Zohreh Soltani, Ph.D., PMP, PE

Zohreh soltani, ph.d., pmp, pe

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Vice President at Kroll

  • Education

    • Texas a&m university

      2013 - 2018
      Doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) civil engineering, construction engineering and management program

      conducted exploratory research, designed an experiment, created fictitious experiment materials, recruited 120 participants, and performed an online 2 by 2 experiment to compare the persuasiveness impact of static vs dynamic presentations when used to communicate the failure mechanism in a building before lay jurors.

    • Springboard

      2020 - 2021
      Data science career track

      Springboard Data Science Career Track - StudentDescription: 550+ hours of hands-on course material, with 1:1 industry expert mentoroversight, and completion of 3 in-depth capstone projects. Mastered skills in Python,SQL, data analysis, data visualization, hypothesis testing, and machine learning

    • Amirkabir university of technology - tehran polytechnic

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      Bachelor’s degree civil engineering
  • Experience

    • Azarsimab

      Apr 2006 - May 2012
      Project engineer/assistant project manager

      Started as a Project Engineer and was promoted to Project Manager shortly. Contributed to several maritime and pilling projects in the oil and gas and electric power industry. • Scheduled and controlled the project progress • Prepared budget and estimating • Prepared cost and adjusting statements • Prepared ad hoc and executive reports• Assisted the project manager with developing and managing the contracts with subcontractors • Assisted the project manager with the construction administration phase• Coordinated more than ten direct technical personnel and 50 indirect construction contractors• Developed construction procedures • Prepared bid packages• Developed construction procedures of Secant Concrete Piling in a subway project• Contributed to claim management, prepared the supporting documents for claims, and pursued the resolution process Show less

    • Kayson inc.

      May 2012 - Jul 2013
      Pmo expert

      • Assisted with designing the Integrated Project Management System • Implemented the Risk Management Plan in the construction of a 60 million dollar road and facility project in Cameroon• Developed the Cost Management Plan for a 500 million dollar housing project in Venezuela• Monitored the project progress using Earned Value performance Management technique in a 170 million dollar cultural complex project in Tehran

    • Texas a&m university

      Sept 2013 - May 2014
      Teaching assistant

      • Course CVEN349 (Civil Engineering Project Management)• Course CVEN405 (Construction Planning, Equipment and Methods)

    • Christopher b. burke engineering - chicagoland

      May 2015 - Aug 2015
      Construction observation

      • Reviewed contractors’ submittals such as As-Built, Data Sheets, calculations, and drawings• Controlled contractor’s progress against Project Baseline• Prepared Resident Engineers' Daily Diary (REED)• Supervised the retaining walls and pavement subcontractor’s job to ensure their conformance to the drawings and specifications.• Prepared Change Orders and Extra Work Orders in Bridge Reconstruction and Widening Project of Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90)

    • Texas a&m university

      Sept 2015 - Dec 2018

      Experimenting the persuasiveness impacts of Building Information Models versus PowerPoint as two different presentation tools inside courtrooms CVEN 333-Engineering Project Management

      • Research Assistant

        Jan 2016 - Dec 2018
      • Lecturer

        Sept 2015 - Jan 2016
    • Exponent

      Nov 2018 - Mar 2024
      Senior associate

      • Provided Project Management and Project Control Analysis services in utility projects in Northern California • Managed the database for Engineering Critical Assessment (ECA) of gas distribution facilities using SQL Server, Northern California • Performed user studies of electronic devices• Analyzed the delays in light rail transit project using the as-built versus as-planned technique on behalf of the trains manufacturing subcontractor for an arbitration, Canada• Performed schedule and performance analysis in the construction of a four-story residential complex on behalf of the owner for a mediation, North Carolina• Assisted the ownership team in reviewing the change orders and overseeing the Change Management for a sports arena, Northern California • Investigated the impact of adverse weather and safety and environmental issues on schedule performance of pipeline projects• Analyzed the schedule performance of the General Contractor in the construction of the Sewage Treatment Network Show less

    • Springboard

      May 2020 - Aug 2021
      Data science fellow

      Sentiment Analysis of Amazon reviews on musical instruments with Natural Language Processing• Performed Exploratory analysis, Text Processing, and Feature Extraction • Developed predictive models using various Machine Learning algorithms in classification such as Multinomial Naive Bayes, Logistic Regression, XGBoost, Random Forest Classifier, and tuning hyperparameters on selective models• Visualization of word frequency using Word_Cloud House Price Prediction using Ames dataset • Utilized Linear Regression and Random Forest algorithms in Python (scikit-learn package) to predict a house price in Ames, IOWA • Performed a full market analysis including data cleaning, exploration, visualization in Python using NumPy, Pandas, Seaborn, and various librariesCrime Prediction using San Francisco crime dataset • Utilized KNN (K Nearest Neighbors) algorithms in Python to predict the chance of crime • Performed full analysis of the dataset, Feature Engineering, and visualization in Python using NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib Show less

    • Kroll cyber apac

      Mar 2024 - now
      Vice president
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Project management professional (pmp)®

      Project management institute
      Nov 2017
      View certificate certificate
    • Business management

      Mays business school - texas a&m university
      Aug 2017
    • Professional engineer

      Texas board of professional engineers and land surveyors
      Jan 2019
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Zohreh Soltani, Ph.D., PMP, PE
      Awarded travel fund “Annual Conference of the European Society of Construction Law” - Nov 2017
    • Awarded to Zohreh Soltani, Ph.D., PMP, PE
      Awarded travel fund “ASC 2017 Conference”, Seattle, WA, US - Apr 2017
    • Awarded to Zohreh Soltani, Ph.D., PMP, PE
      Teaching Fellowship for Doctoral Candidates Texas A&M University Sep 2015
    • Awarded to Zohreh Soltani, Ph.D., PMP, PE
      “Edward Theodore Ziller” Scholarship Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Sep 2014
    • Awarded to Zohreh Soltani, Ph.D., PMP, PE
      Top ranked student award in Construction Management graduate program College of Engineering Jul 2008
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Organizing Committee Member in ASC 51st Annual International Conference

      Issued by Texas A&M University on Apr 2015
      Texas A&M UniversityAssociated with Zohreh Soltani, Ph.D., PMP, PE
    • Coordinator of the Creative Constrcution Lab

      Issued by Texas A&M University on Jan 2017
      Texas A&M UniversityAssociated with Zohreh Soltani, Ph.D., PMP, PE
    • Member of the BIM SIM Research Group

      Issued by Texas A&M University on Jan 2016
      Texas A&M UniversityAssociated with Zohreh Soltani, Ph.D., PMP, PE
    • Committee Member in 9th National Conference of Civil Engineering

      Issued by Amirkabir University of Technology on Sept 2002
      Amirkabir University of TechnologyAssociated with Zohreh Soltani, Ph.D., PMP, PE