Ms. Cynthia Baker | American University of Sharjah
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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Management, Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Teaching areas

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

Research areas

Professional Development in Project Management and Business Intelligence

Education

MBA, Business Administration, Texas Tech University, United States, 1997
BS, Health Information Management, Southwest Texas State University / Texas State University, United States, 1995

Professional experience

Senior Instructor, American University of Sharjah, 2009 - Present
Project Manager And Offshore Liaison, United Supermarkets, TX, United States, 2007 - 2009
Database And Olap Manager, Sprint PCS, TX, United States, 2001 - 2006
Experienced Consultant, Arthur Anderson, TX, United States, 1997 - 2001
Analyst, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, TX, United States, 1995 - 1997

Memberships

Project Management Institute, PMI, International, We advance careers, improve organizational success and further mature the profession of project management through our globally recognized standards, certifications, resources, tools, academic research, publications, professional development courses and networking opportunities., August 2010

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2604

Ms. Cynthia Baker

Senior Instructor
MBA, Texas Tech University, United States

Ms. Baker, a registered Project Management Professional (PMP), has worked in project management for over 25 years, as a consultant and a project manager for multiple Fortune 500 and privately held companies. Her experience is predominately in software implementations. She volunteers with the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Global Congress Submission Reviewer and in the Global Accreditation Center. Ms. Baker also volunteers with ABET to accredit Information Technology and Information Services programs in schools of engineering around the globe. Locally, Ms. Baker volunteers to teach English classes to non-native speakers on the AUS campus.

Publications

Cynthia Baker. Developing Quality Project Management Curriculum (Part 1), Projectmanagement.com, May 2017
Cynthia Baker. Developing Quality Project Management Curriculum (Part 2), May 2017
Cynthia Baker. The ABCs to Begin Teaching Project Management, May 2017
Cynthia Baker. The Value of PM Education, Projectmanagement.com, May 2017

Awards and Honors

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

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