Mubarak Almutairi is currently the VP of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, University of Hafr Albatin (UHB). He received his B.Sc. degree in Systems Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in 1997; his MSc. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, in 2003; and his Ph.D. degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, in 2007. From 1997 to 2000, he was an Industrial Engineer with the Saudi Arabia Oil Company (Aramco). He is currently an Associate Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Hafr Albatin, Hafr Albatin, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include decision analysis, expert systems, risk assessment, information security, fuzzy logic, deep learning, and mobile government applications. Dr. Almutairi is a recipient of several research grants in the field of ITC. He has published over 70 different publications (books, book chapters, journals, conferences). He served as a Member of the KFUPM board from 2011 to 2015, and since 2015 he has been serving as a Member of the UHB board. He is a Member of IEEE (USA), and a Senior Member of IIE (USA), ASNT (USA), ASEE (USA), and SCE (Saudi Arabia). He is also a recipient of the distinguished teaching award of the University of Waterloo, Canada.