Author Showcase
The authors showcased below have provided articles, case studies, professional papers, stories or viewpoints published in PM World Today during the last year. Some are or have been leaders in the PM profession. Many are true project management experts; most are highly experienced in selected areas of project management. We consider them all to be highly professional, and we thank them for their contributions to the world of PM.
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 Mike Nichols Mike Nichols is Chairman of the Association for Project Management (APM) in the UK, Board Member of the Major Projects Association and Member of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee of the British Standards Institute. His ‘day job’ is Chairman & Chief Executive of the Nichols Group, a firm which specialises in advising on and managing major capital projects and business change initiatives. Mike has extensive experience of project and programme management in the transport, telecommunications, automotive and power industries. In particular, he directed a management contract for the first phase of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway and project managed the initial phase of the Docklands Light Railway in London, both completed on time and within budget. Last year Mike completed a strategic review of the Highways Agency’s £12 billion Major Roads Programme for the Secretary of State for Transport in the UK. Prior to forming the Nichols group in 1975, he had a number of senior management jobs, including Executive Director of British Leyland and General Manager with British Oxygen Company. He has also led developments of new approaches in project, programme and risk management. Mike has a degree in Economics, is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.
 Andrea Nicholas
Andrea Nicholas has over 14 years of experience leading project, process, quality, portfolio and program management initiatives and teams. She has launched and/or managed 3 Project Management Offices, developed and deployed models for organizational and client delivery maturity, held senior level positions for Fortune 500 companies and is currently a principal at Nicholas Consulting in Dallas, Texas. In addition to earning an MBA from University of Dallas and a graduate certificate in Project Management from University of Texas Dallas, she holds a PMP® certification from the Project Management Institute and is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Ms. Nicholas can be contacted at nicholasconsulting@sbcglobal.net.
 Laurence Nicholson Laurence Nicholson, PMP, MAPM, ACQI is a highly experienced executive and Senior Manager in the UK. He has successfully led teams of 40+ consultants and developers, in multi-million pound international projects. He is a qualified Accounting Technician and has in-depth knowledge of several project and development methodologies as well as being a Project Management Professional (PMP), an Associate member of the Chartered Quality Institute (ACQI) and a member of the Association for Project Management (APM). He has had numerous articles published in multiple languages. Mr. Nicholson can be reached at laurence@the-nicholsons.me.uk
 James G. Page James Page is a PMI Certified Project Manager who works as an independent project consultant while pursing his Project Management MBA at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has over 20 years of Project Experience in paper manufacturing, information technology, defense, and medical projects. His home is in Ada, Oklahoma, USA where his spare time is spent cattle ranching and serving his Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot Cisco.
 Morris. Panner Morris Panner is co-chairman of the Board of the Software Division of the Software and Information Industry Association and CEO of OpenAir, a provider of project workflow solutions designed for project-based organizations. Formerly, he was the Resident Legal Advisor in the US Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, responsible for joint anti-narcotics training. He can be reached at mpanner@openair.com York.
 Darshana Patel Darshana Patel is Vice President of Project Governance at OnSite. Darshana has worked with hundreds of organizations across industries and sizes to assess, strategize, and implement process improvements around project management, business analysis, and quality assurance. Darshana received her Bachelor's of Business Administration in Information Systems from the University of Cincinnati. She is PMP and Six Sigma Green Belt certified. In addition, she is a recognized thought leader and requested speaker around Project Governance challenges and solutions. She can be contacted at dpatel@onsite-rs.com.
 Mei-min Peng
Mei-min Peng is a founding partner of Joyto Inc., a venture capital firm focuses on investments in digital media and supply chain services as well as small business companies initiatives on the Internet. She helps establish business development capabilities through strong, strategic relationships across the supply value chain, particularly in US and China. Specifically, she is responsible for leading capital on investment trends and opportunities for innovation and growth. She has six years software project experiences in ATX Group, Inc. She is also a freelance photographer. Her photo works have been published among newspaper and magazines. Most recently, her work is used in December 2007, Prestige magazine, Singapore. She was on North Texas Asian Photography Association board of directors. She holds an MBA from University of Dallas and a certification from project management EMBA program at University of Texas at Dallas.
 Richard Pharro Richard Pharro is Managing Director of the APM Group Limited, London, UK. In 1995 Richard conceived the idea of Accreditation and Certification associated with OGC’s PRINCE2™. Since then PRINCE2 has become established as a project management method used throughout the world. APMG’s partnership with OGC has since expanded to include MSP, M_o_R® and ITIL® accreditation and qualifications. APMG is now a global business providing accreditation and certification services via an international network of Accredited Consultancy and Training Organisations. Richard Pharro is a chartered Civil Engineer who has worked on projects in the Middle East and the UK, including several years with the London Docklands Development Corporation on the regeneration of East London. He established The APM Group Limited in partnership with the Association of Project Management (APM) in 1993. The Association disposed of their stake in The APM Group in April 2000. As the Vice Chairman of APM, Richard developed the Association’s Certification Programme for experienced Project Managers and led the first International Certification Committee on behalf of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). He is a non executive Director of the Best Practice Users Group in the UK and a frequent speaker at conferences. His book, The Relationship Manager – The Next Generation of Project Management, was published by Gower in 2003. Further information about APMG can be found at www.apmgroup.co.uk, or by calling + 44 (0)1494 452450.
 Katheryn Phillips Kathryn Phillips services the new AT&T as Area Manager of Project Management. Kathryn is PMI PMP® certified. She received the Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration – Economics from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Illinois. She earned the Graduate Certificate in Project Management in 2002 followed by the Masters in Business Administration in 2005 from the University of Texas at Dallas – Richardson Texas. Kathryn can be reached at kp0090@att.com.
 A Matt Piazza A Matt Piazza, MBA, PMP, is an independent consultant with over 20 years of project management experience since earning his BS degree at Texas A&M University (TAMU) and his MBA degree at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) in the USA. His project management experience comes from major multi-year projects in the US Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE) and high technology industries. Matt is past president of the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the DFW Chapter of the Microsoft Project Association (MPA). He currently travels globally for enterprise project management (EPM) implementations and project management training. Matt lives in Flower Mound, Texas and can be reached at deltasol@earthlink.net. Additional information about Matt Piazza can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2007/05/matt-piazza-named-international.html.
 Roy Pool, a Sr. Consultant for PMSolutions, has 25 years PM experience, the last 9 heading PMO efforts at several companies. Those companies have enjoyed significant improvements in Portfolio Mgmt and increased Project Success Rates. Lucent Technologies Power Division saw the overall project success rate go from 33% to 87% and the New York State Tax PMO won the 2005 Governor’s Award for Portfolio Collaboration between Business and IT. In previous assignments, Roy maintained a very high individual project success rate and won a prestigious award for project leadership while leading a project team on a DoD project. Mr. Pool was a presenter at the 2001 PMI International Symposium, the 2006 PMI Latin America Global Congress and the Center for Business Practices 2007 PM Summit. His talk, “Help, I Have a Multiple Project Traffic Jam?” won the Latin Congress “Best of Congress” and the associated paper was featured in the April 2007 issue of PM Network magazine. While at Lucent, Roy was chosen to teach PM to project leaders in various Lucent locations throughout the world. He has also been a PMBOK instructor for local PMI Chapters in Dallas and Upstate New York. Roy received his PMP certification from PMI in 1993, and is certified as a Black Belt in Microsoft Project.
 Robert Posener Mr. Robert Posener, PMP, is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org based in Sydney, Australia. Mr. Posener is also founder and Managing Director of PMComplete Pty Ltd, a project management professional services company in Australia. For the last 30 years, Robert has managed projects for computer hardware, software and technology companies in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Hong Kong and USA. Rob can be reached at robert.posener@pmcomplete.com.au. More information about Robert Posener can be found at www.pmforum.org/pm forum team.
 Viatcheslav Poznyakov Viatcheslav V. Poznyakov, PhD, Dr.Sc., is professor of Project Management and Information Systems at the State Academy for Top Managers in Investment Area, Moscow, Russia. He holds a Doctor of Science from University of Dnepropetrovsk. Before joining the State Academy for Top managers in Investment Area he was the Head of Department for Computer-aided Management Systems at the Moscow Civil Engineering University. He has been a visiting professor at the University of London, UK and the Leipzig High Engineering School in Leipzig, Germany. He previously headed a project management training department for the World Bank in Moscow for the Russian construction industry. He has experience with various Russian consulting companies, and the Ukrainian Academy of Science. He has practical experience in International development projects, construction, transport, and the space industry. Professor Poznyakov has published a number of books and articles on information technology, systems development, project management, risk management, contracting, project preparation and evaluation, and management in general. He is one of the founders and a Vice-president of the Russian Project Management Association SOVNET. Professor Poznyakov lives in Moscow and can be contacted at: vpozniakov@ihome.ru.
 Roberto Prieto Robert Prieto is a Senior Vice President for Fluor, responsible for strategy in support of the firm’s Industrial & Infrastructure Group and its key clients. He focuses on the development and delivery of large, complex projects worldwide. Prior to joining Fluor, Bob served as chairman of Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. 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.
 Curt Raschke, PhD, PMP Curt Raschke, Ph.D, PMP, has over 25 years experience in managing new product development projects for several high-technology companies in the Dallas / Fort Worth area. He is an adjunct instructor at the University of Texas at Dallas in the Project Management and Project Lifecycle Management Executive Education programs and has been an officer of PMI’s New Product Development Specific Interest Group for almost 10 years, including three years as SIG chair. He is a member of the Virtual Collaboration Research Group Advisory Board at the University of North Texas and has co-authored a chapter in a soon to be published book on “virtual” project team management. He has spoken at conferences on portfolio and pipeline management and on managing co-development projects and is also a member of the IEEE, Engineering Management Society and the Product Development Management Association. He would be interested in any comments or questions on this article and can be reached at craschke2000@yahoo.com.
 Pedro Ribeiro Pedro C. Ribeiro, MBA, PMP is a project management trainer and consultant with over 25 years of executive and consulting experience. A former Director of Ernst & Young Consulting, Unisys and EDS he is the immediate past Regional Chair, Central & South America for the PMI IT&Telecom SIG and a member of Operational Oversight Committee of PMI Educational Foundation. He is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil and can be reached at pedro.ribeiro@theprojectoffice.net Pedro C. Ribeiro, MBA, PMP é consultor em gestão de projetos com mais de 25 anos de experiencia executiva e de consultoria. Tendo sido diretor da Ernst & Young Consulting, Unisys , EDS é immediate past Regional Chair, Central & South America do PMI IT&Telecom SIG , e membro do Operational Oversight Committee da PMI Educational Foundation. Pedro Ribeiro é baseado em Sao Paulo, Brasil.
 Jovica Riznic, PhD Jovica Riznic earned his B.Sc., M.Sc, and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada. He has more than twenty years experience in research and development, energy and thermal engineering and science, software development and project management. Currently he serves on the Board of Directors of the PMI Ottawa Valley Outaouis Chapter as the director of the Outreach programs. He is the lead organizer and founder of the Student Forum on Project Management which is in its fifth year as the annual event gathering academics and students from North America and Europe. He teaches courses in the Project Management Certificate Program at Algonquin College in Ottawa, and has published 2 books and more than 100 papers/ articles. Jovica also serves as a member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Nuclear Governance, Ecology and Economy. He is an active member in several other professional societies including Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canadian Nuclear Society, American Nuclear Society and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Recently, he received the College Award for 2003 from the Algonquin College in recognition for his contribution to the project management certificate program.
 Alexandre Rodriques, PhD Alexandre Rodrigues, PhD PMP, is an International Correspondent for PMForum.org in Portugal. Dr. Rodrigues is also Executive Partner of PMO Consulting, an international consulting firm based in Lisbon specialized in Project Management (PM) and delivering advanced PM training and consulting services to clients across Europe and other parts of the world. His Clients include a wide range of international organizations, like Wolkswagen, Motorola, Microsoft, BHP Billiton in Australia and Africa, and NATO C3 in Brussels and Holland. He is also a Senior Consultant with the Cutter Consortium, belonging to the Business-IT Alignment and Agile PM Practices, and to the Risk Management Intelligence Network. He has over a decade of teaching experience, having lectured on PM and System Dynamics related topics at universities in Portugal and the UK. Dr. Rodrigues worked for several years in PM for the military and consulting industries in the UK and the US. Alexandre Rodrigues holds a five-year "licenciate" degree in Systems and Informatics Engineering from the University of Minho (Portugal) and a Ph.D. in Project Management and System Dynamics from the University of Strathclyde (UK). He is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), a Chartered Member of the Portuguese Association of Engineering, and a member of the British Association for Project Management (APM). Alexandre was founding president of the PMI Portugal Chapter and is currently a PMI Component Mentor for Central and Northern Europe. Additional information about Alexandre Rodrigues can be seen at http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2006/12/alexandre-rodrigues-becomes-pmf.html. Additional information about PMO Consulting can be found at www.pmo-consulting.pt. Alexandre Rodrigues can be contacted at Alexandre.Rodrigues@PMO-Consulting.pt. In Portuguese Alexandre Rodrigues, PhD PMP, é o Correspondente Internacional para o PMForum.org em Portugal. O Doutor Rodrigues é também Partner Executivo da PMO Consulting, uma empresa internacional baseada em Lisboa especializada em Gestão de Projectos, desenvolvendo serviços avançados em formação e consultoria para os seus clientes em toda a Europa e noutras partes do mundo. Os seus Clientes passados e actuais incluem uma vasta gama de organizações internacionais, como sejam a Volkswagen, Motorola, Microsoft, BHP Billiton na Austrália e Africa, e a NATO C3 em Bruxelas e Holanda. Alexandre Rodrigues é também Consultor Sénior para o Cutter Consortium onde faz parte das Práticas de Business-IT Alignment e de Agile Project Management, sendo ainda membro da Risk Management Intelligence Network. Tem mais de uma década de experiência docente, tendo leccionado em tópicos relacionados com a Gestão de Projectos e Dinâmica de Sistemas em várias Universidades em Portugal e no Reino Unido. O Doutor Rodrigues trabalhou vários anos em Gestão de Projectos para as industrias da defesa e consultoria no Reino Unido e nos Estados Unidos. Alexandre Rodrigues detém uma Licenciatura em Engenharia de Sistemas e Informática pela Universidade do Minho (Portugal) e um Ph.D. em Gestão de Projectos e Dinâmica de Sistemas pela Universidade de Strathclyde (Reino Unido). É membro do Project Management Institute (PMI®), detendo a credenciação Project Management Professional (PMP®), é Membro da Ordem dos Engenheiros em Portugal e membro da associação Britânica Association for Project Management (APM). Foi o presidente fundador do PMI Portugal Chapter, sendo actualmente Component Mentor do PMI para a região do Norte e Centro da Europa. Informação adicional acerca de Alexandre Rodrigues pode ser obtida em http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2006/12/alexandre-rodrigues-becomes-pmf.html. Informação adicional acerca da PMO Consulting pode ser encontrada em www.pmo-consulting.pt. Alexandre Rodrigues pode ser contactado em Alexandre.Rodrigues@PMO-Consulting.pt.
 Ana Maria Rodriguez, PMP Ana Maria Rodriguez, PMP is an International Correspondent for PMForum in Argentina. Ms. Rodriguez is also a Project Management Consultant to the Engineering and Construction Industry in Rosario, Argentina, and an adjunct professor of project management at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Colombian by birth, Ms. Rodriguez graduated with a Civil Engineering Degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota and from the University of Texas at Austin, USA with a Masters Degree in Construction Engineering and Project Management (MSE). From 2003 to 2005, Ms Rodriguez implemented and ran the Rosario Habitat Program PM office, funded by the Inter American Development Bank (IADB). During the last few years Ana María has been in charge of the planning, monitoring and control for large turnaround projects in the Automobile, Petrochemical, Steel and Paper Industries in the Rosario region. Ms. Rodriguez is an active member of PMI in Argentina, being a member of the Buenos Aires Chapter and supporting the formation of new chapters in the cities of Mendoza and Rosario. Additional information about Ms. Rodriguez can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2006/08/ana-maria-rodriguez-in-argentina.htm. Ms. Rodriguez can be contact at arodriguezdev@gmail.com In Spanish Ana Maria Rodriguez, PMP es Corresponsal Internacional de PMForum enArgentina. Ms. Rodriguez es Consultora en Project Management para la industria de la ingeniería y construcción en Rosario, Argentina, y profesor adjunto de Project Management en la Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Colombiana de nacimiento, Ms. Rodríguez se graduó como ingeniera civil de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana en Bogotá, y como Master en Contruction Engineering and Project Management (MSE) de la Universidad de Texas en Austin (USA). Desde el 2003 y hasta el 2005, Ms. Rodríguez implementó y fue responsable de la PM office del Programa Rosario Hábitat, financiado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID). Durante los últimos años, Ana María ha estado a cargo de la planificación, monitoreo y control de importantes proyectos de parada en las industrias automotrices, acero, petroquímica y papel en la región de Rosario. Ms. Rodríguez es también una miembro activo de PMI en Argentina, siendo miembro del capítulo Buenos Aires y actualmente apoyando la formación de nuevos capítulos en las ciudades de Mendoza y Rosario. Información adicional sobre Ms. Rodríguez puede encontrarse en www.pmforum.org/pm forum team/index.htm#Rodriguez.
United States Air Force, was deployed to Kabul as a member of the former Combined Forces Command Office of Security Cooperation from June to November 2005. He is currently the program manager of the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System Increment 10.2 Program at the Air Force Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, USA.""Lt. Col. Brian C. Ruhm, United States Air Force, was deployed to Kabul as a member of the former Combined Forces Command Office of Security Cooperation from June to November 2005. He is currently the program manager of the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System Increment 10.2 Program at the Air Force Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, USA."
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