Luai IDREES, Program Manager

Luai IDREES

Program Manager

International Golden Group

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Communication & Electronic Engineering
Experience
17 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 2 Months

Program Manager at International Golden Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since June 2022

• Corelate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects,
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget,
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility,
• Ensure resource availability and allocation,
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress,
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project, costs using appropriate verification techniques,
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques,
• Report and escalate to management as needed,
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders,
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks,
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors,
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation,
• Meet with clients to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements of each project,
• Delegate project tasks based on junior staff members' individual strengths, skill sets and experience levels,
• Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals,
• Meet budgetary objectives and adjust project constraints based on financial analysis,
• Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with clients as well as other staff members,
• Use and continually develop leadership skills,
• Attend conferences and training as required to maintain proficiency
• Perform other related duties as assigned, and
• Develop spreadsheets, diagrams, and process maps to document needs.

Senior Manager, Projects at e& enterprise IoT & AI
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2015 to June 2022

• Manage day to day operational aspects of project and report directly to CEO,
• Responsible for all project implementations to ensure the successful completion and handover,
• Provide a strategic plan for the projects and technical team,
• Attend the initial and kick off meetings with project stakeholders,
• Responsible for Project Initiation, Planning, Execution, Controlling, and Closure,
• Review and approve the project schedule for all subcontractors if any,
• Adhering to and adapting the implementation methodologies supplied
by different vendors,
• Resource planning and management,
• Supervising project team members, delegating suitable assignments and
assisting them in achieving the target,
• Defining job rotation plans and shift schedules if any,
• Managing client relationships at all levels,
• Oversee project executing,
• Providing weekly, monthly, and yearly reports on the project
status/progress to the client and upper management as required,
• Adhere the PMI processes to meet or exceed the expectations of the
stakeholders,
• Responsible for Incident, problem configuration, and change
Management,
• Customer interaction to actively maintain and manage the project plans,
milestones, requirements, issues and escalations,
• Defining proper escalation and follow-up procedures of the problems
during the operation,
• Responsible for maintaining high morale, satisfaction and effective communication with the team,
• Liaising with vendors for maintenance and procurement activities,
• Project documentation and submission of completion certificates, and
• Maintaining strong relationships with clients and maintained a good understanding of their business needs.

Senior Project Manager at ZENER Electrical and Electronic Services - ICT Division
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2014 to November 2015

• Responsible for Project Initiation, Planning, Execution, Controlling, and
Closure,
• Create a project plan and get it approved by the client,
• Review and approve the project schedule for all subcontractors if any,
• Adhering to and adapting the implementation methodologies supplied
by different vendors,
• Resource planning and management,
• Supervising project team members, delegating suitable assignments and
assisting them in achieving the target,
• Defining job rotation plans and shift schedules,
• Managing client relationships at all levels,
• Providing Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly reports on the project status/progress to the client and upper management as required,
• Reduce time cycle and cost of delivery,
• Adhere the PMI processes to meet or exceed the expectations of the
stakeholders,
• Responsible for Incident, problem configuration, and change
Management,
• Customer interaction to actively maintain and manage the project plans,
milestones, requirements, issues and escalations,
• Defining proper escalation and follow-up procedures of the problems
during the operation,
• Responsible for maintaining high morale, satisfaction and effective
communication with the team,
• Liaising with vendors for maintenance and procurement activities, and
• Project documentation and submission of completion certificates.

IT Projects Manager at Alpha Data L.L.C
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • March 2007 to July 2014

Total experience: 5 Years
Alpha Data L.L.C - Abu Dhabi, UAE 2007 up to present
IT Projects Manager - (Reporting to Projects Director)

Key Deliverables:
• Responsible for completing the project within the stipulated time and budget and quality,
• Perform a site surveys to gather data relative to Networking, Telecom, ELV and
Infrastructure cabling, availability and necessary building modifications,
• Communicate with project stakeholders for project tracking and reporting,
• Liaison with client/consultant representatives for resolving the technical issues and clearing them away,
• Developing project plan including schedule, scope and quality,
• Manpower planning, allocation of manpower for various tasks of the projects,
• Oversee project executing,
• Managing the project monitoring and controlling,
• Project tracking and updating the plan schedule,
• Provide safety instructions/guidelines to engineers and technicians,
• Ensure safety rules are followed in project sites,
• Project documentation and submission,
• Responsible to obtain project completion certificate from customers on completion of the project,
• Responsible to control project cost and to ensure quality of work during every
stage of project work,
• To carry out any other duties and responsibilities assigned by the superiors from time to time, and
• Maintaining strong relationships with clients and maintained a good
understanding of their business needs.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Communication & Electronic Engineering
  • at Philadelphia University
  • June 2005

Specialties & Skills

PRINCE2
Program Management
MS Office
MS Visio
MS Project
AutoCAD

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Project Management Institute
  • PMP
  • March 2013
Cisco Certified Network Associate
  • CCNA
  • June 2007
Jordan Engineers Association
  • JEA - Electrical Engineer
  • July 2013

Training and Certifications

Agile Certified Practitioner (Training)
Training Institute:
PMI
Date Attended:
August 2022
Project Managment (Training)
Training Institute:
Self study
Date Attended:
February 2014
in IT Service Management Certification (Training)
Training Institute:
Self study
Date Attended:
January 2014
PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
Project Management Professional
Date Attended:
December 2011
Design & Concepts (Training)
Training Institute:
BELDEN IBDN Design & Concepts (303) Certificate Diploma
Date Attended:
June 2008
BELDEN IBDN Installation (Training)
Training Institute:
BELDEN IBDN Installation (700) Certificate Diploma
Date Attended:
July 2008
Quality Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Internal Auditor training Course (ISO 9001:2008)
Date Attended:
March 2009
CCNA (Training)
Training Institute:
Cisco Certified Network Associate Certificate
Date Attended:
April 2007

Hobbies

  • Reading
  • Playing Football
  • Travelling