Marko Joka

Key Projects to Credit:
• Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Centre
• Various hospitality and cultural projects (theme parks, exhibitions, museums, AV mock-ups)
• Louvre AD, Sheikh Zayed National Museum
• Manarat Al Saadiyat
• Downtown Jebel Ali LED screens
• Hult Business School, Cisco, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Nokia and various corporate projects
• Etisalat Telecommunication and Administration Building

Key Responsibilities:
• Using knowledge of the market and competitors, identifying and developing the company’s unique selling propositions and differentiators.
• Building market position by locating, developing and defining business relationships.
• Managing a portfolio of accounts, using contacts to generate new business, maintaining good relationships with clients.
• Building up and managing AV maintenance teams, delivering planned and property maintenance.
• Closing new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations.
• Locating and initiating potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities.
• Attending industry association events and conferences, and provide feedback and information on market and creative trends.
• Presenting to and consulting with mid and senior level management on business trends with a view on developing new services, products, and distribution channels.

AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and governmental projects.

Highlights:
• Played a pivotal role in communicating with the project management team by proffering technical expertise for pre-tendering and tendering process.
• Managed AV/ELV/IT Design for Louvre AD, Sheikh Zayed National and Guggenheim Museum, thus provided guidance to the project teams during pre-qualification, tendering and contract award process.
• Spearheaded testing, commissioning and handing over overall ICT systems at Manarat Al Saadiyat Museum.
• Successfully resolved major teething problems due to rapid design development, .

Key Responsibilities:
• Defined project objectives and plans, including scope, budgeting, scheduling, setting performance requirements.
• Spearheading IT projects by coordinating laterally between diverse technical teams and vertically across management hierarchy to seamlessly implement - project rollouts, management systems and process enhancements.
• Conducting regular meetings with other departments and supervising progress of project at various stages to assure completion within time/cost constraints simultaneously complying to established quality standards.
• Overseeing major issues pertaining to installation, testing and commissioning of various cultural projects as per set standards.
• Analyzing business requirements, identifying technical solutions, scheduling changes, approving implementation of changes to produce functional specifications for the project.
• Creating project implementation plans, project schedules, assigning tasks to team members for on-time delivery of project deliverables. Ascertaining accurate estimates are prepared for maintenance, enhancement/development work.
• Liaising with stakeholders and collating project metrics data (such as baseline, actual values for costs, schedule, work in progress and work completed), reports on project progress and other project specific information to take corrective action in case of variances.
• Coordinated closely with Engineer and Contractors for operational and AV/IT requirements to ensure quality and conformity with plans, client specifications and timely handover of project to the utmost satisfaction of the client.
• Estimated costs, scheduling, obtaining materials, selecting equipments, negotiating with suppliers for cost effective purchases.
• Undertook technical/feasibility studies, site investigations, developed detailed designs, assessed potential risks and supervised contractors.

Electrosonic is a worldwide audio-visual company founded in 1964, with extensive experience in designing, project managing, engineering and supporting AV systems and products .

Highlights:
• Responsible for exceeding the sold net margin target for various projects.
• Played a key role in installing, testing and commissioning of AV design.
• Successfully managed design and equipment installation including rack building, cable dressing and termination.

Key Responsibilities:
• Directed and monitored fiscal, contractual and scheduling aspects of projects to guarantee project progress in accordance with the project schedule.
• Conceptualized, designed the project, oversaw processes of engineering, purchasing, fabrication, installation, programming and conducted value engineering exercise.
• Enforced obedience to safety regulations and reviewed safety manuals, ascertained operational deadlines of all safety and emergency equipments involved in the project, provided solutions for any unexpected technical difficulties.
• Allocated work to the site engineers, foremen, subcontractors in accordance to specialized technical requirements and ensured that all the operational requirements are adhered to.
• Responded to inquiries, complaints from clients to ensure optimal levels of service and long term business relations.
• Maintained a comprehensive list of all cognizable risks and test documents in line with project management
guidelines.
• Submitted monthly data of performance parameters to the upper management, along with proposals to eliminate
bottlenecks and suggesting possible avenues of improving the process/safety procedures on site.
• Monitored and tracked regular project logs, reports and provided weekly timesheets to the senior management,
recommended processes to improve quality and efficiency of projects.

ScitemTek is a professional and successful specialist in energy conservation and management and the partner company of controls manufacturer Distech Controls, Canada.

Key Responsibilities:
• Provided technical support for efficient implementation of technical systems and ensured continuous operation, security, interoperability and integration of systems across the company.
• Supervised overall activities of installation provided requisite training and conducted periodic performance reviews to deliver projects on time and within budgetary constraints.
• Ensured procedural adherence, resolved unexpected technical difficulties involved in the project by providing appropriate solutions.
• Drafted installation/testing procedures and ensured accurate maintenance of project plans, hardware requests and site survey documents.
• Analyzed client requirements and accordingly maintaining accurate documentation pertaining to project plans, schedules, briefings, reports, correspondence, technical instructions, technical procedures and other related materials.

Previous Professional Experiences:
• Jun 2000 - Apr 2004: Technical Manager with Acsys Control Systems, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• Jan 1997 - May 2000: Chief Systems Engineer with Energoprojekt Middle East, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.