President's Letter:
			Hello, and welcome to IEBA. People make an Academy great, so whether you are a prospective student, current student, professor, researcher, staff member, graduate, parent, neighbor, or visitor, your interest and enthusiasm are valued and appreciated. On this page, I would like to share with you the inspiration behind establishing the International Engineering Business Academy and the unique value that IEBA can offer you.

Since the industrial revolution, technology has been changing at a rapid pace. In the 21st century, globalization has created enormous pressure on both the corporate and public sector in terms of market reform and privatization, which have resulted in short to medium term contracting in engineering and business.

In addition to my postgraduate engineering and business education, I spent over a decade of my consulting life studying the works of the world's leading engineering business guide. I made sure that I took notes from every success and failure that I came across, be it mine or someone else's. I continued... until I built what I thought was "the ultimate engineering business knowledgebase" of the brightest and the most successful.

After more than a decade of research and experience, I found that industry professionals and companies weren't satisfied with education system, R&D activities and engineering/ business functions at that moment, which don't meet the requirements in the working environment. The shortcoming in the education system and market-oriented R&D as well as the wide gap between engineering and business functions, motivated me to form competency assurance committee with several members. The members consist of HR Practitioners, Industry Consultants, Academics and Business Leaders.

We commenced our studies with how to build competent leaders in different industries. Throughout the years, we had been working hard on doing researches and applied the outcomes of the researches in all industries. We gained great success in the research results when we applied. These results encouraged us to create customer-oriented organization for industry professionals and companies. However, engineering and business functions are the base of industry companies to compete and survive in the globalization era.

These were the inspiration behind the founding of the Academy: Bridging the gap between engineering & business and creating strong community of industry professionals and companies pursuing excellence in business. As well as fostering the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to become future business leaders.

The IEBA programs and degrees are non-traditional, responsive to industry needs and market demands with flexible delivery options. These programs can be completed on-campus, in-house and via distance-learning.

At IEBA, our number one goal is to build the best possible global knowledge transfer network, consisting of the best and brightest experts in each field. All of IEBA staff members are result-oriented professors, Industry consultants who are successful in their own rights. They understand key business drivers, performance metrics, and leverage. Most importantly, they are passionate advocates of the "80:20" rule. Beyond IEBA collective intelligence, probably the most valuable service, we could provide you, is to save you time, efforts and cost needed to advance your career and develop your business.

We wish you success
Dr.Eng. Mohamed G. Kafafy,
PhD, MSc(Eng), CQD, CHRP, CMC.
Academy President
President@IEBA.us

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