR 4 ) as a researcher and manager of Information Technology studies department. As a researcher I mainly work on strategic issues of IT and as the manager I am responsible for all the research projects in the department mainly on infra-structures, applications and strategic issues of IT in business. We have started many research projects in these areas whose list can be presented. Iman Spaghetti Co.; in 1997 our professor, Dr. Venus, offered us a case-study in Iman Spaghetti Co.; with a market simulation we studied the causes of the company failure in exporting its products to Armenia, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan. Pars Kalery Co., In 1998 my classmates and I explored the causes of inefficiency in Marketing Department of Pars Kalery Co., (a manufacturer of packing products in Iran) through BSC model. Marketing Survey, In 2000 I finished a research about customer satisfaction of PC Monitors in Iran market; we worked for our Research Methodology Course at University of Tehran. Shahrvandonle.com, I presented my MSc dissertation titled Failure of e-shopping in Tehran: case of Shahrvandonline.com with 19.5 out of 20 to the faculty. Articles and Publications: 1. Mohsen Akbari, Dr. Ahmad Jaafar Nejad; E-business strategy; Tadbir Magazine; Vol 13 No. 127; Oct 2002. 2. Mohsen Akbari, Dr. Tahmoores Hasangholipoor; An analysis on affective reasons to interests in Shahrvandonline.com; Management Knowledge Magazine No. 57, Vol. 1, Summer 2002 3. Mohsen Akbari; E-commerce and Strategic Management; ebusiness and computer magazine No. 4; March 2003 4. Mohsen Akbari, Omid Karbalaie; E-commerce Development Barriers; Commercial surveys magazine No.187; January 2004 5. Mohsen Akbari, Alireza Tamizi; Adoption of e-commerce and strategic management; ebusiness and computer magazine; No. 8 Nov-Dec 2003 6. Mohsen Akbari, Omid Karbalaie; Consumer and Internet Shopbots; ebusiness and computer magazine; No. 9; January 2004 3 - http://www.queencoeast.itgo.com 4 - http://www.itsr.org.ir
7. Mohsen Akbari, Roohallah Noori, Mohammad Reza Sadeghi; Consumer purchase behavior on the internet shopping; national conference of e-commerce: necessities and approaches; Isfahan-Iran May 2004 8. Mohsen Akbari, Saeid Fathi, Alireza Tamizi, Intra-OIC electronic commerce policies and plans; the case of Iran, Seminar-Cum-Exhibition, Electronics and Information Technology Exposition-2004 (ELITEX-2004), India. 9. Mohsen Akbari and Mahdi Jalili-Kharajoo, Application of Intelligent Agents to Seamless Business: Design of a Smart Business, WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications, Issue 1, Volume 1, July 2004. 10. Mahdi Jalili-Kharaajoo and Mohsen Akbari; Proposing a New Architecture for Mobile Information and Consultation Support Systems; 3rd WSEAS Int.Conf. on SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, PARALLEL & DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS (SEPADS 2004) Salzburg, Austria, February 2004. 11. Alireza Tamizi, Mohsen Akbari, A survey on ICT Development Criteria: case of OIC members; Management Knowledge Magazine No. 64, Vol. 1, Spring 2004 12. Saeid Fathi, Mohammad Esfidani, Mohsen Akbari; Categorizing Electronic Commerce Researches and Studies; Iranian Journal of Trade Studies (IJTS) Quarterly (To be published). 13. Mosa Ahmad Zedeh, Mohsen Akbari; An investigation in Capital Structure and Financial resources in Bank Keshavarzi and proposing solutions toward optimizing current state; Iranian Journal of Trade Studies (IJTS) Quarterly Spring 2005, Number 39. 14. Mohsen Akbari; Developing a strategic framework for e-commerce; Commercial surveys magazine; (to be published) 15. Mojsen Aknari, Alireza Tamizi, Roohallah Noori; Role of ICT and ecommerce in world's economic unions and areas; Marketing Magazine, No 38; Nov/Dec 2004. 16. Mohsen Akbari, Omid Karbalaee; Characteristics of SOA for virtual agent based electronic marketplaces (VABEM); IAWATC Vienna Austria, October 2005. 17. Mohsen Akbari, Roohallah Noori; Mask Marketing: a new tool for emarketing; Bzaryabi Magazine No. 48 Aug 2005. 18. Mohsen Akbari, Saeed Fathi; Modeling consumer behavior o n the Internet; IRMA International Conference; Washington DC USA, 2005. Research Project Handled or Involved: 1. Failure of e-shopping in Tehran: case of Shahrvandonline.com; University of Tehran; 2000-2001 (MSc thesis) 2. Barriers to developing e-shopping in Iran; Institute for Trade Studies and Research; 2002-2003 (Research handler) 3. Formulating governmental supports toward IT and e-commerce Deployment in Guilds (Research handler) 4. Formulating governmental supports toward IT and e-commerce Deployment in SMEs (Research handler) 5. Successful emarketing Strategies in the internet markets; Institute for Trade Studies and Research; 2003-2004 ( Co-Researcher)
6. Exploring Potential of IT and electronic commerce in Trade Expansion among OIC Members; Institute for Trade Studies and Research; 2003-2004 (Co- Researcher) 7. Categorizing Electronic Commerce Researches and Studies; Institute for Trade Studies and Research; 2003-2004 (Supervisor) 8. Exploring the effect of ecommerce on export expansion; prioritizing Iran s industries toward ecommerce investment (Supervisor) 9. Exploring the effect of ecommerce on export expansion; prioritizing Iran s Services toward ecommerce investment (Supervisor) 10. Exploring the degree of IT and Business Strategy alignment; Case of ITSR (Supervisor) 11. Exploring the vision of ecommerce in SMEs; case of Yazd, Tehran and Mashhad (Supervisor) 12. Exploring the structure of best performance e-commerce companies and designing a contingent guideline for Iranian companies (Supervisor) 13. Exploring the best practices in ebusinesses (Supervisor) 14. Exploring the best practices in ecommerce of the countries(supervisor) Lectures in Conferences 1. E-Business Technology in Iran; Tilburg University; Holland 2. Information Technology as the enabler of Competitive Advantage; International Conference on TQM and Global Trade 3. emarketing in Agri-food products; Ministry of Taavon 4. ecommerce Studies and Researches; Ministry of ITC 5. Consumer purchase behavior on the internet shopping; national conference of e- commerce: necessities and approaches; Isfahan-Iran May 2004 6. emarketing: Basic concepts; Institute for Trade Studies and Research 7. Strategic ebusiness Models; Institute for Trade Studies and Research Conferences Board: 1. Member in Academic Board of Export Promotion Conference 2004 2. Member in Academic Board of TQM and Globalization Conference 2004 3. Member in Academic Board of E-Commerce Research Conference 2004 4. Member in Academic Board of IRMA Conference Washington DC 2005. Other Academic Activities; 1. Meeting on Marketing and Iran s 4 th National Development Plan 2. Meeting on IT and it s challenges and Opportunities in Iran Language Skills: English Language: Score of 6.5 in overall band of IELTS
Honors and Testimonies Top student of high school, 1991 1995, Puya high School, Arak _ Iran. Second rank of B.Sc. program, 1995-1999, Tehran University, Tehran _ Iran. First rank in the nation-wide business administration graduate school entrance examination among 8,000 students in Iran, summer 1999. The best employee; in ITSR; I am honored as the best employee of the year.