Mounir Ajam
Mounir is a Project Management Innovator, Executive, Entrepreneur, Author, and Speaker. He is a project management thought leader with decades of professional experience. He has worked/lived in the USA, UK, S.E. Asia, and West Asia. He has been involved with projects worth billions of dollars. Mounir is the co-Founder and CEO of SUKAD Corp and is leading the development of a pioneering and innovative cloud-based solution, the Uruk Platform, which we label as the Engine of Project Success.
Biography
Mounir is a Project Management Innovator, Executive, Entrepreneur, Author, and Speaker. He is a project management thought leader with decades of professional experience. He has worked/lived in the USA, UK, S.E. Asia, and West Asia. He has been involved with projects worth billions of dollars.Mounir is the co-Founder and CEO of SUKAD Corp and is leading the development of a pioneering and innovative cloud-based solution, the Uruk Platform, which we label as the Engine of Project Success.
He is an active advocate of real-world Project Management and with a blog site and YouTube channel carrying the name Applied Project Management.
Mounir professional experience is global and earned in the United States, the United Kingdom, South East Asia, and West Asia. He has been involved with projects worth billions of dollars while working with global leaders such as Exxon, Shell, BASF, Total, and Saudi Aramco. His past roles included estimating, planning, control and services management, project manager, and executive management.
Mounir is an active volunteer leader and he has held numerous global roles, as a volunteer. These include PMI® Congress Project Action Team, PMI® Advisory Group for Registered Education Provider program, judging panel on PMI® providers, and educational awards. Mounir is also a co-founder of the Global Project and Process Management Association (GPPMA) and served as Board of Director Chairperson for three years.
Mounir has a Master's Degree in Engineering & Construction Management from the top-ranked University of California Berkeley in 1990. He is a graduate of the PMI® Leadership Institute Master Class. He earned his Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification in 1998.
Education
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University of Houston, BS in Civil Engineering
Unversity of California Berkeley, MS Engi & Const Mgmt
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Project Management, Global Project Management, Organizational Project Management and Strategic Management, Research & Development in PM developing organizational approaches and methodologies for the management of projects.
Personal Interests
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I have two passions:
1. Project Management and the advancement of this dynamic domain
2. Community and National Development
My personal dream is to combine both of these passions through a not-for-profit organization that would promote and support communities around the world, empowering their people and society through the effective application of project management.
Our vision is Project Management for All Aspects of Life
Our mission is for PM to be an agent of change and a catalyst for development.
Websites
Books
News
New Book Published
By: Mounir Ajam
Subjects: Business & Management
This book’s core focus is on how to lead megaprojects, concept to success, using a tailored approach.
We will introduce the fundamentals and vital concepts for the tailored approach in the first part of the book, then follow it with a simulation of a realistic project in the second part. However, before presenting the tailored approach and the simulation, the book addresses the current reality and the challenges of the megaproject management practice.
Our discussions emphasize a project life cycle (PLC) model to lead megaprojects from concepts to closure (concept to success), which makes this book’s focus ideal for project owners. This owners’ PLC focus is critical because (1) the success and failure of megaprojects start with the project owner in the discovery phase of a project; and (2) there are not enough resources covering projects from concept to closure. Even the numerous postgraduate programs from leading universities are focused on engineering or construction management—that is, the implementation (execution) phase of capital projects. Further, the emphasis on the project owners is that these organizations are the ones that launch the projects and will own their products to generate the benefits from the produced asset. In this context, a project owner could be a private or public entity.
Although this book is ideal for project owners and their executives, senior managers, and project teams, it is highly valuable for all other organizations involved in projects, including engineering, construction, and project/construction management companies. Another message to stress at this time is that this book is also suitable for all industries that handle large and complex projects, so do not let the title of megaprojects intimidate you into believing it is limited to engineering and construction.
Launched SUKAD Corp
By: Mounir Ajam
Subjects: Business & Management
The history started in 1998, but the last iteration was SUKAD FZ-LLC, a UAE-based company, founded in 2004. SUKAD Corp is partially a continuation of the UAE company, with a few exceptions.
SUKAD Corp, the current company, the core focus is the Uruk PPM Platform, which would be the primary driver to engaging clients for the various SUKAD services. The Uruk PPM Platform would be the solution that would significantly enhance our ability to offer Integrated Project Management Solutions (IPMS).
In addition to developing and marketing the Uruk PPM Platform, the previous SUKAD has developed numerous courses and training programs, an online training program, and organizational development and consultancy solutions. Once the Uruk PPM Platform is ready for the market initial release, we would be marketing all other products, services, and solutions.
The bottom line, SUKAD Corp core competency is a project management and all our work evolve around this dynamic domain and emerging profession.
Join us in our online learning & coaching program; to help YOU Master Project Management
By: Mounir Ajam
Subjects: Business & Management
Would you like to grow professionally, enhance your future, and maximize your career advancement opportunities?
Would you want to pursue excellence in whatever you do, and in completing your projects, successfully?
How about gaining exceptional knowledge, and practical know-how to apply that learning in the real world and on real projects?
Of course, learning has to be fun, and not a chore, would not you agree?
Well, you have landed at the starting point of The Quest to Mastering Project Management, an approach building on lifelong learning. What we offer you is great project management learning, anytime, anywhere, and on any device!
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Some of the best program are those focusing on Applied Project Management.
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Published: Aug 11, 2018