Experience

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  United Infrastructure Projects

  • UAE

  • Founder and CEO

    • Jan 2000 - Present
    • UAE

    UIProjects self-performed $700 million worth of challenging Design Build (D-B) projects, and designed another $700 million, spread over 300 sites across 7 countries, overseeing hundreds of engineers/ managers and over 5,000 strong local workforce. Example is the D-B of the $67 million USACE Farah...

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  Edison International

  • Southern California, USA

  • Commercialization Director

    • Sep 1990 - Dec 1999
    • Southern California, USA

    Started as the Cost & Scheduling Engineer on the initially $1 billion NOx Emission Reduction Program of all Southern California Edison power plants. Moved to Research Department providing project management support to their up to $200 million/year R&D programs, including membership in sev...

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  Kuwait Projects Management Consulting Co. (KPM)

  • Kuwait

  • Founder and CEO

    • Jun 1981 - Aug 1990
    • Kuwait

    Established one of the Middle East first construction management firms, which turned out to be the incubator for firms like Projacs and CMCS. Managed several real estate Design Build, and Built-to-Lease projects. Set up an A/E subsidiary to design in-house projects. One of the regional pioneer...

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  Kirby Building Systems - A group company of Alg...

  • Kuwait

  • Manager of Special Projects

    • Jan 1976 - Jun 1981
    • Kuwait

    Started as Sales Manager in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Sudan. Left to do my Masters in Construction Management in George Washington U. Rejoined in 1980 as Customer Services Manager, providing costing and order control support to all Kirby regional offices in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, and E...