Dr. Hamed Taherdoost is an award-winning leader and research and development professional. He is the Founder of Hamta Group Hamta Business Solution and Associate Professor & Chair of Research and Scholarly Activities Committee at University Canada West. He has over 20 years of experience in both industry and academic sectors. He has worked at international companies from Cyprus, the UK, Malta, Iran, Malaysia, and Canada and has been highly involved in development of several projects in different industries, healthcare, transportation, residential, oil and gas and IT. Dr. Hamed has published over 200 scientific articles in authentic peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings (h-index = 37; i10-index = 79; over 12,500 citations on Google Scholar; over 2.89 million reads and 6381 citations on ResearchGate; 191,530 downloads on SSRN till November 2023), 30 book chapters as well as 13 books in the field of technology and research methodology.

He was the Peer Award winner and the winner of Business Excellence Award for business leadership, innovation and creativity, and results achieved, and was also selected as a qualified recipient of the Promising Startups in Asia at Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards. He is a Certified Cyber Security Professional and Certified Graduate Technologist. He is senior member of IEEE, IAEEEE, IASED, IEDRC & HKSRA, Fellow Member of ISAC, WGM of IFIP TC11 - Assurance and Information Security Management, and member of CSIAC, ACT-IAC, and AASHE. Currently, he is involved in several multidisciplinary research projects, including studying innovation in information technology, blockchain and cybersecurity, and technology acceptance.