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Danilo Arba, EMBA, CCE, P3GP™

Founder & CEO at DAV Consulting

Riyadh | Milan | Lima, Saudi Arabia

Danilo is a senior management consultant with over 24 years’ experience in Project and Program Management in major projects, with values up to 50 billion USD, across a range of industries including construction, healthcare, sports facilities, commercial, residential, high speed rail lines, and IT, both in EPC industry and PMOs. With broad yet in-depth experience across all aspects of the project life-cycle, process development, and stakeholder management; Danilo delivers large, complex projects and programs by focusing on understanding project scope and benefits and utilising a structured approach to deliver key organizational outcomes with project and programmes.

Danilo is a Certified Cost Engineer with an Executive MBA from Politecnico di Milano and is pursuing a PhD/DBA on artificial intelligence in Project Management. Adept at building and leading cross-functional teams. Expert presenter and able to forge solid relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and build consensus across multiple organisational levels. Danilo worked in a variety of locations and across different cultural backgrounds throughout Europe, MEA, Africa and South-East Asia, Danilo has implemented and led Project Controls and Project Management Offices (PMO) with on/offshore teams up to 110 people, providing reliable intelligence to Steering Committees and enabling informed decision making.

Danilo Arba, EMBA, CCE, P3GP™ Points
Academic 35
Author 67
Influencer 63
Speaker 27
Entrepreneur 10
Total 202

Points based upon Thinkers360 patent-pending algorithm.

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Company Information

Company Type: Enterprise
Minimum Project Size: $5,000+
Average Hourly Rate: N/A
Number of Employees: 11-50
Company Founded Date: 2026

Areas of Expertise

Agentic AI
Agile
AI 31.64
AI Ethics
AI Governance
Analytics
AR/VR
Business Continuity
Business Strategy
Change Management
Coaching
Construction 38.39
Digital Disruption
Digital Transformation
Diversity and Inclusion
Economics
EdTech
Education
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Future of Work 30.96
Generative AI 30.06
International Relations
Leadership
Management
Mergers and Acquisitions
Personal Branding
Predictive Analytics
Procurement
Project Management 35.77
Recruiting
Risk Management
Transportation

Industry Experience

Aerospace & Defense
Building Materials, Clay & Glass
Cross Industry
Engineering & Construction
Federal & Public Sector
Healthcare
High Tech & Electronics
Higher Education & Research
Hospitality
Oil & Gas
Professional Services
Real Estate
Retail
Utilities

Publications & Experience

1 Ambassador
AIPMO Global Ambassador
AIPMO
January 01, 2026

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

4 Article/Blogs
AI Transformation Should Not Start with AI
Linkedin
September 25, 2026

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

Why the PMO should read agentic AI from the goal down, not from the building blocks up.
Linkedin
September 25, 2026

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

Are you prepared to use GenAI with your company's data?
linkedin
June 19, 2024
Generative AI attracts many organisations, which are slowlymobilising to use it. Educational sessions and company action are encouraged by leadership. Use case development is being considered by senior management. Employees and departments are testing how technology may boost productivity. However, CDOs, data engineers, and knowledge curators do the hard work that makes generative AI successful. Unfortunately, many haven't begun the necessary work.

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Tags: Generative AI

Doing Science in a Weird Way
linkedin
October 09, 2023
Recently, I joined an exciting webinar by the tile "Supporting Young Researchers" and then remembered Davis’s (1971) article “That’s interesting! Towards a phenomenology of sociology and a sociology of phenomenology” and how I believe it might have ruined and influence a generation of Management Researchers.

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Tags: Generative AI

1 Book
Thinking With Machines: Building AI-Enabled PMOs for the Age of Intelligent Project Leadership
Dieffe Publishing
June 12, 2026
What if your PMO could move beyond reporting and support and become the strategic brain of your organization?
"Thinking with Machines" is a practical blueprint for building AI-enabled PMOs that move beyond reactive control toward proactive, intelligence-driven governance. Grounded in frontline experience from multi-billion-dollar megaprojects and doctoral research at Politecnico di Milano, this book bridges the gap between what AI promises and what PMOs actually need.

Through structured frameworks, real-world case insights, and actionable strategies, it shows how to enhance forecasting, optimize resources, and elevate decision-making without replacing human judgment. Instead, it champions a collaborative model where leaders focus on ethics, strategy, and value creation while machines handle pattern and scale.

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Tags: AI, Future of Work, Project Management

6 Journal Publications
Future Directions of Cost and Productivity Estimating using Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Featured Paper
PMWorld Journal
January 01, 2026

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

Modular Construction vs Traditional Construction, a Total Cost of Ownership Comparison of Data Centre Construction - Featured Paper - Arba
PMWorld Journal
January 01, 2026

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

Multi-dimensional Project Breakdown Structures to Ensure Efficient Delivery of Hospital Construction - Featured Paper - Arba
PMWorld Journal
January 01, 2026

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

Data Mining tools and techniques in construction by Knowledge Areas: State of the Art situation - Featured Paper - Arba
PMWorld Journal
December 01, 2025

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Automated BIM-based Construction Progress & Reporting - Featured Paper - Arba
PMWorld Journal
December 01, 2025

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

Best tested and proven practices for hospital construction: Standardized multidimensional WBS/CBS coding structures
PM World Journal
February 01, 2021

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Tags: Project Management

2 Keynotes
From Human Oversight to Algorithmic Governance - Prerequisites for Readiness
GPMF
September 21, 2026

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

Ai-Powered Trasformation of Project Management
IGNITE
September 11, 2026
Drawing on my bestseller book Thinking with Machines: Building AI-Enabled PMOs for the Age of Intelligent Project Leadership, I will explore what it takes to move beyond isolated use cases and build PMOs that are genuinely equipped for an AI-enabled environment.

This is not principally a technology question. It is a question of organisational design:
️ What decisions should be augmented, and which must remain distinctly human?
️ How should governance evolve when insight is available in real time?
️ What new capabilities must project leaders develop to lead intelligently through complexity?

For executives responsible for major programmes, infrastructure, and transformation, the opportunity is clear: use AI not merely to accelerate activity, but to elevate the quality of leadership across the delivery system.

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

2 Panels
PMO Strategy Execution: From Portfolio Prioritisation to Boardroom Influence
GPMF
September 21, 2026

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

Mastering the art of project handover
Big 5 Talks
August 30, 2026

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

1 Presentation
Book Presentation at Global Project Management Forum 2026
DIEFFE Publishing
September 22, 2026

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

1 Speaker Award
PMI PMO Awards
PMI
April 30, 2026
Judging Committee Member for the PMI PMO Awards 2026

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Tags: Project Management

1 Visiting Lecturer
Visiting Professor
Politecnico di Milano
August 30, 2026
Visiting Professor for the University degree in Project Management at the Politecnico di Milano

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Tags: AI, Construction, Project Management

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