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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

As a member of the senior project leadership team, I provide strategic oversight and direction to the project controls division, ensuring the timely, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of the complex Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP) --- a monumental multibillion-dollar pipeline twinning initiative situated in Western Canada. STRATEGIC PROJECT LEADERSHIP:• Drive transformational change by influencing stakeholders to create alignment, optimization, and accountability in operations and processes to achieve project objectives. • Provide strategic and tactical direction to all project controls resources, including planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, cost/schedule forecasting, change management, and reporting for all facilities, shipping terminals, and pipeline spreads.• Initiate optimization efforts across all aspects of project controls, including the forecasting process, to increase information accuracy, transparency, and accessibility. • Collaborate closely with senior executives and stakeholders, providing insights, data, and enhanced tools and processes to improve communications, information transfer, and decision-making.SELECT SUCCESSES:➔ Restructured team and established clear vision and accountability➔ Created a culture of accountability and excellence, boosting team performance➔ Increased cost awareness, generating millions of dollars in cost savings➔ Delivered TMEP project to finish line

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

In 2020, I was specially requested to expand the Canada West Region, defining and establishing the North America West region and integrating all associated offices and project controls procedures.In 2021, I stepped into my most prominent role yet and continued to expand my leadership oversight. I led project controls services and a group of 160+ as a senior leadership team member. Championing the integration of the Gulf Coast region into North America West operations, I created a cohesive project controls offering, which leveraged a successful model that I developed and deployed in my previous position. STRATEGIC PROJECT LEADERSHIP:• Directed all aspects of project controls, including planning, scheduling, progress tracking, cost estimation, and project reviews for hundreds of sustainability projects and traditional energy, chemicals, and resources work. • Mentored and developed a diverse team of project controls professionals, managing performance appraisals, compensation, and training.• Developed effective strategic plans as member of senior leadership team to generate project and operational profitability and effective risk response.• Initiated automation and process improvements, generating insightful reports with corrective actions and strategies to support timely and cost-effective project execution. • Engaged closely with dozens of clients, stakeholders, and senior leaders, supplying insights and guidance to support effective decision making. SELECT SUCCESSES:➔ Increased team productivity 20%, producing significant cost savings➔ Optimized and established consistent commercial strategy, increasing competitiveness ➔ Partnered with finance and innovation teams to create a BI tool, improving operational reporting➔ Introduced lean and efficient compensation review, enabling equitable remuneration

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

After the acquisition of Jacobs in 2019, I led the integration of the project controls teams from both organizations, mentoring and developing team members, driving process optimizations and consolidations, and delivering a cohesive and aligned structure. STRATEGIC PROJECT LEADERSHIP:• Developed strategic plans and practical solutions to increase project and operational profitability, improve project execution, and produce effective risk response.• Implemented lean execution across the organization and optimized/automated project control tools and processes.• Established a shared vision across two teams, created a leadership committee, and identified best practices from both operations to create a new centralized project controls structure.• Engaged regularly with stakeholders and clients during integration, fostering open communications and data transparency to identify ongoing improvement opportunities and ensure seamless services. SELECT SUCCESSES:➔ Escalated project controls performance by 30%, creating a pool of expertise from a new fractional resourcing strategy➔ Reduced project controls costs by 20% for clients and projects, utilizing a high-value engineering center (HVEC)

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Initially recruited as Project Controls Lead before demonstrating an ability to excel in positions of progressive responsibility, culminating in advancement to the manager of Project Controls with responsibility for enhancing and implementing project controls tools across Canada. • As a key member of the senior leadership team, succeeded in developing highly effective strategic plans and practical solutions capable of increasing project and operational profitability, improving project execution, and developing effective risk response procedures. • Deliver strong operational leadership for up to 30 project control professionals across Canada, which includes recruitment, performance management, coaching and improvement plans, and creating high-performance teams. • Improved project controls performance by 30% by creating/building high performing pool of expertise utilizing fraction resourcing across multiple projects. Decreased overall project controls estimates by 4% to enhance competitive edge during project bidding process and execution. • Successfully reduced project controls costs by 20% for clients/projects utilizing High Value Engineering Center (HVEC).• Cross-trained 95% of the project controls team on cost and scheduling which delivered improved value to clients. • Implemented lean execution by implementing track delivery model across the operation, and optimized / automated project control tools and processes.• Contributed to the acquisition of a Master Service Agreement through proactive business development activities. • Skillfully navigated challenges arising from the economic downturn by identifying business improvement opportunities and internal restructuring initiatives to help increase profitability and enhance competitive edge. • Implemented and rolled-out corporate tools throughout operations, including EcoSys and an internal development tool, which increased efficiency, automation, and standardization.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Developed overall reporting packages for clients and senior management for 100+ live sustaining capital projects running simultaneously, including: studies, detailed design, construction, start-up, and close-out. Managed project budgets and schedules resulting in 98% of projects within budget and 90% on schedule. • Led, mentored, and managed 16 staff and improved team performance by 30% by utilizing fraction resourcing. Reduced 20% of the project controls cost to projects by utilizing HVEC. • Developed and implemented project controls lean execution model (track delivery model) across the multiple projects group, and implemented full Earned Value management system across all MPG projects. • Managed and improved MPG overhead budget to increase billability by 5% for three consecutive years. Partnered with clients to develop behavioural enhancing key performance indicators (KPIs) to provide sustainable improvement to project performance.

► Tasked with the effective management of NOVA program budgets, schedule, change management and risks to achieve 100% of projects on schedule and within budget. ► Revised and improved program project controls execution plan and succeeded in reducing project controls cost to client by approx. 200K annually. Revised, improved and implemented portfolio planning to assist client in annual capital budgeting.

Canada

► Chosen by members of the senior leadership team to develop project control execution strategy for the Mega North division, a $2.5B portfolio of major mega EPC projects in northern Alberta.► Led a team of project control professionals to ensure project costs and schedule were effectively managed through the various engineering, procurement and construction project phases.► Managed portfolio budgets and schedules, enhanced schedule quality, and participated as committee member to enhance process and practice for planning across project controls.

Canada

► Developed detailed Engineering, Procurement, and Construction schedule for the $500M Heartland project. Managed information integration from engineers, subcontractors, owners, and others to create an integrated master schedule.► Oversaw, reviewed, and analyzed the development of project progress information, and analyzed variances in cost and schedule by using S-curves. ► Analyzed budget by WBS, earned value, and performance factors to provide accurate and timely forecasting on project execution status. Developed WBS and code of accounts

►Developed detailed Engineering, Procurement and Construction schedule for a $500M Project. Developed WBS and code of accounts using work package method. Prepared recovery plans and recommendations to minimize cost and schedule impacts, and communicated corrective actions.► Set efficient change management system to track design, construction changes and variation orders. Analyzed impact and facilitated client decision. Developed and implemented project control systems, resulting in time reduction and effective flow of information between project team.

United Arab Emirates

► Accountable for developing detailed Engineering, Procurement, and Construction schedules and estimates for multiple infrastructure, commercial, and utilities projects.

Egypt

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Certificate, Business Administration

Bsc, Architecture Engineering