Women in Project Controls

How a Student Internship Led to a Fulfilling and Successful Career in Project Controls

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I attended The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where I pursued undergraduate and master’s degrees. My undergraduate degree was in civil engineering, and my master’s degree was in engineering management, focusing on construction management. I’ll admit that I never imagined myself working in the construction industry…

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An Engineer, a Project Manager, a Professor, and a Claims Expert

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I grew up in an engineering family. My father and an older brother are civil engineers, and another older brother is an architect. The family owns and operates an engineering contractor business in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. I have always been intrigued by their conversations about engineering problems and construction issues. As the younger daughter of the family, I wanted to be included in those conversations and contribute to their problem-solving. That’s why I decided to study engineering at the university…

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How a Successful Career in Claims Consultancy Grew out of a Passion for Diplomacy

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I am from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and I began my studies in political science at the University of Calgary with plans of becoming a diplomat. At that time, there was a recession, and they weren’t hiring diplomats. So, before finishing my degree, I transferred to engineering and found that I enjoyed it! I am a civil engineer, and it turns out that project control is a significant part of being a civil engineer. Many tools used in project management, including scheduling, planning, and overseeing a site, also fall under civil engineering, so it is not a far jump from a career in civil engineering to project controls…

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The First Female PSP in Puerto Rico – Making Companies Profitable One Schedule At a Time

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My dad was the catalyst in my project controls career. When I was in high school, I wanted a camera. My dad said I had to earn my own money for that, so that’s how I started. I spent a couple of my summer holidays scheduling with my dad on pharmaceutical projects that he was working on in Puerto Rico. I didn’t know how to start, so my dad gave me two huge books on scheduling software, and I started learning the ropes on my own…

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Project Controls in the Period of the Nuclear Renaissance

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Aiswarya Avinash is the Section Manager, Project Controls for Canada’s first grid-scale SMR Program at Ontario Power Generation. She has previously worked in the energy industry for several years prior to immigrating to Canada in 2016 to pursue her Master of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Waterloo, after which, she joined OPG in 2018…

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International Business – An Engineer’s Story of Curiosity and Travel An Interview with Lucia Vernon

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Meet Lucia Vernon, a Regional Director in Doha, Qatar. Lucia has worked for Quantum Global Solutions for nearly 10 years. She has achieved five promotions since her initial role as a junior planner. Lucia describes the reason for her success as having a foundation in project control and forensic planning and volunteering when opportunities present themselves. So, it is not surprising that Lucia is the 2022 recipient of AACE’s Outstanding Woman in Project Controls award…

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Being Your Own Boss – A Story of Courage and Continuous Learning

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Change is hard. Humans are habit-forming creatures such that when we are comfortable, we like to stay where we are.  The same goes for our careers: once we are established in a company, well recognized by our peers, get paid well, or have become the experts in our field, taking a leap of faith and do something different is not an easy feat…

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Tracy Leung is on a Mission to Achieve Gender Equality in the Workplace

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Hello AACE members! I am Tracy Leung, and I am deeply honored to take on the role of chair of the Women in Project Controls (WIPC) initiative! A big thank you goes to Cindy Whitmill, who has built a strong foundation in the establishment of the WIPC vision. Cindy has rallied so many of you to join this important cause! I look forward to working with you, so let’s start off by telling you a bit about myself…

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Spotlight on Alessandra Mokarzel Ricotta

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Alessandra Mokarzel Ricotta was born in Itajubá, in the state of Minas Gerais, and she has always liked working since she was a young girl. When she was 10 years old, she started selling chocolates in some shops in the city together with her two older sisters. On Saturdays, she used to help her father serve customers at the pharmacy where he was a (business partner). At a very young age she learned how to treat customers and to be responsible with numbers…

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