Joseph [Joe] Zaarour

Management advisor, ICT consultant, PMP

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Profile Summary (Biography) يوسف زعرور

Current roles:
- Managing partner at Orange Consulting Inc - an & ICT Advisory firm, and co-founder at a Management Advisory boutique start-up
- Facilitator at Cisco - AMIDEAST Entrepreneur Institute in collaboration with Cornell and Stanford Universities
- Executive business management trainer in cooperation with ELCIM (Euro-Lebanese Centre for Industrial Modernisation)
  - Project Management (PMP), Change Management, Process reengineering
- Councilman for the Cities of Cornet Chahwan, Ain Aar, Beit El Kikko & Hbous
- eGovernment consultant

Previous roles:
- Principle Independent Consultant at City of Toronto & Region of Peel Municipality, Ontario Canada
- Principle Consultant, Engagement Manager and Industry Leader at IBM Global Services Americas & Middle East (MENA)
- Consultant at Fujitsu Consulting Services Americas / DMR Conseil
Expertise: Management consulting & ICT Advisory Services:
- ICT & Business Strategy, ICT planning-sourcing-transformation-governance, eGovernment, Business process management & re engineering, Project & program management, PMO set up, Change management, Risk management, Training, Organizational Restructuring, IT implementations (infrastructure, Middleware, Hardware & applications)and Strategic outsourcing (BTO,BPO).
Publications: Articles in business magazines. Editor in chief of Steps Municipal Newsletter & New Media article writer(distributed both online & in print to 5000 households). Municipal publications in the news. Presenter and panel member at the InfoPro Lebanon Opportunities Business Forum 'A new generation of economic leadership' on Process reengineering
Public speaking events: Presenter & panel member @ Economic & business management leaders forum.
Industry experience: financial services, retail, logistics, manufacturing, travel & transportation, public sector (local & federal Governments) in Canada, UAE, Middle East and Lebanon.
Professional certifications: PMP certified (pmi.org), IPMF certified (ciscoinstitute.net), IBM PM Certified (ibm.com)
Professional contributions: Business Exchange @ Bloomberg Business Week
Valid enhanced security reliability clearance by Government of Canada
Education: Saint Joseph School, B COM - Notre Dame University, Grad program in Project Management - McGill University
Lived & worked: Lebanon, Dubai, Montreal, Toronto
Other languages: English, French, Spanish (un poco)
email me: joseph[at]zaarour.ME

Montreal condo 4 rent.

joseph_zaarour

Joseph [Joe] Zaarour

Management advisor, ICT consultant, PMP