Sami founded Fercan Corp in 1989 and has developed it into a company that offers training, dispute resolution and project management for the construction industry. He is actively involved in construction contract administration and project management with both public and private companies for whom he has developed and delivered educational programs and training for the last 35 years. He has also served as an expert witness in Canada and as an arbitrator, mediator, negotiator and technical advisor in the Middle East, as well as a peer reviewer on a wide range of international projects. He was a professor at Kuwait University for many years and a visiting professor in Canada, the US and Japan. He is the author of a five-volume series of textbooks in Arabic, dealing with contract management in engineering and construction projects.
Sami holds a Doctorate in Civil Engineering and a Masters of Applied Science from University of Waterloo, and an LL.M. in Construction Law from Salford University. He is a registered professional engineer in Ontario and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Sami has been a member of PMICOS since 2004 and a Fellow of the ASCE since 2009.