John Koestler

Work Experience

Total years of experience :39 years, 11 Months

Program and Development Director at Parsons and Tanween

Qatar - Doha
My current job since September 2009

Please refer to the attached CV...

27 years experience in design; construction; project; programme; portfolio; and development management.
 Extensive experience in managing $1+ billion construction and development programs and portfolios.
 Extensive Client-side program/portfolio management (Projects Control) experience.
 Extensive international design, construction supervision and projects management experience and understanding of multi-cultural organizations and project teams.
 Extensive experience in building project and development management teams and organizations.
 International project initiation and development coordination. Frequently engaged in evaluating and coordinating international solicitations and contracts and in the mitigation of differences between contract parties.
 Extensive change management experience; principally the extrication, liquidation or revival of troubled projects including the shared responsibility for legal and budgetary constraints.
 Experienced as trust fund manager, budget manager and as building assessor.
 Extensive experience as the authorized legal representative of the client in diverse project teams whilst managing all external stakeholders.

RECENT CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
2006-2008 International Project Partnering Contracts (7 full day seminars).
2008 Estate Master Software (3 full day seminar).
2008 Risk Management applications (3 full day seminar).
2008 Successful Real Estate Development (5 full day seminar).
2009 Alternative Dispute Resolution (extensive prep, 1 full day seminar, subsequent written exam).
Continuous QA/QC and HSE Training.