One of the eight winners of the Emirates Business Women's Awards 2008 is a Filipina chemist who is the Chief Executive Officer/General Manager of Geoscience Testing Laboratory in Dubai. She is the first ever Filipino awardee to received the Emirates Business Women Award.
Engr. Mary Jane Alvero-Al Mahdi bagged two of the upper prestigious awards, the professional category (1st runner up) and criterion award for Leadership. Awarding was held last May 20, 2008 at Grand Hyatt Dubai.
An Alumni of Adamson University with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. She was an active committee member of AdUChESS during her college days. She is also a member of ChE Blues and consistently supports and generously assists the financing of the group activities like the annual Outreach Program here in the Philippines.
She is the Chief Chemist of Al Futtaim Tarmac Laboratory in Dubai from 1993-1998 before becoming the General Manager/CEO of Geoscience Testing Laboratory. Jane is a holder of Master in Quality Management Degree from the University of Wollongong in Dubai and Master in Engineering Systems Management from the American University of Sharjah. A certified ISO Lead Auditor certified Project Manager and a six Sigma Master Blackbelt Level. She is a certified trainer/educator and one of the founders of Filipino Degerati Association that assists Philippine emissaries in Dubai to train Filipinos in computer application for free. She is a member of American Management Association, Project Management Institute, UAE Society of Engineers and Filipino Degerati Association.
She mentioned in our phone conversation and in some of her interviews that the main reason for her success is her leadership, vision and the trainings in many fields. She plans to further study for a doctorate and professionally aims to give the company a regional presence.
She makes us proud and uplifts the status of Filipinos. Filipinos have once again proven their world class leaderships and professionalism in work and in community service. You made our country proud once again...
Sources of info and photos: My classmates in Dubai
Engr. Allan Eugene Canoy & Engr. Louie De Castro
The Awardee - Engr. Mary Jane Alvero-Al Mahdi
Geoscience Testing and Lab. staff reporter: Lily B. Libo-on
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5 comments:
OMG! What is this pinay woman doing in man's world of United Arab Emirates. Creating a huge commotion, buzzing everyone’s ears, ditching everyone on her way and bagging two awards! WOW! She’s heavy. Oops! I mean she is really someone that got brain. Let me handle the other trophy and take pictures at least i can pretend for a moment that its mine, oh yes its my award. Oh! Well guys you just have to accept it. Luis flaunting me lots about her and I think she deserved the throne. Congrats! Is she married already? She looks very young and pretty. Stay cool! ma'am chemist.
Now that's really something to be proud of!
I'm really in awe..
She's got the looks, the brain and the spirit! A real inspiration for aspiring female Chemical Engineers like me..Another proof that a female can also excel in a male dominated field.
Hats Off to you Ma'am.
Thank you for being an inspiration.
Go Adamson!
Go Pinay!
Nabasa ko rin yung mga blogs mo. Natutuwa nga ako at marunong kang gumawa ng mga ganyan. All praise nga ako dun sa Pinay. Batch mo pala sya.
Classmate mo siya? Ang galing niya! At last di puro negative news from middle east...This time a filipina was treated well and highly recognized in UAE
yeah classmate ko siya....mabait and humble person...we do communicate pati un ibang classsmates ko duon... she really deserves the award...
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