Rym Baouendi

Managing Director at WAVE
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Brookline, Massachusetts, United States, US
Languages
  • Arabic Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Italian Limited working proficiency
  • Spanish Elementary proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency

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Robert Okpala

I worked with Rym when she was at BuroHappold in the early 2010s and was a Client of hers when she set up Medina Works. I can honestly say she is one of the best system thinkers of social, economic and environmental sustainability, that I have worked with. She is a natural entrepreneur and always strives to maximize the opportunities and overcome the constraints to bring complex sustainable solutions to reality. She is both creative and passionate in going about her work which is infectious for the teams she works with. I wholeheartedly recommend Rym.

Firas AbouKhamis, P.Eng.

I have known Rym for over a decade and reported directly to her in her capacity as a Sustainability Associate at Buro Happold. Rym brings a unique blend of inspiring high performance teams, promoting innovation and thought leadership. Rym's leadership style is an extension of her personal brand, specifically her ability to build innovative solutions to tackle complex problems. She has an outstanding and admirable ability to draw on past experiences, analyze the present, and identify new market trends to illuminate the future with comprehensive, unique, and impactful solutions. During her tenure with Buro Happold Rym managed the implementation of a new green building rating system tailored specifically to the climate, culture and environment of Abu Dhabi where her innovative approach in responding to the client’s needs, managing political relations and inspiring the team to provide pragmatic solutions manifested in the success of the entire program. I have experienced first hand Rym's ability to renew and reinvigorate spirit of cooperation and collaboration by fostering creativity and ideation to create innovative project delivery procedures while remaining profitable. I was inspired , and continue to be through following her on Social Media, by her visions, strategies and business acumen to identify opportunities. As I am writing this recommendation the list of calibers rushing to my mind that would describe Rym seem endless, some of those tangible include; innovative, intelligent, strategic, visionary, pragmatic, decisive and transparent. Some of her qualities that make her an extraordinary leader include: caring, humility, commitment, dedication, humor, honesty, integrity, and resiliency

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Credentials

  • BREEAM for Schools
    BRE
  • Estidama Pearl Qualified Professional
    Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council
  • LEED AP
    Green Builiding Business Inc

Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Retail
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Managing Director
      • May 2023 - Present
    • Canada
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • Founder and Managing Director
      • Dec 2010 - Present

      Provided sustainability consulting and social innovation services to a wide range of governmental, private sector, and non-profit organizations. Provided sustainability consulting and social innovation services to a wide range of governmental, private sector, and non-profit organizations.

    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Founding Board Member
      • Dec 2015 - Present

      Led the establishment of the Tunisian chapter of Endeavor, the world’s leading network supporting high impact entrepreneurs in emerging economies. Led the establishment of the Tunisian chapter of Endeavor, the world’s leading network supporting high impact entrepreneurs in emerging economies.

    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Advisor - Climate Investing
      • Jan 2023 - May 2023
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Advisor
      • Aug 2022 - May 2023

      Advancing innovation-driven entrepreneurship in growth markets. Advancing innovation-driven entrepreneurship in growth markets.

    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Co-Founder
      • Aug 2013 - Dec 2020

      Co-founded Cogite, Tunisia’s first innovation hub and home to one of Africa’s most dynamic start-up ecosystems. One of the "10 best coworking spaces on Earth”. Co-founded Cogite, Tunisia’s first innovation hub and home to one of Africa’s most dynamic start-up ecosystems. One of the "10 best coworking spaces on Earth”.

    • Tunisia
    • Banking
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Program Director - Entrepreneurship
      • Dec 2015 - Apr 2019

      Led the development of a comprehensive strategy to boost youth entrepreneurship in Tunisia. Key initiatives include: Bloommasters start-up competition in partnership with the MIT Enterprise Forum, SPARK social innovation program for high school students, and Entrepreneurs of Tunisia online portal for entrepreneurship resources. Led the development of a comprehensive strategy to boost youth entrepreneurship in Tunisia. Key initiatives include: Bloommasters start-up competition in partnership with the MIT Enterprise Forum, SPARK social innovation program for high school students, and Entrepreneurs of Tunisia online portal for entrepreneurship resources.

    • United Kingdom
    • Construction
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • MENA GBC Network Lead
      • May 2013 - Nov 2015

      Designed and delivered network activities with a focus on maximizing collaboration, networking, and capacity development of green building councils in fourteen MENA countries. Designed and delivered network activities with a focus on maximizing collaboration, networking, and capacity development of green building councils in fourteen MENA countries.

    • Sustainability Advisor
      • Sep 2009 - Jun 2013

      Led the team of consultants that developed, piloted the implementation of the Estidama Pearl Rating System (PRS) program, a green building certification program and mandate in Abu Dhabi Emirate. Led the team of consultants that developed, piloted the implementation of the Estidama Pearl Rating System (PRS) program, a green building certification program and mandate in Abu Dhabi Emirate.

    • Germany
    • Civil Engineering
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sustainability Associate
      • Apr 2010 - Feb 2011

      Led Buro Happold’s sustainability team in the Middle East region. Managed sustainability consulting services on a wide range of building, master planning and policy projects.

    • Senior Sustainability Consultant
      • Oct 2007 - Apr 2010

    • United States
    • Construction
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Estimating and Sustainable Construction Engineer
      • Nov 2003 - Dec 2006

      Coordinated the company’s sustainable construction operations and developed a cost estimating software that leverages over eighty years’ worth of project data to optimize cost estimating processes. Coordinated the company’s sustainable construction operations and developed a cost estimating software that leverages over eighty years’ worth of project data to optimize cost estimating processes.

    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Jan 2001 - Jun 2003

      Designed and programmed a software tool to help engineers and architects estimate the life cycle embodied and operational energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and costs of houses in Canada. Designed and programmed a software tool to help engineers and architects estimate the life cycle embodied and operational energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and costs of houses in Canada.

Education

  • Harvard University
    Master of Public Administration - MPA
    2021 - 2022
  • Concordia University
    M A Sc, Building Engineering
    2001 - 2003
  • INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
    Dipl. Ing., Civil Engineering and Urban Planning
    1995 - 2000
  • École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Lyon
    DEIA, Architecture
    1997 - 2000
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Executive Education Course, Beyond Smart Cities
    2018 - 2018
  • THNK, the Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership
    2014 - 2015
  • INSEAD (SG)
    Executive Education, Social Entrepreneurship
    2012 - 2012

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