PANEL SESSION – Woman in Industry and Academia

Panel Chair: Ms. Resh Plaha, Crystal Quality UK Ltd.
2:30 – 5:15 pm (Wednesday)
Room – 2

Panel Speakers

Ms. Resh Plaha, BSc (Hons), IoD, IRCA, ACQI

Crystal Quality UK Ltd

Ms. Resh Plaha sits on the UK’s Chartered Quality Institute ISO9001:2015 Review Panel which reports directly into the ISO Geneva Head Office, ISO Technical Committee 176: Quality Management and Quality Assurance. Resh is also a member of the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) Advisory Panel responsible for providing thought leadership on the development, promotion and publication of audit methodologies, auditor competencies, auditor training and continuous professional development. Resh is a registered Lead Auditor with IRCA and a Member of the Institute of Directors. She is Managing Director of Crystal Quality UK Ltd, a private company offering bespoke project management consultancy and training services to organisations seeking registration to international standards in Quality Management Systems, Environmental, Health and Safety Systems including Food Safety. Major clients include Mercedes-Benz UK Ltd; the Ministry of Defence; Food and Beverage suppliers to Marks and Spencer plc; Central and local UK Government; Aerospace and other capital goods manufacturing organisations. Resh has a wealth of industrial and management experience that spans over 30 years in Quality Management Systems, commencing in the Food Industry before joining SGS, the international leading certification company. She is a highly experienced trainer and international speaker having personally delivered numerous short public IRCA approved training courses to delegates worldwide. Resh has presented at international conferences, delivered entrepreneurial and quality training at Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and is a guest lecturer at Loughborough University, United Kingdom. She is a strong advocate of women’s business roles in society and believes in leading by example.

Dr. Tagwa Ahmed Musa

Associate Professor
Dean – College of Petroleum Engineering and Technology
Sudan University of Science and Technology
Khartoum, Sudan

Dr. Tagwa Ahmed Musa Mohamed is an Associate Professor and Dean – College of Petroleum Engineering and Technology at Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan. Her specialist is Petroleum Engineering. She is the first woman in Sudan has a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering. She has a good contribution locally, globally, and internationally.

Dr. Ilham Kissani

Assistant Professor of Engineering & Management Science
School of Science & Engineering
Al Akhawayn University
Ifrane, Morocco

Dr. Ilham Kissani is an assistant professor in the field of engineering management for the School of Science and Engineering at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. She has served as the main advisor and lead instructor for the undergraduate and MS programs in Engineering and Management Systems since 2010. She has helped create very close ties with the AUI School of Business Administration, which allows both schools to leverage our resources and deliver a greater diversity of courses to students, such as supply chain management and operations management. Her background is diverse and includes industrial experience as well as academic. Her degrees are from INSEA, Morocco (Engineer) and Université Laval, Canada (Master and Ph.D). She has worked with Royal Dutch Shell as a project manager and with Modellium Québec, where she consulted in logistics and supply chain issues. Additionally, Dr. Kissani contributes in research in supply chain management, planning, and operations research. She is a member of ASEM, IEEE, IEOM, IIE, INFORMS.

If anyone is interested to join as a panel speaker of 2017 WIIA, please contact Ms. Resh Plaha at resh@crystalquality.co.uk.

IEOM Women in Industry and Academia Forum

Launch of Women in Industry and Academia by Resh Plaha at IEOM 2015 Dubai: http://youtu.be/XB1T23MfxhA

Chair
Ms. Resh Plaha, Crystal Quality, UK

Committee Members

Aamenah Bashir BSc. Computer Engineering, MSc. Engineering Systems Management, ITIL Certified IT Specialist Office of Academic Computing American University of Sharjah United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Dr. Chan Chee-Ming Associate Professor and Deputy Dean (Academic and Research) Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Johor, Malaysia

Dr. Ilham Kissani Faulty of Engineering & Management Science Al Akhawayn University Ifrane, Morocco
Dr. Mey Goh Assoc Professor in Product Design Loughborough University, UK

May Othman American University of Sharjah United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Dr. Stefanie Pillai Dean and Associate Professor Faculty of Languages & Linguistics University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dr. Adibah Shuib Head of Strategic Planning (Monitoring) Centre for Strategic Planning Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Dr. Vanajah Siva Chalmers University Sweden

Vanessa Victoire University of Mauritius Mauritius
Prof. Soumaya Yacout École Polytechnique de Montréal Canada