1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Proposed role in the project
: Railway Consultant
Category
: Senior
1 .Family name
: Selim
2. First names
: Essam
3. Date of birth
: 25/2/1951
/4. Passport
: Egyptian
5. Residence
: Cairo, Egypt
6. Education
:
Institution (date from – date to)
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering 1969-1974 BSc. Entrepreneurship Mechanical Engineering
American University Cairo
Project Management Diploma
American University Cairo
Diploma of Marketing (first Part)
7. Language skills: indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)
Language
Reading
Speaking
Writing
Arabic
Mother Tongue
English
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1
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8. Membership of professional bodies:
Member of Egyptian Engineers Syndicate
9. Other skills (e.g. computer literacy etc.):
Fully computer literate, ease of office package word, excel, power point in Arabic and English, I have a good management of information skills
enabling me to conduct all my day to day works through my laptop or I bad, this include but not limited to:
Word processing
Spreadsheets
Database software
Presentation software
10. Present position: Free lancer consultant for Railways
11. Years of experience: 40 years
12. Key qualifications:
Mr. Selim is skilled in railway industry including 6 years in ENR; he actually participated in the restructure transformation scheme that took place in
2006 by Booz Allen. The opportunity of Mr. Selim to join your mission as a Railway Safety Expert is an excellent match with 37 years of experience
32 years in the oil and gas business including 13 years in Abu Dhabi with the international organizations BP and Total, 23 years in oil and gas fields,
9 years in project management and business development, and the last six years are in executive management post as Chairman and Managing
Director of the Egyptian National Railways Maintenance Company. Mr. Selim have been loaned from the Ministry of Petroleum to the ministry of
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2. Transport to assist to undertake the new scheme, he came from a culture that knows how to implement safety and consider it the responsibility of
every person in the organization and it is inclusive in each job description he have been involved as a member in an Accident Investigation Teams, it
have been always difficult to convince some of the team members that we should look for the root cause of the problem not always blaming the
crossing guard of any crossing accident because he was absent.
Mr.Selim accumulates these qualifications:
Health, Safety & Environment (40 years)
Dealing with HSE as part of job description (management system) starting with leadership element to apply the company policy to their contractors
and their subcontractors, have been through the highest standards of HSE in Abu Dhabi, attended specialized training courses of safety management
system
Project Management
Experienced the responsibility of project management from the contractor side for 9 years, this was also reinforced by two years diploma of the
American University in Cairo which gives the different methodologies to control a project to be completed within the approved budget, time plan and
the standard and contractual quality Time frame, budget and quality are the three elements of controlling a project to the successful end
Auditing & Evaluation (15 years)
Please find attached herewith my CV of 37 years of experience 34 was in oil and gas fields, 13 was in Abu Dhabi in ADMA OPCO, my experience
covers a wide range of activities of maintenance, projects, contracts, HSE, operations and the final post was Chairman and Managing Director of the
maintenance and overhaul work in the Egyptian Railways. The last assignment was a project to upgrade the workshops in terms of equipment,
personnel competency, quality and quantity. The challenge was to utilize the existing personnel of 5000 workers, engineers and administrators. We
set a plan of spare parts procurement, change the workers attitude to work and to be loyal to the new company, set a plan to upgrade the workshop
machinery and tooling’s, upgrade the HSE awareness of the staff. We managed to gradually improve the performance of the workshop in terms of
quantity
and
quality.
Please note that my training courses list includes a two years diploma in the American University in Cairo of Project Management
Executive Management & Financial Analysis (18 years)
to control and support the operations to meet the production objects, to take an appropriate corrective actions to restore original plan, ensure the
requirement, support and deadlines of all departments are met, have been through a very similar experience during my last assignment of chairing
the railway company that were established to upgrade the maintenance and overhaul of the rolling stock fleet. Starting of set a plan to restore the
availability of rolling stock fleet and make all resources available to achieve the plan to the full satisfaction of Railways operation needs. while I was in
Abu Dhabi we used to calculate the production cost per gallon, in order to estimate the next year budget and have an overall monitoring budget
system of our expenditure
My responsibilities includes the overall supervision of the financial matters of the company of an approximate annual operating budget of one billion
LE and capital budget of LE 200 million., the responsibility includes but not limited to budget preparation, expenditure, control and reporting. Quarterly
financial reports to be submitted to the board and final financial reports certified by the external auditor to be submitted to the general assembly for
their review and approval.
Quality Management (20 years)
Please find attached herewith my CV for the above mentioned post. I have 37 years of experience 34 are in oil and gas fields. 13 spent in Abu Dhabi
in ADMA OPCO and ADNOC. Please note that two certificates in my training list include two specific courses in Safety Management System by one
of
the
most
credible
institutes
in
HSE
in
USA.
During the last 3 years where I worked as Chairman for a company in the Egyptian Railways workshop, I had to take the responsibility of establishing
the HSE system from scratches since the HSE awareness was at the beginning below zero and the work risk is so dangerous, HSE department was
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3. established reported directly to me with mostly fresh graduate engineers that we had to send them for class room training and on the job training in oil
companies. During the last 3 years due to the unavailability of an experienced HSE Manager, I had to act in addition to my main assignment as
chairman of the company. I think I managed to achieve good progress with upgrading the awareness of 5000 workers and the indicators of the
upgrade in term of accidents/incidents did gradually improve, the most important of this achievement that I got personal satisfaction to my career, so I
am confident to apply for your
Reporting to Stakeholders (10 Years)
have been through the same experience to chair the monthly board meeting to update the board members with the company progress, highlight any
deviation and recommend rectification actions. Chairing the annual general assembly meeting to get the approval of the company shareholders of the
company achievements and the next year plan. I have had also the experience to deal with the governmental parties since my client and the owner of
the company is the National Egyptian Railways and the chair of the general assembly was the minister of transport and the members are the National
Railways Chairman and his deputies
Project Management (15 Years)
Time frame, budget and quality are the three elements of controlling a project to the successful end, Experienced the responsibility of project
management from the contractor side for 9 years, this was also reinforced by two years diploma of the American University in Cairo which gives the
different methodologies to control a project to be completed within the approved budget, time plan and the standard and contractual quality
Executive Management & Financial Analysis (13 Years)
to control and support the operations to meet the production objects, to take an appropriate corrective actions to restore original plan, ensure the
requirement, support and deadlines of all departments are met, have been through a very similar experience during my last assignment of chairing
the railway company that were established to upgrade the maintenance and overhaul of the rolling stock fleet. Starting of set a plan to restore the
availability of rolling stock fleet and make all resources available to achieve the plan to the full satisfaction of Railways operation needs. while I was in
Abu Dhabi we used to calculate the production cost per gallon, in order to estimate the next year budget and have an overall monitoring budget
system of our expenditure
My responsibilities includes the overall supervision of the financial matters of the company of an approximate annual operating budget of one billion
LE and capital budget of LE 200 million., the responsibility includes but not limited to budget preparation, expenditure, control and reporting. Quarterly
financial reports to be submitted to the board and final financial reports certified by the external auditor to be submitted to the general assembly for
their review and approval.
Transport & Railways Development and Application of Polices (10 Years)
while establishment of the railway company we managed to develop and apply all the necessary policies starting with HSE, finance, purchasing,
warehousing, administration and HR
Participated in the restructure scheme to convert Egyptian National Railways to profit centre organization taking into consideration the Government
commitment which included development of the railway sector and related institutions to provide competitive railway services efficiently and
economically and to provide assistance in supervision of the
Operation and maintenance of the railway services. The following shall be the detailed scope of services:
(I) prepare long term railway development plan and the institutional development of the railway sector.
(ii) Prepare draft railway legal framework and regulations.
(iii) Assist in finalizing concession agreement for operation and maintenance of the railway lines, assist and advise the Government in
implementing of the operation and f railway line.
(iv) Assist and advice the Government in all activities related to the establishment and launch of the railway operator.
(v) Develop a training program
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4. Energy Efficiency Consulting (7 Years)
Participated to prepare customized energy management solutions combine process and operational improvements with proven cultural change
methodologies. Our technical support can help organization reduce energy costs, risks and carbon emissions, while gaining significant business
advantage.
.
Commercial/Contracts, (23 Years)
Participated to develop and manage contracts to purchase spare parts and services of over LE 1.3 Billion in two years with the necessary related
services of finance, warehouse, logistics, administration and etc
English Skills,
Most of my communications writing, speaking, reporting, negotiation, contracts development/monitoring have been in English languages
Networking and Inter-relationship Skills,
19 years experience in the Egyptian petroleum sector that gives chances to network with most of the key personnel, through conferences and work
relationships, the experience of dealing with governmental authorities and personnel was acquired during the railway period
Physical & Health Condition,
I retired this February on 60 years old but thanks GOD I am still fit, as I am a regular tennis player, for travels, site work as walking chiming
Availability, two weeks to start work
13. Specific experience in the region:
Country
UAE, Abu Dhabi
USA Training Courses
UK
Switzerland
Holland
France
India
Date from – Date to
1985 to 1998
1976, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82,83 & 2007
1977, 1989
1979, 1981
1992
1979, 1981 & 1983
1995, 2004
14. Professional experience:
Date
Location
May, 2006 to Cairo,
Feb 2011
Egypt
Company
National
Egyptian
Railways
Position
Chairman
&
Managing
Director of
ERMAS
Description
I was loaned from the ministry of Petroleum to the ministry of transport to assist in the change of management that started in
2006 to restructure the Egyptian National Railways. My responsibility included but not limited to upgrade the Egyptian
Railways to restore an acceptable safe performance level after ages of negligence that resulted to too many accidents/incidents,
non compliance with safety regulations, 50 % of the rolling fleet was unavailable, the operation service was unacceptable, its
cargo transport market share dropped from 20 % to 3 % and the annual finance defect was around one billion Egyptian pound.
During the last 6 years where I worked as Chairman for a company in the Egyptian Railways workshop, I had to take the
responsibility of establishing the HSE system from scratches since the HSE awareness was very much behind and actually
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5. Date
Location
Company
Position
Description
below zero, which makes all work operation at high risk. HSE department was established reported directly to me with mostly
fresh graduate engineers that we had to send them for class room training and on the job training in oil companies. During the
last 3 years due to the difficulty to hire an experienced HSE Manager, I had to act as HSE manager in addition to my main
assignment as chairman of the company. I think we managed to achieve gradual progress with upgrading the awareness of 5000
workers and the indicators of the upgrade in term of accidents/incidents did gradually improve, the most important of this
achievement that I got personal satisfaction to my career, our great success that we managed to change the attitude of the
workers to make the HSE as daily management system and it is a built in part of the job responsibility of each worker, so I am
confident to apply for your post
It is worth to mention that I have had the chance to attend the restructure transformation of ENR from Cost Centre Organization
to three profit centre business units and outsource all noncore services to separate companies. The issue of Safety has been
always a major concern of any Minister since he is more and above a serious threat to his post. I would like to assure that a
safety regulatory policy is available with ENR and it is very close to the British one since the British who introduced Railway
Industry into Egypt, The existing policy would be probably needed to update to cope with the too many changes happened but
the most important parameter is the leadership, adherence, control, reinforcement and etc. The matter is not so simple as the
sentence may indicate, but Safety is a global management system starts from ENR Chairman till the crossing guard, Any
International Safety Management System includes too many elements differs slightly from industry to other but they are
common in one element which is leadership that is always number 1, When Booz Allen Hamilton launched the restructure
scheme, the management of change have not been fully successfully because the Human Resource development have not been
changed at the same pace.
Please note that two certificates in my training list include two specific courses in Safety Management System by one of the
most credible institutes in HSE in USA.
June 1998 2006
Cairo,
Egypt
Egyptian
Maintenance
Company
(EMC)
Business
Development
and
Technical
Support
General
Manager
Jan 1990 May 1998
Abu
Dhabi,
United
Abu Dhabi
Marine
Operating
Responsible for the maintenance of oil and gas productions plant of daily capacity of 300 BPD and 100 MM SCFD
Senior
Maintenance
Duties include (I) preparation and implementation of major overhauls for both rotating and stationary equipment; (ii) overall
Engineer
Responsible for planning, directing and controlling the operations of EMC, and carrying out all necessary marketing and
business promotion in order to ensure consistent revenues. I also assist and review the development of all procedures and
policies of the company. Duties also include developing and submitting estimates for annual operating and capital budgets. I am
also responsible for expenditure control, updating revenues and cost figures within the Maintenance and Modifications Division,
and it is my responsibility to present all data and figures of the Maintenance and Modifications Division to Management and
verify the proper implementation of company commitment at quality, punctuality and through the most effective cost
methodology, responsible for the marketing, promotion, customer satisfaction and quality assurance of execution of all the scope
of activities of EMC.
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6. Date
Location Company
Arab
Company
Emirates (ADMA
Position
OPCO)
May 1987 Dec 1989
Abu
Dhabi,
United
Arab
Emirates
Abu Dhabi
National Oil
Co
Company
(ADNOC)
Mechanical
Maintenance
Section
Head,
Ruwais
Refinery
Description
supervision of day-to-day maintenance; (iii) corrective maintenance and trouble-shooting; (iv) budget preparation and
expenditure monitoring; (v) developing programs to develop UAE graduates professional skills, and monitoring their progress;
(vi) monitoring of plant equipment and initiating modifications to upgrade operation and overall efficiency; and (vii) technical
assessment of bids and reviewing construction drawings to ensure that they comply with engineering standards.
It is worth to mention that BP is a shareholder of ADMA OPCO and all the standards and procedures are in full accordance with
BP
Responsible for planning and coordinating all mechanical maintenance in the Crude Oil Refinery of half a million BPD.
Duties included: (I) providing overall supervision for the maintenance and of all rotating and stationary equipment and associated pipe work s
(ii) manufacturing and refurbishing of various spare parts and tools in the workshop; and (iii) maintaining, repairing, and construction o
facilities; (iv) following up maintenance activities and trouble-shooting of problems and anticipation of solution; (v) preparing the section
for operating and capital requirements, supervising materials planning and maintaining overall control; (vi) reviewing and approving te
designs and specification for modifications/new installations; (vii) evaluating and supervising work carried by maintenance personne
responsibility for the contractor's mechanical-related work; (ix) participating in the planning for, control and implementation of annual shut
and major plant turnarounds; (x) preparing the critical path network for all major or critical work; (xi) coordinating preparations for shutdow
materials, technical services, safety and fire, operations and administrative personnel; (xii) supervising the activities of engineers, supervis
skilled craftsmen; (xiii) advising on the course of action to be taken in complex problems, and discussing and determining work priorities wi
concerned personnel; (xiv) liaising with other maintenance section heads and senior operations department personnel to coordinate inter-di
work activities or to arrange for plant shutdown.
In addition, I supervised the following positions:
Area engineers plus subordinates:
Workshop engineer + subordinates:
Technical clerk:
Jan 1982 May 1987
Cairo,
Egypt
Gulf of Suez
Petroleum
Company
(GUPCO)
Gas
Plant
General
Maintenance
Division
Manager
2 + 40
1 + 44
1
Duties included: (I) supervise different rotary and stationary equipment in the main plant such as dehydration units by Glycol and mole sieve,
de-sulphurization of plants by amine unit, main compressors, turbo expanders and water makers; (ii) deputizing the plant General Manager
during his leaves and off-site absence.
I supervised 120 persons, including 4 section heads for the mechanical, electrical, instruments and turbines, maintenance, engineering and
planning.
The plant had been recently constructed and commissioned with daily production rates of 77 MMSC of sales Gas 250, ton LGP, and 1000
barrels of condensate.
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7. Date
Location
Company
Position
Description
July 1980 Jan 1982
Cairo,
Egypt
Gulf of Suez
Petroleum
Company
(GUPCO)
Turbine
Maintenance
Department
Head
Duties included: (I) providing overall supervision over the implementation of predictive, preventive and corrective maintenance programs on a
wide variety of gas turbines, driven loads and associated equipment; (ii) reviewing and approving requirements for major repairs and
replacement of spare parts; (iii) ensuring that effective equipment records were kept and updated for all equipment and that vibration and
performance maintenance were carried out by the concerned section head; (iv) evaluating alternative economic considerations before
determining a course of action; (v) planning and supervising requirements for workshop and engineering services, controlling the processing
of incoming requests for manufacture, repair or refurbishment of machine parts and equipment for rework; (vi) reviewing requirements for new
equipment, and evaluating usage and providing recommendations to the General Manager; (vii) controlling inventory storage and repair of a
wide range of associated parts, hydraulic tools and equipment; (viii) investigating suggestions for modifications to existing equipment or
installation of a new system; (ix) determining requirements, supervising the preparation of preliminary specification and drawings; (x) reviewing
bids submitted by contractors or detailed estimates provided by projects for coverage and technical content; (xi) overall supervising of the
execution of any such development contracts carried out by maintenance personnel.
Oct 1978 July 1980
Cairo,
Egypt
Gulf of Suez
Petroleum
Company
(GUPCO)
Turbine
Maintenance
Section
Head
Duties included (I) covering certain areas onshore or offshore to determine and resolve operational problems; (ii) ensuring the effective
utilization of manpower, equipment and tools in the plant consistent with reducing equipment downtime and maintaining operating efficiency;
(iii) coordinating preventive maintaining activities for all disciplines included providing guidance to planning personnel on overall objectives
following up on routine work activities to maintain the status of regular maintenance work and liaising and discussing major scheduling or
execution problems with concerned section heads, and following up completed maintenance work orders; (iv) supervising and participating in
detailed inspection, providing guidelines, supervising the preparation for all major or critical work, reviewing and/or preparing estimates of
labour, materials, tools and external services required for such contracts (v) contracting certain jobs, participating in the preparation of job
specification and job scope for development of contracts and assisting in the evaluation of bids received, providing comments and
recommendations as required.
July 1976Nov 1978
Cairo,
Egypt
Gulf of Suez
Petroleum
Company
(GUPCO)
Gas Turbine
and Rotating
Equipment
Engineer
Duties included: (I) providing technical advisory services within the maintenance department on all aspects of maintenance, repair and troubleshooting on rotary equipment; (ii) developing and implementing a vibration and rotating equipment monitoring system; (iii) assisting in the
preparation of preventive and predictive maintenance programs, analyzing equipment breakdowns and presenting recommendations for repair
or modifications, equipment, including pumps, centrifugal and screw type compressors and gas turbines.
Nov 1974-July Cairo,
Egypt
1976
Gulf of Suez Workshop
Petroleum
Engineer
Company
(GUPCO)
Duties included: (I) planning and coordinating the provision of a site workshop marine maintenance and heavy equipment service; (ii)
maintaining and repairing a wide range of heavy mobile and fixed equipment, portable engines and lifting equipment, and operating and
utilizing assigned heavy mobile equipment; (iii) planning and assessing priorities for routine work, allocating emergency or urgent work
requirements; (iv) planning and executing materials provisioning programs and carrying out general administration duties related to the
workshop and assigned personnel; (v) reviewing technical engineering services documents for projects or modification of jobs to be carried
out by workshop craftsmen, and determining extent of work required and priorities; (vi) providing technical advice to the various specialized
craft groups such as sheet metal work, machine tools fabrication, welding and pipe fitting; (vii) assigning work with appropriate instructions to
technicians and arranging for inspection and certification by concerned department.
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8. 1.
References :
Mr. Alaa Fahmi Ex Minister of Transport
Mr. Hani Hegab, Chairman of National Egyptian Railways
Mr. Tarek El Attar, Chairman and Managing Director of Roads & Bridges
Organization
Mr. Hani Dhahi, Chairman of EGPC
Mr. Moh’d Abdel Hafez Chairman of Petrojet
Mr. Maamoun El Shenawy, Project Engineering Manager ADMA – OPCO.
Mr. A Aziz El Kioumy, Senior Vice President (Operations), Abu Dhabi Marine
Operating Company (ADMA OPCO).
Mr. Ali Kamel Senior Economic Advisor at USAID
2.
Lecturer of Railways Industry:
I was assigned within my global responsibility of the business development manager to establish training department to meet our clients training needs. The
training department following a market survey has been established and managed to be unique and attractive in selecting the courses subjects, instructors with
practical background and change the methodology of conducting the courses to include more exercises and real practical problems to motivate participants to
interact and make the courses more informative as well as enjoyable. We managed to introduce the Competency Gap Analysis technique to determine the exact
training needs of individuals
I am currently giving lectures in conferences relating to Railway Industry, early this year I was invited I am currently giving lectures in conferences relating to
Railway Industry, early this year I was invited by
discussion of railway subject
,., I also attended few panels for
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Essam Selim Former Chairman Egyptian National Railway, Railway Consultant, Egypt
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9. Welcome and introductory remarks from the conference Chair
Strategies and ideas for rolling stock maintenance to minimise cost and improve efficiency
http://www.meedconferences.com/rail/Agenda.aspx?dayId=2628
GCC RAIL INTEROPERABILITY, MOVING TOWARDS A SINGLE GCC RAILWAY SYSTEM..
Workshop Leader: Essam Selim, Independent Consultant, former Chairman, Egyptian National Railways
(EGYPT)
4. My prospective to undertake the assignment
Because of real existence in ENR I have been through most of the difficulties and obstacles preventing or delaying the change and the development. My previous
presence in ENR, would be useful to effectively contribute to collect the necessary data and to carry out the initial assessment required to determine the gap
between the present and the target, then we can accordingly develop the plan including all the required activities and resources to achieve the objectives,
following completing the detailed and knowing the requirement, we would be able to phrase the Twining Project terms of reference on the EU template with
proposed technical assistance required and budget, the project will naturally include the proposed workshops with all stakeholders to have all feedback and
input, so the final output should be produced in full agreement of all involved parties who be in the future responsible of the implementation
5. Training Courses
a.
Gas Turbines:
Venue
Year
1.
Ruston Operation and Maintenance
U.K.
1989
2.
Sulzer Digital Control System
Switzerland
1981
3.
Sulzer Type S3 and Sulzer Turbo Compressor
Switzerland
1979
4.
Allison Engine Maintenance and Heavy Repair
U.S.A.
1978
5.
Ruston Operation and Maintenance (T-B-5000)
U.K.
1978
6.
Ingersoll Rand Centrifugal Compressor
U.S.A.
1978
7.
Ruston Maintenance
Cairo
1977
8.
Solar Operation and Maintenance (Centaur)
U.S.A.
1976
9.
Solar Operation and Maintenance (Saturn)
U.S.A.
1976
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10. b.
Vibration:
1.
Rotating Machinery Vibration Analysis
Abu Dhabi
1988
2.
Vibration Analysis and Measurement
Abu Dhabi
1986
3.
Measurement Techniques B&K
Cairo
1983
4.
Vibration for Rotating Machinery
Cairo
1980
5.
Basic Vibration by Standard Oil of Indiana
USA
1977
c.
HSE, Management and Miscellaneous
1
Excel 5
Abu Dhabi
1994
2
Refractories
Amsterdam
1992
3
Mechanical Seals Development and Improvement Course
Abu Dhabi
1991
4
Piping design and Construction
Abu Dhabi
1991
5
Maintenance and Inspection of Lifting Equipment
Das Island
1989
6
Micro-Computer Operation
Das Island
1989
7
Modern Safety Management by ILCI
Abu Dhabi
1989
8
Scaffolding Safety Inspection
Abu Dhabi
1989
1.
Corrosion Protection
Abu Dhabi
1988
2.
Loss Prevention in the Oil Industry
Abu Dhabi
1987
3.
Fibre Glass Products
Abu Dhabi
1986
4.
Fibre Glass, Piping System Design and Specification
Cairo
1986
5.
Principles of Optimum Maintenance by HF
Abu Dhabi
1985
6.
Principles of Supervisory Management
Cairo
1983
7.
Electronic Circuits
Cairo
1983
8.
Safety Medium Management
Cairo
1978
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11. 9.
Project Management Certificate from American University in Cairo
Cairo
1999/2000
10.
Risk Assessment
Cairo
2003
11.
Six Sigma Green Belt Training in American University Cairo
Cairo
2004
12.
Professional Diploma in Marketing in American University Cairo
Cairo
2005
The above resume and my LinkedIn profile provide more detail about my other past experience and accomplishments. Endorsements from other
professionals, former colleagues and bosses can also be seen in my LinkedIn profile.
I’m sure there are some people I’ve worked with in the past who are accessible through your LinkedIn network; I encourage you to use the reference
search LinkedIn provides to get more information about my qualifications from some of those people.
Thank you for your time and attention; I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
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