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Dr Hossein Sharif

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Dr Hossein Sharif is a Fellow of British Computer Society. He has nearly two decades of experience in digital technologies and ventures as a specialist, researcher, innovator, consultant, entrepreneur and executive. His involvement encompasses private, public and not-for-profit sectors in the UK, Europe and globally.

Presently, Dr Sharif is engaged in research, consultancy and technology commercialisation projects as well as providing education and training for executives, MBA and postgraduate candidates in the following fields which also constitute his domains of interest:

  • Blockchain and distributed autonomous systems
  • Disruptive business models, platform ventures (aka gig economy), FinTech
  • SME development and growth modelling
  • Digital marketing, growth hacking, market analytics
  • Big data, data science, business analytics
  • Process management, enterprise architecture
  • E-Government, development informatics, public sector transformation

For prospective business and industry clients who would like to explore collaboration and partnership opportunities as well as PhD candidates, please contact Dr Sharif through the email address provided below.

Email Dr Sharif

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • A novel model for cloud computing analytics and measurement, Shams, A., Sharif, H., Helfert, M. May 2021, In: Journal of Advances in Information Technology
  • Performance Analysis of a Hyperledger Iroha Blockchain Framework Used in the UK Livestock Industry, Ntolkeras, K., Sharif, H., Salmasi, S., Knottenbelt, W. 6 Dec 2021, Proceedings - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2021, Piscataway, US, IEEE

Sheikh Junaid Nayyer Start Date: 01/03/2019

  • Computing Science PhD July 03 2017
  • Fellow (FBCS) British Computer Society (BCS) 2017


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