Dr. Sal Saad
Dr. Sal Saad
Clinical Assistant Professor of StrategyManagementEmail
Phone
713-226-5535
Office
SSB B468
Biography
Prior to joining the University of Houston-Downtown as a Clinical Assistant Professor, Dr. Saad served as an Adjunct and Visiting Professor at UHD since 2020. After obtaining his B.S. and MBA, he joined various consulting firms, such as Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Grant Thornton, for more than 18 years. During this time, Dr. Saad served public and private corporations, as well as startups and private equity clients in a diverse portfolio of industries. His consulting areas of expertise include business process design and implementation, technology deployment and optimization, performance modeling, forecast and reporting, financial modeling and analysis, standard cost rationalization, decision support/ad-hoc analysis and program/ project management. Additionally, Dr. Saad advised clients in the Merger & Acquisition domain, including buy-side and sell-side financial and commercial due diligence, post-deal integration, carve-out/spin-off transactions, and synergy assessment, validation and tracking.Degrees Earned
Doctor of Business Administration - University of DallasMasters of Business Administration in Accounting & Finance - American University of Science & Technology
Bachelors of Science in Accounting - Amman University
Courses Taught
MGT6301 Leadership, Motivation, and Comm for Security ExecutivesMBA6202 Strategic Management
MBA6340 Supporting the Business Strategy
MBA6216 Capstone
MGT4302 Business Strategy
MGT4302 International Management
MGT3325 Retail Management
MGT3301 Principles of Management
APAL 4302 Economics for the Public Sector
Experience Qualifications
Scaled Agile, Certified SAFe® 5 Product Owner/Product ManagerProsci®, Change Management Practitioner
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Protecting Human Research Participants
Promoting Active Learning Online
Creating an Inclusive & Supportive Online Learning Environment
Mental Health First Responder
Strategy in Action (SiA) Certification