In this episode, we get up close and personal with Alberto Sanchez. We talk not only about his hugely successful international career in projects but why projects fail, how you get project alignment, and why project controls education is so important to the development of your career, so why not travel abroad!

A little more about Alberto Sanchez,

+25 years of experience delivering large-scale projects valued at over $10 billion in Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Europe, and Central Asia, and Latin America. Expertise across multiple industries including infrastructure, energy, chemical, petrochemical, and utilities throughout all project phases (feasibility studies, pre-FEED, FEED through to commercial operation). Demonstrated ability to lead project control groups including planning/scheduling, risk management, and cost management in the private and public sector.

Currently working as Group Head of Planning for a multinational engineering and construction company overseeing the building, engineering, and services business from a planning and scheduling perceptive. Guest speaker at major companies, universities, and conferences worldwide on planning/scheduling, risk management, project assurance, and modular construction. NSW & ACT Subcommittee Chair of AACE International.

Areas of expertise:

• Pre-project planning
• Planning/scheduling
• Project control processes
• Project benchmark
• Risk workshop facilitation
• Cost estimating
• Cost-Schedule risk analysis
• Value engineering
• Earned value management
• Decision-gate processes
• Project assurance
• Project portfolio management
• Project reporting and trending
• Independent project verification
• Stakeholders management
• Change management
• Claims and forensic schedule analysis
• Modular construction