Experience

Decima International, LLC
• Co-Founder & CEO

  • Nov 2019 - Present


Terra Builders, Inc.

• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & President

  • Feb 2016 - Present

  Direct business development, growth strategies, client management and development, revenue diversification, talent acquisition, and project management services. Achieved 26% revenue growth year-over-year (2016-2018). Established procedures for project management, cost estimation, project controls, change management, quality assurance, information sharing, and responsibility assignment. Developed and managed a team of 23 project managers, project engineers and superintendents, and led the successful completion of multiple design-build and design-bid-build projects, including residential buildings, retail spaces, and administrative offices. Negotiated and administered design-build contracts, design-bid-build contracts, and construction contracts, and successfully navigated price-sensitive proposals in volatile economic conditions. Developed and implemented mobile, cloud-based project controls, EVMS and change management systems that scale effectively to projects of varying sizes. Developed the company’s procurement strategy by establishing an extensive network of vendors, suppliers and subcontractors. Invested in and deployed mobile, cloud-based collaboration and communication tools to significantly improve efficiency and transparency and reduce errors. Navigated the company successfully through extreme economic duress during the 2016 Egyptian pound floatation and subsequent desubsidization of essential utilities and fuel and their respective aftermaths by making critical strategic decisions that ensured the company’s stability. Show less



Jacobs Engineering

• Sr. Project Controls Manager

  • Jun 2011 - Feb 2016

  Responsible for program master planning, budget forecasting and earned value management (EVMS). Provided multi-project controls support – conceptual phase to detailed construction phase. Performed detailed progress evaluations and recommendations to directors and managers. Successfully managed delay claims, including detailed cost and schedule analysis, owner legal team coordination and support, and presenting finding until successful resolutions are reached. Performed resource and cost loaded schedule analysis (EVMS / forecasting). Prepared risk analysis of preliminary and construction project schedules. Responsible for developing and reviewing contracts, including scheduling specifications. Show less



Rudolph and Sletten

• United States
• Construction
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Sr. Scheduler / Trainer

  • Jun 2007 - Jun 2011

  Provided scheduling theory and software training to operations personnel. Responsible for planning and scheduling of construction work and work crew, and gathering and analyzing information for progress report preparation. Prepared evaluations of current procedures; providing management with project planning and efficiency recommendations to improve project performance. Performed Earned Value Management (EVMS), utilizing cost and resource loaded schedules to evaluate project performance. Responsible for completing variance analysis, critical path analysis, look-ahead schedules analysis and delay claim analysis and resolution. Show less



The University of Southern California

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2007 - May 2007

  Graduate teaching assistant at the University of Southern California. Course is Project Cost Estimating, Control, Planning and Scheduling offered to students pursuing a Master’s degree in Construction Management and Civil Engineering. Responsibilities include teaching master planning and scheduling theory and conducting Primavera workshops. Graduate teaching assistant at the University of Southern California. Course is Project Cost Estimating, Control, Planning and Scheduling offered to students pursuing a Master’s degree in Construction Management and Civil Engineering. Responsibilities include teaching master planning and scheduling theory and conducting Primavera workshops.



Bechtel / PGESCo.

• Procurement Specialist / Project Engineer

  • Oct 2004 - Nov 2005

  Projects: New Talkha and El Kureimat Power Plants (400+ Million USD each) Formulated and issued Tender and Contract Documents for power plants. Evaluated and qualified tenderers according to selection and evaluation criteria. Negotiated with tenderers. Liaised with clients and developed Contracts Compliance Matrices. Administered contracts during execution. Managed interfaces between Engineering, Procurement, Scheduling, Construction, Contractors, and Owner. Show less



Dorra Group

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Engineer

  • Feb 2003 - Sep 2004

  Coordinated with Project Controls home office department to accurately update and report on schedule progress. Organized and supervised construction/labor teams to complete tasks to meet schedule deadlines. Core contributor to feasibility studies for Al Mohandiseen Gardens II project. Responsibilities within this new project involved planning, scheduling and construction progress monitoring. Coordinated with Project Controls home office department to accurately update and report on schedule progress. Organized and supervised construction/labor teams to complete tasks to meet schedule deadlines. Core contributor to feasibility studies for Al Mohandiseen Gardens II project. Responsibilities within this new project involved planning, scheduling and construction progress monitoring.