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League City, Texas

Provide expert advice on project controls processes and best practices.● Facilitate communication between project teams, stakeholders, and management regarding project status and issues.● Analyze project schedules and reports to identify issues, trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.● Review project controls procedures and processes and ensure compliance with company and contract requirements as well as industry standards and best practices.● Provide project management and controls overview and training for professionals and non-professionals.

Pueblo, Colorado, United States

Responsible for managing project controls team to compile and analyzing project cost, planning and performance measurements data for the Palmer Long Rail Mill Project.● Responsible for leading, training and day to day management of project controls team.● Develop project specific procedures and processes.● Develop client weekly, monthly and ad-hoc reports in compliance with contract.● Organized and facilitated project risk reviews.● Management of change.● Review progress, quantity analysis, budgets and forecast internally with project management and participated in weekly and monthly progress review meeting with client.

Atyrau, Kazakhstan

Managed project project control, cost control, planning & scheduling, and change management activities to maximize the financial vitality and cash flow of the automation segment of the upstream $50B Future Growth Project/FGP for Tengizchevroil (Chevron, Exxon, KMG, and LukOil JV) designed to increase total daily oil production.● Minimized impacts to the operations of the project controls department as the project scope expanded from $180MM to $380MM by redesigning and evolving project controls systems and procedures for the increased complexity of the project.● Built and managed a multicultural teams of local and expat project control professionals, cost engineers, and planners for four project sites.● Initiated training programs on project management and project control standards and techniques for nationals across for both project controls and engineering personnel.● Maximized client satisfaction and confidence by formulating cost effective solutions that minimize financial and schedule impact of project scope increases.● Provided cross-training of project controls personnel to increase transferable skills.● Developed, trained and promoted Kazakh national lead planner to deputy project controls manager responsible for managing day to day activities for project control teams.

Saudi Arabia

Established project control systems for the newly formed Unconventional Resources division dedicated to expanding upstream gas production, reducing costs, and successfully competing with U.S. fracking operations.● Designed and launched project management and project controls processes and procedures across the division that integrated industry best practices with Aramco reports/databases to improve the competitive edge of the segment.

Kazakhstan

Concurrently managed engineering office operations functions and project controls functions to drive business and financial performance for the Almaty engineering satellite office to support upstream projects for Tengizchevroil (Chevron, Exxon, KMG & LukOil JV).● Awarded additional service orders within the Future Growth Project as a result of achieving the highest productivity and performance throughout all global offices onshore/offshore within KPJV.● Reduced overall costs to the project controls department with zero declines/changes in the levels of service by seamlessly integrating project control personnel between the client and contractor.● Reported and tracked progress & performance, changes, and trends to identify and resolve project issues (vendor delays, client changes, and interdisciplinary engineering impacts) while complying with both client/contractor standards.● Designed and deployed frameworks and continuous process improvements in project controls activities/operations.● Oversaw the preparation and review of cost and schedule reports for multiple projects.● In cooperation with the client, merged KPJV and TCO project controls teams to provide addition personnel depth and lower project costs,

Singapore

Established and managed project control processes/procedures for the Singapore office s first LSTK engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) downstream greenfield project, for the ExxonMobil Longford Gas Conditioning Plant.● Lead the Implementation of a New Progress Measurement Software Program.● Responsible for project setup, staffing plan, development of project specific procedures and processes, recruitment and training of project controls team, supervise and manage project controls functions including cost, planning and risk assessments.● Establish project work breakdown structure (WBS) and cost breakdown structure (CBS) and organization breakdown structure (OBS).

Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, Singapore, Houston

Managed, trained and mentored project controls teams for high-value offshore EPIC projects across various global locations. Developed and implemented project control strategies, including cost management, project planning, risk mitigation client invoicing to optimize project performance in line with the project objectives outlined in the project execution plan (PEP).● Interim Director of Project Controls, Caspian Region: AzerbaijanDirected project controls for all projects within Caspian region, including topsides, pipeline and subsea fabrications and installations.- Built, trained, managed and mentored a 60+ member project controls team across multiple projects.- Identified an Additional $100MM in Profits as a direct result of enhancements and changes to the forecasting process.● SENIOR PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER (PCM): MalaysiaOversaw the development and execution of project control, cost, scheduling and change management for the SSB Transportation and Installation Project.- Led a project recovery effort from a $70MM loss to a $60MM profit, at closeout, by effectively negotiating 160+ Change Orders with the client.● SENIOR PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER (PCM): Brazil/Houston/Singapore/Indonesia Steered project control activities for the $1B+ offshore EPIC P-61 tensioned leg wellhead platform (TLWP) for Petrobras. - Selected to Supervise the Fabrication of the Topsides at Keppel in Singapore and the associated Electrical Buildings in Indonesia to ensure compliance with contractual specifications, quality standards, and HSE standards while concurrently managing all project control activities in Brazil.

Saudi Arabia

Managed project control function for all projects for the cross-country pipeline project division with 20 active projects and a total value of $2.5B.Major Projects Included:● Sales Gas to Yanbu through AY-1 Conversion: Consisting of batching crude oil from an existing 48 pipeline into an existing 56 pipeline. De-cruded and cleaned 1000 km 48 pipeline, replaced corroded sections and 56 mainline valves, and installed 36 bypass stations.● Sales Gas to Pump Stations 1, 2 and 3 Turbines: Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia Converted gas turbines for three pump stations from vaporized NGL to sales gas. The modified turbines and control systems were converted to a dual fuel system sales gas and vaporized NGL.

Bachelor Of Technology, Construction Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Banking & Finance