AMI - Key Persons
Assaf has a strong financial foundation with solid managerial expertise gained through 26 years. His early professional years were spent in the banking sector as manager of Standard Chartered, manager of Prosperity etc…. He is no stranger to the HVAC industry, as he served as strategy and financial advisor at Fedairco from 1977 through 2000. Assaf is a founding shareholder of AMI, director, and general manager since 2006. AMI grew under his stewardship with strong healthy financials and solid business processes.
Job Titles:
- President
- Well - Respected Expert
Calvin Fitzgerald is an established and well-respected expert in the construction industry. With more than 35 years of practical experience in the business, Calvin has built his career on bringing the most outlandish conceptual visions from blueprints to a street next to yours... His leadership skills cemented Construction's dominating positions among our competitors.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Operations
Previously Edward owned his own mid-sized contracting company. That kind of a first hand, entrepreneurial experience in managing all the processes and operations for a construction company got our attention. Last year we invited him to join our team, which he fortunately did...
Construction's core values have been shaped over more than 10 years of delivering the finest construction services to our clients. They stood to the test of time and these principles remain our bedrock lynchpins. We never tried to cut on either quality, the pace of work or any other construction aspect. We stay true to our full promise of efficiency!
François started his career at Fedairco in 1985. He joined McQuay International in 1987, and took on increasing responsibilities over the years, including product management, export operations, and sales and distribution across Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. He became a McQuay Director in 1998, and managed McQuay sales and service operations across various markets. From 2007 through 2014, as President of Daikin McQuay Middle East, he established and grew the business across the Mideast and Africa. He is currently Managing Director of SEE Solutions and is very active in sustainable green building initiatives across the UAE and GCC. Francois commutes between Dubai and Beirut. He is an AMI Director and a founding shareholder of AMI.
Josh leads our creative team of designers and engineers...His proven ability to manage the most complex projects and bring the craziest concepts to life is what makes him as efficient as he is. Together, this creative team can be the launchpad of any project, giving it a head start at the earliest stages of the construction project's planning.
Ken's been working as a chief financial analyst for Bechtel; Fluor Corp.; CB&I and Kiewit Corp. During those years he excelled in this field, efficiently cutting the side expenses that were bringing those top contractors down. Few years ago we managed to get him onboard, and not even a full year later we've had a our returns in a form of an optimized expenses budget!
Job Titles:
- Contractors Operations Head
While we do all the pre-construction planning and sketching, scheduling and managing on an in-house basis, we hire a lot of 3rd party contractors for the actual on-site work. Luis Maxwell is the person to manage all our contractors across all of our projects being currently in development.
Taylor's been involved in the construction business since the 1970's... His profound experience in building miscellaneous types of projects and his innovative mindset makes him the leading force in our company. The BIM and Db methods that he implemented are now the lynchpins of our business operations with all of our clients...
Ziad started his career in engineering in 1995 with Boeing Industries as an R&D and quality control engineer. He was introduced to the importance of precision, planning, processes, and quality control in the aviation industry, where safety and onschedule execution are essential for success. He was initiated in the HVAC industry in 1999 at Fedairco. He quickly rose to become the lead design and site project engineer. He joined AMI in 2006 and played a key role in its success and growth. He became a shareholder and director in 2009. He leads the Engineering, Service, and Sales operations in AMI.