Akram Najjar has a B. Sc. in math and physics. This was followed by a B. Sc. in electronic engineering. As it turned out, his career started in information technology and not in his educational specializations.

During the first 5 years of his career, he was the Senior Systems Analyst in an airline and was responsible for the analysis and design of software applications. He then left to setup and manage two Software Development companies in the Middle East. In the early days of software, such companies usually managed the whole set of requirements for their clients. This gave Akram the chance to have a working knowledge of business and financial processes in various sectors.

After 15 years of software applications, and realizing that the industry had many shortcomings, Akram started concentrating on disciplines that would have resolved a lot of issues in software development. These were the fields of Project Management, Data Analysis and Process Improvement.

His interest in Data Analysis goes back to his degree in math and physics, giving him a love of quantitative business methods that stayed with him throughout the changes of this term, going through data analysis, data science and machine learning.

Akram is highly involved in training management in these 3 subjects and has published 6 technical books that result from his consulting and training experience.