Emad Rahim Biography

Dr. Emad Rahim is an award-winning author, educator, and entrepreneur, as well as the Kotouc Endowed Chair and Professor at Bellevue University, Cornell Consultant, and Partner at Ztudium and IntelligentHQ. He is an MLE Harvard Fellow, Fulbright Fellow, and TEDx Speaker. He was a Kaufmann Foundation eProfessor in the School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Morrisville State College, where he created the Project Management Center of Excellence and Venture Connect. Rahim has been named Distinguished Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Oklahoma State University, as well as a Visiting Scholar at Rutgers and Syracuse Universities. He was a former University Dean at Colorado Technical University's College of Business, where he helped the institution obtain ACBSP accreditation, SHRM alignment, MBA ranks from CEO Magazine, and listings in the Financial Times, as well as extra accreditation from GAC-PMI. Rahim has also worked as a Curriculum Dean at Strayer University, as well as co-founding and serving as the Chief Learning Officer of Global i365 LLC, co-founding and serving as President of the Human Service Association of Central New York, co-founding the CNY Inclusion Conference, and as an Associate Partner of Innovative Development Inc of CNY. His genocide story was adapted into the Syracuse Stage Theatre production Tales from the Salt City, which is an extension of the acclaimed Undesirable Elements series written by celebrated playwright Against The Odds (F.A.M.E.'US International Film Festival's 2016 Bronze Award Winner), and was included in The Digital Archive of Cambodia Holocaust Survivors. He was recently asked to join the award-winning documentary series On The Spot, in which he will collaborate with renowned filmmakers Eszter Cseke and András S. Takács. During the 97th AACC Annual Convention in New Orleans, Rahim received an Award of Distinction from Southwest University in El Paso, the John H. Mulroy Founder's Award from SUNY Onondaga Community College, and the prestigious Outstanding Alumni Award from the American Association of Community Colleges. He was named Certified Manager of the Year by ICPM at James Madison University and 40 Under Forty Business Leader by Whitman School of Management and the CNY and received a Congressional Award for Civic Engagement, Riata Entrepreneur Teaching Excellence Award from Oklahoma State University, Teaching Innovation Award from Bellevue University, and named Certified Manager of the Year by ICPM at James Madison University. He was also a finalist for the LGS Syracuse Distinguished Community Leader Award, the John Robert Gregg Award, and the CEC Educator of the Year Award. Despite having barely completed high school, Rahim has received several prestigious academic honors, including advanced post-doctoral qualifications from Harvard University, Tulane University, and the University of Maryland/UC. In marketing and management, he received a Post-Doctorate Diploma from Freeman School of Business and was designated Academically Quality (AQ) by AACSB. He graduated from Colorado Technical University with a Doctorate of Management and two graduate business degrees, and he attended SUNY Empire State College for his undergraduate studies. For his academic achievements, he received an honorary Ph.D. from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and an Associate degree from SUNY Onondaga Community College. Former Fellow at The Saylor Foundation, Beyster Institute, MLE at Harvard Graduate School of Education, MFP Booth School of Business, The Refractive Thinker, and Intellectbase International Consortium, as well as distinguished membership at Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Coleman Foundation (awarded grants), and served on the Board of Directors of Contact Community Services, Good Life Youth Foundation, Syra Foundation, and Intellectbase International Consortium.

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