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Education 

Texas Southern University  

Ph.D. Community development & Housing 

Urban Planning & Environmental Policy program

Publication

Ph.D. dissertation, 2021: An Analysis of Public Boys’ High School Location Using GIS: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Case Study

2017-2021

 

Texas Southern University  

MBA

2015-2016

 

Indiana University Kokomo

Business Fundamentals Graduate Certificate 

2014

 

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals 

Bachelor of Architecture Engineering 

1997-2004

Discipline , Perseverance and Devotion

Work History


Real Estate Broker 

Freelancer 

Sep. 2021 on going  

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

 

Digital Technology Company Limited

Project Manager / Consultant 

Nov 2023 on going

 

Urban Planning Research Assistant

Texas Campaign for the Environment 

Dec 2019 - Jul 2020 

Houston, Texas, United States

Oil and Gas Drilling Operations in Houston Metropolitan Area

The project is sponsored by Texas Campaign for the Environment & Coalition for Environment, Equity, and Resilience Cooperation (CEER) with Texas Southern University (TSU). Analyzing four counties in Houston Metropolitan Area urban infrastructure to create a GIS dashboard to present the intersection between Oil and Gas Drilling Operations and PAD-US to measure and evaluate its physical location impact on people, city urbanization and surrounding environment.

The USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) is America’s official national inventory of U.S. terrestrial and marine protected areas that are dedicated to the preservation of biological diversity and to other natural, recreation and cultural uses, managed for these purposes through legal or other effective means.

 

Urban Planning Research Assistant

W.K. Kellogg Foundation 

Jan 2017 - Dec 2019 

Houston, Texas, United States

This project is a grant by W. K. Kellogg Foundation with cooperation with Texas Southern University. The project was a five year grant to Dr. Robert D. Bullard the Father of environmental justice and Dr. Beverly Wright.

The project covered The United States Gulf Coast region (TX, LA, Al, MS, and FL) to study climate change and its impacts on urban life. My role was to assist Dr. Glenn Johnson to study Pleasantville community engagement and increasing science literacy in the community with regard to climate change, air quality, and health issues that impact children and families in the region.

 

Business Broker 

iFLY indoor Skydiving 

Aug 2017 - Dec 2018 

During my Ph.D. studies in The US, I signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) in August 2017 with SKYVENTURE, L.L.C. and SKYVENTURE INTERNATIONAL (UK) LTD . I believe that  iFly indoor skydiving is a great fit to the Saudi Arabia entertainment sector.

I marketed such a project to my private investors list in Saudi Arabia. I renewed the NDA in Feb. 2018 with IFLY HOLDINGS, LLC, SKYVENTURE, LLC, SKYVENTURE INTERNATIONAL (UK), LTD, and their affiliates due to the fact that I had an interested investor who asked for an actual construction quote from a local contractor. I have succeeded to secure such a request from one of my contacts MAC consulting or what is known as SBCM.

 

Business courses Tutor

Texas Southern University 

June 2016 - Dec 2016 

During my MBA studies, I worked in the University student center as a tutor for business courses. I was teaching students who needed help with their studies, mainly finance courses.

 

Regional Leasing Manager

Panda Retail Company – Savola Group

Jul 2010 - Mar 2011 

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Managing a leasing team to increase absorption rate

Oversees completion of contracts to ensures proper customer service

Collecting and releasing rent payments

Respond to the renters' inquiries and concerns

Negotiate contract agreements

Work closely with tenants to maintain communication

Overseas maintenance orders and completion

 

Real Estate Broker 

Freelancer 

Apr 2009 - Jun 2010 

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

 

Project coordinator

Arabian Food Supplies

May 2007 - Mar 2009 

Responsibility: owner representative, oversees contract completion , payments, analyses, budgeting, cash flow, bidding management and project management.

Project classification: Hospitality shop fitting (Fuddruckers, Chilis and On the border)

Achievement: Monitoring and controlling 5 projects in UAE, 2 in Egypt and 5 in KSA , a total of 12 projects in 2 years with an average of 0.50 projects per month costing 50 million SR overall.

 

Roshan Mall Duty Manager

Savola Group

Aug 2006 - Apr 2007 

Supervise mall operation & tenant coordinator acting as Roshan Mall manager in the second shift. Supervise mall activities and events at night time.

 

Sultan Mall Operation Manager

Better Homes Real Estate

Jul 2005 - Jun 2006 (1 year)

Member of Sultan Mall acquisition team, physical due diligence

Tenant coordinator providing property services (water, gas, electricity and sewage) within mall criteria

Mall services companies Management (Contracts, payments and day to day services supervision)

Standardizing mall criteria (maintenance, cleaning, water, sewage and electricity)

 

Architectural Engineer

Ahmad Zidane Architecture Office (Edge)

Dec 2004 - May 2005 

Eng. Ahmed Zidan Architectural office in a cooperation with Concept One (C1) on Mobily shopfitting Project. My role was an Autocad DraftsMan on floor plans

 

Architectural Engineer

Makkah Municipality

Sep 2004 - Dec 2004 

Parks and Recreation Department (DPR)

Landscape design where I designed a park and I was assigned to manage a project. The Project was to add park sitting benches to all Makkah's parks

 

Summer Internship

Zuhair Fayez Partnership Consultants

Jun 2003 - Aug 2003 

 

Summer Trainee

Anas Rayes Office

June 2002 - Aug 2002

 

 

 

 

 

Licenses & Certifications


FAl  Real Estate General Authority 2023

Real Estate Financial Modeling Excel 2021

GIS ESRI MOOC's: 2020

Creativity in work environment - Saudi Credit and Saving Bank 2015

ELS English Language Centers 2012

Safety for Survival 

Yousuf Naghi Training Center 2009

Arbitration Dispute resolution in construction Projects FIDIC Course - Saudi Council of Engineering 2008

Project Management Professional PMP Course-  Saudi Council of Engineering 2007