1. Leka SHAMETI Curriculum Vitae
RR Qemal Stafa P134/1 AP6
Tirana ALBANIA
+355 67 20 51000
lekashameti@outlook.com
A . P r o f e s s i o n a l E x p e r i e n c e
GENERAL ADMINISTRATOR OF AEMA
an Infrastructure Supervision Focused company
Tirana. Albania......................................................................................................................... Dec 2010 to Present
Establishing the Company. Developing strategy, finding partners, writing core proposal papers,
representing at all levels, hiring.
Performed Infrastructure Supervision works in 1-Elbasan Castle Roads and Shkodra Historical Road
Restoration, 2-Krraba Tunel Construction and 3-Local and Rural Roads Maintenance. Works were
performed in partnership with local and foreign entities.
Currently Managing a new Supervision Project due to start on September 2015.
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORT ENGINEER ASSISTANT.
Technical assistance for Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
Tirana. Albania.......................................................................................................................May 2014 to Dec 2014
Training Needs Analysis and Report for the MTI staff and all its dependant directorates, for Road,
Railway, and Maritime transport sectors.
Assist in designing Regional Bus Network. Optimising Secondary trunk lines by minimum trip distance
and minimum transfer criterion.
Organisational structure analysis and Job Descriptions design for the General Road Services Directorate.
SUPERVISOR for the TUNNEL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
ACTOR. Krrabe Tunnel Warranty period Operations and Maintenance
Tirana. Albania ..................................................................................................................... May 2013 to May 2014
SCADA aided Tunnel Safety and Operations Management for the shift.
Manage the ElectroMechanic Preventive Maintenance and Inspection System for 15 systems, typically
SCADA, Ventilation, Power supply, and FF water pumping station.
Single Point of Accountability for Maintaining Failure Database and co-ordinate with Contractor to
remedy.
Managing emergency situations from the Control Center, under shift supervision.
Staff Training Support
LOCAL ENGINEER for Krrabe TUNNEL ELECTROMECHANICAL WORKS SUPERVISION
IRD Engineering.
Tirana. Albania .......................................................................................................................Sep 2012 to Apr 2013
Support to the E&M Resident Engineer with all EM systems installation supervision, including
SCADA, Pumping, Water network, Lighting, Radio Comm, Ventilation, Power supply and backup,
Traffic management.
Monitoring Compliance to EU Standards for the Tunnel Safety and Equipment, as per the EU Directive
2004/54/EC.
Daily progress monitoring of EM works.
Testing EM Equipment Installatin and functionality, according to designs.
ENGINEER for TUNNEL SAFETY, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE DATA
SAVRONIK.
Kukës. Albania ...................................................................................................................... May 2010 to Jun 2012
Managing the System of Preventative Maintenance for Vehicles.
Design Data Processing System for Safety and Maintenance. Review Safety Guidelines.
Company Liaison with concerned Institutions.
2. HUMAN RESOURCE LOCAL EXPERT
EU Institutional Reform for the General Roads Directorate
Tirana. Albania ...................................................................................................................... Jan 2010 to May 2010
Prepare HR Audit Report for the General Roads Directorate.
Prepare Functional and Job Descriptions for managerial and supervisory roles.
Participate in the Design of the new organizational scheme.
Perform Training Needs Assesment.
DEPUTY OPERATIONS MANAGER
Air BP Kosovo
Pristina. Kosovo.................................................................................................................... Jan 2007 to June 2009
Manage a team of 8 people, in the British Petroeum Owned Aircraft Fuel Supply Center at Prishtina Airport
in Kosovo.
Manage Fuelling Operations.
Manage all Health-Safety-Security-Environment issues of the Operations.
Monitor Fuel Quality Chain from Factory in Skopje, to Depot in Prishtina.
Maintenance of the Fuelling Vehicles and Fuelling Farm, according to BP Standards of Engineering and
Safety.
Improve Vehicle, and Fuel Farm Design, to achieve perfect compliance with company standards.
Establish new and maintain, Excel/Sharepoint data systems for: Sales, Staff performance, Vehicles
maintenance, Fuel Farm maintenance, and Fuel supply order.
Supervision of Operators’ Training.
Keep updated all technical documentation.
Supervision of Administrative, Logistic and Human Resource activities.
Project Management according to company rules. (with Safety related specifics: Management of
Change, and Work Permit)
OFFICE MANAGER
CAFOD Albania.
Tirana. Albania .......................................................................................................................Apr 2000 to Dec 2006
Project management assistance.
Logistic Management. Co-ordinate/organize activities and events including meetings, fair participation,
ceremonies, anniversaries, training sessions.
Design new, Multiproject Financial Accounting systems in MS Excel for CARDS/EU projects and some
other ones: a-Communes Capacity Building; b-Roma Assistance; c-Tirana Legal Aid.
Assisted Ernst&Young auditor to close the account auditing of Cafod Albania’s EU Cards projects.
Human resource support: organizational assessment/improvement, hiring, payrolls, staff training.
Responsible for Organisation’s publication: periodic newspaper, leaflet, web site, documentary etc.
Assure EU/donor specific publication standards are met, throughout organisation’s publications.
Prevent and resolve operational issues of all facilities and communication, in all three offices.
COUNTRY SALES REPRESENTATIVE
SWISSAIR.
Tirana. Albania ......................................................................................................................Nov 1998 to Dec 1999
Relationship with clients nationwide: Travel Agencies, Frequent Flyers VIP-s.
Participate in pricing policies.
Organize and lead nationwide promotional events with travel agents and top frequent flyers.
Design and implement Sales Action for US Green Cards Winners
Sales Monitoring. Design and implement Excel Tool for Competitor performance monitoring.
Customer database maintenance.
Produce localized advertising.
Promoted to FEASIBILITY STUDY ASSISTANT
International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC).
Tirana. Albania ......................................................................................................................Aug 1997 to Jun 1998
Drafted new and adopted existing feasibility models for several businesses, using MS Excel, in
collaboration with the finance specialist.
3. AGRIBUSINESS TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANT
US-SARA Project. Agribusiness Component.
Tirana. Albania ......................................................................................................................Nov 1994 to Jun 1997
Provided business development services to businesses in Dairy, Livestock, Fruit processing, Feed Mills
and FlourMills.
Managed a Feasibility study team for the Flour Sector, including faculty members from Agriculture
Institute.
Participate in the Preparation of business plans for targeted businesses.
Assessing and evaluating of plant facilities and equipment needs.
Information Maintenance for Agribusiness Technology.
MARKETING MIS/Assistant
International Fertilizer Development Center – IFDC.
Tirana. Albania ...................................................................................................................... Jun 1992 to Nov 1994
Assist in developing the national dealer network. Client Relations Manager.
Manage market data collection, processing and interpretation.
IFDC Sales Reprepsentative to the Nitrogen Fertilizer Factory in Fier, Albania. Asistance to Marketing
Manager of the Factory.
Logistic manager (30 trucks and one ship in Durres port) at the Nitrogen Fertilizers Factory in Fier.
MANAGER OF BUILDING MACHINERY DEPARTMENT
“21Dhjetori” Civil Constructions Enterprise.
Tirana. Albania ........................................................................................................................Jul 1991 to Feb 1992
Co-ordination for the repair of Heavy and Medium Scale Building Machines, for the construction works
of Tirana district. Supervision of three Technicians and one Electrical Engineer.
Supervision of on-site work of Heavy Scale Machines.
CHIEF ENGINEER
Machines and Tractors’ Station (SMT).
Tropoja. Albania..................................................................................................................... Dec 1988 to Mar 1991
Managed a professional staff of five, for the repairing, preventative maintenance, spare part metal-
working, spare part design, for tractors, combines and small agricultural equipment. All this activity
was connected with the mechanization needs of the district’s 13 state co-operative farms, consisting
of over 100 tractors and combine harvesters.
B . E d u c a t i o n
MASTER OF SCIENCES IN MACHINERY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Polytechnic University of Tirana
Tirana. Albania ....................................................................................................................... Sep 1983 to Jul 1988
C . S p e c i a l S k i l l s
Languages: Fluent in Albanian
Fluent in English. TOEFL 593 and state testing ascknowledged
Fluent in Italian. State testing ascknowledged
Computer Skills: Spreadsheet: MS Excel – excellent
Database: MS Access – good
Word-processing: MS Word – excellent
Organizer & e-mail: MS Outlook – excellent
Project Management: MS Project – fair
Collaboration Software: MS Onedrive, Outlook Web Access, Web Apps
Google Docs, Drive
CAD Autocad – Reading
Siftware Development: MS Windows Insider (not programming)
Training Certificates
Agrobusiness Reforms IFDC Alabama. USA 1993
4. Basic Sales Course Swissair Zurich 1999
Human Resources CAFOD Tirana 2004
Organisational Development CAFOD Tirana 2005
Certificate in Training Practice CIPD-UK Tirana 2006
Fuel Quality Chemistry AirBP London 2007
Management of Change AirBP Budapest 2008
Risk Analysis AirBP Bucarest 2008
Successful Presentation P&P Tirana 2008
Fuelling Equipment Repair Warner Lewis Frankfurt 2008
Tunnel SCADA system Operation ACTOR Tirana 2013