Bassel Safa is a civil engineer with extensive experience in consulting, project management, and education. Currently serving as a PCO at CIMA+ since June 2023, Bassel previously worked as an Associate Consultant at Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs, assisting startups in developing go-to-market strategies, and at Spire Consulting Group, providing dispute resolution consulting for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry. Additionally, Bassel contributed to research on capital project effectiveness at The University of Texas at Austin as a Graduate Research Assistant and taught advanced mathematics as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. Earlier roles include Assistant Project Director and Project Engineer at CET-Consolidated Engineering & Trading, managing large-scale construction projects and implementing process improvements. Bassel holds a Master's degree in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor’s degree from the American University of Beirut.