Pedram Zohrevand - Main Accomplishments as Assistant City Engineer of the City of Fort Lauderdale

Pedram Zohrevand - Main Accomplishments as the Assistant City Engineer of the City of Fort Lauderdale

Pedram Zohrevand – As an Assistant City engineer •He served in the city of Fort Lauderdale from April 2014-October 2015.

•He was meant responsible for managerial and professional engineering work in the Public Works Department Engineering Division.

•He oversaw the Engineering Division consisting of more than 30 engineers and supervised all the engineering and architectural activities.

•He has received many accomplishments while working there.

Pedram Zohrevand - Developed Performance Metrics and Monitored System for CIP Projects •He developed new performance metrics and scorecards system for the measurement and the visual representation of the progress of Public Works Engineering CIP projects.

•These metrics and systems were implemented within the City’s management reporting tool (ClearPoint Strategy).

•They enabled the City to precisely monitor the performance of the Engineering Division against the City’s vision as well as the strategic plan.

Pedram managed a team of about 50 employees and reduced the vacancies by about 90% in Public Works Engineering Division by hiring more than 10 Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, Administrative Assistants, and more over a period of 15 months.

This helped to improve the issues related to understaffing in the Engineering Division.

Executive Project Management Training •He developed a Project Management Training Program to aid with the City’s shift from in-house design to in-house project management.

•He collaborated and worked with the Office of Corporate Training & Special Projects at Florida Atlantic University.

•This shift helped in standardizing previous processes and procedures, and focusing on aligning them with the Project Management Body of Knowledge.

Pedram Zohrevand – Implementation of Adaptation Action Areas (AAAs) policies adopted into the City’s Comprehensive Plan •Pedram collaborated with the City Manager’s Office and Public Works Sustainability Division and integrated the sea level rise adaptation into planning mechanisms.

•With the help and use of the established climate adaptation planning mechanisms, Adaptation Action Areas (AAAs) were identified in the Fiscal Year 2016 Community Investment Plan.