I have been an industry advisor to Columbia University's Global Leaders in Construction Management for the last 7+ years and have been amazed at how effectively Professor Ibrahim Odeh has mentored and guided so many outstanding graduate students in all facets of our industry. Their ability to perform extensive and deep research, learn from ongoing and completed mega-projects and apply such lessons to a compilation of best practices, and to communicate and interact with industry leaders at a C-suite level on various continents is absolutely outstanding. I have been inspired by their energy, thirst for knowledge, and professionalism in all that the GLCM has done and continues to do.