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Vol. XII Issue VII - July 2010
Project Management eJournal
Author Showcase
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 Daniel Galorath Daniel D. Galorath has over 35 years of experience in the software industry where he has solved a variety of management, costing, systems, and software problems, and performed all aspects of software development and management. Mr. Galorath is founder and president of Galorath Incorporated, maker of the SEER® suite of estimation tools. Mr. Galorath is one of the principal developers of the SEER-SEM™ Software Estimation Model. Mr. Galorath completed his undergraduate work and MBA from California State Universities. He is a member of the International Society of Parametric Analysis (ISPA), Society of Cost Estimation and Analysis (SCEA), IEEE, the International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG), and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). He was honored with the Freiman Award, recognizing his long-term contributions to the field of parametric analysis. Mr. Galorath teaches courses in software cost, schedule, and risk analysis; software project management; software engineering; systems architecture, and other related topics. He has lectured internationally and is the author of many papers about software project management. Mr. Galorath can be reached at info@galorath.com. His website is www.galorath.com
 Randy Gannoe Randy Gannoe has over 15 years experience in Logistic/Supply Chain/Transportation Program Management. He has lead numerous start-up projects for several fortune 500 companies. Including the USAF, Ryder and ATCLE. He is currently employed at ELBIT Systems of America as the Logistics and Supply Chain Administrator. He has an MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas. Mr. Gannoe is also a consultant for Gerson Lehman Group, Inc. He can be contacted at rgannoe@sbcglobal.net
 Professor Roland Gareis, PhD Professor Roland Gareis, Ph.D., is a university professor for project management at the PROJEKTMANAGEMENT GROUP, the University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria and director of the university programme “International Project Management”. From 1986–2002 he was chairman of the board of the project management association Project Management Austria. In 1990 he organized the IPMA world congress on the topic “Management by Projects” in Vienna. Dr. Gareis is a former research director of the International Project Management Association IPMA, and has conducted extensive research on the subjects of “management by projects” and “project oriented society”. He studied at the University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, and habilitated at the University of Technology, Vienna. He was also a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, a visiting professor at the ETH, Zurich, at the Georgia State University, Atlanta and at the University of Quebec, Montreal. Roland Gareis was born in Vienna in 1948. He has two children with his wife Haldis: Luisa and Lorenz. Once a professional soccer player, today he plays tennis and goes skiing when not teaching, researching or consulting on project management.
 Stanislaw Gasik Stanislaw Gasik received his Master of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Warsaw. Stanislaw moved to Project Management (PM) after working over 15 years as a software engineer, analyst and consultant in the information technology (IT) sector. He began his PM experience with several years of quality management, after which he started delivering his own projects. He has been a lecturer in software engineering and project management at the Warsaw School of Economics and other Polish educational institutions. He was a member of the team that developed the Guide to the PMBOK® 2004 for the Project Management Institute (PMI®). He was active in other PMI standardization projects like the development of the Portfolio Management Standard. Currently he is a board member of the PMI Warsaw Chapter, responsible for education and professional development. Stanislaw headed implementation of Primavera portfolio management tools at ComputerLand, Poland, which was distinguished with the Primavera Excellence Award in High Tech sector in 2006. His professional interests include portfolio management, PMO, maturity models, knowledge management and supplier-customer relationships in project management. Stanislaw can be contacted at sgasik@sybena.pl.
Doug Gaspardo Doug Gaspardo , a senior consultant with Kepner-Tregoe, Inc., is certified as a Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute. His other areas of expertise include skill development, organizational assessment, quality improvement, strategy formulation, process improvement and change management. He has served in both chapter and regional leadership positions in the American Society for Training and Development. KEPNER-TREGOE (KT) provides consulting and training services to organizations of all sizes including many of the Fortune 1000. KT helps clients implement their strategies by embedding problem-solving, decision-making, and project execution methods through individual and team skill development, issue resolution, and process improvement. Founded in 1958, KT collaborates with many of the most successful companies in the world, helping them build competitive advantage by using the systematic KT methods. Organizations benefit from using KT's common-logic, common-process approach to set priority, resolve key issues, and achieve strategic and operational improvements. KT offices and affiliated organizations are located throughout the world.
 Professor Yan D. Gelrud Gelrud Jan is professor and department chair for "Enterprise and management" at the South Ural State University in Chelyabinsk, Russia. His teaching disciplines include: "Mathematics", "Theory of probabilities and mathematical statistics", "Econometrics", "Economic and mathematical methods", "Mathematical methods of decision making", "Bases of methodology of decision making", "Economic evaluation of investments", "Mathematical methods and models of governing projects", and "Studies of managerial systems". Professor Jan has more than 100 publications and appearances at seminars and conferences. During the last 5 years, he has published 15 scientific works, 8 scholastic allowances, and a monograph entitled "Project management in conditions of risk and uncertainty". Born in 1947 in Birobidjan, Khabarovsk, he finished physicist-mathematical school at Novosibirsk in 1965 and graduated from the mathematical department of the University of Novosibirsk in 1970. From 1970 until 1991, he worked in the Research institute of automatic managerial systems, managing the mathematical division. He participated in the creation and introduction more than 100 automatic managerial systems for different branches of Russian industry. During 1991 – 1997, he was the general director of "URAL-ASC„O-SERVICE". Mr. Jan resides in Chelyabinsk and can be reached at E-mail gelrud@mail.ru
 Florin Gheorghiu Florin Gheorghiu, PMP, has more than 10 years of experience in Project Management methodology and process implementation covering the entire project life cycle. His applied expertise is centered on “turn key” Engineering-Procurement-Construction projects in the power sector. His experience includes large power plants rehabilitation projects financed by the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IBRD) and the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD). He has worked for Parsons Power (Gilbert Commonwealth), Lahmeyer International and Pennsylvania Power & Light (PP&L) as a project Consultant. Recently he joined UTI Group, a holding of company in the field of large public buildings rehabilitation projects and building complex security systems. Mr. Gheorghiu is acting now as a Professional Project Manager for his company. His current assignment is a large complex hotel rehabilitation project owned by a globally reputed hotel chain operator. Mr. Gheorghiu lives in Bucharest, Romania and can be reached at fgheorghiu2001@yahoo.com.
 Paul B. Giammalvo Paul D. Giammalvo, CDT, PMP, CCE, MScPM, is Senior Technical Advisor to PT Mitratata Citragraha www.getpmcertified.com and Adjunct Professor of Project/Program Management, Lille Graduate School of Management, Paris, FRANCE. www.esc-lille.com. For over 14 years, he has been providing Project Management training and consulting throughout SE Asia, Middle East and Europe. He is active in the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International, (AACE), www.aacei.org and the Construction Management Association of America, (CMAA), www.cmaanet.org. More recently, he has been elected to the Board of Directors, Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards, (GAPPS) www.global-mstandards.org. Paul can be reached at pauldg@indo.net.id.
Earl Glenwright Earl Glenwright, PE, has a career spanning 40+ years in construction project scheduling. Earl is certified as a Planning and Scheduling Professional [PSP] by the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International [AACEi]. He is currently active with the PMI-College of Scheduling, and the AACEi Planning and Scheduling Committee. He frequently gives presentations at their annual conferences. Earl has both a BS in Civil Engineering and a MBA degree and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Earl's career has included multi-year positions in several countries including Brasil and Saudi Arabia, and shorter tours in Sudan. He currently lives in Bulgaria and Colorado. Prior to 1988 he was employed by the [US] Bureau of Reclamation and the [US] Army Corps of Engineers. After retiring in 1988 he has been a free-lance consultant for both contractor's construction scheduling and small business Enterprise Project Management. His experience includes large and very large [super-mega] construction projects, very small projects such as construction planning, and scheduling for home construction by his Habitat for Humanity affiliate. Through his extensive scheduling experience he has been recognized as a Subject Matter Expert [SME], a Master Scheduler, and an Expert Advisor. Earl has been active in the Project Management Institute for 30+years. He has presented “Time & Cost” training at PMI's annual seminar-symposia, and was a member of the initial PMBoK Guide Project Team, the 2000 update team, and the project team that prepared the 3rd edition. Earl has recently presented ‘workshop/seminars' for Bulgarian project scheduling and controls persons which covers the 3 phases of scheduling: framework preparation/planning, schedule development, and schedule management and control. The work books are dual language English and Bulgarian. Earl can be contacted at earl_bg@yahoo.com.
 Tom Gilb is an international consultant, teacher and author. His 9th book is ‘Competitive Engineering: A Handbook For Systems Engineering, Requirements Engineering, and Software Engineering Using Planguage' (Elsevier, August 2005) which is a definition of the planning language ‘Planguage'. Tom works with major multinationals such as Bosch, Qualcomm, HP, IBM, Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, US DOD, UK MOD, Symbian, Philips, Intel, Citigroup and many others. For more information, visit www.Gilb.com. Tom lives in Norway and can be contacted at tom@gilb.com.
 Thibaut Goupil Mr. Thibaut Goupil is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in France. Living in La Ciotat (close to Marseille, on the Mediterranean coast), he is currently also a project management consultant based in Paris, providing consulting services for a major chemical company in Lyon. From managing smalls projects, to scheduling / cost control / cost estimation of remote and multi-cultural mega capital projects, and project control management on a multiple-location R&D program as a deputy program manager, Mr. Goupil has gained experience in the engineering, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and shipbuilding industries. Thibaut holds a Masters Degree in Project and Programme Management from ESC Lille (PMI® GACPM accredited programme), a Graduate Diploma in Business Engineering from Euromed Toulon (ESCT) and a degree in Mechanical and Production Engineering (DUT GMP) from Toulon University in France. He also studied Economics at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and completed a postgraduate course in Project Management at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). The PRINCE2 Practitioner certification achieved in 2006, Mr. Goupil is also a certified CAPM from PMI®, and CPMA from AFITEP/IPMA. He is a member of Paris Chapter and South of France Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and the Association for Project Management (APM) in the UK. Thibaut Goupil can be contacted at pmfrance@proj.fr. In French M. Thibaut Goupil est correspondant international pour PMForum en France. Vivant à La Ciotat (prés de Marseille), il est aussi consultant en management de projets à Paris, et fournit du conseil en management de projet pour un groupe chimique mondial à Lyon. Du management de petits projets, au planning / contrôle des coûts / estimation des coûts de mégas projets de construction, en passant par le management des contrôles projets (PCM) sur un programme R&D, M. Goupil a évolué dans diverses industries : l'ingénierie, la chimie, la pharmacie et la construction navale. Thibaut possède un Mastère Spécialisé en Management de Projet et Programme de l'ESC Lille (programme accrédité GACPM par le PMI®), un titre d'Ingénieur d'Affaires de l'EUROMED Toulon (ESCT) et un DUT en Génie Mécanique et Productique de l'Université de Toulon. Il a aussi étudié l'économie à l'Université de Ljubljana en Slovénie et le management de projet à l'Université de Technologie, Sydney (UTS). Certifié PRINCE2 Practitioner en 2006, M. Goupil détient aussi le CAPM de PMI®, et le CPMA de AFITEP/IPMA niveau D. Il est membre des chapitres Paris et France Sud du Project Management Institute (PMI®), et de l'Association of Project Management (APM) au Royaume-Uni. Thibaut Goupil peut être contacté via pmfrance@proj.fr
 Rolanda Gregory Rolanda Gregory is Director, Project Management at MangoMOBILE, a wireless technology organization. She has successfully managed numerous, multi-million dollar initiatives which were integral to her clients' success. With over 10 years experience in project management, Rolanda's goal is to formalize and enhance the project management practices at MangoMOBILE.Prior to joining Mango, Rolanda was a Senior Project Manager for imc² and Agency.com, where she led interactive web development programs for clients such as The Coca-Cola Company, Marriott Vacation Club, The Art Institutes and Sara Lee Foodservice. Rolanda Gregory holds both a Master of Project Management and Master of Business Administration, along with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She also has obtained the Project Management Professional, PMP, designation from the Project Management Institute.
 Donald Gubbins Donald Gubbins is an experienced insurance, credit, and banking IT consultant and applications manager in Columbus, Ohio. Don is PMP certified and has a Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of Science degree from DeVry University of Columbus. Also, Don rllas (UTD). He expects to graduate with his MBA from the UTD PMI-certified graduate project management program in December 2008. Don can be contacted by e-mail at dgubbins@columbus.rr.com.
Donald R. Hammons Donald R. Hammons, PMP has a 15-year track record in project management. An eight-year Veteran of the United States Navy, Donald's U.S. Navy telecommunication experience launched his civilian program management career in the U.Ss Telecom and IT sectors in the early-mid 1990's. Don has led large multi-million dollar programs for Lucent Technologies, Alcatel SA of France, and Deutsche Bank AG in Asia-Pac. Donald is the former PMO for the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center at UT Southwestern, a member of the Town of Flower Mound, Texas 4B Community Development Corporation Board, and is currently a management consultant in N. Texas. Don is a 2004 graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas where he earned a Master of Science and an MBA in Program Management.
 Alan Harpham, BSc MBA FAPM FCMC Alan Harpham is an independent management consultant; focused on business start-ups, programme management, project management and executive coaching – individuals and teams. Alan is the Chairman of the APM Group, a global Accreditation, Registration and Examination Certification Body for key elements of Best Practice in programme and project management (see www.apmgroup.co.uk). He is also a non-executive director with Subject Matters, a consultancy specializing in organizing business-to-business events, conferences and exhibitions (see www.subjectmatters.co.uk). He was a founding director of P5 – the Power of Projects, a consultancy specialising in the application of project and programme management in owner/client organisations (see www.p5.co.uk). Prior to this he was Group Marketing Director for The Nichols Group and before that Managing Director of Nichols Associates – a leading UK consultancy specialising in PPM. Before that he was an early director of Cranfield University's School of Management's MSc in project management (one of the very first such programmes in the world 1982-86.) .
Ronda Hayes Ronda Hayes, PMP has over 11 years of IT experience as well as an IT Contractor focusing on the functionality of project management and business analysis. Currently, she is the Oracle Coordinator at North Lake College and IT faculty member. In addition, she is co-creating a Risk Management course for the PMI Dallas Chapter. Ronda received her Master of Science degree in Information Systems and Technology from Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
 Anders Heie Anders Heie is the Founder and CEO of KaDonk (Http://www.kadonk.com) located in Poway, California. KaDonk provides LiveProject FREE project viewer, and LiveProject Professional, a powerful real-time sharing and collaboration tool for Microsoft Project files. LiveProject has thousands of users worldwide, and has received rave reviews from project managers. Anders Heie worked as the Chief Software Architect for Nokia in San Diego, and has five US and one European patents. Anders was the Keynote Speaker at the Second Software Project Line Conference in 2002. He can be contacted at anders@kadonk.com.
 Susan Hewitt Susan Hewitt is the Senior Manager of Program Management in the DTV Division, Consumer Electronics Group at AMD Markham in Ontario, Canada. She leads the program management team in the development of ICs for digital television. She has a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University and a Master of Business Administration with emphasize on Project Management from the University of Texas at Dallas.
 Martina Huemann Dr. Martina Huemann is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in Vienna, Austria. Martina is part of the faculty of the PROJEKTMANAGEMENT GROUP, Vienna University of Business Administration, Austria and she is Adjunct Professor for Project Management at ESC Lille, France. She is a network partner of ROLAND GAREIS CONSULTING. Martina has successfully managed research, event and organisational development projects. She teaches and trains project management and managing the project-oriented company nationally and internationally and does research in these fields. In research she concentrates on Human Resource Management in project-oriented companies, project and program auditing, and maturity of project-oriented companies, industries and nations. Martina is board member of Project Management Austria, the Austrian national member association of IPMA, and a member of the IPMA Research & Development Management Board. She is director of the IPMA Research Awards and she trains assessors for the IPMA Project Excellence Award internationally and nationally. Born in Vienna in 1969, Martina holds Magister and Doctor degrees from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Fluent in English and German, she enjoys working in an international environment. Martina can be contacted at Martina.Huemann@wu-wien.ac.at
 Nigel Hughes Nigel Hughes is Director of Global Market and Service Development at Compass. He has a wide and well-established background in IT and Business. Within Compass, Nigel's specialist areas are the realization of business value from IT applications, IT strategy, combined with governance of IT and knowledge management. His background also includes working at Kodak Processing's European customer service operations where he implemented a corporate document management system, was the corporate expert for Kodak's videotext system and headed the U.K.'s manufacturing distributed computing system. Before this, Nigel was engaged in operational research for Leicester City Council (U.K), which included work in Queuing theory analysis. Nigel gained a BSc in Mathematics from Loughborough University, and an MBA in 2000 with a distinction in Knowledge Management. www.compassmc.com
 Brian Irwin Brian Irwin, PMP, is President of PM Team Dynamics in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. Brian has worked in project and program management roles for more than twelve years for companies such as Gateway 2000, Hewlett Packard, and Rockwell Collins. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Management – Project Management, both from Colorado Technical University in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®). PM Team Dynamics is a project management consulting and training firm which focuses on project teaming and leadership development, troubled project assessment and recovery, and OPM3 organizational self-assessment and improvement implementations. Brian is a volunteer for the Project Management Institute (PMI®), serving a leadership role on PMI's OPM3 2008 update team and as a team member on the Portfolio Management Standards team. Realizing that project failure is often a result ofineffective teaming and a lack of leadership and interpersonal skills, he founded PM Team Dynamics and has concentrated his efforts on increasing the human relations and interpersonal skills of project leaders. Brian has also authored a book on politics and conflict in project management which will be released in November, 2007 by Management Concepts. He is an accomplished speaker and has presented project management topics to a number of audiences. He can be contacted at brian@pmteamdynamics.com.
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