Resume

Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing

SAAD ALHOQAIL, Ph.D. & MBA

Email: salhoqail@alfaisal.edu

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. Marketing. University of Texas, Arlington, USA, 2015

MBA. Marketing. University of Colorado, Denver, USA, 2010

B.A. Marketing, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2003

 

BOARD MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE:

  • National Gas and Industrialization Company (GASCO), Board Member  & Investment Committee, 2022 - Present
  • Eastern Province Cement CO, Board Company & Nomination and Remuneration Committee, 2024 - Present
  • National Company for Education and Learning, Board Member & Investment Committee, 2019 - Present
  • Sigal Dental Clinic Co, Board Company & Nomination and Remuneration Committee, 2024 - Present
  • Saudi’s Marketing Association, Co-Founder & Vice Chair of Board of Directors, 2017 - Present
  • Saudi’s Celiac Association, Board Member & Chair of Investment Committee, 2017 – Present
  • Pioneers Marketing Award, Founder & Chairman of Board of Directors, 2016 – Present

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA
  • Assistant Professor of Marketing 2015- Present
  • Chair of Marketing Department, 2015 – 2021

 

  • T20 Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, KSA

Chair of Finance and Sponsorship Committee, 2019 -2020

 

  • University of Texas, Arlington, USA

Research/Teaching Assistant 2013-2014

 

  • Supreme Commission for Tourism & Antiquities, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Marketing Researcher 2003-2007

 

  • Massader for Training and Development, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Marketing specialist 1999 – 2002

 

PUBLICATION & CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (*Presenter)

  • Floyd, Kristopher, Ryan Freling, Saad Alhoqail, Hyun Young Cho, and Traci Freling. "How Online Product Reviews Affect Retail Sales: A Meta-analysis." Journal of Retailing 90, no. 2 (2014): 217-232. (Runner up for the 2016 Davidson Award for Best Article of 2014 in the Journal of Retailing.)
  • Alhoqail, S. A., Zacca, R., & Floyd, K. (2022). Thrown under the Bus: The Signaling Role of CMO Dismissal and its Effect on Firm Value. Journal of East-West Business, 1-16.
  • Zacca, R., & Alhoqail, S. (2021). Entrepreneurial and market orientation interactive effects on SME performance within transitional economies. Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
  • Alhoqail, S.A., Floyd, K. Content is king but context is queen: how involvement facilittes the impact of website. Int Rev Public Nonprofit Mark (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12208-020-00252-5.
  • Alhoqail, Saad, and Floyd, Kristopher (forthcoming), "How Website Information Decreases Intangibility and Influences Donation" International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing.
  • Alhoqail Saad, Floyd Kris, Hyun Young. (2019) How CSI Differentially Influences Corporate Reputation and Corporate Financial Performance: The Importance of Social Media and CSR Fit. Academy of marketing studies Journal, Volume 23, Issue 4.
  • Alanazi, A. S., & Alhoqail, S. A. (2019). Corporate governance and firms stock returns in the emerging market. Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets & Institutions, 9(3), 66-73.
  • *Alhoqail Saad. Marketing Influences on Saudi Economy. The 1st Marketing Conference . Riyadh, 2018.
  • *Alhoqail Saad. How National Songs Impact Our Emotion. The Marketing Day. Riyadh, 2017.
  • * Alhoqail Saad. Can Power Determine Donation? AMS 19th Marketing World Congress. Paris, France, 2016.
  • *Alhoqail Saad. When it is Advisable for a Firm to Fire its Marketing Manager? AMA Winter Marketing Educators’ Conference Proceedings. San Antonio, USA, 2015.
  • *Alhoqail Saad. Building the Brand Coolness Construct. Academy of Business Research Conference. New Orleans, USA, 2014.
  • *Alhoqail Saad. The Effect of Power on Donation. The Academic and Business Research Institute's International Conference. Hawaii, USA, 2014.
  • *Alhoqail Saad. Do Marketing Students Behave Differently from Other Business Students in Teamwork? Marketing Management Association. San Antonio, USA, 2014.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE:

  • Member of American Marketing Association (AMA)
  • Ad hoc Reviewer AMA Marketing Educators’ Conference
  • Ad hoc Reviewer Marketing Management Association’s Conference
  • Ad hoc Reviewer Journal of Business Research
  • Keynote Speaker in several practitioners’ conference and TV shows

 

HONORS

  • The runner up for the 2016 Global Davidson Award in the Journal of Retailing.
  • Wining the Honorable Mention: P2P Challenge the Extremist, Fall, 2015
  • Wining the Honorable Mention: P2P Challenge the Extremist, Spring, 2016
  • Employee of the year, Marketing Division, SCTA, 2004
  • Fundraising for the Handicapped Children Organization in Saudi Arabia (volunteer job), 2001

 

ADDITONAL

  • Business opinion columnist (at Aleqtisadiah” in Saudi Arabia, 2003-2005)
  • Amateur soccer team leader 1988-2006 and college team member 1999-2002.
  • I enjoy traveling, reading, sports including swimming, skiing, biking, kayaking, squash, and archery.