PASADENA, CA (October 26, 2009) – Parsons announces the appointment of Hamed I. Zaghw as Manager for the Road & Highway Division, effective November 1, 2009. In this capacity, he will be responsible for all aspects of the division’s operations. Parsons’ Road & Highway Division has 1,800+ employees working on more than 425 design and construction projects worldwide.
Mr. Zaghw has more than 25 years of project management experience in transportation, structural, and highway projects. He joined Parsons in 1990 on the Abu Dhabi Transportation & Roads Improvement Program. He has since held a succession of positions with increasing responsibilities, including project manager, office manager, and most recently Senior Vice President and sector manager for the Middle East for the Road & Highway Division.
“We are very fortunate to have Hamed’s talents here at Parsons,” said Tom Barron, Parsons Group President. “His outstanding commitment to engineering excellence and his very successful efforts to grow Parsons’ presence in the Middle East led to him being selected for the Parsons Chairman’s Award in 2007.”
Mr. Zaghw is a registered professional engineer. He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Cairo University and a master's degree in structural engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He will be based in Parsons’ Washington, D.C., office.
More than 10,000 miles of roads and highways engineered and/or constructed by Parsons link and serve all 50 states and 40 countries around the globe.
Parsons, celebrating 65 years of setting industry standards, is a leader in many diversified markets such as communications, education, energy, environmental, facilities, federal government, healthcare, infrastructure, life sciences, transportation, vehicle inspection, and water/wastewater. Parsons provides technical and management solutions to private industrial customers worldwide, as well as federal, regional, and local government agencies. For more about Parsons, please visit us at www.parsons.com.
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