Prior to his appointment in HCT he was the Managing Director of the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT)[7][8] from 2007 till the end of 2014, where he established Applied Technology High Schools (ATHS), Fatima College for Health Sciences,[9] and Abu Dhabi Polytechnic.[10][11] He started his career at UAE University as associate professor, His appointments at UAE University included the post of Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research where he founded a University-wide Internship and Work Integrated Learning (iWIL) program.[12]