Project management has been my area of work for several years. I have worked booth as an outside consultant and an internal project manager. Eventually I returned to school at Western Carolina University were I obtained my Master's in Project Management. Since then I began leading study groups for other project managers. They found my techniques to be useful, engaging, and most importantly understanding.

In 2003 Dana Brownlee, PMP founded Professionalism Matters, Inc., a boutique professional development training and consulting firm. Her company provides interactive training workshops on a variety of topics including project management, meeting facilitation, and team building. In 2009 Professionalism Matters launched MeetingGenie.com an online resource for the latest tips, techniques, instructional videos, and other resources pertaining to meeting facilitation. Her company has produced two meeting facilitation training DVDs: “Are You Running a Meeting… or Drowning in Chaos?” and “5 Secrets to Virtually Cut Your Meeting Time in Half!” (Both are available at www.meetinggenie.com). Dana has spoken to many Project Management Institute audiences including a presentation (“The Secrets to Running Project Status Meetings that Work!) at the PMI Global Congress 2008 North America in Denver. She has been selected to speak at the 2010 International Association of Facilitators North America 2010 Conference in Chicago. A much sought after speaker and trainer, Dana has presented courses in three countries and authored a course currently being taught in five countries. Dana’s client list includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, Emory Professional Learning Program, Georgia Power Company, Mississippi Power Company, Southface Energy Institute, Learning Tree International, OCI Chemical Corporation and many others. Dana received a BS from Spelman College, a BIE from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Emory University.

I came into the software field from telecommunications; worked with RT-11, RSX, different flavors of Unix, Pascal, Modula-II, C, C++, relational databases, networking. As a system architect and project leader, I led and managed numerous projects gradually migrating from architect's / lead developer's role into project management. This move was formally completed in 2005, when I got my professional certification as PMP from the Project Management Institute. I have been very fortunate in my PM career - I always had interesting projects and worked with great teams. Of course, to deliver on my duties, I had to ensure absolute support - support of my customers, of my management, of my peers and coworkers, of my reports, and of my subcontractors and vendors. To make my story short - I think that project management is about how to help others, and how to deliver what is needed with what you have, while keeping everybody happy. This is also what Project Management Office and Business Quality Assurance are concerned with - two adjacent areas I also worked in for years providing education, help, and guidance to other PMs and their teams. Looking forward to work with you and to help you in your work and studies.

Who we are: On Point Projects is the onsite project management leader for a broad range of industries. On Point Projects has pioneered the field\'s best practices for over 15 years and has served many clients, from Educational, Government, Military and Fortune 100 companies to start-ups. What we do: On Point Projects helps you meet critical goals that impact your bottom line. For example, we\'ve compressed project timelines by as much as 50%; streamlined operations to generate millions of dollars in cost savings; and salvaged strategic alliances on the brink of collapse. Our team: On Point Projects\' highly skilled professionals work alongside you throughout the course of your project. We blend as teammates into your organization, while bringing expertise, discipline, and leadership to the challenge at hand. With extensive project management experience, our team offers broad operations backgrounds from numerous industries.

I have worked in the project industry since the early 1970s. My training and consulting career began in 1981 with the Yourdon organization. I became independent in 1986 and have taught full-time since then. I specialize in project management, business requirements and knowledge management. I am actively involved in research with the University of Oklahoma on the relationship of project deliverables and project management to knowledge management. I helped found and operate the Knowledge and Project Management Symposium each August held in Tulsa, Oklahoma (www.kipanet.org). My full bio is available at www.TryonAssoc.com. While I strongly support professional organizations and speak regularly at conferences and symposiums, I do not drink the certification koolaid.

I received my Project Management Professional certification in June of 2009 after many years in a several different trades and as an IT Professional. When I sat for my Project Management Professional test in June, 2009 I was able to document 7,771 hours of combined IT project management and construction management. The construction project was a 7,000 square foot, custom home in Lakewood, Colorado. I both designed the home and drafted the blueprints in AutoCad and the project was completed on time and in budget. In parallel with this project, I managed various projects for the County Sheriffs of Colorado (CSOC)computing infrastructure hardware and Oracle systems migration from Oracle Version 8.1 to Oracle Version 10g, Standard Edition One and the complete replacement of all hardware systems. At the same time I was also the UNIX/Linux Administrator and the Federal Grants Administrator for CSOC, so I know how to teach the art of obtaining grants as well as multi-tasking and learning to shift focus from the detail oriented view to the overall picture. I have also taught Oracle 10g DBA at the University of Colorado in early 2008 so I am well qualified to instruct CAPM and PMP to Information Services Professionals.

Rosemary trains IT project teams on delivering project success by improving business analysis and project management practices. She also coaches project management contractors and consultants on thriving in a falling economy. She is founder of Project Management Perspectives LLC consulting and training in both the commercial and government sectors. She led many global software and hardware projects; created PMO's, and conducted project assessments. Rosemary speaks at conferences on the topics on Planning for Project Success and is a co-author of Unearthing Business Requirements, Elicitation Tools and Techniques. Rosemary received her B.S. from Oregon State University and M.B.A. from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. She is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and implemented the Tools and Techniques initiative of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Keith Custer, PE, has over 30 years of consulting and management experience and is an expert in project management and the use of integrated cost and schedule techniques. Mr. Custer is an electrical engineer and has been involved in project management ranging from nuclear power electrical systems and controls to office telephony systems, international voice and data communications systems, computer systems, custom software development, and major package software applications like Financials, CIS, HR, CRM, MMIS, PMO, and ERP. His experience spans a wide range of industries including electric power, insurance, financial, retail, manufacturing, health care, and customer service. Mr. Custer has served as CIO, Program Manager, Project Officer, and Project Cost and Schedule Manager for companies such as Bechtel, SWEC, Oracle, Keane, IMRglobal, and Marriott as well as Utilities such as FPL, NUSCO, MPL, Centerior, TECO, PECO, PPL, PSEG, SMUD, and GSU.

Frank Parth, MS, MSSM, MBA, PMP brings 30 years experience in project/program management and technology development to his teaching and consulting work. He has consulted to clients in multiple industry sectors, including high tech, food processing, construction, chemical processing, utilities, government, aerospace, healthcare, the consulting industry, and financial services. He is active within the Project Management Institute, most recently serving as the project management for PMI’s Standard for Program Management, 2nd edition. Mr. Parth has been an adjunct professor of project management and systems engineering at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) Extensions program since 1994. He is a guest lecturer at USC’s Marshall School of Business and at the American University of Sharjah in the UAE and has developed and taught courses for the American Management Association. He is an accomplished international trainer having taught over 3000 students in the U.S., U.K., Canada, the Middle East, and Asia. He is the co-author of Introduction to IT Project Management, published by Management Concepts (2006) and is currently under contract to write a book on Enterprise Portfolio Management for them. He has published multiple articles in professional journals around the world.

Kevin L. Smith serves as the Director of Project Management for Provident Enterprises where he leads the internal project management office and works with clients to develop strategic process optimization solutions. Prior to Provident Enterprises, Kevin worked for several years as an independent consultant for various Fortunate 500 companies. Kevin enjoys expertise in Strategic Project Planning, Portfolio Management, and Team Leadership, and response to RFPs. He possesses an MBA from Wayne State University and a PMP certification.

An experienced professional in program / project management coming up through the ranks of software development and business analysis, working in small, medium and large size organizations and first line consulting companies. Has extensive knowledge of program / project management and methodologies as well as its tools, and is always up-to-date in management trends. Mr. Dominguez assists organizations of all sizes in seting up PMOs and governance, provides training in program / project management methodologies and tools, and delivers major solutions to multiple industries of all sizes. Fluent in English and Spanish, he authors white papers, "how to" documents, and presentations to assist program / project managers and the management profession in general. Writes monthly posts for Expiriance.com and received Expert Author status from Ezine Articles where his articles have been featured a number of times. His articles are published in many top websites around the world in both languages. Additionally, he volunteers work for several organizations such as the Pembroke Pines Charter Schools where he actively participated in the design and development of their first website. He was a contributor and reviewer of PMI\'s Project Manager Competency Development Framework (PMCDF), served in the Board of Directors of the South Florida PMI Chapter as a Director of Certification Programs assisting fellow members to prepare and obtain their certification, and is currently serving as a Director of Portfolio Management.

Shawn D. Belling,M.S., PMP. 15 years in project management, 20 yrs in general business. Current project management practitioner and adjunct instructor in private industry and public universities. I have a master\'s degree in project management and plan to pursue a doctorate. I am currently a project manager with a biotechnology company and an adjunct instructor for the University of Wisconsin as well as Lakeland College and University of California - Irvine. I also speak and teach periodically for PMI at a local and national level.

Barry Otterholt has been a project management specialist and coach for the past 30 years. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and a Project Management Professional (PMP). He works with both public and private sector companies in the USA, Europe and Scandinavia. Mr. Otterholt was a Director with Microsoft, a senior consultant with Deloitte Consulting, and a COO with a nationwide consumer electronics enterprise. In 1988 he founded Public Knowledge, LLC to provide independent management and operational support to the public sector. More recently, he founded Stouffer & Company, LLC to provide as-needed project management services to fill an obvious skills gap in both private and public sectors. Mr. Otterholt is an adjunct professor teaching project management at Northwest University. His essays on project management have been published in PMI newsletters. His runs a blog, Project Management Essays, where he muses about various project management topics. Mr. Otterholt is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) and the Project Management Institute (PMI). He has a BA in Accounting and Computer Science and an MBA in Business Administration. He lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

Darrel is a senior technology executive, consultant, and turnaround specialist with over twenty years management experience. He has succeeded in line and staff management, organization restructuring, Project Management, business analysis, software application development, project recapture, and acquisition evaluation and integration. He has recovered projects and organizations and managed major new technology enterprise financial and other software development and integration projects. He has consulted, presented keynote speeches, and trained for organizations in the finance, high tech, energy, nonprofit, and other industries. Other categories I can train in are: Agile Project Management, CAPM certification, Change Management, Communications Management, Computer Based Information Systems, Corporate Transformation, Delegation, HR Management, Implementing Project Management, Integration Managment, People issues, PMBOK, Procurement Management, Program Management,Project Management Advantages, Project Management Best Practices, Project Management Ethics, Project Management for Beginners, Project Management Office, Project Management Proposals, Project Management Templates, Project Portfolio Management, Project Workforce Management, Quality Management, Requirements Management, Risk Management, Scheduling, Scope Management, Soft Management, Time Management,

Michelle M. Campbell is a seasoned project manager with more than 8 years in program and portfolio management. Her primary focus has been the management and recovery of projects in the financial services industry. She has delivered on projects varying in cost from $ 200, 000 to $4 million and length from 3 months to 2 years. Michelle has leveraged her experience by providing coaching and training on project success strategies to individuals and organizations. She also consults on the establishment of program management offices and ensuring projects are aligned with strategic business objectives. Michelle holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, MBA in International Business and the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. She is a member of Project Management Institute (PMI), American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and Toastmasters.

Miley W. (Lee) Merkhofer, Ph.D., provides project portfolio management training and facilitates workshops for organizations interested in implementing project portfolio management. His training workshops, which have been delivered to dozens of organizations and to more than 1,000 attendees, are constantly refined and consistently receive outstanding evaluations. You will not find a more knowledgeable and experienced source for education and advice for implementing project portfolio management.

Aditya Chinni, PMP is a Sr Manager at CSC a leading consulting company providing Project Management services to client SCE in LA. Training is passion for Aditya and successfully running weekend batches online.

Tom Carlos is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and member of the Sacramento Valley PMI Chapter. He has over 25 years of cumulative experience in business, technical, consulting, and training environments in both the private and public sectors. He is currently working with another partner at the California Department of Transportation performing an Independent Project Oversight Consulting (IPOC) engagement. Tom’s experience also includes overseeing installations of accounting systems, the development of Knowledge Management Office, and he served as a Chief Operating Officer for a small web development company. Since 2003, Tom has been teaching Project Management curriculum. His courses meet the stringent demands of students; that courses are intuitive, logical, and created with understandable language. Courses also incorporate lecture, discussion, and exercises which allow students to begin using the principles and applying them to a real world case scenario.

Robert Prieto, Senior Vice President Robert Prieto is senior vice president for Fluor, where he leads strategy for Fluor’s Industrial and Infrastructure group. Mr. Prieto focuses on the development and delivery of large, complex projects worldwide. Prior to joining Fluor, Bob served as chairman of Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. As head of PB’s board of directors, he was responsible for overseeing management performance, establishing top-level policies, and ensuring the firm’s continued long term success. He is a member of the executive committee of the National Center for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, a member of the board of directors of the Business Council on International Understanding, a member of the board of the Civil Engineering Forum for Innovation, and co-founder and member of the board of the Disaster Resource Network. He currently serves on the National Research Council’s committee framing the challenges on Critical Infrastructure Systems. Until 2006 he served as one of three U.S. presidential appointees to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC) and served as chairman of the Engineering and Construction Governors of The World Economic Forum and co-chair of the infrastructure task force formed after September 11th by the New York City Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the board of trustees of Polytechnic University of New York, and was previously selected as alumni of the year by its New York Chapter. He has had an executive sponsorship role in the World Trade Center Transportation Hub; West Coast Rail Modernization; Train Protection and Warning System; Level 3 Communications Long Haul Network and Superconducting Super Collider. Prieto holds a master of science in nuclear engineering from Polytechnic University of New York and a bachelor of science in nuclear engineering from New York University.

I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, where I excelled at football, basketball, math, and art. I went to college at Princeton and earned a BS in Engineering. I then entered a career in industry, working in mining, manufacturing, metal fabricating, environmental services, and other related industries. Along the way I earned my MBA from Carnegie Mellon. After about 12 years I made a switch into the information technology field, becoming a Lotus Notes developer. I gradually moved into project management in that field. Today, I am in the project management consulting field, and have several web sites, including Project Management Training Online (pmtrainingonline.com), Lean Six Sigma Training Online (leansixsigmatrainingonline.com), and a growing blog site (PMcrunch.com).

A project manager with 15 years experience in financial services and IT leadership. Known in the project management community through speeches at many PMI Congresses and other events. A leading author on the topic of project charters and the relationship between projects and organizational strategy.

Anand Sanwal has developed and led the corporate portfolio management effort at a Fortune 50 diversified financial services company for the last several years. Corporate portfolio management encapsulates project and IT portfolio management and indicates the application of portfolio management to the entire organization and all discretionary project & investment areas, e.g, IT, marketing, R&D/innovation, sales, etc. The portfolio management effort he has developed has been recognized by many third parties as the most progressive portfolio management practice amongst large organizations. Those citing it include Baseline Magazine who estimated it had a 2700% ROI, the Executive Board, Gartner, CFO Magazine and many others. Most recently, Anand published a book entitled "Optimizing Corporate Portfolio Management" which features a foreword by Citigroup CFO Gary Crittenden. He also recently directed this Fortune 50 organization's Innovation Fund which aimed to identify and fund emerging and disruptive business opportunities.

I have over 20 years experience in delivering complex web/software application projects. I have a Certificate of Project Management from Steven's Institute, Hoboken, NJ and 15 years of intense hands on experience. I have adopted many Agile Development/Project Management processes and follow a Risk focused approach to project management.

I have been involved in project management for over 13 years and I am a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). I have served as a project manager on numerous product development teams – some successful, and some, well, not so successful. However, I have learned from every endeavor. Now as a Program Manager for a major company in the Chicago, Illinois area, I manage a group of very talented project managers and in the process, I learn from them, and I hope they also feel that they learn from me. My goal is to provide some of that same knowledge and insight to others through pm411.org, and I hope that you will do the same.

I've been managing projects and programs since 1983. In 2007, I managed to write it "all" down in "Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management." I teach Pragmatic Project Management, Iterative/Incremental Development with Scrum, as well as several one-day workshops about pieces of project management (lifecycles, estimation, more to come). All of my workshops are interactive and experiential--you will learn by doing.

Thomas Cutting is a Project Management Mentor with Cutting’s Edge. His experience spans the entertainment, retail, insurance, banking, healthcare and automotive verticals. Managing and mentoring in this diverse background enables him to bring that learning to you through his training, writing and conference appearances. From Programmer to Program Management Office, Business Analyst to Quality Assurance Analyst, he has experienced first hand the problems that teams face. As a consultant he led the Project Office / Quality Assurance team for a large outsourcing engagement, experience that has helped him train and mentor Project Managers. He knows that the key to an effective Program Management Office is to listen to the issues and work with the team to find practical resolutions, not impose strictly theory-based processes. His contributions to the Project Management world include articles for Computerworld and InformIT as well as presenting at conferences for the Project Management Institute, International Institute for Software Process and the Southern California Quality Assurance Association. He is a regular contributor to several Project Management web sites and various forums.

I have 15 years of experience in Software Engineering and Project Management with the emphasis on disciplined delivery techniques. I have taught both PMP Prep Courses as well as practical 5 and 6 day Project Management immersion sessions at the Fortune 500 level. I focus mainly on Project Management Training as a corporate culture change mechanism or as a tool to jump-start accelerated improvement situations.

I've had 30 years of industry experience, 20 of it as a project manager or supervisor of project managers. I've been PMP Certified since 2000.
Since 1985, as a "side job", I have been teaching adults, first in PC and internet applications, then in Project Management and PMP Certification. I've co-developed a 12-CD PMP Prep course, providing the voice for the audio tracks myself.
I have been developing and delivering PM Master's Certicate courses at a local college and for Boston University's Corporate Education Center for the past several years.
Here's a good part about this: I have fun. Here's a better part: I keep learning from teaching. Which leads to more fun...and more learning ...and more teaching...

I'm Sr. Project Manager at Covansys a CSC company. As a Consulting Project/Program Manager I deliver multiple projects for my client Socal Edison. I also manage PMO-Skills Management for my company Covansys. Lifecycle management of technical projects is my specialization and passion. To help Project Managers who are trying to get PMP certification, I’m hosting a Project Management knowledge sharing web site at Aditya369.com

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Michael Wood is the Subject Matter Expert on IT Strategy and Business Process Improvement for www.gantthead.com. His "Helix Factor" book series presents a comprehensive Business Process Improvement methodology that has been used successfully since the early 1980s to help organizations achieve breakthrough results. Michael is a CPA and has served as an adjunct professor for Pepperdine and Cal Lutheran universities in Southern California. In addition he has led workshops on Business Process Improvement, Strategic Planning and System Design on a national and international basis.