Alex Jalalian

Alex Jalalian is a visiting lecturer at the Ecole de Management in Grenoble, France, teaching project management to part-time and full-time MBA students. He is also a First Assessor of International Project Management Association 4-Level Certification System, and has been involved in the assessment of IPMA level A, B & C candidates, and an IPMA international award assessor. He is currently the PMAC Director of Awards.

He worked for 20 years within the IT and Telecom industries in Switzerland with management assignments including software and system engineering in development, product management in marketing, program management in R&D, and strategy and marketing management in new product development.

Some of Alex’s professional highlights include software system project management where he managed a team of 5 software engineers for 8 projects ranging in duration from 3 months to a year with Ascom Hasler for Swisscom; managing a strategy and business planning project for a year; negotiation with Nortel with the aim of establishing a joint venture between Ascom and Nortel in Switzerland; managing an international team of 6 software engineers for 2 years with Ascom Hasler for Chinese Telecom PTT of Guandong and Beijing provinces; performing technology research project management at Swisscom by managing 2 major European projects for 2 years in collaboration with 6 other European Telecom firms for the R&D division of Swisscom; and as Marketing and Business Development Director for RSO Data Ltd.

Alex holds a bachelor degree in computer science with mathematics from University of London and a postgraduate degree in international management from London Business School. He is now a doctorate candidate at Grenoble, researching project management within Technology and Innovation Management. He also holds a European Excellence Assessors Diploma from the European Foundation for Quality Management. Alex is a Senior Consultant within Procept Associates Ltd, specializing in his course teaching the International Competence Baseline version 3.

Email: Alex.Jalalian@gmail.com
Email: awards@pmac-ampc.ca

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