Omar MOMTAZ

Curriculum Vitae

Lebanese, Single, born in Beirut 1973 (26 years old).

Professional Experience

February 2000 - Present        FTML -Cellis                      Beirut, LEBANON
Product Executive - Marketing 
* FTML (France Télécom  Mobile Liban) is the first GSM network operator in Lebanon, with more than 270,000 lines in service.
* The  Marketing Department  creates additionnal services to complete the GSM offer with different innovative options. It also look for new horizons in Wireless Communication, sets Product Plans and watch the market for any new needs which may occur.
* As one of four Product Executives, I am preparing new products launching, after intensive studies done with the assistance of other departments in the company.
October 1998 - December 1999      Cloisall Co.                  Abu Dhabi, UAE
Sales Manager
* In a Middle-Eastern group of companies, heading a 2.5 M US $ turnover department, marketing a range of up-market metallic false ceiling products.
* Setting Business Plan, forecasting sales, prospecting the market, negotiating with customers, specifying products with consultants, finalizing contracts, following up payments, recovering guarantee retentions. 
* Managing a team of engineers, draftsmen, foremen and 30 workers.
* Reporting to Resident manager, and coordinating material supplies from Europe with Dubai based division manager. 

Education
1997 - 1998         Ecole Supérieure des Affaires               Beirut, LEBANON
MBA - Management
Major courses: Financial analysis, financial markets, financial strategy, internal auditing, accounting, international business development, marketing and human resources management.
Thesis: International Bids in the Lebanese Market: studied public and private sector use of international tenders, project marketing, bids awarding procedures and decisions processes. Conducted interviews with major decision-makers in Lebanon, and researches in Paris. Top grade in class.

1992 - 1997         Beirut Arab University                         Beirut, LEBANON
BE - Civil Engineer
Electives: Cost estimation, contracts and specifications, project management, engineering management.
Final year project: ten floors steel building, lying on three concrete built basements, with seismic dynamic analysis using SAP90 software. Whole project designed and presented using SAP90, PCA-Mat and AutoCAD R14. Honors degree.

1991                              Lycée Abdel-Kader                    Beirut, LEBANON
French Baccalauréat
Mathematics and Physics Series, Honors Degree (Mention Bien).

Certifications

 July - August 1999               InterConnect NetWork Systems 
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Microsoft Certified Professionnal (MCP)
Windows NT 4.0 Server Adminitration.
Windows NT 4.0 WorkStation Administration.


Training History
Summer 1996                    B.T.U.T.P.*                           Beirut - LEBANON
Quantity Surveying
Quantity surveying and cost estimation for highway bridges, designed a special MS-Excel sheet to compute overpasses cost based on their dimensions.
* Techincal Bureau of Urbanism and Public Works

Summer 1995                   Les Dunes Immobilière              Beirut - LEBANON
Assistant Project Manager
Site supervising in a multi-million dollars project in the heart of Beirut, including a 22 storey residential building, a hotel and a commercial center. Involved in project management, material purchase and coordination between owner and contractors.

Summer 1994                   SOFRECOM -France Télécom   Beirut - LEBANON
AutoCAD Operator
Mapping and digitizing phone network, for the one hundred thousand phone lines (PSTN) contract accomplished by France Telecom for the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunication. Worked on CARL specialized software embedding AutoCAD R13.

Summer 1993                    Arcade Group                       Beirut - LEBANON
Real Estate Development
Civil engineering trainee worked with a team of architects and engineers designing buildings for a residential zone, including land use optimization.


Languages
Arabic: mother tongue.
French: fluent.
English: read, written and spoken.
Spanish: beginner.

Computer Literacy
* Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, MS-Word, MS-Excel, PowerPoint, basic knowledge of HTML. 
* Civil Engineering packages: PCI-Columns, PCI-Mats, AutoCAD R12 and R14 (CARL of France Télécom), Stad III, SAP90, C-Beams.


Professional Memberships
Member of the Order of Engineers and Architects of LEBANON - Beirut.
Seminars and Conferences

Transportation Problem and Traffic Solutions for Greater Beirut area - by Beirut Municipality and Lebanese Ministry of transport. 
(American University of Beirut, 1993)

Geographic Information Systems: Civil Engineering Applications - by Khatib & Alami Engineering & Consulting. 
(American University of Beirut, 1994)

Managing Public Sector Assets: International Conference on Infrastructure Development Projects - by AUB and University of Michigan.
(American University of Beirut, 1996)

Developing a Lebanese Construction Code: Seismic Code Applied to Lebanon - by Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, BAU.
(Beirut Arab University, 1997)

Modernizing Public Administration: Applications in the Arab Countries - by United Nations Development Program (UNDP-ESCWA). 
(Ecole Supérieure des Affaires - Beirut, 1998)

General and Extraordinary Assemblies Meeting: modifying the bylaws and planning for 2000 - for United Arab Emirates Contractors Association.
(Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 1999)


Hobbies
* Readings: European and Middle Eastern history and politics, management and economics reviews.
* Helped creating a new Automotive arabic monthly magazine in 1995. Free-lance automotive editor and reporter for "Automobile" Magazine.
* Chess, movies, rally-papers and other general knowledge contests.
* Travelling: France, England, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Cyprus, Tunisia, Jordan and Syria.

 Sports
Swimming, squash, tennis, snow skiing, basketball, football (soccer).

Social Activities
Member of the Golf Club of LEBANON. 

Member of the Amicale des Anciens du Lycée Abdel-Kader.

Member of Beirut Arab University Alumni Association. 

Contact
omar.momtaz@cyberia.net.lb

Mail Address:

Mr. Omar MOMTAZ
P.O.Box: 135 489
Beirut - LEBANON

Tel: (+961) 1 316 344
Fax: (+961) 1 812 992

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