Shakeel Ahmad Engr MBA, PMP)

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SHAKEEL AHMADPMP, MBA, B.Tech (Civil)

P.O. Box: 14185, Dubai, UAE, Tel: 0504599172, Email: [email protected]

OBJECTIVEIn pursuit of a managerial position in a competitive, challenging and performance orientedenvironment leading to professional satisfaction through proper utilization of my initiative,

problem solving and analytical skills, leadership and management abilities.

PROFESSIONALDETAILS

EXPERIENCE: MORETHANTWENTY FOUR (24) YEARSOF PROFESSIONAL VERSATILE EXPERIENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT (DETAILSFOLLOW).

QUALIFICATIONS

(A) MBAWITHGOLD MEDALAWARDEDFOR FIRST RANK, from XLRI (ranked among top fourIndian Management Institutions), Jamshedpur, India, in March 2004.

Specializations: (a) Strategy, (b) Operations & (c) Finance [Full list of completedcourses can be provided, if required]

SOME RELEVANT PROJECT WORKS: a list of some relevant projects, undertaken during theMBA studies, is attached as Annexure-B

(B) PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP) CERTIFICATION FROM PROJECT MANAGEMENTINSTITUTE (PMI), USA

(C) BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (CIVIL) IN1984; FIRST CLASS WITH HONOURS (GPA 8.58);From I.T.-B.H.U., Varanasi, India, a top ranking centre of Engineering Studies,associated with the renowned I.I.T.s

OTHERPROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSES:

(A) DEVELOPINGPOSITIVEATTITUDEFORSUCCESS, From Etisalat Academy(B) ENHANCEDSELF-CONFIDENCETHROUGH COMMUNICATION, From Etisalat Academy(C) EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR MANANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP, From Etisalat Academy,

received a Certificate of Distinction.(D) ADVANCED PROJECT MANAGEMENT: From Etisalat Academy, Dubai, received a Certificate

of Distinction.(E) TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT: From Etisalat Academy, Dubai(F) HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT-BASIC: From Etisalat Academy, Dubai(G) MANAGEMENT-INTERMEDIATE (MODULE A) MOTIVATION, LEADERSHIP & TEAM BUILDING: From

Etisalat Academy, Dubai(H) MODERN CONCRETE MATERIALSAND TECHNIQUES: From Etisalat Academy, Dubai(I) SITE SUPERVISIONAND ADMINISTRATION : From PROMIS- Project Management Engineering

Systems, Dubai . and more

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: (a) Project Management Institute (PMI), USA (b) AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA, (b) International Association for Management ofTechnology (IAMOT), USA

RESEARCH WORKS: A list is attached, as Annexure-C, for eight (8) Research workspublished in journals or conference proceedings, and for 2 (two) works in progress.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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COMPUTERLITERACY: MS Project; Advanced knowledge of MS Office Packages with specialexpertise in Database Development using MS Access; Using advanced tools like DataAnalysis and Solver tools in MS Excel; StaadIII, Prokon, etc.

WORK EXPERIENCE OVERVIEW

More than 23 (Twenty-three) years on-the-job versatile experience in practically allspheres associated with Project management, spread over India, Iraq and the United Arab

Emirates, with contractors, consultants clients, in private as well as semi-government &government organizations. Learned and applied, at times, the statistical tools like frequency charts, histograms, flow

charts, scatter diagrams, Pareto Charts, ABC analysis, Cause & Effect Analysis, Fish-bone diagram, decision tree diagrams, statistical process control tools like p-charts, c-charts, etc.

Confident in managing soft as well as hard skills. Managed large workforce both in thefield and within the office environments.

Gained expertise in achieving results through team-work, knowledge sharing, staff-motivation, optimal utilization of incentives, negotiation and conflict-resolution skills,etc.

Actively involved in Project planning, scheduling, material and equipment/ machineryplanning and sourcing, manpower planning, using MRP and other project planning tools.

Widely experienced in Project selection, Project Management techniques includingResource scheduling, Resource levelling, Cost-benefit analysis, Project Crashing, PERT& CPM techniques as applied to large Construction Projects as well as to latge number ofsmall projects.

Familiar with international standards and specifications, regulations governing awardingand execution of contract work, including but not limited to, FIDIC.

Gained expertise in managing various types of contracts in different work environments.

ETISALAT,

Dubai Region,UAE

21 April 1998 tillDate

As Project Engineer for Network Projects, responsible for managing

construction and maintenance of Outside Plants of DubaiBranch, carried out by Contractors and DepartmentalLabourers, assisted by a team of Engineers, AssistantEngineers and Chief Supervisors (all graduate engineers).Managed and advised on various contractual matters like

bid evaluation, contractor/ supplier selection, terminationof contracts and transition of works-in-progress, etc.

Achievements

Led the Civil Works team through process optimization before and after ISOcertification and through major organizational restructuring with an aim to achieve

improved efficiency, reduced costs and implementation of project management culture. Led the team through preparing project reports, obtaining management approval,

implementing in the field and analysing the results thereof, a new more efficient andeffective process of provision of service to customer premises that resulted in reducingline plant waiters to a large extent.

Managed development of monitoring mechanisms of day-to-day progress and handlingof allocated works by means of Shared Databases. This helped moving towards a

paperless environment between offices located at different parts of the city, for recordkeeping, analyzing workloads and redistributing accordingly, analyzing work

performance and efficiency of staff, automatic generation of various types of regularReports & Forms, etc.

Working in a truly computerized atmosphere, using an Oracle based Database & a web-based Document Management System for issue & authorization of estimates & BOQs,

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booking of staff man-hours, entering of actual field measurements of completed works,generation of measurement diaries for billing purposes, report on variations and relatedclaims, issue, return and reconciliation of materials, certifying measurements andContractors payments, etc.

Developed shared MS Access Databses for the above purposes.

Attained knowledge and applied the concept of Total Quality Management in thesection, improving the functioning as well as the quality orientation within the office and

on the work-sites. Guided staff through the succesful ISO Certification of the Access Network department

of Etisalat. Developed KPIs for the section, and the measuring tools for the dual purposeof ISO Certification and for regular performance evaluation and proper management ofincentives-rewards system.

Used analytical abilities and QA/QC expertise to evaluate contractors, project works,engineering materials purchased by Etisalat, etc.

Helped form Quality circles, and assisted them in learning the tools for successfulproblem identification, analysis, exploring of alternatives, brainstorming and arriving atfeasible solutions.

Used statistical anlysis tools to find possible correlation between the pricing quoted byEtisalat contractors and specification changes.

Managed training of staff in the concepts of Project Management and related QA/QCand Safety aspects.

Managed Planning and execution of larger projects using Microsoft project, andmonitored closely, deployment of manpower, machines & materials by the contractor toensure their timely completion.

Managed certification of bills and invoices of contactors and clients.

Specialised in managing large number of new projects as well as maintenance works ofthe existing network spread over a vast area.

Used expertise gained from professional experience & studies for Problem solving and

decision making, etc. Developed an excellent working relationship with all the local Services Departments and

their Consultants resulting in smooth execution of work even in difficult situations.

UAE Armed

Forces

(Directorate of

Military Works)

29 October, 1996till

12 April, 1998

Formerly the Engineering Corps of the UAE Defence, Directorate ofMilitary Works is responsible for all the construction activities for itsnumerous camps spread over the entire country.

As Civil Site Engineer, responsible for all construction activitiesassigned to the contractors, including electromechanical, firefighting,and telecommunication works, etc., thus performing the duties of a

Consultants Resident Engineer as well as Clients Project Manager.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Projects involved construction of Residential as well as Office buildings, Club, Mosque,Ammunition and other Stores, Elevated Water Tank and Electric Substation, etc.

Construction involved R.C.C. Structures as well Steel Structures, Block Walls as well asprecast thermally insulated walls, Sandwiched Roof Sheet Panels as well as R.C.C. Slabs,isolated, combined footings as well as Rafts and Piled foundations, etc.

Managed supervision of three construction projects for the Directorate of Signals, AbuDhabi, worth approximately AED Fifty millions, assisted by Civil, Plumbing and

Electro-mechanical Engineers and Inspectors.Managed supervision of woks, some of which are listed below:



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All kinds of Finishing Works including Marble, Ceramic, Mosaic & Vinyl flooring; alltypes of Painting of walls and ceilings; marble and brick tiles for walls and floors, falseceilings of different types and decorative gypsum works, etc.

Water-proofing works for elevated & Overhead water tanks, concrete roofs, bathrooms& other wet areas, basements & other underground structures, manholes, etc.

Thermal insulation of metallic and concrete roofs. Installation of structural steel components, prefabricated wall panels, sandwiched roof

panels, GRC wall panels, Aluminium Curtain Walls,etc. All Electrical & Airconditioning works, Public Address Systems, CATV, Fire fighting

and Security Systems, etc. All Plumbing works including sanitary wares and fittings, water heaters, pumps, etc. All Carpentry and Joinery Works including various types of decorative and non-

decorative fittings, glazing and aluminim works, etc. All infrastructure development work including paving in tiles & Asphalt, water supply

& drainage systems, Electrical Cable Laying, Telephone Duct laying and Cablepulling, construction of Cable trenches & chambers, transformer foundations & rooms,construction, testing & commissioning of Substation, etc., all as per the requirementsof relevant Service Authorities.

Assisted by office staff, managed keeping and handling of all correspondence & Officerecords in computer disks as well as hard-copy files, Site Instructions to contractors and

proper follow-up to ascertain their compliance, within their contractual obligations.

Managed QA/AC aspects of all the works listed above, including site inspections,sampling of materials for field testing as well as laboratory testing to ensure compliancewith local and international standards. Managed preparing & approval of work schedules and change-over activities, keeping

and circulation of all regular reports on the day-to-day activities, etc. Managed approval of submittals related to materials, suppliers, sub-contractors, mix-

design, shop drawings, method statements, etc. Managed checking of contractors monthly bills as per actual work on the site, as-built

drawings and variations, extension of time and other claims, etc. on completion ofprojects. Managed testing, commissioning and handing over of many projects.

Mars Consulting

Engineers, Abu

Dhabi, UAE

03 December 1994 till28 October 1996

As Resident Engineer for the 17storeyed (G+M+15) ResidentialBuilding under the Department of Social Services and CommercialBuildings (DSSCB), on Old Airport Road, Abu Dhabi, looking afterCivil, Electrical, Air Conditioning, Plumbing and all relatedservices, approval of all the submittals related to construction

programs, sub-contractors, materials, method statements, design of

GRC Cladding, etc. Responsibility included co-ordination at alllevels with all the Government Agencies.

Winner Consulting

Engineers, Abu

Dhabi, UAE

05 October 1994 to 05November 1994

As Resident Engineer for supervising construction of a Healthcenter at Liwa, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, representing the AbuDhabi Municipality with due approval from them as ResidentEngineer.

During the period, supervised site setting out for various buildingsand construction of isolated, combined and strip foundations.



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Super Tech

Consultants, Patna,

India

05 August 1987 to 02 September 1994

As Project Engineer from 1987 to 1990 and as Project Managerafter that, co-ordinating the supervision of MultistoreyedResidential, Commercial and Office Buildings and Colonies atPatna, India, viz.

i. Ashiana plaza: 10-storeyed Commercial-cum Rresidental Building, with modern

amenities.ii. Uttam Nagar: a colony consisting of Ten nos. 5storeyed buildings, a 2-storeyed

Shopping Complex, a Central park, a Two storeyed Health Centre and a primary school,iii. Sixstoreyed Shopping-cum Residential Complexes at different locations in the town for

different owners totalling nine numbers.iv. Vikas Bhavan: Seven-storeyed Administrative Office Building for the

Govt. of Bihar at Patna.v. Other small construction and maintenance project in different locations

for private owners and the Government of Bihar.

Som Dutt Builders

(Pvt) Ltd., IRAQ

29 November 1986 to20 July 1987

As Senior Civil Engineer for the Water treatment plant at Al Hillatownship (IRAQ), with simultaneous responsibilities, as follows:(A) For the construction of two numbers Underground Water

Storage Tanks and a Filtration Plant,(B) As in-charge of the Concrete Batching Plantcum Laboratory

for production, supply & quality control of concrete, and(C) As overall in charge of the steel Reinforcement for use in the

whole project.

Simplex Concrete

Piles (India) Pvt

Ltd

03 July 1984 to

17 November 1986

As Civil Engineer , designed R.C.C. Structures including all kindsof Foundations viz. Rafts and Pile Foundations and thesuperstructures of all kinds for Industrial , Residential &Commercial Buildings e.g.(a) 13-Storeyed State Trading Corporation Building at

Connaught Place, New Delhi(b) 10-Storeyed M.S.O. building for the New Delhi Municipal

Corporation at New Delhi(c) one underground and three overhead storage tanks for

Chemicals for Oil & Natural Gas Commission at Baroda .(d) Coal Handling Plant for the Vidhyachal Super Thermal

Power plant in Uttar Pradesh.

Personal Details: Driving License: Possess UAE & international Driving Licenses

Personal Strengths: Highly Motivated, quick-learner with an innerdrive to excel, hard working, adaptable to anyenvironment, continuous urge to upgradeknowledge level.



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ANNEXURE-B: Some relevant Project works

(a) Crashing of Projects Project Management concept of crashing applied to a liveproject in UAE.

(b) Kaizen, a fit or a misfit?, under TQM Course

(c) A Case Study on Work Measurement in a mattress manufacturing unit in UAE

(d) Application of ERP in UAE Industries(e) Devising a policy for minimum and maximum stocks - Solution for an existing

problem in Cosmoplast Industrial Co LLC

(f) From Reverse logistics to Reversible logistics

(g) The Bullwhip Effect and its consequences on Inventory Management

(h) Cross Cultural Issues in Negotiations:

The Case of Borg-Warner Chemicals Europe and CdF Chimie Merger -

Insights into the Merger Negotiations

(h) Etisalat Prepaid Calling Cards Developing a Strategy for Channel Management

(i) Wasel Prepaid GSM Card a marketing case study

ANNEXURE-C: RESEARCHWORKS

(a) Published Works:

(1) STRATEGIC IMPORTANCEOF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYIN UAE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY,PUBLISHEDINTHEPROCEEDINGSOF IAMOTS 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCEONMANAGEMENTOF TECHNOLOGY, IN VIENNA, AUSTRIAIN COLLABORATIONWITHTHE UNITED

NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (UNIDO), MAY 22-26, 2005

(2) E-BUSINESS APPLICATIONS IN SAUDI AND UAE CONSTRUCTIONINDUSTRIES, PUBLISHEDINTHEREFEREED JOURNALREVIEWOFBUSINESS RESEARCH (ISSN:1546-2609), PAPER ID: AHMAD 1:RBR-2005: TRACK: MANAGEMENT IV -01,ANDALSOPRESENTED ATTHE IABE-2004 ANNUAL CONFERENCE (ARRANGEDBYTHE INTERNATIONALACADEMYOF BUSINESSAND ECONOMICS, USA), OCTOBER16-19, 2005.

(3) THE UAE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS: AREASOF STRENGTHS & WEKNESSES, PUBLISHEDINTHEREFEREED JOURNALREVIEWOFBUSINESS RESEARCH (ISSN: 1546-2609), ANDALSOPRESENTEDATTHE IABE-2004 ANNUAL CONFERENCE (ARRANGEDBYTHE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMYOFBUSINESSAND ECONOMICS, USA), OCTOBER17-20, 2004.

(4) "ASSESSINGTHE STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVESOFTHE LARGE UAE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS,PRESENTEDATTHE2004 CONFERENCEON EMERGING ISSUESIN BUSINESSAND TECHNOLOGY, THE8THANNUALCONFERENCEOFTHE WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, USA.

(5) SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE LARGE UAE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS, PRESENTEDATTHE 2ND

INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, SHARIF UNIVERSITYOF TECHNOLOGY, TEHRAN, IRAN,21-23 DECEMBER, 2004.

(6) Impediments to Technology transfer & technology absorption in the UAE paperpresented at the 13th Management of Technology conference (IAMOT 2004) inWashington DC, on the 6th April, 2004.

(7) Impediments to the growth of Islamic Banking and Financial Systems paper

presented at the"International Business Management Conference 2004" (UIBMC-2004,6th and 7th December 2004), Kuantan Pahang, Malaysia.



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(8) Islamic Banking and Financial Systems: Future Strategies for facing the challengestowards market leadership, paper under publication in a book by United Arab Bank.

(9) DISSERTATION: ISLAMIC BANKINGAND FINANCEINTHECONTEMPORARYWORLD, UNDERGUIDANCEFROM DR. H.K. PRADHANOF XLRI.

(b) Working Papers:

(1) Technological Competitiveness of UAE , a working paper with Dr. P. K. De of

XLRI, for publication in an international journal.

(2) Islamic Banking and Financial Systems: Future Strategies for facing the challengestowards market leadership.


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