Engr. Md. Hakikur Rahman, PhD. is the Founder-Principal, Institute of Computer Management & Science (ICMS), and President of ICMS Foundation.  He is currently serving as a Post-Doctoral researcher at the University of Minho, Portugal. He is an Adjunct Faculty of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh. He served Sustainable Development Networking Foundation (SDNF) as its Executive Director (CEO) from January 2007 to December 2007, the transformed entity of the Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) in Bangladesh where he was working as the National Project Coordinator (December 1999- December 2006). SDNP is a global initiative of UNDP and it completed its activity in Bangladesh on December 31, 2006. Before joining SDNP he worked as the Director, Computer Division, Bangladesh Open University. He also served as the Coordinator-Secretary of the South Asia Foundation Bangladesh Chapter (2001-2008); and Head Examiner (Computer), Bangladesh Technical Education Board (2000-2008). Graduating from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1981, he has done his Master's of Engineering from the American University of Beirut in 1986 and completed his PhD in Computer Engineering from the Ansted University, UK in 2001.

Dr. Rahman started his academic career at the Dhaka Engineering College as Lecturer in July 1981 and stayed there till December 1981. He joined Institute of Computer Management and Science, a Technical Education Board affiliated institution in 1989 as its Principal and served till November 2008 before joining the University of Minho. In between this period, he worked as a Research Fellow and teachingship in BUET during February 1986 to September 1986.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of the book series Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN), member of the international Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) of the Advances in Electronic Government Research (AEGR) Book Series; international Review Board Member of International Journal of Doctoral Studies (IJDS) (2006-2008); a reviewer for the Editorial Reviewer Board of the International Journal of E-Government Research (IJEGR); Special Issue Editor for the Journal of Electronic Commerce and Organizations (JECO); Ad Hoc reviewer for the Editorial Review Board of the Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ) (2006-2008); reviewer of Journal of Environment and Development (JED); reviewer of EISTA 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008; CITSA 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008; Director of the Informing Science Institute; and programme committee member of several international journals and conferences.

He has written several books and many articles/papers on computer based education including, e-learning, knowledge management, electronic government, and data mining applications. Among other publications he has contributed over 15 book chapters for different publishers and edited six books on ICT for Development. He is the Chairman of SchoolNet Foundation Bangladesh; Founder-Chairperson of Internet Society Bangladesh Chapter; Editor, the Monthly Computer Bichitra; and Executive Director, BAERIN (Bangladesh Advanced Education Research and Information Network) Foundation.