Professional Experience
Associate DBIA Professional, the Design Build Institute of America, USA. 2020.
Research Commercialization Training Certificates, the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2), USA. 2013.
Faculty REsident, Blach Construction Co. (BCC), Santa Clara, CA. 06/2013 – 09/2013
- Project Engineer: Worked on the site of a new middle school cafeteria project and was responsible for and assisting in preparing RFIs, submittals, safety reports, As-Built drawings, updated project schedules, and value engineering.
- Estimator: worked in the main office to perform quantity takeoffs and estimates of school and community building construction projects. Utilization of On-Screen Takeoff and Timberline Estimator software.
Program Academic Director and Instructor, Executive Development Center, Santa Clara University. 12/2012 – 06/2013
- Planned and designed a training program for Abengoa project and construction professionals based on PMI certification and curriculum.
Trainer, Institute for Construction Engineering, Management, and Technology (ICEMT), The Arab Contractors. 10/2011.
- Planned and delivered the material for a training workshop titled "Construction Site Layout Planning".
Contract Administrator, Arab Consulting Engineers (ACE), Cairo, Egypt. 01/2005 – 05/2005
- City Stars Malls and Hotels, Heliopolis. Responsible for preparing bidding documents, searching for candidate bidders, evaluating bidders, initiation of contracts, and following up on the status of the contracts.
Junior Structural Designer, COSMOSE Consultants, Cairo, Egypt. 09/2003 – 09/2004
- Kuwait Villas, Kuwait: Concrete design for different villas in Kuwait.
- San-Stifano Hotel, Alex, Egypt: As a contractor consultant, office was responsible for the checking of design and drawing, and deciding on the construction method for the upper steel bridge floors between the two towers.
- Ali Saleh Mosque – Yemen: As a contractor consultant, office was responsible for design and drawing checking, and design of false-work shuttering.
Structural Designer, AAW Consultants, Cairo, Egypt. (Intern) Summer 2002
- Assisting in the design of concrete buildings, ground tanks, and elevated tanks, in different water reclamation plants in Egypt.
Site Engineer, WEIR WESTGARTH Contractors, Muscat, Oman. (Intern) Summer 2001
- Assisting in site supervision in the construction of the 2nd phase of Al-Ghubra power station. Involved in the supervision of pile construction, pile testing, and generating construction monthly reports.