PMI-GTISLIG
Networking Dinner and Speaker Meeting
 

Facilitated By: Husam Sha'ath, BSc, MBA, CMC, PMP, CEng, MIMechE. MRAeS

Hoted By: Margarida Almeida & Katrine Maroukis

Topic:  Managing Project Risks - A Practical Approach

Location: 89 Conference Centre, St. David's Room, 3rd Floor, 89 Chestnut street, (Formerly Colony Hotel), Toronto, ON (click here for directions)

Check www.gtislig.org for details.
                      
Session Synopsis:

Risks are a fact of life.  We deal with them on a daily basis, and we instinctively employ strategies to manage them appropriately.  Uncertainties are inherent in every project, and we need to apply a structured approach to effectively manage risks to ensure projects success.

A Project Manager manages each of the Project Management 9 knowledge areas, but project risks stand out.  In addition to being one of the knowledge areas, risks are a component of each of the other areas as well. 

What risks to manage … how do we rank risks … who do we get involved in the process … how do we transition form qualitative Risk Management into quantitative Risk Management … are some of the questions that will be addressed in tonight’s speech. 

Speaker's Bio:

Husam Sha'ath BSc, MBA, CMC, PMP, CEng, MIMechE, MRAeS
Husam Sha’ath is the President of FORTE Management Consulting, a Strategic Management and Project Management Consulting firm. 
He was a Principal Consultant in the Corporate and Operations Strategy Group with PwC Consulting in Toronto, the management consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers which became IBM Business Consulting.  Prior joining PwC Consulting, Mr. Sha’ath worked as the Business Development Manager, for a multinational business conglomerate and was the Marketing Manager for a distributor of consumer goods.  

He has an MBA from City University, London (UK), and a BSc in Engineering from Leeds University (UK).  He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), a Project Management Professional (PMP), a Chartered Engineer (UK), a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK), and a Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (UK).

Throughout his career, Mr. Sha’ath managed projects of various types in a number of industries across engineering and business functional areas.  He has initiated and managed to completion projects in, systems implementation, organizational restructuring, maintenance best practices and benchmarking, mergers and acquisitions, organizational design, product launches, quality management, aircraft heavy maintenance, and power generation equipment overhauls.  He has facilitated courses on Project Management methodologies, Total Quality Management (TQM) and ISO 9000.  He was also involved in investment appraisals and valuations for mergers and strategic alliances.

Mr. Sha’ath has a solid engineering background.  He worked in utilities, where he was actively involved in power generation and the electricity market operations; and in the aerospace industry where worked in aircraft Engineering & Maintenance.  He has recently successfully completed an 18-month Project Management Implementation engagement at a Public Sector organization in the Middle East. 

He enjoys swimming and mountain biking.  The next challenge is go off the beaten track on some off-road adventures.