Personal:

Date of Birth: 1971 

Nationality:     Canadian

Languages:   Excellent command of English,French, Arabic

Basic  Italian

PROFILE:

18-Years EPC experience, Development and International Operations Coverage
Executive Management positions – Thorough market and business knowledge
Business Acumen, VP - Director of Projects - Non Business As Usual (NBAU)
Market Intelligence, competition and war gaming
Projects delivery, profit and Loss responsibility
Portfolio of strategic, special and fast track projects
Economic and financial feasibilities, CAPEX, OPEX
Financial feasibilities for new projects (NPV, IRR, payback)
Technical feasibility, conceptual, value engineering, FEED, DE
Sensitivity Analysis of financial outcome against technical factors variations
Strategy, competition and business development
Operations and Resource management, KPI’s
Project execution as per schedule within budget
Public speaker; Worked as Client, Consultant, Contractor
Represented Government Authorities, tender & project execution
Developed partnerships JV, Consortium, subcontracts
Cared about quality, safety and environment issues
Built Good Reputation and provided Entrepreneurship Solutions

SECTORS:

Hydrocarbon: E&P, Midstream & Downstream – Greenfield & Brownfield
Environmental compliances, remediation, ecosystems and sustainability
Drilling, wellheads, production, process plants, Gas treatment, Gas compression, Central oil production plant
Subsea & onshore pipelines, offshore platforms: topsides and jackets
Refineries and petrochemicals
Fabrication yards, ship and barge conversion
Utility plants: Power plants, district cooling plants, tank farms
Wastewater treatment plants; Water desalination e.g. RO, MSF
Renewable Energy, solar, Energy Conservation, Green buildings
Artificial Islands, marine, causeway, jetties piling & geotechnical
Infrastructure projects, Environment risk assessment
Special projects & Rush projects e.g. bridges, chimney, culverts

OBJECTIVE  
To get a GM, CEO or Managing Director role to develop the business and manage the operations for an international organization based upon P/L achievement

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
General
Eighteen years of experience in managing Engineering, Consultancy and EPC business of multi-billion dollars mega-size worldwide projects, legally oriented with extensive knowledge of the market
Very thorough knowledge of different markets with different perspectives (Clients, contractors, engineering firms, consultants, developers, producers, etc…)
Responsible for P/L, performance and KPI’s; custodian of budgets and operations
Recognized for breadth knowledge of industry and wide geographical experience
Represented Authorities and lead PMT or team of consultants, PMC, project managers, etc…
Sponsored projects, managed relationship with clients, monitored projects’ performance
Guru in various types of contracts; Managed, negotiated and resolved claims
Expert in managing projects’ development, technical & economic feasibility, Conceptual and FEED
Given importance to quality, safety, management systems, integration upon merging or acquisition
Represented organizations and acted as point of contact with clients, interacted with developers, governmental authorities, established consortium / alliances and liaised with different parties e.g. consultant, contractor, surveyors / certification during different phases:  Conceptual, FEED, EPC, detailed design, execution, as built, PAC and FAC
Managed various EPC projects in diverse sectors such as Hydrocarbons, Offshore / Onshore Projects, causeways, jetties, ports, Utility plants (wastewater treatment, power, district cooling, desalination), transmission pipelines, fabrication of steel structures, LSTK palaces, hospitals, bridges,etc…
Recognized of being a solution maker, leader and having result-oriented approach
Managed Pilot projects from conceptual design up till delivery
Worked on the diversification of business away from hydrocarbon to Infrastructure, environment, energy

Marketing
Experienced in dealing with senior executives of international companies & government representatives
Managed Business Development, provided Intelligence and secured projects’ awards
Knowledge of international market players, technology providers, engineering firms, subcontractors for civil and mechanical erection
High profile salesman character addressing clients’ top executives.  Lead workshops and represented companies during exhibitions.  Public speaker during summits, seminars, and workshops
Mitigated risks during periods of turbulent commodity pricing and fluctuating markets
Performed business development and investment activities
Created businesses, identified opportunities, carried out feasibility studies, qualified and nominated partners to intrude or strengthen presence in a particular sector, or business activity

JV & Acquisitions
Worked on the development of business, setting new joint ventures and consortium partnerships
Recommended the acquisitions of some equities in specific companies to foster their presence and expansion in the market and create a synergy with other partners
In corporate management, managed synergies between companies without compromising the competition excellence, cost or value of service
Experienced in setting up and managing JV’s and EPC Consortium e.g. Consortium ABB Bechtel Doosan CCC, Consortium ABB Archirodon, Consortium Technip GPC PIDEC; OTV Besix

Strategy
Developed strategic plans for joint ventures during bidding & proposal stages
Managed the technical contingencies, mark-up, risk estimation during bidding stage
Managed the engineering, estimation, proposal closing and development of consortium partnership or joint ventures for competing on tendered projects
Developed a mechanism that hedged the purchase orders’ budgets & reduced the risk of currency exchange fluctuations
Applied hedging to reduce LD’s risks with the provision of project’s acceleration budget
Managed Risks and their mitigation plans
Initiated contingency plans and preventive measures
Chaired and attended various meetings and workshops e.g. Bid- no bid, Risks and Strategy meetings
Evaluated technical options and contracting strategies customized to fit local conditions
Performed Business Planning – SWOT.  Supervised PEST (political economic social and technological)

GES FEED PMC BOT Feasibility, Economic
Engineering Director for multi Billion Dollars development (central production facility, power plant, pipeline and tank farm, gas treatment plant, sewage treatment plant, etc…)
Engineered and procured several plants summing up to few thousands units production using different Technologies such as, Asir plant, Jizan plant, Medina PP, PP9, Shoaiba, etc…
Developed Conceptual feasibility, value engineering and FEED with various international players e.g. WorleyParsons, Fluor, Technip, Kvaerner, etc…
Directed GES – Global Engineering Services and supervised Engineering and Procurement activities
Developed BOOT projects wastewater treatment plants and supervised BOT analysis
Supervised economic model evaluation, feasibility studies, and linked them to technical plans targeting an early production, volume revenue, commercial return, cash flow analysis and forecast profitability to ensure that the risk is commensurate with the return
Benchmarked the studies against others in the same market and industry

Competence & Leadership Character
Strong administrative & competence management experience (sourcing resources, staffing projects)
Robust operations & project management experience for engineering, procurement, and construction
Demonstrated excellent teambuilding and leadership skills
Displayed good character traits e.g. Honest, Competent, Forward-Looking, Inspiring, Intelligent, Fair-Minded, broad-Minded, Courageous, Straightforward, Imaginative
Displayed good sense and characteristics.  Showed drive, determination, self-discipline and willpower
Worked with contagious passion, attracted followers, conveyed strong vision, gained trust, orchestrated the different activities of the team and integrated them towards success
Imagined scenarios, expected problems and occurrences, as correct prediction, forecast or 6th sense
Emerged as natural leader during crisis and at critical times
Created an exciting place to work; Developed teams by training, teaching and coaching
Encouraged teams to learn with risks of mistakes, and win at the end
Covered the weaknesses of team members by each other strengths
Standard Bearer and defender of ethics, environment and community
Excellent communicator, focused on actions and outcomes and made complex decisions
Coached others and managed to get the most and the best out of them
Measured accomplishments and hold people accountable
Practiced leadership by earning clients’ and teams trust and strengthening internal weaknesses

Special Techniques
Managed Rush Projects with challenging completion milestones what required dynamic decision-making character, risk-assessment & mitigation, special planning (CPM, contingency, acceleration justification) and QS techniques e.g. provisional budget, as the engineering progresses simultaneously with procurement and construction
Provided advisory services for distressed companies and projects. Delivered tangible results and recommendations
Created solutions to overcome hurdles and meet commercial and contractual objectives
Analyzed critical path, potential risks, developed recovery program to crash projects and secure delivery
Defined and went through Stage Gate approval for taking projects from conceptual till execution
Performed backward analysis to crash projects, clear associated bottlenecks, remove obstacles, and deliver contractual commitments (projects)
Participated in restructuring operations.
Diagnosed non-performing project, carried on troubleshooting, analyzed critical path, cleared bottlenecks, resolved problems to allow the way forward, developed recovery programs, initiated actions to remove obstacles and bring it back to track
Carried out project risk meeting and mitigation plans
Integrated subcontractors into the recovery schedule.  Contacted subcontractors and suppliers CEO’s to stress on the importance of early mobilization to maintain the project delivery and get priority
Restored good relationship with Clients based on transparency, WIN-WIN partnership

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
01/2010 – present WORLEYPARSONS PTY, Abu Dhabi, UAE     DIRECTOR OF PROJECTS - NBAU
         STRATEGY & OPERATIONS

Markets competition and war gaming strategies
Sectors:   Hydrocarbons, Energy & Utilities, Infrastructure & Environment, Metals &Minerals

NBAU is a portfolio of non-business as usual projects that include special projects of importance or major ones with mega values or those requiring attention due to the nature of the client.

 Developed / facilitated the company vision and fostered interconnection and networking.
Responsible of different business lines in the organization:

ASSESS

SELECT  IDENTIFY screening studies, business model development
  
 EVALUATE feasibility studies; conceptual design, cost estimation, contract pricing
  
DELIVER DEFINE FEED, cost estimation, execution planning
  
 EXECUTE DE, EPCM, PMC
  
IMPROVE OPERATE Asset Management, Business Improvement, Operations and Maintenance Support
 
o Responsible of all the sectors in the organization:

Hydrocarbons 
Upstream, midstream and downstream

 
Oil & gas projects: Greenfield & Brownfield
Upstream, midstream and downstream
Drilling, wellhead, production, processing platforms, Jackets, Topsides, accommodation facilitties
Off shore subsea pipelines, onshore pipelines
Sulfur, Material Handling

Power & Utilities 
Power Generation: Combined Cycle, Gas & Steam Turbines
HRSG, power boilers
Tank farm storage (floating, fixed, self contained)
Renewable Energy: Thermal Solar, Wind
Water: MSF desalination, RO,
WasteWater: Aerobic and Anaerobic technologies including tertiary filtrations
Renewable energy
District Cooling Plants

Infrastructure & Environment 
Environmental compliances, remediation, ecosystems and sustainability, Low Carbon economy
Sustainable development of Environment and Economy
Environmental Impact Assessment
Horizontal Development: villas & infrastructure
Vertical Development: high rise buildings
Special Buildings: Hospitals, Slaughtery House
Marine Structures: Coast Protection, Causeways, Jetties, marinas, subsea structures
Airports buildings & runways
Luxury Buildings: Palaces, conference centers
Energy Conservation & Green Buildings
Bridges: post tensioning
Piling and geotechnical works
Artificial Islands
Rails and railways

Metals and Minerals
 
Aluminum, copper, iron, etc…

SNAPSHOTS OF THE PROJECTS:

• Saudi Aramco – Arabiya and Hasbah Field Development
A 3 billion USD project TIC value that consists of offshore pipelines, cables umbilicals connecting wellhead platforms 13 no. to tie in platforms 2 no. and then to onshore Wasit gas plant inside Saudi
Scope include bid engineering, design optimization, FEED verification, technical risks assessment, procurement services, offshore installation analysis, etc…

• Kuwait Energy KEEF project
A pre-Assess stage study for the export of up to 2 MMBD from Iraq via Kuwait. The project consists of new Pumping Station in Basra, 115 km of onshore buried pipelines, tank farm facilities in new Export Terminal in Subbiya Kuwait, 80 km of offshore subsea pipelines and oil export by ship loading via offshore SPMs.
Overall CAPEX estimated at circa US$ 3.0 billion

• ADMA-OPCO Zakum Field Long Term Development Plan
A pre-Assess stage study of the Lower Zakum Field development requirements post 2020 to 2035, to sustain the oil production from the Lower Zakum field due to predicted decline in reservoir pressure. Study to ascertain all subsea and surface facility requirements to maintain a production capacity of 425 MBD together with the associated cost estimate and execution schedule to meet the programme delivery pre 2020. Project consists of 94 new water injection wells, 54 new oil production wells, modifications to 37 existing WHTs, 17 new WHTs, and 120 km of new subsea pipelines, new offshore process facilities consisting of gas processing/power generation/separation trains located on a new offshore Super-complex or on artificial islands.
Overall CAPEX estimate for subsea and surface facilities estimated at circa US$ 2.5 billion

• Iranian Farsi Block Gas Reservoir Master Development Plan
A Master Development Plan for the Iranian Farsi Block gas reservoir prepared on behalf of ONGC Videsh Ltd of India.
Feasibility study, conceptual design and economic analysis of the surface facilities, subsea pipelines and gas processing plant for the gas field located offshore of Iran in the Arabian Gulf.
Facilities considered for a plateau gas production of 1100 MMSCFD with handling of associated condensate, LPG and sulphur. Plant arrangements considered future expansion for a processing capacity of up to 2200 MMSCFD.

• ADMA-OPCO – Four Gas Injectors
FEED Stage: adding four gas injectors and pipelines to increase and sustain the production
Made project troubleshooting to recognise obstacles
Cleared bottlenecks, resolved problems to allow the way forward
Carried out project risk meeting and mitigated plans
Initiated actions to recover progress track, targeting timely delivery milestones
Developed pressure on unresolved issues causing the bottlenecks and created solutions
Contacted subcontractors and Survey service firms CEO’s to stress on the importance of early mobilization to maintain the project delivery get priority over other commitments
Integrated subcontractors into the recovery schedule
Restored good relationship with the Client based on transparency, WIN-WIN partnership and amalgamated teams’ efforts
Initiated necessary corrections to the planning package to forecast the deliverables list, evaluate the delays and measure the progress correctly
Practised leadership by earning clients’ and teams trust and supporting internal weaknesses

01/2008 – 01/2010  CB&I LUMMUS, Middle East and Africa, DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT & PROJECTS (EPC)
     CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON – ABB LUMMUS

SNAPSHOT OF SELECTED PORJECT
Saudi Aramco Total Refining Co (Satorp) refinery and Jubail export terminal (KFIP) in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

SATORP is a large grass-roots refinery with two identical trains and a process capacity of 400,000 barrels per day of Arabian Heavy crude to produce ~650,000 metric tonnes per annum (mtpa) of Para xylene, ~140,000 mtpa of benzene and ~200,000 mtpa of polymer-grade propylene
Client:  SAUDI ARAMCO; Exporter: SABIC

 01/2003 – 12/2007 IMCC GROUP, Abu Dhabi, UAE  PROJECT DIRECTOR
   EPC In partnership with TECHNIP

SOME EXECUTED PROJECTS:
• Kharg Project is a 200 $US Million Offshore Gas EPC contract including engineering, procurement, fabrication, testing, offshore installation and commissioning of two offshore gas compression platforms with bridges and hook-up in Aboozar and Bahregansar offshore fields.   The client is IOOC National Oil Company.  The project gathers gas from these fields and from Nowrooz and Soroosh fields.
 Owner: IOOC – Subcontractor: Technip – Feed: Kvaerner

• Khalij Northern Area Development Oilfield is an EPC contract consisted of wellhead offshore platform for oil producer wells and water injection system, a process platform with water separation and injection facilities linked to wellhead platform by a bridge, 16” multiphase & a 10” water injection sub-sea pipelines and a 10 km 33kV sub-sea power cable.  The field production capacity is 20,000 barrels /day
Owner: Qatar Petroleum - Operator: Total
 08/1999 – 12/2002 ABB ALSTOM – ASEA BROWN BOVERI, Germany
SR. PROJECT MANAGER / DEPUTY CONSORTIUM DIRECTOR
 LSTK - EPC and Consortium Management   

EXECUTED PROJECTS:

• SHOAIBA INDUSTRIAL CITY, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA – EPC value: 1.8 billion US Dollars
Alliances and Partnership: ABB (Germany) leader of Consortium including ALSTOM POWER (France), ARCHIRODON (Greece), SADELMI (Italy) and COMBUSTION ENGINEERING (USA)

Shoaiba Industrial City in Saudi Arabia is a 1.8 billion US Dollars (Largest in the Kingdom) Turn Key EPC Project that included Master planning & execution Power Plant & Fuel Oil Receiving Terminal, steam turbines (1850 MW), steam generators (5 x 1156 tons of steam/hr), 11 meters undersea cooling water pump house (102,500 m3/hr), 210 meter chimney, fuel oil tank farm area of 600,000 m3 total capacity, interconnecting oil pipelines between the power plant and the fuel oil receiving terminal, fuel metering station, Soil reclamation and geo-technical works like drilling stone piles, dredging, de-watering, , vibro-floatation, heavy infrastructure like roads, causeways, heliport, water desalination plants post-tensioning bridges, sewage treatment plant, fire fighting centers, port and shore protection...etc

• SWCC DESALINATION PLANT, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA – EPC value ~ 1.06 billion USD
Client: Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)
JV with BECHTEL (USA), ABB (Europe), DOOSAN (South Korea) and CCC (Greece)

Saudi Arabia is the world's largest producer of desalinated water and this facility ranks, as the largest in the world with total output ~150 million m³/year (~525,000 m³/day) to serve a population of 1.5 millions in Jeddah, Makkah and Taif cities.
The project consists of a desalination facility using Multi-Stage Flash Distillation (MSF) process integrated with an adjacent oil-fired power station equipped with heat recovery steam generators HRSG, storage tanks, a pumping station and water transportation pipelines.

 08/1994 – 07/1999 SBG-IPP, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
  CONSORTIUM OF GENERAL ELECTRIC, FLUOR, SBG-IPP
     BUSINESS & CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
   
    LSTK EPC, Design, Construction and Consortium Management
    SBG-IPP is a Partner to GENERAL ELECTRIC
    SBG-IPP is also one of the largest Turnkey EPC contractors in the Middle East

SNAPSHOTS OF THE PROJECTS:

• RIYADH POWER PLANT PP9 – EPC VALUE : 1.4 BILLION US DOLLARS
 CONSORTIUM OF GENERAL ELECTRIC, FLUOR, SBG-IPP
A Combined Cycle Power Generation (1200 MW), 16.5km 18 inch diameter Oil Pipeline connected to Saudi Aramco, 16 Boilers (111 tons of steam/hr. each), 4 steam air cooled condensers 446 tons/h each
• Reverse Osmosis - RO Sea Water desalination 4 NO. LSTK plants.
      Implemented MMS (maintenance management system)
• JIZAN PLANT, ASIR PLANT,RAFHA PLANT, BEIRUT GOVERNMENTAL HOSPITAL 500 BEDS, TRIPOLI HOSPITAL,
• ABHA NORTH SUBSTATION
• TURNKEY CONSTRUCTION OF ROYAL PALACES AND VILLAS: PRINCE BANDAR PALACE, UM-NAIF PALACE, ALBADIA PALACE, TOWAL PALACE, ISSA GROUP OF VILLAS WITH LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, MARINAS, BMS, RECREATIONS, SWIMMING FACILITIES

EDUCATION
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (AUB), Faculty of Engineering

BACHELOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, June 1994, placed on the Dean’s Honor List

Recognized, as equivalent at UOT (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO) 

AUB has joint mechanical program with MIT (MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)

PRE-ENGINEERING COURSES IN GEOLOGY, June 1990

COLLEGE DES FRERES, French Baccalauréat (Scientific), Lyon, France, August 1989

Professional workshop – REFINERIES & PETROCHEMICALS, October 2010

HAWARD TECHNOLOGY, “ADVANCED PROJECT & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT” PMI Course, February 2006

“ ORACLE FINANCIALS” Course, Dubai Internet City, August 2003

MERIC TRAINING & CONSULTANTS, “Successful Project Management” Course, March 1997

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Period   :    10/1992 – 06/1994
Institute  :    AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (AUB)
Role  :   Assisted in the AUB during exams

Period   :    1993
Company   :    DAR AL–HANDASAH (SHAIR & PARTNERS), Beirut, Lebanon
Title   :   Technical Engineer
Project Phase  :     EIT

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Developed techno-commercial COMPUTER OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARES:

Iterative calculation of the shells’ thicknesses for FUEL STORAGE TANKS, as per API 650 STANDARD
Cash Flow Budgets - PAYMENT OF PURCHASE ORDERS PLACED BY LETTERS OF CREDITS
Designed and plot AIRFOILS (airplanes, compressors, etc...) derived from JOWKOWSKI TRANSFORMATION
Designed and plot INVOLUTES OF GEARS
Designed SOLAR COLLECTORS with comprehensive factors
Developed AUTO-CLEANING PROCESS DESIGN OF GAS TURBINES INLET AIR FILTERS in Sandy areas

AFFILIATIONS
Member of ASME, ASHRAE and NFPA

COMPUTER SKILLS
Expert in Enterprise Resource Planning ERP
MS Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Visio)
Scheduling such as CPM & time bar, Gant & PERT charts: Microsoft Project, Primavera
AutoCAD, Trox (sound attenuation), Algor, Coade TANK, Caesar, PV Elite, MonteCarlo, etc…

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