Ts Dr KHAIRUL AZIZAN BIN SUDA

@unikl.edu.my

Senior Lecturer, UNIKL MIDI, Manufacturing, Management and Technology
Universiti Kuala Lumpur

Ts Dr KHAIRUL AZIZAN BIN SUDA

EDUCATION

* 2020 PhD in Project Management
* 2008 MSc. in Engineering Business Management
* 2004 Bachelor in IT (Software Engineering)

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Management of Technology and Innovation, Geography, Planning and Development
5

Scopus Publications

82

Scholar Citations

4

Scholar h-index

2

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

  • Stakeholder Collaboration for Smart City Development in Malaysia: A Triple Helix Perspective
    Khairul Azizan Suda, Nazatul Shima Abdul Rani, Ibtessam Boubekeur
    2025 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Computing Etecom 2025, 2025
    Rapid urbanization and technological change have intensified the global demand for smart city development, particularly in emerging economies such as Malaysia. This study investigates the role of government, universities, and private companies in driving smart city development (SCD) within the Malaysian context, applying the Triple Helix Model as the theoretical framework. A quantitative survey of 399 respondents from key smart city locations, including Greater Kuala Lumpur, Cyberjaya, and Smart Selangor, was conducted. Descriptive results indicate strong perceived contributions from government, universities, and private companies, though overall SCD has a slightly lower mean score, reflecting implementation challenges. Correlation analysis reveals significant positive associations between all variables, with private companies showing the strongest relationship, followed by universities and government. These findings underscore the pivotal role of private sector innovation and investment, alongside universities’ contributions in research and human capital, and government support through policy and infrastructure. The study highlights the necessity of collaborative governance, where synergistic partnerships among academia, industry, and government foster knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and effective implementation. The results provide critical insights for policymakers to advance sustainable smart city development in Malaysia. Keywords— Smart City, Government, Universities, Private Companies, Triple Helix Model, Public-Private Partnerships.
  • A Review on Critical Success Factors for Sustainable Infrastructure Construction Project Portfolios
    Damiebi Denni-Fiberesima, Nazatul Shima Abdul Rani, Khairul Azizan Suda
    Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 2024
  • Government, Universities, and Private Companies Influences on Smart Cities Performance: Malaysia Perspectives
    Khairul Azizan Suda, Nazatul Shima Abdul Rani, Ibtessam Boubekeur, K. Sarojani Devi Krish nan
    Studies in Systems Decision and Control, 2024
  • The Influence of Quality Information on Fraud Management at the Workplace: Employee Perspectives
    Nazatul Shima Abdul Rani, Khairul Azizan Suda, K. Sarojani Devi Krishnan, Chahhoub Fatimazahra
    Studies in Systems Decision and Control, 2024
  • Internal Locus of Control and Resilience During and After Economic Turbulence of Women Entrepreneur
    Economic Affairs New Delhi, 2023

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Stakeholder Collaboration for Smart City Development in Malaysia: A Triple Helix Perspective
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, I Boubekeur
    2025 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and … , 2025
    2025
  • Role of Private Companies as Mediators in Enhancing Smart City Performance: Insights from Malaysia
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, I Boubekeur, MS Saharudin
    Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 10 (SI25), 47-54 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • The Influence of Quality Information on Fraud Management at the Workplace: Employee Perspectives
    NSA Rani, KA Suda, K Sarojani Devi Krishnan, C Fatimazahra
    Technology-Driven Business Innovation: Unleashing the Digital Advantage … , 2024
    2024
  • Government, Universities, and Private Companies Influences on Smart Cities Performance: Malaysia Perspectives
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, I Boubekeur, KSDK nan
    Technology-Driven Business Innovation: Unleashing the Digital Advantage … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Project Portfolios
    D Denni-Fiberesima¹, NSA Rani, KA Suda
    Technology and Business Model Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities … , 2024
    2024
  • Internal locus of control and resilience during and after economic turbulence of women entrepreneur
    NSA Rani, KSD Krishnan, KA Suda
    Economic Affairs 68 (03), 1757-1763 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • Public Partnership and Performance of Smart Cities in Malaysia
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, KSD Krishnan
    Asia Proceedings of Social Sciences 11 (1), 80-85 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • A review on critical success factors for sustainable infrastructure construction project portfolios
    D Denni-Fiberesima, NSA Rani, KA Suda
    International Conference on Business and Technology, 185-192 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • The Intention to Use Co-Working Space: Is it related to Rental Fees, Location, and Training?
    KSD Krishnan, NSA Rani, KA Suda
    GATR Journals , 2022
    2022
  • The Influencing Factors on Bumiputra Entrepreneur Intention to Use Co-Working Space
    NSA Rani, KSD Krishnan, KA Suda
    Facilities (F) 2, H3 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Government Policy and Education Development on Msmes Performance at Mogadishu, Somalia
    NSA Rani, KSD Krishnan, YA Omar, KA Suda
    ICSST 2021: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social … , 2022
    2022
  • The Influencing Factors on Bumiputra Entrepreneur Intention to Use Co-Working Space.
    NS Abdul Rani, KS Devi Krishnan, KA Suda
    Global Journal of Business Social Sciences Review (GATR-GJBSSR) 10 (3), 163 , 2022
    2022
  • An Effective Model for Fraud Risk Management in Mitigating Telecommunication Fraud Incidences
    NSA Rani, KS Krishnan, KA Suda, C Fatimazahra
    Asia Proceedings of Social Sciences 8 (2), 112-116 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 2
  • The Relationship of IQ among Project Managers with Oil and Gas Project Success
    KA Suda, K Shavarebi, NSA Rani
    TEST Engineering & Management 82 (January-February 2020), 5593-5598 , 2020
    2020
  • Heuristics, Self-Leadership and Softwares for Effective Projects Decision Making
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, JN Ramli, H Abdul Rahman
    International Business Management 11 (8), 1573-1576 , 2017
    2017
  • Self- Leadership and Heuristics for Effective Project Management Decision Making
    KA Suda, NS Abdul Rani, J Noor Ramli, H Abdul Rahman
    Innovative Design and Manufacturing Engineering Conference 2016. , 2016
    2016
  • A Review on Theories Used for Decision Making in Project Management Studies
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, HA Rahman, W Chen
    International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research 6 (10), 562-566 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 5
  • A Review on Risks and Project Risks Management: Oil and Gas Industry
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, HA Rahman, W Chen
    International Journal of Scientifc and Engineering Research 6 (8), 938-943 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 50
  • Radio frequency identification for efficient library management
    S Khairul Azizan, AR Nazatul Shima
    International Journal of Business and Social Science 4 (15) , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 11
  • The importance of'risk radar'in software risk management: A case of a Malaysian company
    KA Suda, NSA Rani
    International Journal of Business and Social Science 1 (3) , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 6

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • A Review on Risks and Project Risks Management: Oil and Gas Industry
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, HA Rahman, W Chen
    International Journal of Scientifc and Engineering Research 6 (8), 938-943 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 50
  • Radio frequency identification for efficient library management
    S Khairul Azizan, AR Nazatul Shima
    International Journal of Business and Social Science 4 (15) , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 11
  • The importance of'risk radar'in software risk management: A case of a Malaysian company
    KA Suda, NSA Rani
    International Journal of Business and Social Science 1 (3) , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 6
  • A Review on Theories Used for Decision Making in Project Management Studies
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, HA Rahman, W Chen
    International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research 6 (10), 562-566 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 5
  • Internal locus of control and resilience during and after economic turbulence of women entrepreneur
    NSA Rani, KSD Krishnan, KA Suda
    Economic Affairs 68 (03), 1757-1763 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • A review on critical success factors for sustainable infrastructure construction project portfolios
    D Denni-Fiberesima, NSA Rani, KA Suda
    International Conference on Business and Technology, 185-192 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • An Effective Model for Fraud Risk Management in Mitigating Telecommunication Fraud Incidences
    NSA Rani, KS Krishnan, KA Suda, C Fatimazahra
    Asia Proceedings of Social Sciences 8 (2), 112-116 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 2
  • Role of Private Companies as Mediators in Enhancing Smart City Performance: Insights from Malaysia
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, I Boubekeur, MS Saharudin
    Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 10 (SI25), 47-54 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Government, Universities, and Private Companies Influences on Smart Cities Performance: Malaysia Perspectives
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, I Boubekeur, KSDK nan
    Technology-Driven Business Innovation: Unleashing the Digital Advantage … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Public Partnership and Performance of Smart Cities in Malaysia
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, KSD Krishnan
    Asia Proceedings of Social Sciences 11 (1), 80-85 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • The Influencing Factors on Bumiputra Entrepreneur Intention to Use Co-Working Space
    NSA Rani, KSD Krishnan, KA Suda
    Facilities (F) 2, H3 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Stakeholder Collaboration for Smart City Development in Malaysia: A Triple Helix Perspective
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, I Boubekeur
    2025 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and … , 2025
    2025
  • The Influence of Quality Information on Fraud Management at the Workplace: Employee Perspectives
    NSA Rani, KA Suda, K Sarojani Devi Krishnan, C Fatimazahra
    Technology-Driven Business Innovation: Unleashing the Digital Advantage … , 2024
    2024
  • Project Portfolios
    D Denni-Fiberesima¹, NSA Rani, KA Suda
    Technology and Business Model Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities … , 2024
    2024
  • The Intention to Use Co-Working Space: Is it related to Rental Fees, Location, and Training?
    KSD Krishnan, NSA Rani, KA Suda
    GATR Journals , 2022
    2022
  • Government Policy and Education Development on Msmes Performance at Mogadishu, Somalia
    NSA Rani, KSD Krishnan, YA Omar, KA Suda
    ICSST 2021: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social … , 2022
    2022
  • The Influencing Factors on Bumiputra Entrepreneur Intention to Use Co-Working Space.
    NS Abdul Rani, KS Devi Krishnan, KA Suda
    Global Journal of Business Social Sciences Review (GATR-GJBSSR) 10 (3), 163 , 2022
    2022
  • The Relationship of IQ among Project Managers with Oil and Gas Project Success
    KA Suda, K Shavarebi, NSA Rani
    TEST Engineering & Management 82 (January-February 2020), 5593-5598 , 2020
    2020
  • Heuristics, Self-Leadership and Softwares for Effective Projects Decision Making
    KA Suda, NSA Rani, JN Ramli, H Abdul Rahman
    International Business Management 11 (8), 1573-1576 , 2017
    2017
  • Self- Leadership and Heuristics for Effective Project Management Decision Making
    KA Suda, NS Abdul Rani, J Noor Ramli, H Abdul Rahman
    Innovative Design and Manufacturing Engineering Conference 2016. , 2016
    2016

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

19 years in oil and gas upstream and downstream mainly in maintenance, sales, project management as well as R & D.