Lecturers

Experience in managing large-scale and high-budget projects (over $150 million) while working with world-famous American corporations, Bechtel (BNI) and CH2MHILL.  Establish, implement and manage project logistics, procurement/contracting, quality control/oversight, administrative, engineering, construction and commissioning processes. Daily mentoring and planned trainings for up to 60 employees.Providing management processes and techniques, management cycles and planning. Daily communication with the customer. One of the responsible in the preparation of the annual plan and budget of the project.  Budget and plan management/monitoring according to US Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Earned Value Management System (EVMS).

Courses:

• Artificial intelligence in healthcare - MIT Sloan Loan Executive Program
• Artificial intelligence - Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
• Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management Institute
• Agile Certified Professional (ACP) - Project Management Institute
• Business Relationship Management Professional (BRMP)
• Certified courses for quality control and process improvement (Six Sigma Champion and Yellow Belt Certification)
• Creating a budget, reviewing expenses and obligations
• Primavera (P3) Project Planner
• Earned Value Management System (EVMS)
• e-PC-Works
• Trends – processes and risk reduction
• Management and planning of business processes
• ABC analysis methods – t I & II
• Data evaluation and analysis
• Evaluation of staff work performance, action determining factors, staff involvement.
• Management and Monitoring of Contracts (FAR)

Research and Publications: 

• Lasha Labadze, Maya Grigolia, and Lela Machaidze. Role of AI chatbots in education: systematic literature review; October 2023; International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education 20(1). DOI:1186/s41239-023-00426-1

Research interests: 

Artificial intelligence in project management. artificial intelligence in public administration; Practical use of artificial intelligence in business. Generative artificial intelligence and its capabilities. Artificial intelligence, regulations, processes and procedures in public and private structures.