Mazen Adib

Hello, I am Mazen Adib. I specialize in Geotechnical engineering, Project and Program Management, and Contract and Risk Management

Mazen Adib's Bio:

Mazen Adib's Experience:

• Advisor - Infrastructure & Municipal Assets Sector at Municipality of Abu Dhabi City

  September 2010 - October 2011

  Provided highly responsible assistance in the development of the Sector's programs and initiatives; Reviewed a wide variety of documentation; including agendas, reports, capital projects change requests, and technical, financial, and statistical information, and provided briefing, analysis, and alternatives to the ED; reviewed correspondence and drafts responses on the ED's behalf. Assisted the ED's Office in the review of staff reports for Exeutive Directors meetings to ensure that reports align with directives given by the ED, as well as appropriate content, proper English or Arabic languages use and grammar. Coordinated and implemented special projects requiring the participation of multiple Sector's Divisions. Assisted the ED's efforts to ensure that key strategic initiatives are executed and assisted in identifying areas of concern and critical business issues. Provided technical and administrative direction and supervision to assigned staff; assigned and monitored the progress and completion of work assignments and reported progress or issues to the ED. Developed and delivered presentations to both internal and external audiences in support of Sector's mandate and business. Supported the ED's Office in resolving complex issues that may arise as a result of conflicting business processes and/or procedural matters; presented recommendations for the ED's consideration and followed-up with Divisions and Sectors as required. Performed other related duties, as defined and directed by the ED. Reviewed and made recommendations to ED regarding all change orders affecting completion time and budget of the Sector Capital Projects. Provided studies, evaluations, and recommendaitons concerning new Capital Projects. Developed the Busienss Processes for the Sector as part of the Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) initiative by the Department of Municipal Affairs (DMA).

• Executive Vice President at URS Corporation

  September 2003 - September 2010

  The URS Corporation is a fully integrated engineering, construction, and technical services organization that supports every stage of the project lifecycle. It has a network of offices in nearly 50 countries, employs more than 50,000 people, and had a FY2012 revenue of $10.97B. My main responsibilities consisted of overseeing the creation of the strategic and business plan for URS in Saudi Arabia as well as managing other global projects (capital budget up to $1B). Projects spanned numerous disciplines: geotechnical, soil and groundwater remediation, civil and structural engineering, construction quality control, ground improvement, hydrogeology, telecom, and others. One particular challenge in this position included turning around the struggling Saudi Arabia office. It had not been financially viable due to the tough market conditions. I reduced costs and increased revenue by retraining the staff. I also developed new clients and markets with multinational companies in telecom and oil and gas. o Result: Revenue increased by more than 16-fold and net income margin improved from a loss to more than 35% of net revenue. The operation achieved (year after year) one of the best cash flow performances in URS and exceeded yearly targets for gross revenue and net income by 15% or more.

• Country Manager at URS Corporation

  March 1998 - August 2003

  I was promoted from Technical Director to Country Manager. In addition to prior responsibilities, i became also responsbile for all legal aspects of the entity in Saudi Arabia as chairman of the board. Responsible for ensuring that all labor and commercial laws and regulations pertaining to the operation are strictly adhered to. Coordinated the activities of internal and external financial auditors to generate the profit and loss statements. Ensured filing the appropriate financial records with the relevant income, zakat, and taxation authorities, and payment of taxes. Followed up with responsible personnel on updating the entity records with department of labor to ensure that all employees hold proper resident permits (iqama) from the labor office, and all other legal and administrative issues related to the legal entity. Responsible for creating, monitoring, and exceeding the yearly budget plan. Generated the yearly plan income-expense statements in coordination with the regional and international financial controllers, ensured adequate cash flow and collectioin of receiveable through appropriate daily and weekly follow up, and compliance with all Metrics as set by URS corporation for the international offices. Coordinated, managed, and followed up on all internal quality and Health and Safety audits by URS auditors. Managed all technical aspects of URS projects in Saudi Arabia and select projects in the Region. Participated in all regional and international manager's meetings.

• Technical Director at URS Corporation

  December 1995 - February 1998

  Instrumental in shaping the future strategy & structure of URS Saudi Arabia Operations. Performed a strategic leadership role focusing on building strategic relationships with large Multinational firms and Engineering and Consulting (E&C) companies, in concert with the company's strategic parternship policies. Developed a network of contacts based on credibility, quality solutions and long-term relationships. Major duties included: - Developed strategic relationship/partnership with large mutlinational Oil& Gas, E&C, and select local companies. - Evaluated the market and its trends, competitors, and opportunities covering the whole services process of the operations including end users, designers, Engineers & Contractors (E&C) and owners. oConducted and led market research to assess current and future customer requirements and benchmark competition. oSupported regional office leaders to develop project business and improve capabilities of the regional project organization and via leadership of that structure. oManaged the operation staff to deliver the day to day projects and activities in accordance with URS policies and procedures. oBuilt strategic alliances and partnership with Oil&Gas international companies, Telecom providers, Telecom license owners, and international firms operating in Saudi Arabia. oProvided leadership across a matrix organization to drive growth goals as determined by URS yearly plan for growth and profitability. oManaged profitability of regional and local projects oDefined and tracked key performance indicators to ensure successful project deliveries and client satisfaction oAccountable for the partnerships with targeted large mutlinational firms, Oil&Gas firms and E&C companies.

• Senior Geotechnical Consultant at URS Corporation

  May 1988 - December 1995

  From 1988 to 1996, I was a senior geotechnical engineer in the URS San Francisco office (previously Dames & Moore). I was the lead geotechnical consultant for several projects in the US, Thailand, and the Philippines. I worked on the geotechnical and seismic hazard assessment and mitigation for most of the refinery expansions in the San Francisco Bay area, including those of Chevron and Shell and directed and provided foundation design recommendations for several residential, commercial, infrastructure, and oil and gas facilities. I also wrote several papers in the ASCE geotechnical journal and ASCE conferences related to my experience with deep foundations, slope stability, primary and secondary consolidation of soft clays, behavior of deep foundations during seismic events, and the performance of shallow supported foundations. I served as expert witness in several litigation cases in the US and the Middle East.

• Teaching and Research Assistant at UC Berkeley

  February 1985 - May 1988

  Teaching assistant for several graduate courses in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department including: oCE 273 Advanced GeoEngineering Testing and Design oCE 281 Engineering Geology

• Advisor - Town Planning Sector at Municipality of Abu Dhabi City

  October 2011

  The municipality of Abu Dhabi employs about 2,000 people and serves 1.3M residents by delivering best-in-class efficient and customer-centric municipal services. Its purpose is to ensure a superior quality of life and a sustainable environment for its residents. My main responsibilities consisted of developing and directing the implementation of strategic initiatives for infrastructure, public facilities, and residential development projects. I also coordinated the Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR) project ($20M). o Developed an integrated regulatory permitting system of infrastructure, roads, and public facilities projects to overhaul the infrastructure spatial database - it was substantially inaccurate due to the absence of governance. Result: Reduced approval cycle from several weeks to a few days. The system included 95+ types of permits in 7 categories with 7 kinds of processes. o Stemmed major monetary losses (tens of millions of dollars) from government compensation paid to private citizens and public entities by establishing a geotechnical engineering section.

Mazen Adib's Education:

• University of California, Berkeley

  1984 – 1988
  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

• Wayne State University

  1983 – 1984
  Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Geotechnical Engineering
  Concentration: Civil Engineering - Structural Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering

• university of aleppo

  1977 – 1982
  Bachelor of Science (BS)
  Concentration: Civil Engineering

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