School of Management — Analytics and Technology

Mouwafac Sidaoui

Director / Term Assistant Professor

Dr. Mouwafac Sidaoui teaches business analytics to MBA, Executive MBA and Undergraduate students at the University of San Francisco in the School of Management. Professor Sidaoui is also the Director of the joint Master of Global Entrepreneurship Management Program www.usfca.edu/jmgem that takes students to Barcelona, Taipei, and San Francisco for rigorous studies in entrepreneurship and management at three leading Jesuit universities.

Prior to pursuing a post-graduate education, Dr. Sidaoui enjoyed a successful career as an Executive in Silicon Valley with Cirrus Logic, Hewlett Packard, IDT, and S1 focusing on ERP [Enterprise Resource Planning] systems while developing curriculum and online solutions for clients around the globe.

Honors and Awards

· University Distinguished Teacher Award, Innovation in Teaching With Technology, University of San Francisco, 2009
· Delegate at Education Without Borders, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2009
· Outstanding Service Award, Business Mathematics, Art Institute of California San Francisco, 2007
· Outstanding Doctoral Student Awards, USF School of Education, 2007
· Outstanding Hydraulic Award, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 1989

Presentations

· Transformational Leadership Practices of Deans and the Perceived Organizational Culture of United Arab Emirates Public Universities: A Regression Analysis Study; Dubai UAE, April 2009
· Impact of Use of Technology in Education and Business organizations, Beirut Lebanon, July 2007
· Education, Leadership, and Organizational Culture in the United Arab Emirates: A Vision for the Future, 4th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Hawaii, January 2006

Education

Post Doctorate in Finance & Accounting with an emphasis on Business Analytics, Hough Graduate School of Business, University of Florida, 2011
Ed.D., Doctorate in Education, Organization and Leadership, University of San Francisco, 2007
Master of Business & Science Administration [MBSA] with an emphasis in Innovation Technology, Boston University, 1991
Engineering Management, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 1990
Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 1989
Minor Degree in Mathematics, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 1989

Teaching
  • MBAE 6912: Decision Modeling and Data Analysis
  • MBA 6108: Business Analytics
  • MBA 6107: Spreadsheet Modeling
  • BUS 204: Quantitative Business Analysis
  • Math 106: Quantitative Methods for Business
  • Math 104: Algebra for Business and Science
  • Math 101: Elementary Statistics
Publications

Co-editing an Algebra textbook, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra, ISBN 0-321-16640-X, by George Woodbury, Addisson-Welsely Publishing Company. (2004-2005).