Education:

University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England, U.K.
Ph.D. Degree in Structural Engineering
1979 - 1984

Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
B.Sc. Degree in Civil Engineering
1974 - 1979

Employment History:

Alfred Kishek & Sons Canada Ltd.
Windsor, Ontario Canada.
Department: Manufacturing.
Title: Executive Manager.
From: Apr. 1992 - present
Duties Included:
1. Personel Manager.
2. Operations Manager.
3. Accounting.
4. Export / import operations.

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Marwan Kishek Consulting Bureau
Ramallah, Palestine.
From: Nov.1986 - Feb.1991
Duties Included:
1. Construction,Design,SiteSupervision, Project Management.
2. Consultations.
3. Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Structures.

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Jerusalem Water Undertaking- Ramallah District
Ramallah, Palestine.
Title: Consultant.
From: Dec. 1986 - Jan. 1991
Duties Included:
Supervised the construction of a ten thousand cubic meters Water Reservoir and other Civil Engineering projects.

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Ramallah Summer Resorts Company
Ramallah, Palestine.
Title: Consultant.
From: Jan. 1987 - Jan. 1991
Duties Included:
Consultations and supervision for the Company's building projects and real estate business.

Teaching Experience:

Birzeit University
P.O. Box 14, Birzeit, Palestine
Department of Civil Engineering
Title: Assistant Professor
From: Mar. 1984 - Oct. 1986
Duties Included:
1. Professor of Concrete Design and Technology.
2. Professor of Structural Analysis and Steel Design.
3. Director of the Concrete Laboratory.
4. 'Faculty of Engineering' Board Member.
5. Responsible for major curriculum development.

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Cambridge University
Department of Engineering,
Cambridge, England
Title: Laboratory Instructor
From: 1980-1983
1. 2nd year undergraduate Concrete Technology Lab.
2. 3rd year undergraduate Prestressed Concrete Lab.

Computing Skills:

Languages learnt: Pascal; Visual Basic; Fortran; Basic.
Programs used: Autocad; Accpac Simply Accounting; Microsoft Excel; Lotus 123.
Programming: Writing my own computer programs to analyze , design, and draw details of the various reinforced concrete structural elements.
Operating systems: Windows 95 and Windows 3.1.

Honors & Awards

B.Sc. of Engineering Honors: 1979
A Scholarship to study at Alexandria University: Granted by the Government on merit: 1974

Memberships

The Institution of Civil Engineers, London, England. 1988 to 1997
American Concrete Institute, Detroit, MI, U.S.A. 1985 to 1997
Association of Professional Engineers, Jerusalem. 1984 to 1997
Selwyn College Association, Cambridge, England. 1982 to 1997
Association of engineers, Amman, Jordan. 1980 to 1997

Skills and Interests:

Oil Painting: practised regularly; Fine Art; Chess; Music; Reading; Aviation.

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Last modified: Oct. 31, 1996