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Husam Omar

Adjunct professor (Strategic Management)


Education

  • University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2009
  • St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2002
  • St. Mary’s University, Texas, USA, 1998
  • Sul Ross State University, Alpine, West Texas, USA, 1987
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  • Family Business Management
  • Innovation, Decision-Making & Leadership
  • Strategic Management
SUBJECTS TAUGHT/STUDENT PROJECT MENTOR
  • Corporate Governance
  • Strategic Management & Leadership
  • Small Business Administration and Entrepreneurship
  • Special Topics in Economics
  • Latin American Economies
  • Entrepreneurial Management
  • Entrepreneurial Marketing
  • Change Management and Organizational Development
  • International Business
  • Upper level courses in International Business, Macroeconomics
  • Latin American Economies; Mentored / Youth Entrepreneurial Scholars
EXPERIENCE

Academic Experience

  • Business faculty / College of Business Administration (August 2008 – Present)
  • Higher Colleges of Technology / Dubai Women’s College, Dubai, UAE
  • Visiting Professor (May 2011 – August 2011)
    School of Business Administration, Hua Li University
    Zengcheng City, Guangzhou Providence, China
  • Visiting Assistant Professor (July 2003 – August 2008)
    A.R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business, Texas A&M International University Laredo, Texas
  • Visiting Assistant Professor (June 2006 – August 2008)
    College of Arts and Sciences, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas

Corporate Experience

  • Senior area director for business development & a master franchisee, Allied Domicq, a subsidiary of the Carlyle Group (April 1988 – August 2003)

Consulting Experience

  • Consulting to a number of Universities / Dubai, UAE
  • Omar, Husam, “Minority and Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Experiences from Texas”, submitted as part of a thesis requirement for a doctorate program, 2009, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Omar, Husam, (2011). Arab American entrepreneurs in San Antonio, Texas: Motivation for entry into self-employment. Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues, Vol. 4 No 1, 2011.
  • Omar, Husam, (2012)
  • “Minority Business Enterprise: Knowledge required in achieving entrepreneurial success for Arab American entrepreneurs in Mexico and Texas” Presented at the international Conference on Excellence in Business: College of Business Administration at the University of Sharjah, UAE.
  • Gallant, Monica, Omar, Husam, (2013)
  • “Factors that lead female entrepreneurs in the United Arab Emirates to enter self-employment”, Presented at the International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) Conference, Valletta, Malta.
  • Gallant, Monica, Omar, Husam,
  • “Factors that lead female entrepreneurs in the United Arab Emirates to enter self-employment”, The European Business Review, Vol 3, No 14, 2013.
  • Omar, Husam, (2016)
  • “Emirati Women And Arab American Entrepreneurs In The US: Comparative Analysis of Their Motivation and Success Factors”, presented at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS), Conference, Valetta, Malta.
  • Omar, Husam, (2017). “Minority Business Enterprise: Knowledge required in achieving entrepreneurial success for Arab entrepreneurs in South Texas”, Journal of Reviews on Global Economics, Vol 6, No 9, 2017.
  • Omar, Husam, (2018). “Successful Arab American Entrepreneurs in South Texas and Northern Mexico, an Ethnographic Study”, Presented at the Global Conference and Management Science Conference, Dubai, UAE.
  • Won the best paper award at the conference
  • Omar, Husam, (2018). “Measuring the Adversarial Effects of Tariff Increases on Consumers in the Multinational Companies” Under Review.
  • Gallant, Monica, Omar, Husam, (2021). “Palestinian Arab Entrepreneurs in
  • Honduras: Success does come at a high price” Under Review.
  • Gallant, Monica, Omar, Husam, (2020). “A Case of Success and Triumph in the Diaspora”, Presented at the Global Conference and Management Science Conference, Dubai, UAE.
  • Omar, Husam, (2021). “Immigrant entrepreneurship: Palestinian immigrant entrepreneurs in El Salvador: A success story. Presented at the International Islamic Marketing Association in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Omar, Husam, (2022). “An exploratory study of characteristics and attributes of immigrant entrepreneurs in Central America”, Presented at the Global Conference and Management Conference, Dubai, UAE.
  • Omar, Husam, (2022). Chapter 1: Immigrant Minority Entrepreneurship: the case of Arab Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Central America: a success story in El Salvador and Honduras. Dubai, UAE.
  • Interviewed for “Texas Monthly” Magazine, issue February 2023 about Foreign born entrepreneurs in Texas.

Media Appearances & Coverage

  • Interviewed for “Texas Monthly” Magazine, issue February 2023 about Foreign born entrepreneurs in Texas.