2018 – Present
Vice-Chancellor, National University, Oman

2016 – 2018
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Cranfield University

2012-2016
Provost, Nazarbayev University, Astana Kazakhstan

2008 – 2012
President/Director
Abu Dhabi Men's College, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE

2005 - 2008
Head of Laboratory and Chair Professor,
Instituut voor Informatica,Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2003 – 2005
CEO, MIT Media Lab Europe & Visiting Senior Research Fellow MIT Media Lab Dublin, Eire

2002 –2003
Executive Dean of Engineering and Design,
University of Bath, UK

1992 -2002
ARM/Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair,
Head of Department Electronic & Electrical Engineering,
Associate Dean (Research),
Loughborough University, UK

Jan 98 – Dec 98
Guest Professor Siemens/German Research Ministry,
Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany

1989 -1992
Senior Lecturer in Electronic Systems,
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
University of Nottingham, UK

1986 -1989
Research Lecturer in Computer Systems Engineering,
School of Electronics and Computer Systems, University of Wales Bangor, UK

Publications:
Over 100 refereed publications in the fields of microelectronics and digital media