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Hamed Taherdooist is an award-winning leader and R&D professional. He is founder of the Hamta Group | Hamta Business Corporation, and Associate Professor at University Canada West. He has over 20 years of experience in both industry and academia sectors. He has worked at international companies from Cyprus, the UK, Malta, Iran, Malaysia, and Canada and has been highly involved in 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. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at Westcliff University, mentor at Futurpreneur Canada, Advisory Board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, Senior Technical Consultant at CI Solutions Ltd, Innotek Consulting Ltd & Quark Minded Technology Inc and Chair of Research and Scholarly Activities Committee at University Canada West. He is a certified cybersecurity technologist and a senior member of IEEE, IAEEEE, IASED, & IEDRC, Fellow Member of ISAC, WGM of IFIP TC11, member of CSIAC, ACT-IAC and AASHE.

Mitra Madanchian holds a Ph.D. in Business Management from Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia), a Master of Administrative Science in Human Resources from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Applied Linguistics from University Putra Malaysia. With a strong passion for business management and research and development (R&D), Mitra has gained extensive industry experience working in both small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and one of the Big Four firms, KPMG. With over 9 years of experience, she has become an esteemed industry expert in the fields of Business Management, Marketing, and Human Resource Management. Throughout her career, Mitra has held various roles, including Marketing Manager, Human Resource Manager, and Business Development Practitioner in international companies across different sectors, including IT, International Trade, Finance, and Education. In addition to her industry experience, Mitra has a keen interest in academic research, focusing on areas such as Business Management, Leadership, Human Resource Management, Marketing Management, FinTech, and IT Management. Currently, Mitra is an Assistant Professor- a full-time faculty member- at the University Canada West, teaching courses in Human Resource Management, Marketing Management, Digital Marketing, and Tourism & Hospitality. Simultaneously, she holds the position of HR Manager at OBS Tech Limited Company. She actively participates in professional organizations and is a member of CPHR British Columbia & Yukon.