Mr. Jourdan Younis, CMAA, LEED® AP

Jourdan Younis has over 10 years of experience in the fields of sustainable development, finance and cleantech. His MBA from London Business School and Bachelor of Science from Cal Poly are coupled with several years of sustainability consultancy experience (LEED & Estidama). He has launched and developed sustainability departments in both the USA and the UAE. His project portfolio includes commissions ranging from a multi-billion USD financial center development in the UAE to the training of over 1,000 professionals in multiple facets of sustainability and green investments. Mr. Younis is currently the head of sustainability for Oger International - Abu Dhabi and teaches Estidama's Pearl Rating System for the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Coucil and LEED for the American University of Sharjah and AMIDEAST.

Mr. Talal Alsadi, PMP

Mr. Talal Alsadi, PMP has over thirty years of international and local experience in Project Management, IT Management, and Leadership consulting and training. Mr. Alsadi holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from De Paul University in Chicago, USA, and has been certified as a Project Management Professional® (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI) since 2005. With 30 years of experience working for major firms in Canada and the UAE, he has delivered Project Management courses for nearly 40 clients in the UAE. He also published two books in the Information Technology field.

Mr. Frank Parth, MS Physics, MS Systems Management, MBA, PMP

Mr. Frank Parth is the president of a project management consulting, training and auditing company in the USA. He has provided project management services to major US companies, the US and Canadian governments, and the United Nations in locations such as Rome and Beirut. He brings 30 years of experience in project management and technology development. He has a long career in key positions in the aerospace industry and e-commerce technology. In addition to managing a project management consultancy, Mr. Parth teaches at several universities in California, including the University of Southern California, the University of California at Irvine (UCI) and Claremont Graduate University. In 2009, Mr. Parth was elected to the Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute, the world’s leading project management professional membership organization.

Mr. Omran Zbeida, BSEET, PMP

Mr. Omran Zbeida is a dynamic corporate trainer with over 30 years of professional managerial and technical experience. He is a member of the American National Honor Society “Tau Alpha Pi”. He brings a wealth of knowledge ranging from research and development, electronics manufacturing and telecommunication software and hardware project management. Mr. Zbeida has extensive regional experience, both in the GCC and North Africa, over the past 3 years; he served clients in both governmental and private organizations. He provided project management consultations to hundreds of professionals in UAE, Kuwait and Libya. While working in USA for over 27 years, Mr. Zbeida developed a reputation of being a great motivator, team developer and trainer. He introduced many processes and procedures to enhance staff competency, including Statistical Process Control “SPC”. He also trained countless trainers to lead training programs.

Mr. I. Dani, PMP

Mr. I. Dani has more than 23 years of experience in the field of management. Employed as a Project Manager in a prestigious investment organization he revised the internal project management methodology and related documentation. His training experience covers dozens of PMP courses in the Middle East and the PMI chapter in Lebanon. He has worked in different countries and with various nationalities. He combines the theory of PMBOK and the practice of project and people management to transfer the knowledge to trainees and equip them with the necessary skills and capabilities for passing the PMP exam as well as managing successful projects.

AMIDEAST/UAE works with organizations in the public and private sectors to design customized training programs for their employees. Popular workshop topics are listed below. Please contact us for additional information and training topics.

Technical Skills

• Advanced Project Management

• Auditing Engineering & Construction Projects

• Business Process Reengineering

• CAPM® Exam Preparation

• Construction Project Management

• Corporate Fraud & Investigations

• Heartsaver® First Aid Courses

• Introduction to Project Management

• IT Project Management

• LEED® Exam Preparation Courses

• Managing Multiple Projects

• PMP® Exam Preparation

• PgMP® Exam Preparation

• Planning and Monitoring Projects with Microsoft Project

  Soft Skills

• Change Management ;

• Creative Problem-Solving and Decision Making

• Cross Cultural Training

• Customer Service Excellence

• Effective Supervisory Skills

• Interpersonal Communication Skills

• Leadership Development & Emotional Intelligence

• Learning Needs Analysis

CERT, the Center of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT) of the Higher Colleges of Technology is part of a 13-college network operated by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the United Arab Emirates. CERT is the continuing education and applied research arm of a system servicing more than 10,000 students throughout the UAE with more than 40 programs in engineering, technology, and business.
 

Types of tailored training programs include:

• Business English

• Policies and Procedures Writing

• Human Rights Reporting

• Entrepreneurship Principles

• “Soft Skills,” such as time management and business negotiations
   

In addition to fielding local consultants, we also have access to AMIDEAST’s regional network of Professional Development Centers, and have worked with our centers in Egypt, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates to bring trainers for specialized training courses. 

To inquire about tailored professional training courses, please contact our International Education Assistant.