Interviewee Eng. Abdullaziz Al-Angari Talal Alshugaa

Current Career Information and Authorizations Where do you work? I work in a private company. What is your current job title? Managing Director 4/18/2016ISE 288 Spring 2016 Talal Alshugaa Interviews Abdullaziz Al-Angari2

Educational Information graduated from King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in end of What degree did you earn? Bachelor in Industrial Engineering. Two Masters in Business Administration and Human Resource Have you earned any licenses/certifications such as Professional Engineer, Black Belt, Certified Quality Engineer, etc.? Yes I had earned a Lead Auditor License for ISO 9001:2008, Assessor License for EFQM Excellence Model and Quality Manager Certificate from ILO. In addition to several certificates in Performance evaluation and measurement (i.e. Balanced Scorecard) and others. Did you have any internships or co-ops while you were at university? If so, where did you intern and what were your duties? No. 4/18/2016ISE 288 Spring 2016 Talal Alshugaa Interviews Abdullaziz Al-Angari3

Work Environment Are your benefits and compensation competitive with those in similar industries or jobs? Yes of course. Before I joined our family business I was working in a government body concern for Quality in technical education. I had tremendous benefits gained from working in that organization and I thought the skills were I used there are similar with what I using right now in our private company. How many hours on average do you work a week? 50 Hours. How much free time do you have when you leave work? Do you usually work on weekends? I have 14 Hours on an average. Yes I working in weekend most of time. How often do you interact with people outside of the engineering world? Yes I do continuously. Are you required to make presentations and write reports as part of your job? Yes I do. Do you usually work in groups or alone? I prefer to work in group but sometime I work alone Is traveling a requirement of the position you hold and if so how often do you travel and where? Yes, I travel twice in a week, one domestically to one of our branches in Saudi Arabia and other one I go to our branch in Dubai UAE 4/18/2016ISE 288 Spring 2016 Talal Alshugaa Interviews Abdullaziz Al-Angari4

Education Experience How well did your education prepare you for your career? Indeed it is help me a lot and I feel that I choose the right specialization which support me and guide me for successful. Which classes that you took in college do you find to be most helpful on your job? Operation research and simulation models Which classes were least helpful? All classes are added to me and I benefit from them all 4/18/2016ISE 288 Spring 2016 Talal Alshugaa Interviews Abdullaziz Al-Angari5

Career Choice/Career Path What has been your career path since graduation? I worked as Industrial Engineer in Riyadh Technical College. Then I moved to Quality Department at General Organization for Technical Education and Training (Government body) and working as Quality Engineer. Therefore, I promoted and become Quality Manager until I resigned on Has your family life (marriage, children, parents, etc) influenced your career path? No. What made you choose your specialty in the engineering field? The integration between technology and people. If given the opportunity, would you could go back in time and change your major or specialization? Why or why not? No. There are two basic factors for any work in the life: Time and motion and industrial engineering concern for these factors and gives several techniques and methods to deal with these factors appropriately. Industrial engineering is an access for the advancement in all fields. Industrial engineer can make vast changes in any organization that he/she joined in. Where do you see yourself 5 to 10 years from now? Make my company the most efficient company in the region and world 4/18/2016ISE 288 Spring 2016 Talal Alshugaa Interviews Abdullaziz Al-Angari6

permission Do you give us your permission to publish your contact information on Dr. Burtner’s website? Yes Do you give us your permission to publish your interview responses on Dr. Burtner’s website? Yes 4/18/2016ISE 288 Spring 2016 Talal Alshugaa Interviews Abdullaziz Al-Angari7