SHAKEEL AHMAD

PMP, MBA, B.Tech (Civil)

P.O. Box: 14185, Dubai, UAE, Tel: 0504599172, Email: shakeeluae@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE
In pursuit of a managerial position in a competitive, challenging and performance oriented
environment leading to professional satisfaction through proper utilization of my initiative,
problem solving and analytical skills, leadership and management abilities.
PROFESSIONAL DETAILS
EXPERIENCE: MORE THAN TWENTY FOUR (24) YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL VERSATILE EXPERIENCE IN
PROJECT MANAGEMENT (DETAILS FOLLOW).
QUALIFICATIONS
(A) MBA WITH GOLD MEDAL AWARDED FOR FIRST RANK, from XLRI (ranked among top four
Indian Management Institutions), Jamshedpur, India, in March 2004.
Specializations: (a) Strategy, (b) Operations & (c) Finance [Full list of completed
courses can be provided, if required]
SOME RELEVANT PROJECT WORKS: a list of some relevant projects, undertaken during the
MBA studies, is attached as Annexure-B
(B) PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP) CERTIFICATION FROM PROJECT MANAGEMENT
INSTITUTE (PMI), USA
(C) BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (CIVIL) IN 1984; 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
OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSES:
(A) DEVELOPING POSITIVE ATTITUDE FOR SUCCESS, From Etisalat Academy
(B) ENHANCED SELF-CONFIDENCE THROUGH 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 MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES: From Etisalat Academy, Dubai
(I) SITE SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION : From PROMIS- Project Management Engineering
Systems, Dubai … … … …. … and more
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: (a) Project Management Institute (PMI), USA (b) American
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA, (b) International Association for Management of
Technology (IAMOT), USA

RESEARCH WORKS: A list is attached, as Annexure-C, for eight (8) Research works
published in journals or conference proceedings, and for 2 (two) works in progress.
COMPUTER LITERACY: MS Project; Advanced knowledge of MS Office Packages with special
expertise in Database Development using MS Access; Using advanced tools like Data
Analysis 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 all
spheres 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 the
field 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/ machinery
planning and sourcing, manpower planning, using MRP and other project planning tools.
 Widely experienced in Project selection, Project Management techniques including
Resource scheduling, Resource levelling, Cost-benefit analysis, Project Crashing, PERT
& CPM techniques as applied to large Construction Projects as well as to latge number of
small projects.
 Familiar with international standards and specifications, regulations governing awarding
and execution of contract work, including but not limited to, FIDIC.
 Gained expertise in managing various types of contracts in different work environments.

ETISALAT, As Project Engineer for Network Projects, responsible for managing

Dubai Region, construction and maintenance of Outside Plants of Dubai
UAE Branch, carried out by Contractors and Departmental
Labourers, assisted by a team of Engineers, Assistant
21 April 1998 till Engineers and Chief Supervisors (all graduate engineers).
Date Managed and advised on various contractual matters like
bid evaluation, contractor/ supplier selection, termination
of contracts and transition of works-in-progress, etc.
Achievements

♦ Led the Civil Works team through process optimization before and after ISO
certification 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 and
effective process of provision of service to customer premises that resulted in reducing
line plant waiters to a large extent.
♦ Managed development of monitoring mechanisms of day-to-day progress and handling
of allocated works by means of Shared Databases. This helped moving towards a
paperless environment between offices located at different parts of the city, for record
keeping, analyzing workloads and redistributing accordingly, analyzing work
performance and efficiency of staff, automatic generation of various types of regular
Reports & 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 related
claims, issue, return and reconciliation of materials, certifying measurements and
Contractors’ payments, etc.
♦ Developed shared MS Access Databses for the above purposes.
♦ Attained knowledge and applied the concept of Total Quality Management in the
section, 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 purpose
of ISO Certification and for regular performance evaluation and proper management of
incentives-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 successful
problem identification, analysis, exploring of alternatives, brainstorming and arriving at
feasible solutions.
♦ Used statistical anlysis tools to find possible correlation between the pricing quoted by
Etisalat contractors and specification changes.
♦ Managed training of staff in the concepts of Project Management and related QA/QC
and Safety aspects.
♦ Managed Planning and execution of larger projects using Microsoft project, and
monitored closely, deployment of manpower, machines & materials by the contractor to
ensure 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 of
the 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 Formerly the Engineering Corps of the UAE Defence, Directorate of
Forces Military Works is responsible for all the construction activities for its
(Directorate of numerous camps spread over the entire country.
Military Works) As Civil Site Engineer, responsible for all construction activities
assigned to the contractors, including electromechanical, firefighting,
29 October, 1996 and telecommunication works, etc., thus performing the duties of a
till Consultant’s Resident Engineer as well as Client’s Project Manager.
12 April, 1998

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 as
precast 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, Abu
Dhabi, 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; all
types of Painting of walls and ceilings; marble and brick tiles for walls and floors, false
ceilings 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 Cable
pulling, construction of Cable trenches & chambers, transformer foundations & rooms,
construction, testing & commissioning of Substation, etc., all as per the requirements
of relevant Service Authorities.
♦ Assisted by office staff, managed keeping and handling of all correspondence & Office
records 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 compliance
with 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 contractor’s monthly bills as per actual work on the site, as-built
drawings and variations, extension of time and other claims, etc. on completion of
projects.
♦ Managed testing, commissioning and handing over of many projects.

Mars Consulting As Resident Engineer for the 17–storeyed (G+M+15) Residential

Engineers, Abu Building under the Department of Social Services and Commercial
Buildings (DSSCB), on Old Airport Road, Abu Dhabi, looking after
Dhabi, UAE
Civil, Electrical, Air Conditioning, Plumbing and all related
03 December 1994 till services, approval of all the submittals related to construction
28 October 1996 programs, sub-contractors, materials, method statements, design of
GRC Cladding, etc. Responsibility included co-ordination at all
levels with all the Government Agencies.

Winner Consulting As Resident Engineer for supervising construction of a Health

Engineers, Abu center at Liwa, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, representing the Abu
Dhabi Municipality with due approval from them as Resident
Dhabi, UAE
Engineer.
05 October 1994 to 05
November 1994 During the period, supervised site setting out for various buildings
and construction of isolated, combined and strip foundations.

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Super Tech 05 August 1987 to 02 September 1994
Consultants, Patna, As Project Engineer from 1987 to 1990 and as Project Manager
India after that, co-ordinating the supervision of Multistoreyed
Residential, Commercial and Office Buildings and Colonies at
Patna, India, viz.
i. Ashiana plaza: 10-storeyed Commercial-cum Rresidental Building, with modern
amenities.
ii. Uttam Nagar: a colony consisting of Ten nos. 5–storeyed buildings, a 2-storeyed
Shopping Complex, a Central park, a Two storeyed Health Centre and a primary school,
iii. Six–storeyed 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 As Senior Civil Engineer for the Water treatment plant at Al Hilla
(Pvt) Ltd., IRAQ township (IRAQ), with simultaneous responsibilities, as follows:
(A) For the construction of two numbers Underground Water
29 November 1986 to
Storage Tanks and a Filtration Plant,
20 July 1987
(B) As in-charge of the Concrete Batching Plant–cum 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 As Civil Engineer , designed R.C.C. Structures including all kinds
of Foundations viz. Rafts and Pile Foundations and the
Piles (India) Pvt superstructures of all kinds for Industrial , Residential &
Ltd Commercial Buildings e.g.
03 July 1984 to (a) 13-Storeyed State Trading Corporation Building at
17 November 1986 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 inner
drive to excel, hard working, adaptable to any
environment, continuous urge to upgrade
knowledge level.

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ANNEXURE-B: Some relevant Project works

(a) “Crashing of Projects” – Project Management concept of “crashing” applied to a live

project 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: RESEARCH WORKS

(a) Published Works:

(1) “STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN UAE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY”,

PUBLISHED IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF IAMOT’S 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY, IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNITED
NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (UNIDO), MAY 22-26, 2005
(2) “E-BUSINESS APPLICATIONS IN SAUDI AND UAE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRIES”, PUBLISHED IN THE REFEREED JOURNAL REVIEW OF BUSINESS RESEARCH (ISSN:
1546-2609), PAPER ID: AHMAD 1: RBR-2005: TRACK: MANAGEMENT IV -01, AND ALSO
PRESENTED AT THE IABE-2004 ANNUAL CONFERENCE (ARRANGED BY THE INTERNATIONAL
ACADEMY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, USA), OCTOBER 16-19, 2005.
(3) “THE UAE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS: AREAS OF STRENGTHS & WEKNESSES”, PUBLISHED IN THE
REFEREED JOURNAL REVIEW OF BUSINESS RESEARCH (ISSN: 1546-2609), AND ALSO PRESENTED
AT THE IABE-2004 ANNUAL CONFERENCE (ARRANGED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, USA), OCTOBER 17-20, 2004.
(4) "ASSESSING THE STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES OF THE LARGE UAE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS”,
PRESENTED AT THE 2004 CONFERENCE ON EMERGING ISSUES IN BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY, THE
8 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, USA.
TH

(5) “SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE LARGE UAE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS”, PRESENTED AT THE 2 ND

INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, TEHRAN, IRAN,

21-23 DECEMBER, 2004.
(6) “Impediments to Technology transfer & technology absorption in the UAE” – paper
presented at the 13th Management of Technology conference (IAMOT 2004) in
Washington 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 challenges
towards market leadership”, paper under publication in a book by United Arab Bank.
(9) DISSERTATION: “ISLAMIC BANKING AND FINANCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD”, UNDER GUIDANCE
FROM DR. H.K. PRADHAN OF 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 challenges
towards market leadership.

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