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Greetings, PMI community,

My name is Chenar Jamil Mahmoud, and I am a PMP-certified senior operations and project leader based in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. My professional foundation is in Civil Engineering, and over the past 15+ years I have progressed through supply chain, project and portfolio management, and into industrial plant leadership across the oil and gas and heavy industrial sectors.

I currently serve as Plant Manager and Expansion Project Lead at Metanationoil, where I direct the full P&L of a 1,000 TPD refinery while leading a $12.5M CAPEX brownfield expansion. Balancing live operations with major capital delivery has sharpened my focus on risk management, stakeholder alignment, and disciplined execution under constraints.
Previously, I led a $10M+ project portfolio at Penjwen Company, where I established a PMO and reporting framework, and served as General Manager of Industrial Operations and Supply Chain at Hemn Group in the cement industry. These roles shaped my approach to governance, procurement strategy, and operational performance.

My credentials include an MBA (American University of Iraq–Sulaimani), a BSc in Civil Engineering, PMP, Oracle Primavera and Microsoft Project certifications, NEBOSH IGC, and ISO specialist qualifications (9001, 14001, 45001, and others), along with HAZOP expertise

I work fluently in Kurdish, Arabic, and English.
What draws me to project management is the opportunity to turn complex, high-stakes plans into measurable results, particularly where safety, schedule, and cost must be managed together.

I am here to learn from this community, share lessons from brownfield and industrial projects in emerging markets, and connect with peers working in energy, infrastructure, and operations.
I look forward to the exchange of ideas and would welcome connecting with fellow members.

Best regards,
Chenar Jamil Mahmoud, PMP

Hi everyone! I'm Tommy Tran, a newly certified PMP based in San Diego County, and I'm excited to join this community.

I spent almost four years at Amazon in San Diego, first as an Operations Manager and then as a Multi-Site Environmental Manager. In that role I ran environmental compliance programs across 20 sites in San Diego and Orange County and supported 120 more remotely. I led sites through regulatory inspections (we passed 7 of 8 agency audits), rewrote stormwater plans at scale, and presented KPI and compliance reviews to leadership. Looking back, much of that work was project management: competing deadlines, many stakeholders, and no room for error.

Earning my PMP this October was my way of formalizing those skills. I'm now exploring my next opportunity in program/project management, operations, or sustainability and compliance, either in San Diego or remote.

I'd love to connect with other PMs, especially anyone in the San Diego area or working in government, sustainability, or operations. I'm happy to swap stories about the transition into PM roles, and I'm always open to hearing about new opportunities. Feel free to reach out!

Greetings Everyone, I’m Rami. My background is in Structural Engineering and I have more than 19 years of experience in project management leading Construction and Real Estate Development Projects. Over the course of my career, I worked with reputable organizations and clients both nationally and internationally and been deployed on high profile projects across the Arab Gulf Region, Middle East, China and currently in Vancouver, Canada.

Besides working as a full time Senior Projects Manager with a consulting firm out of British Columbia, Canada and holding multiple key volunteer positions with global organizations, I am also the Founder/Executive Coach at RMK Coaching.

Growing up, I've always wanted to be a surgeon and while my high school grades would have allowed me for a full scholarship, yet, I wasn't able to leave to go study overseas at the time due to some personal circumstances.

My transition from Engineering to Project Management was accidential but smooth at the same time. I got attached to Project Management due to the non-routine nature of the field and the fact that is challenging most of the time. I function best under pressure and enjoy challenging work and I have lots of accomplishements both personal and professional to be proud of.

On a personal level, I am passionate about Personal/ Professional Development. On my free time, I regularly workout, play basketball and enjoy the outdoors. I like trying new restaurants and different foods.