Mubarak is a highly experienced Project Manager with more than 8 years of expertise. His journey recently brought him from Bulgaria to Switzerland. With a background deeply rooted in strategic leadership, Mubarak holds a master’s in strategic leadership from New Bulgarian University. His passion for effective communication led him to pursue a current master’s in international business communication from the same institution.
In the realm of project management, Mubarak specialized in strategic planning and execution. He has overseen diverse projects and holds the distinction of being a Certified Strategic Leader. His expertise spans various domains, from IT to movie and photography endeavors. Mubarak is not only a proficient Photographer and Movie Editor, but he also excels in languages. Fluent in French, English, Ewe, and Yoruba, he is actively enhancing his proficiency in German and Bulgarian, currently at A2 level.

Mubarak dedicated to continuous growth, as reflected in his recent completion of the PMP training from Simplilearn. Excitingly, he is poised to take the PMP exam in September 2023. His journey is an embodiment of his belief in lifelong learning and professional development.

Mubarak’s move to Switzerland is accompanied by an eagerness to contribute and learn from the Swiss PMI charter. He is eager to immerse himself in a community that shares his passion for project management excellence. While Mubarak is currently in between roles, his determination and diverse skill set ensure he is primed for impactful contributions.

Outside of the professional sphere, Mubarak is an avid learner, explorer, and seeker of cultural experiences. He is enthusiastic about embracing new challenges and opportunities as he continues his journey in this dynamic international environment.

You can learn more about Mubarak by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

Roberta is originally from Italy, where she earned a M.Sc. in Biotechnology and a PhD in Translational Medicine from the University of Milano-Bicocca. She relocated to Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2016 and joined the Neuroscience Department at the University of Lausanne as Senior Scientist and Project Manager. She has gained valuable experience in Project Management and is currently actively working towards becoming certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP).

Roberta is a curious and dynamic person, who is always eager to broaden her knowledge and skillset. She is fluent in Italian and English and has a good working knowledge of French. In her leisure time, she enjoys trekking, travelling, cooking, and exploring new international cuisine.

Roberta joined the Swiss chapter of the Project Management Institute to share and exchange experiences, to gain practical knowledge and expand her professional and personal network by meeting new people.
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Mi has 30+ retailing business (IKEA) and engineering industries (ABB and NKT) experience as a quality, health and safety, audit as well as project management profession. In the line with business operational excellence, she pursued research and academic career in parallel acquiring two BAs in English literature and educational science, two MBAs in international logistics, marketing, manufacturing economics, and business administrations, one licentiate degree in technology, and the final phase of Ph.D. in digital transformation and corporate culture both in South Korea and Sweden.

Her latest role as director of group quality and audit from energy industry strengthened her competencies in manufacturing and construction industries proving her capability to learn the industry fast and apply her tools and skills from quality assurance and project management.

She is a goal getter bringing togetherness of “teams” to the organization achieving common and aligned goals and creating values to the customers. She is a mom of two daughters who are 20 and 25 and she wants to stand up as a role model for her daughters and other young women in society inspiring and supporting their life journey both in their professions and personal life.

She acquired her PMP certificate in 2017 and She joined PMI Swiss Chapter to contribute to the project management community with insights she gained from her working and private life as project management professional over 20+ years.

In her free time, she is active outdoors such as running, hiking, cycling, swimming, skiing, diving, and climbing as well as cooking, dancing, meditation and cultural explorations.

You can learn more about Mi by visiting her LinkedIn profile.

At 17 Alex had and run his own small business, coordinating all activities from supplier management to hiring and training staff to client acquisition and financial planning. Then he decided to take on new challenges, graduating on a technical training in Chemistry, and a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy in Brazil, pursuing internships in molecular biology, pharmacology, pharmaceutical technology, and cosmetic development.

This was followed by a 3-years hands-on master’s degree in biotechnology in an interdisciplinary project connected to microbiology and nanotechnology at an internationally renowned vaccine-producer institute in Sau Paulo. At that time, he started teaching different languages, which contributed to developed more the presentation skills and intercultural competencies.

On moving to Germany, he pursued a PhD in pharmaceutical technology and moving between Brazil and Germany afterwards while teaching, contributing to different projects and coordinating a scientific book project with a team of scientists across 10 countries and working as a communication instructor for scientific topics and assisting in patent disputes.

Again in the lab, he worked on molecular diagnostics and took a project manager role where he contributed to advance research creation and implementation within the framework of the Horizon Europe project from the European Commission to advance therapies for cancer, HIV, arteriosclerosis, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Lastly, he has been busy with the edition of a new scientific book for a world-class publisher while performing a role as consultant for the life science industry, taking part in regional, continental, and global projects in computerized system validation, data integrity, among others.

Alex enjoys many sports (from winter to summer ones), art, writing (and publishing) poetry, traveling and interculturality. He joined the Swiss Chapter because he will be moving close to Basel and that makes sense, besides, he likes Switzerland a lot

You can learn more about Alex by visiting his LinkedIn profile.