​Ahmad Atieh had received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Ottawa Canada in 1997, M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology in 1987 and B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Yarmouk University Jordan in 1985. His current research interests are in the fields of optical fiber communication systems including optical fiber characterization, optical amplifiers, nonlinear fiber optics, and optical communication transmission systems. As well as in Free-space optical communication systems. He has contributed more than 180 technical papers in different refereed journals and conferences. He holds over 32 issued patent and patent pending. He worked at the National Research Council of Canada, JDS Uniphase Inc, BTI Systems Inc in Canada, Taibah University in Madinah Saudi Arabia, Jordan University in Amman Jordan. He is currently VP at Optiwave Systems Inc. Canada and Adjunct Professor at University of Ottawa.​