Sherin Abdelhamid, PhD
Business Development Director, Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Solutions | Intelligent Transportation Systems & Smart Cities Expert | Data and Research Scientist | Strategic and Innovative Thinker | AI Enthusiast
The move
MoveParsons Corporation → e& UAE
TitleSenior Specialist, ITS & Smart Mobility → Director, Business Development
LocationDubai → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageArabic
Years in UAE2.5
Total experience15.9 years
e& UAE headcount10,001+ employees
e& UAE industryTelecommunications
e& UAE HQAbu Dhabi
e& UAE typePublic Company
Career arc
- Director, Business DevelopmentJul 2025 — Present
e& UAE· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Senior Specialist, ITS & Smart MobilityNov 2023 — Jul 2025
Parsons Corporation· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Permanent Full-time - Senior Strategy Manager, Connected and Autonomous Vehicle ServicesJan 2022 — Nov 2023
TELUS· Canada· Permanent Full-time - Technical Manager, Automotive and Mobility InnovationOct 2021 — Jan 2022OOntario Centre of Innovation· Toronto, Ontario, Canada· Permanent Full-time
- Technical Advisor, Automotive and Mobility InnovationAug 2019 — Oct 2021OOntario Centre of Innovation· Toronto, Canada Area
- Research and Data AnalystOct 2018 — Jul 2019OOntario Centre of Innovation· Toronto, Canada
- Data ScientistSep 2018 — Present·· Toronto, Ontario, Canada· Self-employed
- Adjunct Assistant Professor and Research AssociateSep 2017 — Dec 2018
Queen's School of Computing· Kingston, ON, Canada
- Adjunct LecturerSep 2016 — Jun 2017
German University in Cairo
- Assistant ProfessorJan 2016 — Jun 2017FFaculty of Computer and Information Science, Ain Shams University
- Postdoctoral FellowDec 2014 — Dec 2015
- InternOct 2014 — Oct 2014
Juniper Networks· Sunnyvale, CA, USA - Research AssistantJan 2010 — Nov 2014
Education
- Copenhagen Business SchoolSpecialization · Strategic Management and Innovation2019 — 2020
- Queen's UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) · Computer Science2010 — 2014
- UdacityData Scientist Nanodegree · Data ScienceApr 2021 — Jul 2021
- Ain Shams UniversityBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) · Computer Science2001 — 2005
- UdacitySelf-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree · Autonomous Systems2019 — 2020
- Imperial College LondonMaster of Business Administration - MBAJan 2026 — Dec 2027
- UdacityMachine Learning Engineer Nanodegree · Artificial Intelligence2018 — 2019
- Ain Shams UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.) · Computer Science2007 — 2009
Languages
- Arabic · Native or bilingual
- English · Full professional
- French · Elementary
Top skills
StatisticsResearchMachine LearningComputer ScienceSoftware EngineeringAlgorithms