Alex Mvogo

Civil engineer with 14+ years of experience delivering complex infrastructure projects - maritime works, urban hydraulics, roads and utilities (VRD), and buildings - across Sub-Saharan Africa and Tunisia. Specialist in geotechnics and structural analysis with hands-on international project experience, including the Tine Dam project in Tunisia. Strong background in client-side project management (MOA/MOE), international public procurement (DAO/TDR, FIDIC principles), and leadership of multidisciplinary teams in multicultural, resource-constrained environments.

Bilingual

French and English, with a track record of managing budgets and schedules under strict regulatory and contractual conditions.

Head of Control Service - Roads and Construction Agency at Douala Urban Council (Communaute Urbaine de Douala) (2023-12 – Present)

• Supervise daily maintenance operations across roads, drainage structures, public lighting networks, and municipal buildings for the entire Douala metropolitan area.
• Manage as-built survey records and maintain the city-wide road and utility network database used for infrastructure planning.
• Coordinate between the delegated client authority and multiple contracted firms to enforce contractual deadlines across concurrent maintenance and construction contracts.

Head of Housing Service at Douala Urban Council (Communaute Urbaine de Douala) (2023-07 – 2024)

• Act as client-side representative (MOA), conducting building inspections and enforcing compliance with urban planning regulations and construction permits.
• Lead feasibility studies and implementation of social housing and rehabilitation projects, coordinating with national ministries and regulatory bodies (public contracts, procurement, and finance authorities).
• Draft international-standard tender documents (DAO/TDR) and manage public procurement processes for housing sector projects.

Design Engineer, Urban Drainage and Hydraulics at Douala Urban Council (Communaute Urbaine de Douala) (2018 – 2023)

• Designed and delivered large-scale stormwater drainage networks and hydraulic structures serving the Douala urban population.
• Conducted technical inspections of drainage infrastructure; authored tender documentation and administered resulting public works contracts.
• Coordinated design consultants and contractors across the full project lifecycle - design, procurement, execution, and handover - to ensure compliance with technical standards and delivery schedules.

Head of Public Procurement Control and Execution at Douala Urban Council (Communaute Urbaine de Douala) (2015 – 2017)

• Monitored and audited execution of public works contracts in coordination with national regulatory bodies, applying the Cameroonian public procurement code and FIDIC principles.
• Served on tender evaluation committees and works acceptance boards for infrastructure contracts.

Civil Engineer, Control and Studies at Douala Urban Council (Communaute Urbaine de Douala) (2013 – 2015)

• Controlled execution of infrastructure contracts and urban development projects.
• Conducted rehabilitation studies and prepared tender documents (DAO) for market and commercial facility projects; verified compliance with building and planning regulations.

Technical Director at SBW Kribi (2012-07 – 2012-09)

• Directed technical studies and structural design for industrial infrastructure projects in the Kribi port zone, coordinating architecture design firms and field teams.

Geotechnical Engineer, Tine Dam Project at Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate of Major Hydraulic Works (2012-02 – 2012-06)

• Performed stability analysis of the earth dam embankment and interpreted geotechnical monitoring data for a nationally significant hydraulic infrastructure project.
• Collaborated within an international, multicultural engineering team and authored the technical final report.

Master's Degree in Financial Engineering and Actuarial Science – Universite des Montagnes (2025)

Specialized Engineering Master's in Geotechnics and Structural Design – ENSTP Yaounde / University of Padua (2017)

National Engineering Diploma in Civil Engineering (Msc) – Ecole Polytechnique de Sousse (2012)