Mike Landry named Project Manager of the Year in Washington, DC

Reported by Dave Maurer in Northern Virginia

On December 15, 2009, the Project Management Institute, Washington DC Chapter (PMIWDC) conferred its top Project Management award to Mike Landry of Irving Burton Associates. Mr. Landry, Chief Project Controller on the Defense Health Services Systems Project, was presented with the PMIWDC's 2009 Project Manager of the Year (PMOTY) in front of the year end business function hosted by the Project Management Institute, Washington, DC Chapter (PMIWDC).

The award selection committee faced the difficult task of having to measure high caliber candidates against very demanding selection standards. Forty three (43) nominations were received. Those that passed the evaluation criteria and received top scoring progressed to the final rounds, which resulted in three (3) top candidates.

Photo: Mike Landry (center) with the 2009 Project Manager of the Year Award, joined by 2009 PMIWDC President Linda Cantey and 2010 President Rich Marinucci (right); photo courtesy of PMIWDC.

The three finalists, Mike Landry, Djindo Lee and Dwight Evans, have each led project efforts involving budgets of hundreds of millions of dollars, navigated through political minefields, managed the sometimes chaotic atmosphere of stakeholders, and ultimately handled themselves with the professionalism and grace to which all project professionals can aspire.

According to Greg Caramanica, PMIWDC Vice President for Outreach, who applauded the awardees, "Each year, I am delighted to meet project managers with great depth and character, and am proud that we are able to recognize them in the PM of the Year award ceremony. It truly is an exciting event for the chapter and the PM community."

For more information, visit www.pmiwdc.org/2009-PMOTY-Winners.