Ahmed Fares

• M.Sc. Accounting, Faculty of Commerce, Alexandria University, Egypt
• Online Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology, Amity University, India
• B.Sc. Accounting, Faculty of Commerce, Alexandria University, Egypt

Teaching Assistant

• Teaching Assistantship Experience at DeGroote School of Business

• • MBA I603: Competing Through Digital Transformation and Analytics
  • MBA BL603: Competing Through Digital Transformation and Analytics
  • MBA I604: Creating Customer Value
  • MBA K650: Information Systems in Business
  • 2KA3: Information Systems in Business.

• Accounting Department, Faculty of Commerce, Alexandria University, Egypt

Research Assistant

• McMaster Digital Transformation Research Centre (MDTRC), Ron Joyce Centre, McMaster University
• DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
• Accounting Department, Faculty of Commerce, Alexandria University, Egypt

Recent Projects

• Nov.2015-Aug. 2017 – University Quality Management and Assurance Project by the Quality Assurance Unit, Faculty of Commerce- Alexandria University.
• Apr.2017-Jul. 2017 – Developing Curriculum using Moodle in the “Distance Learning and Pedagogical Innovation –ADIP” Project, Co-funded by the Tempus Program of the European Union (http://www.tempus-adip.org/)

• May 2020 – present: Serving as the president of the DeGroote Doctoral Students Association (DDSA), McMaster University, Canada.
• May 2019 – May 2020: Serving as the Administrative Director at DeGroote Doctoral Students Association (DDSA), McMaster University, Canada.
• Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2016: Reviewer at the Independent Journal of Management & Production (IJM&P) e-ISSN: 2236-269X.
• Mar. 2015 – Aug. 2017: Volunteer in the “Environmental Development and Society Service” committee at the Faculty of Commerce, Alexandria University, Egypt.

Awards

• Entrance Scholarship, 2017, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada
• Alexandria Graduate Young Researchers (Alex GYR) Scholarship, 2016, Alexandria University in Egypt to conduct research at McMaster University, Canada
• American University Social Researchers Scholarship, 2012, Ford Foundation, Egypt
• Pan African Scholarship, 2012, Amity University, India
• Ranked 2^nd in the Class of 2009, Accounting Department, Alexandria University, Egypt

Certificates

• Data Science and Big Data Analytics, 2017 EMC Academic Associate certified by Dell EMC
• Blockchain Certificate, 2016 Waterloo University, Canada

Peer-Reviewed Publications 

• Fares, A., Hassanein, K. 2019. “What Drives Decentralized Cryptocurrencies Users’ Continuance Intention? The Case of Bitcoin,” in PROCEEDINGS OF Pre-ICIS SIGBPS 2019 Workshop on Blockchain and Smart Contract. München, Germany.
• Fares, A., Mandour, M. “Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation in an Egyptian Healthcare Entity: Motives and Expected Impacts.” E-CASE & E-Tech 2014 – Fall Session Conference, Tokyo, Japan.

Presentations

• Community Presentation: Hassanien K., Fares A. “The Critical Role of Knowledge in Cultivating Users’ Trust in Bitcoin,” Blocktech Connect Hamilton 2018, Ontario, Canada.
• Poster Presentation: Fares A., Hassanien K. “Bitcoin’s Stakeholders and Their Interactions,” MERGE program 2018, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.