Salman Z. Alharthi is an SMIEEE and a distinguished member at AIS. He is also a member of the International Federation of Automatic Control, an ACM Ambassador, and an ACM Software Engineering Member. He completed his BEng in electrical and computer engineering, awarded by Umm AlQura University (UQU), in 2006 and worked for several years in the field of engineering. In 2012, he completed his Master's degree in Information System Processes, awarded by South East Technological University (SETU; Irish: Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta an Oirdheiscirt), and joined academia with UQU. He completed his PhD in Modelling and Simulation, awarded by Universiti Malaya in 2019, one of the top 100 universities around the globe. He worked as head of the information system department and vice dean for quality and now he is working with higher education institutions in a variety of academic activities, including educational development, quality accreditation and research.