Amirah Bahaaudeen is an Assistant Professor specialized in Management Information Systems at the University of Business and technology, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Amirah has a MSc in Computer Based Information Systems from Sunderland University and DBA in Business Intelligence from Grenoble Ecole de Management. She has more than 10 years of teaching experience in teaching MIS courses and designing MIS curriculum. Moreover, she is an Oracle Certified Professional Database Administrator which enabled her to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and the market demands in the Saudi business environment by designing and implementing practical lab curriculum using advanced technology such as ORACLE database, SAS Visual Analytics and SAP products. The theme of Business Intelligence and Decision Support Systems is pervasive not only in her teaching, but in her research as well. In particularly she is interested in Big Data and Data Mining application in business as her doctorate thesis is about the influence of data warehousing on improving decision making quality.

Dr. Amirah have held several administration positions; Director of Admission and Registration, Director of Academic Affairs, Vice Dean of Student Affairs, and Dean's Assistant of Graduate Studies. In addition, she has been a member in committees that evaluate students’ graduation projects. She has worked as system analyst on the project team responsible for designing and developing decision support reports that were required by the quality and accreditation committee of the university of Business and technology. She was a member of the learning and teaching committee designated to obtain the accreditation from the National Committee for Academic Accreditation and Assessment.