Bahjat Fakieh is working as an associate professor and the head of the information systems department at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah - Saudi Arabia. Previously, Bahjat was working as a lecturer in Federation University in association with ATMC college campus in Sydney for 1.5 years to teach cloud computing for a postgraduate program. In addition, he was working as an Information Systems tutor in Macquarie University for 4.5 years.

His research interest is data analysis and digital transformation for business and healthcare. In addition, Bahjat is holding several globally recognized professional certificates in IT service management, as well as working as a coach for business development from the technology perspective.