I-DOT : Intelligent Digital Organizational Transformation

i-DOT is the digital era offspring of

Total Quality Consultants International

a company seasoned with more than twenty five years of professional

training and consulting in areas related to electronic process mapping,

enterprise architecture software, Artificial Intelligence engines,

Strategic Management Software, etc.

IN the quest of providing the best services and support for its clients, i-DOT is managed by a highly professional team with diverse business and academic backgrounds, and more than 30 years of practical consulting experience in the fields of management and IT business consulting.

Dr. Nader M. Ghazal

i-DOT Managing Director

Nationality: Lebanese, Canadian

Professional Summary

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Certified Digital Platforms Strategies Professional
University of Virginia (UVA) – Certified Digital Transformation Professional
University of New South Wales (UNSW) – Certified Online Teaching Professional

Being an early bird, Ph.D. holder in the domain of Artificial Intelligence (since 1991), he received the “Canadian National Distinction Award” acknowledging his academic achievement. He started since 1992, working in the Arab Countries and, namely the GCC Countries, in the domain of business transformation, e-Government initiatives, process innovation / reengineering, and restructuring of both public and private sectors, as well as strategy formulation.
This academic background and long experience, has paved the way for him to evolve into a successful migration of establishing a consulting company in Digital Transformation serving the MENA region. He has many papers and conducted many trainings and consulting activities in areas related to: Artificial Intelligence, Strategic Management, Leadership, Critical Thinking, Process Design, Supply Chain Modeling, Business Systems Modeling, and Organizational Re-structuring / Admin Reform.
He is a professional advisor to the current prime minister of Lebanon and played advisory roles to several ministers and governments in Lebanon and elsewhere in the Arab countries.
He was the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary General of the Lebanese National Council of Scientific Research, 1998 – 2000.
He was the Technology Investment Advisor to Arab Science & Technology Foundation, in UAE, 2003 – 2009.
He was co-founder of CEE (Center for Engineering Expertise), and the director of project management and professional services, 1991 – 1995.
He was MENA regional manager for an American Company working in the domain of electronic process modelling and business architecture, 1995-1997.
He was the UCLA Knowledge Management Program Coordinator in the MENA region, 1996 – 1998.
He was the founder and president of TQCI, working in the domain of Re-engineering, Organizational Structuring / Strategic Management, Quality Management, Project Management, Leadership, and Technology and Innovation implementation,1996 – 2019.
He served as the Mayor of the city of Tripoli – Lebanon, and president of Al-Fayha union of four cities, 2010 – 2015.

Academic Credentials

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Certified Digital Transformation Professional.
Ph.D. in Management Information Systems, the research dissertation focused on the development of an Artificial Intelligence (expert systems) software applied to resources management, graduated in 1991, USA.
M.Sc. in Structural Engineering, State University of New York, USA 1984.
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, State University of New York, USA 1983. Listed on the National Honor Dean’s List.
He has been in the academia as a professor of Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation / Quality Management / Project Management / Leadership / Change Management / besides he established several Masters’ degree courses in Strategic Management and Administrative Reform at American University of Beirut and Arab Open University.