He worked as an Assistant Professor of Information Technology Department and dean of Engineering at University of Kalamoon. He also worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate of NOAA ISET at North Carolina A & T State University. He received his PhD in Computer Engineering from the West Virginia University in 2007. His research includes topics in Biometrics, Medical imaging, Data Mining and Data Fusion. Dr. Haj Said was an instructor in New York University, and worked as software developer at Net-Centric Technologies in Canada.