A highly experienced professional with over 25 years in positions of increasing responsibilities in the field of Project Planning / Management and Control. Held positions of project manager, senior planner and planning and controls manager to lead teams up to 14 planners. Having extensive planning experience in developing schedules of high complexity covering Rail, Infrastructure, and O&G in general with project values in the region of multi-billion dollar in Denmark and the Middle East (Iraq and Qatar). His success in his career has not been only due to his technical strength in the field but coupled with his strong background as a civil engineer. Moreover, this has been reinforced by his strong communication in liaising with all stakeholders including the customer, PMO, designers, subcontractors, suppliers and local authorities and other stakeholders on all matters relating to planning. Over a decade, while working in Denmark Samer was a key member of specialist consulting teams to provide advice to various local authorities on numerous projects covering in principle Infrastructure (Road, Metro and Rail). In Qatar he succeeded in building a wide network of clients from both the public and the private sectors through his efficient communication skills, assisted by him being not only fluent in Arabic but knowledgeable of the cultural details of the GCC society so that he is accepted as a natural member of the society equipped with the high international technical and business qualities. Samer has kept abreast with techniques in all aspects. To this end, he has benefited from special training sessions in Project Planning and Control and has expert proficiency in Project Management and Project Control such as • Project Planning and time scheduling using Critical Path Method (CPM), Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Earned Value Management (EVM) and Cost estimating (Budget and estimates)• Applying risk and schedule reporting processes that develop a results driven culture of excellence throughout the project team • Expert proficiency in Primavera P6 (Client and Web). Acting as Primavera Administrator and Trainer• Expert proficiency in Time Location Diagram (TILOS)• Specific skill to integrate the planning tools to perfectly support the project• Progress monitoring, Controlling, Reporting and Schedule Analysis• Risk Analysis and Risk Management (utilizing Primavera Risk Analysis)