MUWAFAQ ALI
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Fairfax, Virginia 22033
LINGUIST
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Highly motivated, hardworking, multilingual person, possessing excellent analytical and problem- solving skills and life experience. Driven to continually improve and extend my skills and knowledge to attain increased responsibility and opportunities for professional growth. Military Experience served with the Iraqi Airforce and Ministry of Military Industries for 23 years, my rank was Brigadier General Engineer.
SKILLS
• Language skills: Native Arabic Fluent English
• Analytical skills
• Communication
• Proficient in Microsoft office
• Self-motivated with strong initiative
• Able to manage complex tasks
• Able to prioritize workload and meet strict deadlines
• Positive attitude
• Detailed oriented
• Risk management
• Conflict Resolution
WORK HISTORY
Sales Consultant, Mansouri Group Inc, March 2017-May 2019
• Meeting customers in person, promoting new products or solving related issues
• Developing a clear strategy to sell products
• Identifies the geographical scope of the marketing campaign
• Profile of potential customer and project sales volume USA Office Representative, Jenan Asia Company, January 2014-January 2015 Baghdad, Iraq
• Point of Contact with all service providers and American companies
• Writing proposals, requesting proposals
• Contracts management, contract evaluations, signing contracts
• Purchasing materials and equipment for oil refineries and Electric power stations
• Representing the company in negotiation with service providers and companies
• Technical translation from English into Arabic, and Arabic into English of all Contracts, memorandums of understanding, and documents related. Project Planner, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Access to Justice USAID Funded Program, Louis Berger Group, February 2010-November 2012 Baghdad, Iraq
• Developing Program Management Plan
• Activities Schedule, resource planning
• Develop a monitoring and evaluation plan
• Risk analysis and risk management plane
• Grants management, monitoring, and evaluation
• Training Non-Governmental Organizations, Civil Society Organizations on M&E and data collecting tools, data quality assurance, and measuring impacts
• M&E Database design, data collecting tools design, data quality assurance, data analysis, and reporting
Program Officer, Inma Agribusiness Development Program, USAID Funded Program, Louis Berger Group, June 2009-February 2010, Baghdad, Iraq
• Supporting Chief of Party in developing a program management plan
• Program schedule and resources planning, risk analysis, and risk management
• Following day-day implementation activities
• Drafting the scope of work for short- and long-term technical assistance
• Contracts review and management
• Security, Financial, and Staffing reports
Northern Geo-Focus Area manager, Inma Agribusiness Development Program, USAID Funded Program, Louis Berger Group, January 2009-June 2009, Baghdad, Iraq.
• Leading, managing and supervising 29 agronomists in the 6 Northern provinces of Iraq
• Coordinating with USAID, USDA, Provincial reconstruction teams, and The American Army, in all 6 provinces
• Coordinating with the Iraqi local government officials, and farmers
• Coordinating with value chain team leaders to develop training activities, site visits, and meetings
• Collecting data about all agricultural activities Northern Geo-Focus Area Coordinator, Inma Agribusiness Development Program, USAID Funded Program, Louis Berger Group, May 2008-January 2009, Baghdad, Iraq.
• Assisting the manager in leading, managing, and supervising 29 agronomists in the 6 Northern provinces of Iraq
• Coordinating with USAID, USDA, Provincial reconstruction teams, and The American Army, in all 6 provinces
• Coordinating with the local government officials, and farmers
• Coordinating with value chain team leaders to develop training activities, site visits, and meetings
• Collecting data about all agricultural activities Project Planner and Process Coordinator, Inma Agribusiness Development Program, USAID Funded Program, Louis Berger Group, September 2007-May 2008 Baghdad, Iraq
• Developing work plans
• Monitoring activities
• Coordinating with team leaders, and beneficiaries (farmers, wholesale markets, and local government)
• Monitoring program implementation processes
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1980 Bachelor of Electric and Electronic Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad Iraq CERTIFICATIONS
• Becoming a Successful Leader, Catalyst institute online, ex
• Emergency Planning, FEMA
• Leadership and influence, FEMA
• From Trust to Promise to Contract, HarvardX, ex
• Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making, Delft University Online
• Negotiation and Conflict Management, The United State Institute of Peace
• USAID financed subcontracts and grants
• Contract management, World Bank
• Public Procurement, World Bank
• Conflict Analysis, The United States Institute of Peace
• Interfaith Conflict Resolution, The United State Institute of Peace
• National Evaluation Capacity Development for country-led M&E Systems, EvalPartners LANGUAGES
Multilingual in Arabic, English, and some French