PhD, MBA · Professor of Business and Management
Mohamad H. Fawaz is a management and marketing educator, academic leader and business advisor based in Windsor, Ontario, with more than twenty years across Lebanese and Canadian higher education and professional practice. He is Professor of Business and Management at the Zekelman School of Business, St. Clair College, and Sessional Professor in Business Analytics at the University of Niagara Falls Canada, where he also supervises graduate capstone projects.
Sessional Professor, Business Analytics
University of Niagara Falls Canada — Niagara Falls, Ontario
Graduate-level teaching; supervision of graduate capstone projects; mentoring in research design, project planning and professional communication.
Professor, Business and Management
Zekelman School of Business, St. Clair College — Windsor, Ontario
Management, marketing, business operations, international business, human resources and organisational leadership, across face-to-face, hybrid and online formats. Named courses include Business Operations (MRK 550) and courses in the International Business Management programme.
Sessional Professor, Business Analytics
University of Niagara Falls Canada
Professor, Business and Management
Zekelman School of Business, St. Clair College
Islamic University of Lebanon — Faculty of Business and Economics
Tyre campus 2010–2019 · Beirut campus 2019–2021
Management Instructor and Faculty Coordinator at the Tyre campus (2010–2019), teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in English and Arabic and coordinating management courses across the faculty. Moved to the Beirut campus in 2019 in a coordination capacity; Head of the Management Department 2020–2021. Supervised graduate research and applied business projects.
Instructor — one course
American University of Technology, Lebanon
Held concurrently with the Islamic University of Lebanon appointment at Tyre.
Founder — CedarBridge Consulting
Business planning, market research, strategy advisory, financial analysis, business advisory and feasibility studies for startups, small and mid-market businesses, and community organisations.
Independent Management Consultant
Self-employed — Windsor, Ontario
Strategic advisory to SMEs across multiple industries: business plans, growth strategies, market assessments, feasibility studies, financial planning and operational improvement. Organisational reviews targeting efficiency, profitability and sustainability; advice on restructuring and workforce planning; support to entrepreneurs launching and scaling ventures.
Financial Manager
Dr. Moussa & Associates — Windsor, Ontario / Lebanon
Financial planning, budgeting, reporting and business advisory. Corporate financial statements, forecasts, tax filings and business plans. Budgetary control systems and reconciliation process improvements. Financial data and variance narratives presented to a board of directors.
Management Consultant (part-time)
Quantum Tax Limited — Windsor, Ontario
Held concurrently with the Financial Manager post. Organisational assessments and long-range planning for SMEs; structural reorganisation, profit-planning systems and productivity improvement recommendations; HR policy, manpower planning and job evaluation advice; change and restructuring facilitation.
Assistant Manager, Accounting and Management Consulting
Nizam Accounting & Tax Services — Windsor, Ontario
Preparing business plans for clients; management consulting for the firm's clients and businesses; personal financial advisory for individuals and businesses; financial statements for tax, banking and business purposes; reports to the Ministry of Finance and the Canada Revenue Agency and audit follow-up; staff supervision, recruiting and daily operational management.
Lieutenant, serving in a business administration capacity
Lebanese Army — Apparatus of Airport Security, Beirut
National service. Auditing, implementation of new procedures and techniques, and administrative control of the security system. Awarded a Certificate of Appreciation and Experience by the Army Commander.
Training placement, Chiah Branch
Middle East & Africa Bank S.A.L. — Beirut
One-month training programme: front desk, auditing and customer service.
Auditor; previously Sales Manager and Salesman (part-time while studying)
Al Hilal Establishment for Trade & Contracting — Beirut
Showroom sales in the home appliance division (1997–1999), including a year as sales manager; auditor and auditing manager from June 1999.
Head of Management Department
Islamic University of Lebanon — Beirut campus
Directed the department's academic and administrative operations: budget, course scheduling, workload allocation and resource planning. Led faculty recruitment, supervision, evaluation and professional development. Led curriculum modernisation and programme enhancement. Directed accreditation preparation and quality-assurance review. Participated in university strategic planning and policy development; coordinated communication between faculty, students and senior leadership.
Faculty Coordinator, management courses
Islamic University of Lebanon — Tyre campus, Faculty of Business and Economics
Coordination of management courses across the faculty, ensuring consistency of delivery; curriculum development and programme enhancement initiatives.
PhD, Business Administration
The American International University — Los Angeles, California
Dissertation: a comparative study of management characteristics and their implementation in the private and public sectors.
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Lebanese American University — Beirut
Conferred under the authority of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.
Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Customs)
Beirut Arab University — Beirut
Role of SMEs in Lebanese Economy
Farran, I., & Fawaz, M. Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 1(2), 78.
Doctoral dissertation — management in the private and public sectors: a comparative study
The American International University, Los Angeles
Graduate research and capstone supervision
Islamic University of Lebanon · University of Niagara Falls Canada
Research design, data analysis and academic writing supervision; structured peer review of graduate research proposals as department head; graduate capstone supervision (DAMO 699).
Applied and business research
Consulting practice
Market assessments, feasibility studies, competitive and industry analysis, financial forecasting and business modelling, organisational reviews, survey and questionnaire design.
Conferences attended
Lebanese American University, Beirut
3rd International Management Conference — Strategic Management of Information Technology (June 2001); International Management Conference — Knowledge Management: Principles, Strategies and Applications (June 2000); Electronic Commerce Seminar (May 2000). Attendance, not presentation.
University of Niagara Falls Canada (graduate, 2026 –)
St. Clair College, Zekelman School of Business (2023 –)
Islamic University of Lebanon, Faculty of Business and Economics (2010 – 2021)