Salik W.

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Project Scheduler - Sr. Project Engineer at DPR Construction

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Overview

Salik is a certified Project Management Professional at DPR Construction with over 10 years of experience managing projects in the energy, oil, and data center sectors for companies like TotalEnergies and a Chevron licensee. He holds an MBA and a Master of Project Management, specializing in planning and controls using both traditional and agile methodologies.

Colleagues praise him for his strategic thinking, technical expertise, and precision. He is passionate about knowledge sharing, creating helpful video tutorials for business owners. He also shows a keen interest in macro-social dynamics, such as the role of social trust in a nations success.

He analyzes the "Planning Fallacy, " studying why large-scale endeavors like the Olympics run over budget and how systems like NASAs Earned Value Management prevent it.

Personality Overview

Formal Mannered

Empathetic

Process-Oriented

They are confident about making long-term decisions.  Even if it takes time, they prefer following the process. They are polite and respectful but practical.

Topics They Care About

Capital Project Controls
He frequently posts about the reasons for budget overruns and delays in large capital projects, citing data from McKinsey and case studies from NASA.
Mission-Critical Facilities
His career is focused on high-stakes project management for data centers, energy infrastructure, and oil & gas facilities.
Knowledge Sharing
A recommendation highlights his creation of "hand held tutorial" videos that simplify complex subjects for non-technical business owners.

Media Appearances

Salik has no verified media appearances

Work History

12-2025
Project Scheduler - Sr. Project Engineer at DPR Construction
3-2025 - 8-2025
Sr. Project Engineer at Be Energy
10-2023 - 4-2025
Asst. Project Manager at Mehran Engineering Services
1-2018 - 9-2023
Area Manager - Projects & Maintenance at TotalEnergies
7-2015 - 12-2017
Project Engineer - ReBranding at TotalEnergies

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA from Institute of Business Administration
Master of Project Management from Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology

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Insights For Selling To Salik

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be very observant about how they perceive the risk in the decision
  • Share information about the process and how it would address all concerns
  • Unless they are the decision maker, bring other stakeholders into the process early

DONT's

  • Don’t push them for a no, take the lack of yes as a no after a certain point
  • Skip mentioning details that are confusing
  • Do not sound very transactional, make extra effort to be genuinely interested

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Salik is

  • For them, low risk, acceptance by others and strong collaterals are most important.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Salik

  • They never like to say no directly, they postpone the decisions or just go silent.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Salik move?

  • They can be very slow in making decisions.
  • Can Salik take some risk or not?

  • They are very likely to play it safe rather than taking risk.

You And Salik

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