Godfred Offei-Dua

1002 Hampton Fall Boulevard, Apartment 1511, Brownsboro, Alabama 35741-8035
goffeidua@aol.com | Day and night phone: (256) 337-9176

Citizenship: United States of America

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Project Management | Policy Implementation | Architectural Design | Real Estate Development

Participated in and led projects, from initiation to business and technological research, for design development, specification of scope, development of work breakdown, preparation of work statement for solicitation, project schedule development, to execute acquisitions and procurement. Engaged creativity participating in various scientific, technical, social, and academic research and consultancy for projects. For benefits realization management, developed research inquiry, fine-tuning, and training kit for technology transfer implementation program. In the same vein designed customized architecture for post-harvest security, and for new constructions and furniture, building renovations and maintenance: Pursued innovation, changes, and evaluations, to analyze resource input, process, output, and outcomes for benefit improvements. Developed adequate policy implementation for better outcomes. Have had significant experience in Africa, Great Britain, and the United States. Currently an Instructor of graduate level Project Management.

SKILLS

Business Administration | Project Management | Communication/ Graphic Design

Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving | Risk Management | Computer literacy | Leadership

Architectural Drafting | Design Brief Management | Building Renovation |

WORK EXPERIENCE

The University of the Cumberlands Williamsburg, KY: Adjunct Professor 2020 - Present

Provide instruction for Graduate Courses in Executive Project Management at the Plaster Graduate School of Business. Collaborate with Faculty for continuous program improvement.

Prepare short lecture videos with additional information to consolidate course content with extension to outcomes and benefits realization management under pragmatic implementation.
Teach online and hybrid courses, and coach students in Residency Sessions of intensive teaming, research and design of projects.
Subject Matter Expert. PhD Dissertation Committee Member. 40 hours per week.

Consultancy: Research and Capacity-Building- Informal Housing Construction 1985 to Present

Drafted Architectural designs for Renovations and New Buildings and supervised their construction. Research and innovation: Managed troubled and failing projects to prevent excessive re-work, restored structural capacity, and improved space design in informal housing, achieved cost savings:

Corrected spatial design/building defects and supervised Re-construction and Landscaping.
Applied sustainability concepts to realize the benefits of combating desertification with housing. It included design to reduce building footprint, reuse materials, and harvest rainwater for soft landscaping, demarcation of building lot boundaries with a file of trees in anti-desertification.

Abaco Systems: Stockroom Staff (USA) 11/2016 - 04/2020

Participated in risk management and issues management, teamwork and proposed change to improve processes and work outcomes. Incorporated quality control at receiving, stocking and delivery.

ADTRAN Inc. Surface Mount Technology Staff (USA) 10/2009 - 10/2016

Participated in issues management, teamwork, and proposed change to improve processes and work outcomes. Influenced work outcomes through volunteered coaching and authorized training of staff.

Trained new staff in mechanical preps, manual assembly setup, and breakdown procedures.
Used work movements, and space management to increase efficiency, and to prevent errors.

Consultancy, Research and Graduate Studies in Real Estate Development 2006- 2009

Pursued MSc degree in Estate Development, In Britain's Top School of Built Environment at the Salford University in Greater Manchester. Alongside, Research and Consultancy in informal housing.

Produced a model of combating desertification with housing (recommending the reduction of building footprint to save 40% to 50% of the land and about 55% of roofing materials) for the benefit of material and environmental sustainability in housing.

Voluntary Projects: Teaching Art and Doing Informal Housing Consultation 2000 - 2009

Taught Art and Design to all classes at Tamale International Elementary School. Taught Graphic Design in Sunyani Secondary School and in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

At Bachelor's level, assisted Lecturer as a Teaching Assistant for Analytical Figure Drawing.
Assisted relatives, friends and college mates with research and dissertation guidance.
Engaged in consultancy for informal housing and did site visits during long breaks.

Head of Real Estate, Savannah Agriculture Research Institute (SARI) 1985 - 2006

(SARI is an Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of the Ghana Government)

Managed the Estate Department and resources to renovate, maintain, and added new constructions to over 400 building units (at the SARI headquarters and three sub-stations or campuses)

Staff residences; Guest houses; Offices, Library, Cafeteria, Laboratories; Spare parts and general stores; Fuel and Electricity generator stations, Water processing stations; Seed stores; Technical work-shops complex and a Conference complex, and Various customized spaces.
Did material acquisition, for -make- Procurement with my crew, and supervised contracts.
Proposed renovations, worked with major contractors to ensure quality by site inspections, recommendation of corrections, and reported for milestone approval or retention of funds.
Recruited and trained staff to achieve higher skills, did work processes improvement, and built equipment capacity, towards higher productivity for internal commercialization.
40 hours per week | Annual value of projects $16,000,000 to $38,000,000.

Doubled as Design consultant: Artist for Technology Transfer, Communication Design, and Spatial Design: Led Scientific research to apply Art in Action research to endow scientific research findings with technological capacity: Worked with sociologists and end-users to apply/benefit from the findings

Drove change | Led people | Obtained results | Reduced costs | Built partnerships 1994 onwards

The transformation of Savanna Agricultural Research Institute from a substation to an Institute of International Status required housing and various workspaces. The Departments of SARI had to implement Government policy to endow research findings with technological capacity, and next, implement internal commercialization for self-funding amidst dwindling Government funding.

I designed a corporate identity that reflected cultures of the region and the official mandate of SARI. Designed for a befitting estate development, reformed work structure for worker's capacity-building; led customized 'make' procurements; saved costs; raised funds internally.
Designed customized buildings and spaces for special work and managed their construction. Supervised contracts; made milestone reports for reimbursements to control quality and cost.

Private Consultancy: Technology transfer, Collaboration, Supra-regional Impact 1993 - 2005

Art and Design Consultant to a Scientific and Social research project of the Supra-Regional Weed Control program conducted by the German federal cooperation for international enterprise Gesellschaft f??r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), with the University of Hohenheim in Germany, and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Ghana. My design input helped to develop an effective solution to the over 60 years of ongoing research to solve the Striga witchweed problem of West Africa.

Collaborated with foreign student researchers, local researchers and sociologists to address gender issues, and tribal adaptations. Stakeholders used my work in over ten publications.
Did innovative communication design, illustrating for research inquiry to transcend language barriers: Used iterative illustration to solicit and integrate local and scientific technologies.
Illustrated for communication and fine-tuning of findings for user application.
Adapted the technology to different cultural and traditional practices using related cultural iconography to design implementation manuals and testing their suitability and efficiency.
Produced training kits for transferring the technology to end users.

Estimated cumulative cost of hotel construction; research and dissemination: $53,000,000.

Internal Consultancy: Architectural Solution; Regional Post-Harvest Security 2000 - 2002

Having established a track record of winning results, I was awarded a project to develop a prototype

hybrid barn from samples in West Africa for a program of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). It required good design and stringent financial management to be affordable.

I designed and led procurement of a prototype that has a rodent control strip, works by stack-effect ventilation, with roofing materials chosen by design to conduct heat for air drying of seeds and produce. The IITA inspectorate judged it the best in the West Africa sub-Region.
Saved 30% of the estimated cost to prove affordability without compromising of quality, size and functional efficiency.
This and other constructions and procurements were unique for cost savings, material economy, high quality, and successful performance.
The network grew in diversity; I was consulted to update various research literature with illustrations, for the Animal Research Institute, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and SARI- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Horticulture projects. In the private sector Rotary Club projects, Catholic Relief Services and Techno-Serve used my products and services in rural development projects and agriculture.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION and CERTIFICATION

Certified IPC Specialist (2010 - 2019) ADTRAN Inc. and Abaco Systems Inc.

IPC is Institute for Printed Circuits; a global association for the electronic manufacturing industry.

Project Management Institute member, ID: 2891889 - North Alabama Chapter (to be activated).

ACCOMPLISHMENTS, VOLUNTEERING and CONTRIBUTION TO DEVELOPMENT

Awarded a Northcentral University (USA) Scholarship in the School of Business 2019

Contributed to theory, practice, and societal relevance to influence policy and implementation.

Formulated the Theory of Situational Exploitation and the concept of Distributive leverage to guide humane eradication of slums by leveraging slum-building efforts into the construction of standard housing.

Volunteering in Church Administration as Leader, Speaker, Teacher 2017 to present

Currently in Church administration, serving at the Local, District, and Regional levels of the Church of Pentecost, USA Incorporated.

Local Presiding Elder | District Executive Member.
Regional Literature Committee member | Regional Counselling Committee member
Regional Pentecost Social Services Committee member

Awarded a University of Salford International Students Scholarship: Masters degree -2006

School of Built Environment, renowned for leading in UK National Assignment for two decades. The MSc RED degree is Accredited by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, United Kingdom

At the Bachelor's degree my thesis was judged the best work in the Department of Communication Design of Faculty of Art, College of Art and Built Environment, KNUST - 2005
Vice-president and then president of Graphic Design Association at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi Ghana: My Team and I left a legacy of a computer laboratory to help students who could not afford personal computers - 2004/2005
In the wake of Government policy to transfer all Universitys Associate programs to Polytechnics, I teamed up with colleagues to advocate and proposed the upgrading of an Associate program to a Bachelor's degree level at the University ??? 1992. The Diploma degree in Rural Art and Industry was elevated to Bachelor of Science degree in Integrated Art and Industry at KNUST in Ghana - 2002

EDUCATION

PhD Business Administration | Project Management 2019

Northcentral University - 11355 North Torrey Pines Rd. La Jolla, CA 92037

MS Architecture (Courses in Building Architecture)

2013 Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

MSc. Real Estate Development

2009 University of Salford- The School of Built Environment, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Bachelor of Fine Arts | Graphic Design, (with Interior Design)

2005 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi - Ghana

Diploma in Rural Art and Industry

1993 (Special Associate's degree partially fulfilled with an original design & fabrication project and thesis)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi - Ghana