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Ramiz Qandah is Aircraft Systems Engineer at Royal Jordanian Airlines. He received MBA from the University of Jordan and BSc. in Electronics Engineering from Princess Sumaya University for Technology. Ramiz is interested in open innovation and crowdsourcing, as he won multiple open innovation competitions; winner of Porsche Challenge: Autonomous Transport of Assembled Cars within Production took place on November 1, 2019, for creating and designing new autonomous robotic concept for transporting assembled cars, also winner of The US Bureau of Reclamation open innovation competition for creating New Concept for Remote Fish Detection in January 2016.

Taghrid Saleh Suifan is Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior. She has been the Head of Business Management Department in the University of Jordan since 2014. She was Assistant Dean for Development and Quality Assurance from 2012 to 2013. She obtained bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Jordan. She obtained PhD in Management from Aston University in Birmingham, UK in July 2010. Her research interest is in the following fields: organizational behavior, teamwork, leadership, organizational theory, creativity and innovation, supply chain management and quality management.

Ra’ed Masa’deh is Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Jordan, Jordan. He received PhD from the University of Nottingham, UK. Prof Ra'ed Masa’deh served as Honor Professor at the University of Warwick, UK, 2018–2019. Currently, he acts as the Dean of the School of Business at the University of Jordan in Aqaba branch. He won Abdul Hameed Shoman Arab Researchers Award in Economics and Administration Sciences in 2019, and got the Distinguished Researcher Award in the Field of Humanities at the University of Jordan for the years 2014 and 2018. Prof Ra’ed Masa’deh’s research interests include knowledge economy, it-business strategic alignment, information management, knowledge management capabilities; it-based competitive advantages; quantitative methods and structural equation modeling. His research has been published in journals including Computers in Human Behavior, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Journal of Medical Internet Research, VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Journal of Management Development, Management Research Review, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management, International Journal of Technology Diffusion, International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies and International Journal of Business Innovation and Research.

Bader Yousef Obeidat is Professor of Strategic Management and Human Resource Management. He obtained BA in Business Administration and MBA from the Yarmouk University and PhD in Business Studies from Durham University, UK. He has more than 12 years of academic experience in lecturing and supervising both undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of Jordan. He is currently working as Professor at the British University in Dubai. Also, he worked as Strategic Management Orienter at the Royal Jordanian National Defence College. He also worked as strategic management and human resource consultant at many local and regional organizations. Additionally, he has an experience in administrative work, as he served as a Department Head of Business Management for three semesters. Prof Bader also contributed in organizing many conferences and academic events at the School of Business, in addition to participating in many social and non-profitable activities at the University. His main research interest is in strategic management, human resource management, knowledge management, organizational behavior, organizational theory, and innovation. He has published in more than 70 research studies in reputable international journals.