Dr. Raed Omar Sbeit

Areas of Expertise

organizational leadership, strategic planning, management

Biography

Dr. Raed Omar Sbeit is a seasoned executive and educator with over two decades of experience in organizational leadership, strategic planning, and operational excellence across corporate, government, and nonprofit sectors. He currently serves as Executive Director of MAS-DFW and is the founder of the North Texas Leadership Development Academy. Dr. Sbeit has held senior roles at Verizon, AT&T, and Charles Schwab, leading multimillion-dollar digital transformations and agile implementations. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Management from SMU and is certified in Lean Six Sigma, Agile Coaching, and SAFe. His teaching integrates Islamic ethics with modern administrative frameworks to prepare students for impactful leadership in Muslim institutions.

Selected Publications and Work

Salian, Dharmender Trilok, Gasan Elkhodari, Rabih Neouchi, Steven Brown, Eduard Babulak, and Raed Sbeit. "A New Approach to Improving Natural Language Processing Capabilities Using Generative AI: A Systematic Review and Future Perspectives." The Social Impact of Next-Generation Smart Cyber Technology (2026): 139-172. Wang, Ping, and Raed Sbeit. "A comprehensive mentoring model for cybersecurity education." In 17th International Conference on Information Technology–New Generations (ITNG 2020), pp. 17-23. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. Wang, Ping, Noman Hayes, Maureen Bertocci, Kenneth Williams, and Raed Sbeit. "The role of industry partnerships and collaborations in information technology education." In 17th International Conference on Information Technology–New Generations (ITNG 2020), pp. 9-15. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. D’Cruze, Hubert, Ping Wang, Raed Omar Sbeit, and Andrew Ray. "A software-defined networking (SDN) approach to mitigating DDoS attacks." In Information Technology-New Generations: 14th International Conference on Information Technology, pp. 141-145. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. Sbeit, Raed, and Ping Wang. "BUILDING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN CORPORATE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: VERIZON CASE STUDY." Issues in Information Systems 18, no. 4 (2017).

Selected BIS Teaching

• IRL-714 Islamic Institutional Administration

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