11 December 2003
President and CEO of Saudi Aramco Abdallah S. Jum'ah has received the international Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers' (IEEE) prestigious Employer Professional Development Award, presented to Saudi Aramco for its world-class human-resource development programs.
The plaque was presented to Jum'ah Nov. 22 at his office in Dhahran by Nabil K. Al-Dabal, chairman of the IEEE Saudi Arabia Section. Al-Dabal is manager of Saudi Aramco's Communications Engineering and Technical Support Department in Information Technology.
"The award is a great recognition for the company and its employees," Jum'ah told Al-Dabal. "I accept it with great pride."
Citing Saudi Aramco's "remarkably wide range of educational, training and development programs," IEEE formally recognized the company Nov. 14 at its annual board of directors meeting in Seattle, Wash. Mazen I. Snobar, president and CEO of Aramco Services Co. (ASC) in Houston, Texas, received the plaque on behalf of Jum'ah and the company.
Snobar was congratulated at the awards podium in Seattle by Michael Adler, IEEE president; James Tien, chairman of the institute's Educational Activities Board (EAB), which established the professional development award in 1995; and Tariq Durrani, chairman of EAB's Awards and Recognition Committee.
Criteria for the award, presented by EAB, are so stringent that selectors decided that none of the nominees were qualified to win in 2002.
EAB said Saudi Aramco was honored "for outstanding contributions to employee continuing education and professional development through effective integration of diverse technologies to meet the needs of rapid modernization of engineering technologies."
Award winners are judged on demonstrable quality, comprehen-siveness, innovation or impact in their employee development programs, EAB officials said.
Al-Dabal said selection committee officials told him that Saudi Aramco is "far, far ahead" of other companies in the quality and breadth of its employee development programs, including the companywide self-development initiative that Jum'ah personally launched more than a year ago and a broad corporate training regimen that is among the largest in the world.
The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society, connecting more than 380,000 members from 150 countries to the latest information and the best technical resources available. It produces much of the world's published literature in electrical engineering, computers and control technology, and holds more than 300 major conferences a year.
Established in 1981, the Saudi Arabia Section now has more than 1,200 members, including 163 Saudi Aramcons, Al-Dabal said. The section is part of IEEE's Region 8, which includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
President and CEO of Saudi Aramco Abdallah S. Jum'ah has received the international Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers' (IEEE) prestigious Employer Professional Development Award, presented to Saudi Aramco for its world-class human-resource development programs.
The plaque was presented to Jum'ah Nov. 22 at his office in Dhahran by Nabil K. Al-Dabal, chairman of the IEEE Saudi Arabia Section. Al-Dabal is manager of Saudi Aramco's Communications Engineering and Technical Support Department in Information Technology.
"The award is a great recognition for the company and its employees," Jum'ah told Al-Dabal. "I accept it with great pride."
Citing Saudi Aramco's "remarkably wide range of educational, training and development programs," IEEE formally recognized the company Nov. 14 at its annual board of directors meeting in Seattle, Wash. Mazen I. Snobar, president and CEO of Aramco Services Co. (ASC) in Houston, Texas, received the plaque on behalf of Jum'ah and the company.
Snobar was congratulated at the awards podium in Seattle by Michael Adler, IEEE president; James Tien, chairman of the institute's Educational Activities Board (EAB), which established the professional development award in 1995; and Tariq Durrani, chairman of EAB's Awards and Recognition Committee.
Criteria for the award, presented by EAB, are so stringent that selectors decided that none of the nominees were qualified to win in 2002.
EAB said Saudi Aramco was honored "for outstanding contributions to employee continuing education and professional development through effective integration of diverse technologies to meet the needs of rapid modernization of engineering technologies."
Award winners are judged on demonstrable quality, comprehen-siveness, innovation or impact in their employee development programs, EAB officials said.
Al-Dabal said selection committee officials told him that Saudi Aramco is "far, far ahead" of other companies in the quality and breadth of its employee development programs, including the companywide self-development initiative that Jum'ah personally launched more than a year ago and a broad corporate training regimen that is among the largest in the world.
The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society, connecting more than 380,000 members from 150 countries to the latest information and the best technical resources available. It produces much of the world's published literature in electrical engineering, computers and control technology, and holds more than 300 major conferences a year.
Established in 1981, the Saudi Arabia Section now has more than 1,200 members, including 163 Saudi Aramcons, Al-Dabal said. The section is part of IEEE's Region 8, which includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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