Mohammed has over 11 years of experience in project management, with expertise field research, data collection and analysis. Prior to joining CLIC, he held the posts of Baghdad Branch Manager and Kurdistan Branch Manager for the Independent Institute for Administration & Civil Society Studies (IIACSS), and worked with International Business and Technical Consultants Inc. as a Monitoring and Evaluation Manager overseeing impact assessments of USAID projects. He also spent two years in Independent Marketing Research as a field manager. Mohammed holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Basra University (Iraq), a second Bachelor’s Degree in Sea Sciences from the Arab Gulf Academy for Maritime Studies (Iraq) and has completed additional training programs on focus group implementation (Opinion Research Business, London), and Cross-National Values Analysis and Values Change Production (Eastern Michigan University).