SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

    Taught economics and econometrics for 12 years in Multimedia University in undergraduate, MBA,
    PhD and DBA program ; I also taught Economics at North Central Texas College in Texas and currently
    teaching at Collin County Community College in Texas as Associate Faculty Economics; Published
    several books and journal articles by international publishers; Handled various types of statistical and
    econometrics software such as Eviews, Shazam, Amos, SPSS, Lindo, Lingo, Minitab etc to analyze data;
    Experienced in managing Bachelor of Economics Program as Assistant Coordinator in Multimedia
    University; Involved in research grant activities in Multimedia University; Supervised more than eight
    PhD students in economics and related areas; Offered various trainings on how to build knowledge
    economy to foreign diplomats; Attended various local and international conferences and seminars to
    present research papers ; Worked as Research Assistant in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in
    the area of poverty reduction in Malaysia; Worked as Authorised Assistant of a stock brokerage firm to
    handle stock portfolio investment in Dhaka Stock Exchange; Maintaining lecture notes on line for online
    teaching. Also worked as Academic Advisor in the Faculty of Management of Multimedia University for
    helping students in their study plan; Finally, maintaining a Personal Website (Book and Book) where
    twelve books of mine (in Bengali language) are published for free reading. I would like to invite you to
    my personal and informal channel (Hossain Channel) where application of various software such as
    Eviews, SPSS, Lingo, Lindo, SPSS, Amos, Shazam, Minitab etc  to solve various econometrics and
    statistical model.

    My educational certificate, Phd (Doctor of Philosophy) in Economics is evaluated by the two members
    of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc. USA.  They have commented 1. US
    Equivalency: Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in Economics awarded by a university that is
    accredited by a regional accreditation association. 2. Recommended US Educational Equivalency :
    Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from a regionally-accredited institution of higher education in the
    United States.


    PERSONAL WEBSITE
    Book and Book


    MY E-MAIL
    sayed@sayedhossain.com


    AREAS OF INTEREST

    Econometrics Modelling
    Quantitative Easing
    Applications of various statistical and econometrics software



         HOSSAIN CHANNEL OF ECONOMETRICS AND STATISTIC

            Personal online channel to show application of various software such as Eviews, Lindo, Lingo,                   
     
       SPSS,  Amos,  Minitab, Shazam  to solve various econometrics and statistical models.
     
       Hossain Channel

            Hossain Channel


         JOB HISTORY

        
    
     ASSOCIATE FACULTY (ECONOMICS) AT COLLIN COLLEGE, TEXAS (PART TIME)

    Aug 22, 2011 - Present
    Job responsibility: To teach economics


    ITL FOODS LP, HOUSTON, TEXAS (PART TIME)

    June 27, 2011 - August 30, 2011
          Job responsibility: Pizza delivery and helping to run business. Shop location: Garland, Dallas.


    ADJUNCT FACULTY AT NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (PART TIME)

    Jan 18, 2011 – April 21, 2011
    North Central Texas College
    Corinth, TX 76208-5408

    Job responsibility:
    To teach economics


    ADJUNCT SENIOR LECTURER OF MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY

    May 1, 2010 – April 30, 2011
    Adjunct Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Management
    Multimedia University
    63100 Cyberjaya, Malaysia

    Job responsibility:
    To supervise PhD students of Multimedia University on line


    TWELVE YEARS TEACHING IN MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY

    July 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010.
    Senior Lecturer of Economics
    Faculty of Management, Multimedia University,
    63100 Cyberjaya, Malaysia

    Sept 1, 1998 – June 30, 2009
    Lecturer of Economics, Faculty of Management
    Multimedia University, 63100 Cyberjaya,  Malaysia.

    Job responsibilities:  
    To teach economics and econometrics
    To supervise undergraduate and post graduate students
    Acted as academic advisor to students


    ASSISTANT COORDINATOR

    Feb 1, 2009- April 30, 2010
    Assistant Co-ordinator of the Economics Program in Economics Unit, Faculty of Management,
    Multimedia University
    63100 Cyberjaya, Malaysia

    Job responsibilities:  
    To manage Bachelor of Economics program in Multimedia University
    To assist Coordinator of the Bachelor of Economics Program



    RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

    March 23, 2009- Dec 2009
    Member, Research & Development Committee
    Faculty of Management, Multimedia University
    63100 Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

    Job responsibility:
    To assist R&D activities in the Faculty of Management, Multimedia University.



    RESEARCH ASSISTANT

    Sep 13, 1997 – May 21, 1998
    Research Assistant under Prof Chamhuri Siwar
    Faculty of Economics, National University of Malaysia (UKM). Bangi, Malaysia.

    Job responsibility:
    To assist Prof Chamhuri Siwar to formulate poverty reduction strategies in Malaysia.



    AUTHORISED ASSISTANT

    March 8, 1989 - Nov 8, 1992
    Authorised Assistant of  Stock Brokerage Firm.  Dhaka, Bangladesh.

    Job responsibilities:  
    To buy and sell stock at Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd, Bangladesh.
    Stock portfolio management.



    TEACHING


    DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) Course
    BQT 8054: Advanced Quantitative Technique.

    MBA (Master of Business Administration) Course
    BEM 7064: Economics for Managers.

    PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), MPhill (Master of Philosophy) Course
    BMS 8814: Advanced Statistical Method

    Undergraduate Courses
    BEC2044: Econometrics I
    BEC2054: Econometrics II
    BEM 3014 : Econometrics modelling
    BEC 1624 Macroeconomics
    BPI 2014: Policy issues in the knowledge economy
    BKE2614: Knowledge economy
    BCE2024: Computational economics.



    EDUCATION

    PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in Economics, National University of Malaysia, locally known as Universiti
    Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 1998

    MSS (Master of Social Sciences) in Economics, University of Dhaka. Bangladesh

    BSS (Bachelor of Social Sciences) in Economics (Hons), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

    HSC (Higher Secondary Certificate) from Notre Dame College, Dhaka.

    SSC (Secondary School Certificate) from Saint Gregory’s High School, Dhaka.



    BOOKS WRITTEN
    (Co-authors are there)

    The development of a general integration model: the status of Asean, European Union and SAARC, Oak
    Publication (2005)

    An introduction to knowledge economy, concepts and issues. First edition: 2003, Second edition 2004.
    McGraw Hill Publication. ** Adopted as recommended text book in Singapore Management University.

    An introduction to econometrics using Shazam.  McGraw Hill Publication 2001.

    Basic economics, accounting and management, Prentice Hall Publication.



    CONFERENCE PAPERS
    (Co-authors are there)

    Effects of fund characteristics on the performance of Asian hedge funds, Asia Pacific Business Research
    Conference, 21-22 Feb 2011, Isatana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

    Is Malaysian monetary policy independent?  Academy of International Business-US Southwest Chapter
    (AIB-SW) meeting in Dallas, USA, March 3-6, 2010.

    The challenges of building knowledge based economy in Malaysia' presented at the International
    Conference on Politics and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications, from July 31 to 2nd
    August 2003, Orlando, Florida, USA.

    National budget 2001 and the knowledge economy in Malaysia’ presented at the 30th Annual
    Conference of Economists, The Economic Society of Australia, The University of Western Australia,
    Perth, Australia on the 24th Sept, 2001.

    'Multimedia Super Corridor: An Emergence of a New IT World' presented at the 11th International
    Telecommunication Society European Conference at University of Lausanne, Switzerland on the 11th
    September, 2000.

    A 'discussant' paper presented at the Asian Crisis-I Conference at the University of Washington, USA in
    December,1998.  



    JOURNAL ARTICLE PUBLICATION
    (Co-authors are there)   

             Examining the Effect of Microcredit on Poverty in Malaysia, Asean Economic Bulletin (forthcoming      
     
        April Issue, 2012)

            Effects of fund characteristics on the performance of Asian Hedge Funds, Journal of Business and
     
       Policy  Research, 2011 (forthcoming issue)

    Impact of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia's microcredit schemes on hardcore poor households quality of life,
    International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 60 (2010)

    Feasibility of a single currency for the Asean – 5, International Journal of Business and Accountancy,
    Vol 1, No. 1, 47-62, 2010.

    Social acceptance and readiness for the knowledge based economy in Malaysia, Asean Economic
    Bulletin, Vol 26 No. 3, Dec 2009.

    Mean variance analysis for the Malaysian equity securities, Journal of International Business and
    Economics, Vol 9, Number 3, 2009

    Hedge fund performance persistence: A multinomial approach-application to Asian  hedge funds,
    Journal of International Finance and Economics, Vol 8, No. 3, 2008.

    Malaysia’s national budget and the emergence of knowledge economy, International  Journal of e-
    Business Strategy Management, Nov/Dec 2002, Vol 4, No. 2.

    The rice cultivation in Bangladesh: A linear and quadratic programming approach, Asia Pacific Journal
    of Rural Development, July 2002, Vol XII, N0. 1

    A quadratic application in farm planning under uncertainty, Vol 29, No. 3 and 4, 2002, International  
    Journal of Social Economics, Emerald, MCB University Press.

    Bangladesh: building for a better future? International journal of Social Economics, Vol 29,  No. 9 and
    10, 2002. Emerald, MCB University Press.

    Malaysian experience and the Asian turmoil, Asian Pacific Law and  Policy Journal, Winter 2001, Vol 2,
    Issue 1.  

    The Asian financial crisis: The Malaysian experience, Vol 7, Issue 4, 2000, New Economy, Currently
    Public Policy Research, Wiley-Blackwell publishers.



    CHAPTER OF BOOK

    Multimedia Super Corridor and its contribution towards Malaysia’s efforts to move to a Knowledge
    Based Economy (2001), Chapter of the book entitled ‘Malaysia and the K-Economy, Challenges,
    Solutions and Road Ahead,’ Pelanduk Publication.


    NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

    Challenges in Euro zone, Business and Finance Weekly, The Edge, August 16, 2004 issue.  


    DOCTORAL THESIS SUPERVISION/CO-SUPERVISION

    May 12, 2008 – Present
    Consumer’s green purchase intention towards green products in Malaysia

    May 16, 2008 – present
    Fiscal Policy in Iran

    June 22, 2007 – Present
    Impact of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia’s microcredit schemes on hardcore poor households in Peninsular
    Malaysia

    July 29, 2005 – Present
    Private placement of equity: The study of Malaysian corporate sector

    Dec 28, 2005 – Present
    Social capital and economic performance: A cross country analysis

    March 3, 2004 – Present
    An empirical study on hedge fund performance in Malaysian financial market

    July 16 – Present
    Asean perspective on history, politics and economics



    UNDER-GRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISION

    Determinants of home ownership in Malaysia
    Factors of unemployment rate in Malaysia


    INTERNAL EXAMINER

    Impact of economic growth on air and water pollution in Malaysia (Phd thesis) by Halimahton Binti
    Borhan, 2010

    Tools for pattern recognition in Univariate and Multivariate process by Karuthan Chinna, Multimedia
    University 2007 (PhD thesis)

    Determinants of Homeownership in Malaysia by Tan Teck Hong, Multimedia University, 2007 (PhD
    thesis)

    Human resource development in the knowledge based economy: Role of higher educational institutions
    in Malaysia by Ghulam Rasool, Multimedia University, 2006. (Masters thesis)


    EXTERNAL EXAMINER

    Comparative economic study of co-operative and private sugar mills in Tamil Nadu by Manonmaniam
    Sundaranar University, India. PhD thesis (2004)



    TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY

    Nov 16, 2009 – Dec 10, 2009
    Training provided to foreign Government officials on the management of knowledge economy,
    organized by Basic Human Need (BHN) of Japan.

    Nov 12, 2008 – Dec 19, 2008
    Training provided to foreign Government officials on the management of knowledge economy,
    organized by Basic Human Need (BHN) of Japan.

    Nov 12, 2007 – Dec 10, 2007
    Training provided to foreign Government officials on the management of knowledge economy,
    organized by Basic Human Need (BHN) of Japan.

    March 6, 2006 – May 8, 2006
    Training provided to Government officials on regulatory economics, organized by the Ministry of
    Energy, Water and Communication, Government of Malaysia.

    Aug 14, 2006 – Sept 26, 2006
    Training provided to foreign Government officials on the management of knowledge economy,
    organized by Basic Human Need (BHN) of Japan.

    Feb 12, 2004 - Feb 27, 2004
    Training provided to foreign Government officials on the management of knowledge economy,
    organized by Basic Human Need (BHN) of Japan


    SPEAKER

    The management of knowledge economy (2005), in the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC),
    IT/HRD seminar at Cititel, Mid Valley Kuala Lumpur, Sept 14, 2005. Organized by The Japanese
    Chamber of Trade and Industry, Malaysia (JACTIM) and NTT Msc Sdn. Bhd.

    Knowledge economy in Malaysia (2005), organized by NTT Msc Sdn.Bhd, Apec IT/HRD seminar in
    concord hotel in Shah Alam, Malaysia on Nov 16, 2005.

    K-economy seminar (2002) organized by the Japanese Chamber of Trade and Industry, Malaysia and
    NTT Msc Sdn Bhd at NTT Msc Msc Sdn. Bhd at Cyberjaya, Malaysia. Dec 9, 2002.


    FUNDING ACTIVITIES

    IRPA funding (Fund from Malaysian Government).
    Total budget of RM 58,000.
    The project number : 05-99-01-0034-EA030.
    Project title : The readiness of Malaysia for the knowledge Economy.  
    March 1, 2003.  Project completed

    Internal funding from Faculty of Management, MMU.
    Project title: A study of performance evaluation of KLCI stocks: A mean-variance approach.
    Project completed in 2008.


    TEACHING EVALUATION AND AWARDS

    Certificate of Achievement by Multimedia University for achieving academic evaluation of 4.5 and
    above for Trimester 1, 2007/2008.

    Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding efforts by McGraw Hill Publication.  Jan 28, 2005


    EXPERIENCED IN HANDLING SOFTWARE

    Lindo, Lingo, Eviews, SPSS, Amos, Minitab and Shazam.


    BOOK REVIEWER

    Money, monetary policy and the Malaysian market, McGraw Hill Publication, 2001


    REFERENCES

    Upon request


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