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Firas AbouZaki

First Name: 
Firas
Last Name: 
AbouZaki

· Civil Engineer with 23+ years of experience; 20+ years in Projects’ Controls/Projects’ Management fields

· PhD in Engineering Management, Masters in Project Management, Bachelor of Engineering in Civil and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics/Quantity Survey. Certified as M.MENSA, MRICS, ACIArb, PQS, PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP, CCE, EVP, PSP, CRA, and CCC

· Ability to lead and manage departments of over 100 senior engineers in  Operations, Projects’ Management Office (PMO), Project/s Management, Projects’ Controls, Planning/scheduling, Cost/Budget, Contracts, Commercial, Documents Control, using Aconex/ Primavera Expedition/ Others, Procurement, with projects ranging and diversified from Infrastructure, Road Works/Bridges, Networks, Oil/Gas, Industrial, Transit/Metros, Villas, High-Rise/Medium towers (Commercial, Residential, and Hotels), and Airports

· Strong skills in Leadership, effective written/ verbal communication, Contracts/Claims’ Management, Documents Controls Management, Marketing, Management, Projects’ Controls/Projects’ Management, Planning/Scheduling, Cost Controls; managing up to 100 senior engineers, managing portfolios of  multiple programs/projects worth over CAN$ 10 Billion

· Setting up and leading successful Project Management Offices for three major international companies

· Ability to work under pressure; acquired man management and team building techniques of homogenous as well as multinational work-force to converge efforts towards achievement of growth and profitability objectives

· Excessive knowledge in Oracle Primavera 6 (Completed up to 158,000 activities’ Baseline Program), Oracle ERP (JD Edwards), Aconex, Primavera Contract Manager (PCM Rev 14), AutoCAD, STAAD, Hard Dollar (Cost Controls Program), Construction Computer Software (CCS), PERT Master (Risk Management), Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office

· Languages; English (Fluently), Arabic (Fluently), and French (Basic)

Currently expediting my Professional Engineering License in Ontario (P.Eng), the Gold Seal Certificate (GSC), and the Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC)

Professional Since: 
Nov-1989 (34.4 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Jan 2000 (24.2 yrs experience, WARNING: 10.2 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
13

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