Timur Umarov Email & Phone Number

Almaty, Kz

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Toshkent, Uzbekistan

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Almaty, Kazakhstan

- Ensure general management and supervise multiple university’s activities - Monitor compliance of programs at the undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. levels to national standards- Coordinate international accreditation of the university’s programs- Oversee quality assurance processes and procedures and ensure general compliance to QA criteria

Almaty, Kazakhstan

- Ensured general management and supervised multiple institute's activities;- Spearheaded quality assurance of the institute's programs at the undergraduate, master's and Ph.D. levels;- Coordinated national and international accreditation of the institute's programs;- Taught courses in English for master's students (see ``Taught courses'').

Almaty

- Ensured general management, orchestrated and supervised an academic process of the departments;- Spearheaded quality assurance of the university programs at the undergraduate and master's levels;- Coordinated national and international accreditation of university programs; - Fostered getting our IT programs (enlisted below) to be second cycle ABET-accredited to 2023 with no deficiencies or weaknesses (authored programs' self-study reports, supervised and documented processes that were important for assuring quality and continuous improvement);- Implemented multiple interactions with different agencies and ministries;- Orchestrated IT-related activities within KBTU;- Taught courses in English for undergraduate and postgraduate students (see "Taught courses");- Reason for leaving: taking up a new challenge on promoting academic excellence at Satbayev University.

Almaty, Kazakhstan

- Administered overall faculty's strategic development;- Revamped curricula of the programs to better meet the job market needs;- Taught courses in English for undergraduate and postgraduate students (see "Taught courses");- Coordinated ABET accreditation -- successful accreditation of the FIT programs "Automation and Control", "Information Systems" and "Computer Systems & Software" by CAC ABET with no deficiencies or weaknesses found in July 2013 (2010--2016 accreditation cycle); we pioneered in Kazakhstan in earning such a high award for our programs;- Coordinated actions for preparing the programs for the second comprehensive accreditation cycle issued by ABET for the 2016-2017 academic year; authored self-study reports for the FIT programs; structured other types of documents in line with the requirements and criteria of CAC ABET;- Managed a process of preparation of teams for a programming contest ACM ICPC; in 2012 KBTU team was placed 13th in the general standings of the final; in 2013 -- 48th;- Coordinated a dual-degree program "Mobile Systems" implemented jointly with Lancaster University (UK). In total, we had three cohorts of students to graduate from the program. The program delivered 6 top-notch modules on the recent advancements in Telecom and IT, which was followed by a final project defense at Lancaster University;- Strengthened the programs by the joint efforts of faculty, students, employers, and graduates, and made them globally recognized.

- Taught courses for undergraduate students (Taught courses): Software Engineering, Algorithms and Data Structures, Computer Modeling, Model Driven Software Engineering, Normative Policies in Business Computing;- Entered the ABET Accreditation Task Force and was appointed as an administrator of the program "Information Systems" and Criteria 1, 2, 3, 4, and 9 for the programs "Automation and Control", "Computer Systems and Software" and "Information Systems."

Organized and launched a dual-degree master's program of Mobile Systems and Information Systems jointly with Lancaster University;I was appointed a second person in charge of ABET accreditation of the programs "Automation and Control", "Computer Systems and Software", and "Information Systems";Authored a self-study report for the program "Information Systems".

- Taught courses: Software Engineering, Algorithms and Data Structures, Normative Business Modelling, Computer Modelling, Model Driven Software Engineering;- Coordinated international cooperation of the Department of Computer Engineering; participated in the preparation of the programmes of Computer Systems and Software, Information Systems and Automation & Control for international accreditation.

- Organized academic process of the faculty;- Organized international academic and research collaboration with high-profile universities and institutions; some examples of this are: established and maintained business and scientific contacts with partner universities, as well as coordination of international activity (incl. establishing ties with MIT, Harvard University and Northwestern Polytechnic University Fremont - CA);- Organized the course on ``Microeconomics of Competitiveness: Competitive Advantage'' at KBTU for government officials, representatives of foreign and local banks, business and industry associations, local and foreign businesses in Kazakhstan (April 2005);- Taught courses in English for undergraduate students (see ``Taught courses'');- Reason for leaving: Accepted unconditional offer to enter a Ph.D. program in Computer Science at King's College London.

Overall administration of IT-related issues.

Software Development

Ph.D., Computer Science

Master (Summa Cum Laude), Information Technology

Bachelor, Engineering And Technology

Bachelor, Multichannel Telecommunication Systems