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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Management

Teaching areas

Project Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Business Intelligence, Management Information Systems and Business Information Systems

Research areas

Professional Development in Project Management, Board of Directors PMI Khaleeji (UAE) Chapter, Director of SAP University Alliance Program

Education

BS Health Information Management Southwest Texas State University Texas United States, 1995
Health Organization Management Certification, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA, 1997
MBA MBA / Health Organization Management Texas Tech University Texas, United States, 1997

Professional experience

Senior Instructor, American University of Sharjah, 08, 2009 - present
Project Manager and Offshore Liaison, United Supermarkets, Lubbock, TX, USA, 01, 2007 - 08, 2009
Database and OLAP Manager, Sprint PCS, Lubbock, TX, USA, 05, 2001 - 12, 2006
Experienced Consultant, Arthur Andersen, Dallas, TX, USA, 07, 1997 - 04, 2001
Analyst, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA 05, 1995 - 05, 1997

Memberships

- Board of Directors for UAE Project Management Institute Chapter </br> - IEEE

Contact

[email protected]

Cindy Baker

Senior Instructor
MBA in Health Organization Management, Texas Tech University, USA

Cindy Baker is a registered Project Management Professional (PMP) and has been working in project management for over 20 years. She has worked in industry as a consultant with Arthur Andersen, LLP, and as a project manager for Fortune 500 and privately held companies. Her client list includes, but is not limited to, Hilton Hotels, Sara Lee and Sprint Nextel. Her project management experience is predominately in software implementations of Oracle products (PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Hyperion and Brio) and Aldata. She volunteers with the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Global Congress Subject Matter Expert Submission Reviewer and in the Global Accreditation Center. She also served as Vice-President on PMI’s UAE Chapter Board of Directors. In addition to the PMI Accreditations, she volunteers with ABET to accredit information technology and information system programs in schools of engineering around the globe. Locally, Baker volunteers to teach English classes to non-native speakers on the AUS campus.

Publications

Awards and Honors

Most Valuable PQ Award in SBA Management department, May 31, 2014
Visionary Member Award of SAP University Alliances, September 9, 2014
SAP MENA region faculty representative to SAPPHIRE NOW in Madrid, Spain, November 12, 2012

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