[b]Ashraf Alkhairy[/b] is a skilled professional with proficiency in scientific research, agility, teamwork communication, planning, organization, initiative, problem solving, management and commercial awareness, and has great leadership skills. He has served as Senior Principal Consultant at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC). Alkhairy has worked for the KAPSARC business, research and organizational strategy design framework.

Moreover, he proposed and developed specifications of research projects in the near term and developed a detailed concept document for the Energy Data and Models System (EDMS).

EDMS serves as a knowledge infrastructure for data centric economic, energy, water, environmental analysis, modeling, forecasting, and policy studies. It is a researcher’s toolkit for the provision of analytic and forecast data and models of the integrated economic network based on hydrocarbons, natural energy resources, and water.

[b]Ashraf Alkhairy[/b] has held the following visiting positions:
 Visiting scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
 Visiting professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (CEEPR)
 Visiting scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Mechanical Engineering

[b]About Ashraf Alkhairy[/b]

Ashraf Alkhairy has completed his Ph.D., Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Later, he completed his Master’s in Business Administration from KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He specializes in strategic management, finance, and economics, and he was honored by the KFUPM President for his academic excellence. Ashraf Alkhairy specializes in scientific research agility, teamwork communication, planning, organization, initiative, problem solving, management and commercial awareness, and has great leadership skills. He has published various reports and research projects. He has registered for patents of Geophone Coupling for Excited Systems and Ambient Noise and Geophone Coupling.