Grace Najjar
Eng. Grace Najjar serves as the Managing Director of PMI's Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region and leads PMI's Energy Working Group for greater reach and focus globally. Grace has 25 years of global experience as an advisor, lead engineer, and program director. She has supported PMI as the Corporate and Government Relations Manager in the Middle East and founded her own firm, Align Management Solutions, in 2010. She is also a professor at business schools and engineering faculties in Beirut and Europe. She holds a bachelor's degree in Information Technology, a Master's degree in Systems Engineering from Saint Joseph University in Beirut, and a Master's degree in Network & Telecommunications from the Télécom ParisTech. Grace is a certified PMP, PgMP and CDA, as well as a graduate of the 2013 PMI Leadership Institute Master Class.
Naouel Ben Zina
Naouel BEN ZINA holds an engineering degree diploma from the “Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie”. During her 19 years of experience, mostly within multinational companies in Information Technology field, she has taken different positions including Project Management roles eg. Project, Program, Portfolio Manager and Head of PMO & Quality System. She has an extensive experience in managing large and complex programs, leading cross functional teams based in Europe and North Africa. Naouel is PMP® certified since 2011. She joined the PMI Tunisia chapter as a volunteer during the launch event organization in 2017. She was appointed VP Communications on June 2017and then elected Chapter President on January 2019
Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez
Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez (antonionietorodriguez.com) is a leading expert in project management and strategy implementation, recognized by Thinkers50 with the prestigious award "Ideas into Practice." He is the creator of concepts like The Project Economy and the Project Manifesto. He is the author of Lead Successful Projects (2019, Penguin) The Project Revolution (2019, LID) and The Focused Organization (2012 Gower). Former Chairman of the Project Management Institute, he is the co-founder of the Strategy Implementation Institute and the global movement Brightline. He is a member of Marshall Goldsmith 100 coaches He has been teaching project management for more than a decade to senior executives at Duke CE, Skolkovo, Solvay Business School, and Vlerick. Antonio has held executive PMO positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, BNP Paribas, and GlaxoSmithKline.
Dr. Saadi Adra
SIP®, PMP®, PgMP®, PfMP®, PMI-RMP®, PMI-SP®, EVP®, OPM3® Winner of PMIEF 2016 Snyder Award Founder & CEO, ADVISORS Author, Researcher, Speaker, Advisor 30 years experience in 15+ countries PMO, Portfolio, Program, Organizational Development and Capacity Building Leader for ADVISORS Webinars Surviving the Pandemic
Omrane Kammoun
Telecom engineer, Omrane completed an E-MBA and a master’s degree in business law. He has more than 38 years of professional experience in ICT field, mainly in management (vision/strategy, global operations, transformation) and finance as well as technical, commercial and legal activities (regulation). He has worked in the Ministry of ICT, Tunisie Telecom Group and its subsidiaries (SOTETEL, Topnet, DIVA SICAR). Since 2016, Omrane joined PwC network as Senior Advisor in PwC Tunisia. He led several projects in the Maghreb region and Sub-Saharan Africa with telecom operators, ISPs, regulators, public sector, financial institutions and other diverse industries (education, health…); the assignments included strategy development, transformation-restructuring, operational efficiency, technical due diligence, organization/HR, process reengineering and project/program management. He recently assisted Orange Cote d’Ivoire in optimizing and digitizing Broadband products and services processes, and the Tunisian Presidency of the Government in the framework of the civil services reform, administration modernization and digitalization.
Scott Ambler
Scott is the Vice President, Chief Scientist of Disciplined Agile at Project Management Institute. Scott leads the evolution of the Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit and is an international keynote speaker. Scott is the (co)-creator of the Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit as well as the Agile Modeling (AM) and Agile Data (AD) methodologies. He is the (co-)author of several books, including Choose Your WoW!, An Executive’s Guide to the Disciplined Agile Framework, Refactoring Databases, Agile Modeling, Agile Database Techniques, and The Object Primer 3rd Edition. Scott blogs regularly at ProjectManagement.com and he can be contacted via pmi.org.Naouel is PMP® certified since 2011. She joined the PMI Tunisia chapter as a volunteer during the launch event organization in 2017. She was appointed VP Communications on June 2017and then elected Chapter President on January 2019
Tahirou Assane
Tahirou Assane Oumarou has over 15 years of experience in leadership roles, civil engineering, strategy, transformation, and project management. As Director of Operations of the Brightline Initiative, Tahirou oversees the activities under the three benefit pillars of thought and practice leadership, networking, and capability building. From 2013 to 2017, Tahirou worked as the deputy director of infrastructure and project management group in the United Nations Office for Project Services supporting the successful implementation of peacebuilding, humanitarian, and development projects around the world. Prior to the United Nations, Tahirou was a senior project manager with the Ministry of Transportation in Ontario where he provided technical capabilities and expertise to ensure excellence in the delivery of complex highway projects with multi-disciplinary teams.
Dr. Amel Karboul
Dr. Amel Karboul is CEO of the Education Outcomes Fund for Africa and the Middle East and Commissioner of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity (The Education Commission). - Dr. Amel Karboul is a social entrepreneur, chairwoman, author and politician. She is passionate about nurturing a new generation of responsible leaders and building bridges between the private, public sector and civil society to solve today’s global challenges. - Master’s with honors in Mechanical Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of technology (KIT), Germany. - Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring, Oxford Brookes University, UK. - Held leadership roles in Mercedes-Benz, DaimlerChrysler; senior consultant roles at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Beratergruppe Neuwaldegg and as Secretary-General of the Maghreb Economic Forum (MEF). - Quickly became known as an award winning executive coach, published author and a trusted advisor for CEO’s of global organizations as well as family owned businesses and entrepreneurs. - Visiting professor at DukeCE; member of the Global Diplomacy Lab; advisory board member of CLP, WTFL and GBCEd. - She was until Feb 2015 Minister of Tourism in the Tunisian transition government that has been appointed after the successful quartet negotiations (Nobel Peace Prize Winners 2015) and nominated as one of 10 leading young African politicians. - She published her book Coffin Corner; outlining a new leadership culture suited to the complexity and dynamics of the 21st century! - She is a true advocate for believing that quality education is possible for everyone. Please watch her TED talk on the learning generation here.
Al Shalloway
Al Shalloway is the Director, Thought Leadership for Agile at Scale Programs at the PMI. He is the co-author of 5 books and the creator of FLEX (Flow and Lean for Enterprise Transformation). He was a co-founder of Lean Systems Society and Lean Kanban University. He was the first SPC Trainer outside of SAI, a gold partner and contributor to SAFe but is no longer affiliated with SAI. His work currently focuses on helping organizations be more effective in adding value to their customers by working with both the business side and development side of the organization. He has a Masters in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT and a Masters in Mathematics from Emory University. He resides with his wife and 3 cats in Carlsbad, CA.
Amine Kerkeni
Amine is leading the engineering team at InstaDeep. He joined the company four years ago after a career in software development where he lead engineering teams in various industries (semiconductor, consumer electronics, investment banking). Initially, Amine started deep learning and AI as a hobby, but ended up dropping everything to pursue his goal of deploying artificial intelligence to solve real life problems. He is driven by the ambition of replacing classic operational research techniques with AI. He has a Master of Engineering in software and a Master in Business Administration.
Mohamed Khalifa
Mohamed Khalifa Hassan, PfMP, PgMP, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, OPM3 LIMC Alumni, is a renowned management consultant and speaker. He is a Member of PMI Ethics Insight Team, and possesses a unique combination of broad-based skills gained from more than 20 years of Portfolio, Program and project management practice. He has developed, implemented and operated many Strategies, PMOs and PMIS. He has hands-on experience in automation of project planning, control, reporting and contract administration through different platforms.
FATIMATA SOW
Madame Fatimata SOW SIDIBE est Cheffe de bureau du Programme Alimentaire Mondial (PAM) au Maroc et Tunisie depuis 2019. En 2019, elle a reçu le prix de la femme leader exceptionnelle d’Afrique en Ile Maurice. En 2015, madame Fatimata a reçu le prix de la femme leader exceptionnelle d’Afrique Madame SIDIBE a fait un parcours exceptionnel et a occupé plusieurs haut postes de responsabilités : - Directrice adjointe du PAM à Madagascar et en Guinée-Bissau, - Elle a travaillé en Guinée Conakry, au Soudan du Sud, au Kenya, au Tchad, en République Centrafricaine et au Mali. - Chargée de programme Nationale et Secrétaire permanente du Programme de Restructuration des Marchés Céréaliers (PRMC) - Spécialiste du marketing et de la communication à la CMDT Mme SIDIBE est spécialiste en agroéconomie et a géré plusieurs programmes humanitaires et de développement en Afrique dans le domaine de la résilience des populations affectées par les chocs. - Elle a mis en place plusieurs systèmes de surveillance de la sécurité alimentaire, de la nutrition, de prévention-gestion des risques et catastrophes, des programmes d'alimentation scolaire, de banques alimentaires et de protection sociale. Mme FATIMATA a obtenu un doctorat en sécurité alimentaire à l'Université de Sceaux, Paris XI France en 2003 et une maîtrise en économie de l'Institut rurale de Plekhanov à Moscou en 1987. Elle a publié plusieurs ouvrages dont : « Résilience et actifs productifs/ 2012, Soudan du Sud, Genre et Gestion des conflits/ 2004, Aziz Diallo, Fatimata Sow, et Ousmane Kornio/Fondation Friedrich Ebert/ Mali entre autres. Mme SIDIBE est mariée, elle a trois fils et trois petits enfants. Elle parle couramment Français, anglais, russe et bambara. Elle est trés active également dans le monde associatif quand elle était présidente du Lions club tananarive doyen à Madagascar avec son club elle a fait construire un centre d'hébergement pour les parents d'enfants de milieux défavorisés atteints de cancer. Elle a été Présidente Nationale de la Jeune Chambre internationale du Mali, et l'Association des Femmes Leaders de Bamako.
Lotfi Saibi
Lotfi Saibi has authored many white papers and articles in the areas of leadership, customer service, operations, and business development. Mr. Saibi’s vast management experience as a business owner, a consultant, VP sales, and more recently as CEO, coupled with his love to teach and mentor, has made him a very well respected leader among his peers, customers, and competitors. Mr. Saibi’s management style only got better when he began coaching soccer over fifteen years ago-a career that ranged from youth soccer, to college, and eventually to the U. S. Soccer Olympic development Program. It was only natural that his passion to teach and mentor extended to his professional life in the areas of customer service, employee training, enterprise software sales training, asset management and mobile field services software, and financial services.
Andy Jordan
Andy Jordan PMP is the founder and president of Roffensian Consulting. Andy is a seasoned business professional with experience in many industries on two continents. After a career managing high profile, business critical projects for many organisations Andy moved into leadership of project management offices and built a reputation for building, rescuing and improving this key function. His approach of tailoring processes to the style and ability of the organisation, and focusing on the development of project staff rather than the short sighted approach of meeting project deliverables at all costs has repeatedly shown dramatic results. Moving beyond direct involvement in project, program and portfolio management and into consulting, Andy focused on working with companies to improve their capability to identify, prioritise and track the progress of key initiatives whether they were part of an ongoing evolution or to revolutionise the company through integration of an acquisition, organisational change management, etc. The recurring theme throughout Andy’s career has been a focus on achieving results through developing staff, both individually and in teams. Andy firmly believes that one of the key deliverables of a Roffensian Consulting engagement should be the development of client staff to improve their capability to undertake similar future initiatives without relying on outside consulting support. Andy’s résumé is rounded out by his engaging and approachable personality. Whether it be through written articles, teaching, or speaking engagements Andy delivers his message in a way that his audience can relate to, and with a style that keeps their attention.
Emma-Ruth Arnaz pemberton
Emma-Ruth is a Project, Programme and Portfolio specialist with extensive experience in the change management industry and a particular focus on collaboration, PMO conception & strategy, method and capability development. As the Director of Consulting Services for Wellingtone Project Management, Emma-Ruth is responsible for all services within the PPM DNA ethos; including PMO implementation, project definition, and PMO metrics She is currently chair of the APM’s PMO SIG, an APM Accredited Trainer, and involved in various project management charitable organisations. The PMO SIG aims to provide a collaborative open forum for PMO practitioners, and anyone with an interest in the role of PMOs, to get together, share ideas, offer support and advice to the PMO community, and to create valuable practice-oriented knowledge, which helps drive the PMO profession forward // a Fellow of the Association for Project Management, member of PMI UK and Spain Chapters, and an Axelos P3M3 Assessor; is a PMO, Project, Programme and Portfolio specialist with extensive experience in the change management industry and a particular focus on collaboration, reminding us that we should be human first and change champions second. She is involved extensively with a number of organisations; notably the Association for Project Management, Project Management Institute, Project Management Without Borders, Project Managers Against Poverty, and PM4Change. Emma-Ruth organises Wellingtone’s two flagship annual events; the FuturePMO conference and Project Management Day of Service.
Melissa Sassi
Melissa Sassi is the Chief Penguin of IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator. Yes, she created her own penguin title! Melissa works with early stage entrepreneurs on digital and business transformation. Have you heard of Call for Code? It’s an IBM initiative aimed at preparing for and responding to climate change via tech innovation. Melissa is a Judge! Prior IBM, Melissa spent several years at Microsoft where she built internet and energy access networks and introducing digital skills to the newly connected. Melissa is also the Founder & CEO of MentorNations, a youth-led digital skills movement in Africa that has taught tens of thousands of youth to code across twelve countries. Melissa is Chair of IEEE's Digital Intelligence Working Group and is on the Steering Committee of the Coalition for Digital Intelligence with the World Economic Forum, OECD, IEEE, and the DQ Institute. She is also a Founding Member of broadbandpolicy.org and holds Board positions with TAKMIL, a nonprofit with 30 informal schools across rural Pakistan, and TechWomen.Asia, a Kabul, Afghanistan-based nonprofit focused on tech skill-building for Afghani women and girls. Melissa holds two master's degrees and is working toward her PhD. Her research focuses on the digital inclusion of under-represented communities. Melissa serves on a Round Table within the UN and has been a speaker in more than 100 in topics involving digital inclusion, community building, youth empowerment, imposter syndrome, and personal branding.
Lobna Jeribi
Lobna Jribi a été désignée, ce jeudi 2 janvier 2020, au poste de ministre chargée des relations avec le parlement dans le nouveau gouvernement de de Habib Jamli. Mme Jribi était députée de l’Assemblée nationale constituante (2011-2014). Elue sur la liste d’Ettakatol de Tunis 1. Elle y était vice-présidente de la commission du préambule, des principes fondamentaux et de la révision de la Constitution puis rapporteur de la commission des finances, de la planification et du développement jusqu’en 2014. Née le 22 octobre 1973 à Tunis, Lobna Jribi est titulaire d'un doctorat en système d’information et intelligence artificielle de l'Institut national des sciences appliquées (INSA) Lyon ainsi que d'un diplôme d'ingénieur en système d'information de la même institution. Elle est enseignante-chercheur à l’Ecole nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique (ENSI) Université La Manouba mais aussi à la Sorbonne. En 2014, Lobna Jribi devient présidente de Solidar, un groupe de réflexion basé en Tunisie et qui se penche essentiellement sur les questions de développement économique et social dans l’objectif d’installer une justice sociale et solidaire ainsi que l’égalité et l’équité en Tunisie.
Mohamed Skander Naija
Eng. Grace Najjar serves as the Managing Director of PMI's Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region and leads PMI's Energy Working Group for greater reach and focus globally. Grace has 25 years of global experience as an advisor, lead engineer, and program director. She has supported PMI as the Corporate and Government Relations Manager in the Middle East and founded her own firm, Align Management Solutions, in 2010. She is also a professor at business schools and engineering faculties in Beirut and Europe. She holds a bachelor's degree in Information Technology, a Master's degree in Systems Engineering from Saint Joseph University in Beirut, and a Master's degree in Network & Telecommunications from the Télécom ParisTech. Grace is a certified PMP, PgMP and CDA, as well as a graduate of the 2013 PMI Leadership Institute Master Class.
Ouissem Ghorbel
Specialized in strategy and transformation. He is an ex McKinsey consultant and has worked as a chief of staff of two ministers in the first transitional government, following the revolution in Tunisia, in 2011. He has successfully led more than ~100 consulting engagements in more than 10 countries, three continents, 9 different sectors, for major government leaders, international institutions and top private sector groups. These engagements included strategy, transformation, re-organization, mergers and aquisitions, turnarounds, investments, public policies, capacity building, etc Ouissem has graduated from Telecom Paris (Leading French “Grande Ecole”), he speaks fluently English, French and Arabic. Ouissem is politically independent and engaged in multiple social activities.
Badr Burshaid
Badr is the president of PMI KSA Chapter. He has 20 years of experience in the Project Management field within Saudi Aramco. His experience includes working as a Director of Saudi Aramco’s PMO, responsible to oversee, manage, monitor and control a multi-billion dollar projects portfolio. This portfolio covers over more than 200 projects annually including Oil and Gas projects, Petrochemicals, Community and Infrastructure projects, Joint Ventures, maritime projects and other sectors. Badr holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. He has complemented his degree with numerous professional certifications and accreditations, mostly in the field of Project Management.
Nazir Lajdel
Nazir started his career at « Banque du Sud », called now « Attijari Bank », where he specialized in the financial sector and software engineering. He has an extensive experience in implementing relevant transformation programs, where he has provided support both for operational excellence tasks in Finance areas and for PMO and Change Management activities. Currently, Nazir is responsible for the Enterprise Portfolio and Program Management practice at « Zitouna Bank ». He has been a key player in maturing the PMO and elevating its capabilities to support Zitouna bank’s Global Growth Strategy, Digital and Agile Transformation journey. Nazir has a wealth of experience in establishing project management offices, implementation of project management processes, and both standalone and enterprise project management software tools. He works effectively with all levels of the organization and is a solid facilitator for project planning and project management process implementation. Prior to « Zitouna bank », Nazir was a senior project manager with Wevioo where he provided technical capabilities and expertise to ensure excellence in the delivery of complex IT projects with multi-disciplinary teams. Nazir joined the PMI Tunisia chapter as a volunteer in 2018. He was appointed VP Finance on January 2019. Nazir finds creative expression in theater arts. He's an amateur actor and performs in many theatrical play.
Guest of Honor - Dr. Claude El Nakhel Khalil
Claude El Nakhel Khalil is a technical services and product Development Manager in a leading, pharmaceutical manufacturing Company in Lebanon. Dr. El Nakhel graduated from Saint Joseph University Faculty of pharmacy, Beirut. She holds as well an MBA degree from Newport University California. In addition to her professional career in the pharmaceutical industry, she is a Project management Professional certified from PMI She volunteered with PMI Lebanon chapter and was elected President in 2014. Currently she is the PMI region mentor for the MENA Region. Her major strengths are in the wide and deep knowledge of the pharmaceutical manufacturing techniques, regulations, with an important experience in product development and Project management in the pharmaceutical industry.