Charbel MACHAALANI JABRA, Business Consultant

Charbel MACHAALANI JABRA

Business Consultant

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, Global Executive MBA
Experience
17 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months

Business Consultant
  • My current job since January 2019

Conducting feasibility studies for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
• Developing business plans for startups, SMEs and social enterprises.
• Identifying market needs and defining market penetration and segmentation strategy.

Consultant at United Nations Development Programme - Lebanon
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • March 2020 to November 2020

• Planned and executed the humanitarian response to national disasters and crises, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic and Beirut Blast explosion, ensured proper implementation of required procedures in the Bekaa region.
• Designed Bekaa governorate department’s organizational structure to enhance productivity, and provided technical advice to their staff members.
• Monitored the implementation of the program conducted by UNDP and Bekaa Governorate department and ensured regular reporting by relevant stakeholders.
• Established effective lines of communication internally between staff members and externally with different
Governmental sectors and NGOs.

Projects Director at Qwaed Technologies
  • Saudi Arabia
  • December 2011 to January 2019

Managed a $20M operating budget and implemented a strategy that transitioned the company to a client-
centric one.
• Conducted various contracts’ negotiations and closures with customers, partners, subcontractors, and
suppliers.
• Led a digital transformation process by implementing a Document Management System App (DMS) that
resulted in greater effectiveness and reduction of customers’ operational overhead by 40%.
• Managed complex projects from inception to delivery and applied effective resource management plan
including coordination that raised productivity by 50%.
• Defined in collaboration with team managers and team leaders, timelines, budgets, deliverables, milestones
and KPI’s for each project ensuring all relevant parties are aware of their involvement in the activities throughout
the project lifecycle.
• Partnered with key stakeholders to define requirements and prioritize user stories.
• Ensured projects implementations’ compliance with internal policies and procedures.
Main Projects & Customers:
(ERP - Oracle) Ministry of Defense & Aviation - Royal Saudi Air Defense Force; (DMS) Ministry of Interior;
Royal Guards; (CRM) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Metro Riyadh - FCC; King Saud University.

Project Manager at SOPRAGROUP (SopraSteria), Consultancy & Systems integration Spain
  • France
  • January 2007 to January 2011

Quality review process
• Ensured that deliverables’ standards of quality are compliant with customers’ demands.
Functional team lead
• Partnered with key business leaders to identify and execute cross-functional goals within the business.
• Gathered and analyzed global customer needs, wrote and prepared functional specification documents.
• Managed functional teams’ activities and ensured a smooth transition of information to the technical team.
Lead developer team
• Provided technical analysis and documentation, pattern establishment, module-specific knowledge.
• Worked across the software development life cycle applying Agile Scrum methodology.
• Supported clients by regularly providing enhanced versions of the product.
Main Projects & Customers:
Airbus / MDS A400M - Insurance - Ikos / Real-estate

Software Developer at Lebanon
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2005 to July 2006

Smart Card Management System, manages processes related to the payment processing system and the entire life-cycle of banking smart cards and applications, from issuance to deployment.
• Developed web application services and implemented NCR, and Diebold ATM flows.
• Identified customer needs, prepared preliminary studies, general and detailed technical specifications.
Main Customer:
Riyadh Bank & Bank Audi

Education

Master's degree, Global Executive MBA
  • at EAE Business School and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Spain
  • September 2022

Including: Three residential stages (Madrid/ EAE Business School; New York/ Pace University; Singapore/ NUS). Courses include: Internal and Global Markets: Business, Government & International Economy; Commercial Management; People Management: Leadership, Communication, Behavior & Social Responsibility; Human Resources Management; Strategic Resources:

Master's degree, MBA
  • at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  • July 2022
Master's degree, Software Engineering
  • at Université Haute Alsace (UHA) - Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Appliquées pour l’Ingénieur (ESSAIM)
  • September 2005

L’ESSAIM (École Supérieure des Sciences Appliquées pour l’Ingénieur – Mulhouse), une école publique interne à l’Université de Haute Alsace, dont les diplômes d’ingénieur sont habilités par la Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur et l'origine des enseignements dispensés remonte à 1861. Depuis 2006, l'école existe dans la forme actuelle sous le nom de ENSISA (École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs Sud Alsace). Elle est née de la fusion de l’ENSITM (École nationale supérieure des industries textiles de Mulhouse) et de l’ESSAIM (École Supérieure des Sciences Appliquées pour l’Ingénieur – Mulhouse). En nombre d’étudiants, c'est la deuxième école d’ingénieurs en Alsace, répartis dans cinq spécialités (Informatique et Réseaux, Mécanique, Textile et Fibres, Systèmes de Production-Génie Industriel et Mécanique).

Diploma, Business And Entrepreneurship
  • at American University of Beirut - AUB
  • January 2005

courses: Certificates • Startup Bootcamp, Certificate in Entrepreneurship

Specialties & Skills

Project Direction
Project Management
Team Leadership
Strategy & Risk Management
Budgeting & Costing
Leadership & Teamwork
Organization Analysis
Project & Operations Management
Relationship & Communication
Critical thinking & Problem solving
Stakeholder Engagement
Adaptability

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert
Spanish
Expert

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional - PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
Amideast
Duration:
35 hours