George Zafiropoulos P.E.

A highly collaborative and agile strategic leader, adaptive to diverse ownerships and business management models, keen understanding of and sensitivity to varying customer cultures and business protocols, political savvy expertise with managing complex, diverse relationships, navigating organizational/stakeholder challenges, and determining strategic courses of action in delivering superior outcomes. Business acumen with laser focus and uncompromising attentiveness in delivering safe, high quality, cost effective, schedule/budget driven, reliable, turnkey solutions. Proven ability to capitalize on internal and market opportunities driving strong and sustained contributions to revenue, profitability through organic growth and execution of numerous continuous improvement initiatives.

Comprehensive knowledge of business operations, design/engineering - project management of capital programs spanning the entire project life cycle, organizational governance, real estate development, and facility asset management. Inspiring leadership backed with technical expertise, diversified experiences focusing on financial controls, cross functional collaboration and communications, optimizing organizational performance. Transparent, honest, trust builder, inspiring leader, who builds and leads high-performing multidisciplinary teams, forging cultures of engagement, retention, collaboration, and manages outstanding relationships from the field to the boardroom.

As a highly collaborative, continuous life learning strategic leader, dependable, resourceful and agile, adaptive to diverse ownerships and business management models. Endowed with a keen understanding of varying organizations business objectives and protocols. Multicultural sensitive, an executive champion in fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated and respected resulting in collaborative, engaged, highly functioning teams, recognizing that synergistic efforts yield the greatest results.

Highly emotional intelligent and political savvy with managing complex issues, and navigating organizational/stakeholder challenges for devising timely and well conceived strategic courses of actions. Genuine passion for nurturing talent and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation fostering autonomy and encouraging independent thinking for empowering individuals to take initiatives and prudent risks for excelling in their roles in support of the organization's goals and objectives. Demonstrated ability to grow an organization based on recruitment and integration of new team members harmoniously coalescing with legacy employees that offers diversified strengths and technical capabilities.

I am best known for my acumen, laser focused and uncompromising attentiveness in delivering safe, high quality, cost effective, schedule/budget driven, reliable, turnkey capital investments. Fearless leadership with an entrepreneurial spirit for leading people, driving change, promoting innovation, creating and sustaining partnerships, focusing on results that sets high standards for professional demeanor, accountability, and performance

Professional Engineer (P. Eng) Certified Construction Inspector - Executive leadership certification - University Pennsylvania, CPR and First Aid Certifications