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MPUG has a global network of over 200,000 project management professionals across 170+ countries. For over 25 years, it has served as a premier platform fostering connection, knowledge sharing, and professional development within the project management community. MPUG champions the use of technology to optimize project management processes. It offers a comprehensive suite of resources and services, including live sessions, accredited training courses, informative lessons, industry articles, and interactive discussion forums. Committed to empowering its members to "Master Projects for Unlimited Growth," MPUG equips our members with the latest industry trends and propels their career advancement. Whether you're a budding project manager or a seasoned practitioner, MPUG provides an invaluable platform to hone your skills and bolster your project management expertise.

Dale Howard is currently a Senior PPM Consultant with Arch Systems, Inc. His hair and beard have turned white because of using Microsoft's project management tools for more than 20 years. Dale started his career using Microsoft Project 4.0 for Windows 95 and began using Microsoft's PPM tools when they introduced Project Central in 2000. Dale is the co-author of 23 books in Microsoft Project, Project Server, and Project Online. He is currently one 0f 26 Microsoft Project MVPs in the entire world and one of only 4 Project MVPs in the United states.

Satya Narayan Dash is a management professional, coach, and author of multiple books. Under his guidance, over 2,000 professionals have successfully cracked PMP, ACP, RMP, and CAPM examinations – in fact, there are over 100 documented success stories written by these professionals. His course, PMP Live Lessons - Guaranteed Pass, has made many successful PMPs, and he’s recently launched RMP Live Lessons - Guaranteed Pass and ACP Live Lessons - Guaranteed Pass. His web presence is at https://managementyogi.com, and he can be contacted via email at managementyogi@gmail.com.  

Ronald Smith has over four decades of experience as Senior PM/Program Manager. He retired from IBM having written four books and over one hundred articles on project management, and the systems development life cycle (SDLC). He’s been a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) since 1998, which has a membership of about 3 million professionals worldwide. From 2011 - 2017, Ronald had been an Adjunct Professor for a Master of Science in Technology and taught PM courses at the University of Houston’s College of Technology. Teaching from his own book, Project Management Tools and Techniques – A Practical Guide, Ronald offers a unique perspective on project management that reflects his many years of experience. Besides writing, he swims five times a week to keep in shape. Lastly in the Houston area, he has started up two Toastmasters clubs and does voluntary work at various food banks to help people facing hunger.

Erik van Hurck is a Senior PPM consultant for Projectum, a western European Microsoft Partner with offices in Denmark and The Netherlands. On top of that Erik is a Microsoft MVP. As such, Erik assists enterprise customers to adopt the new Power Platform cloud solutions for Project and Portfolio Management. Beyond writing for MPUG, Erik also has a personal blog (www.theprojectcornerblog.com).

Sam Huffman first gained insight into Microsoft Project while working as a member of the MS Project development and support team. He has maintained his depth of knowledge of MS Project with each release and is a leading authority in the use and features of MS Project, Project Server and Project Online. Since the early 1990's Sam has honed his instruction skills by delivering training programs to thousands every year. Sam is a frequent content contributor to the Microsoft Project User Group (MPUG) and speaks to groups often about MS Project, Enterprise Project Management and the discipline of Project Management. He was awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional from 2010-2017. Check out his blog on MS Project. The softcover version of my newest book Microsoft® Project Do’s and Don’ts is now available for purchase! It is portable, brief and to the point so you can find help when you need it. Through tips, best practices and examples it will help you jumpstart your project!

Ben Howard – Awarded Community Leader for his very popular and comprehensive UK web training series and has over 30 years of experience of implementing enterprise solutions for customers worldwide.  During that time, he’s worked for IBM, DELL, and Microsoft, as well as several smaller organisations. He now runs his own consultancy (Applepark Ltd), providing Project, Project Online and Power BI implementation and training services. He has been awarded the Microsoft Most Value Professional award for Project for the last 13 years, blogs semi-frequently at www.applepark.co.uk, produces video training for Pluralsight and his own YouTube channel, and finally was responsible for producing P2O, an application that exports tasks from Microsoft Project into Outlook.  You can catch him at ben@applepark.co.uk  

Ellen Lehnert, PMP, Microsoft Project MVP, MCP, is a independent consultant and trainer on Microsoft Project and Project Server. She has taught Microsoft Project over 400 times and is the author of  MS Project 2010 and 2013 published courseware. Ellen is also a contributor and tech editor for many reference books, a developer for the Microsoft Project certification tests and is a frequent meeting speaker for Microsoft, MPUG and PMI. Contact Ellen at ellen@lehnertcs.com.

Tim Runcie, PMP, MCP, MCTS, P-TSP, MVP is one of 6 Microsoft Project MVP’s in North America and has held that title for 17 years in a row.  A seasoned veteran of complex programs, and portfolio management systems, Tim works with companies like Microsoft on next generations of Project, Program, and portfolio technologies.  Tim is an accomplished speaker, consultant, and educator, supporting the project management community for over 25 years. As the President and founder of Advisicon, Tim has written over 38 books on PM methodologies and technologies. Advisicon has recently added a non-profit division focused on helping faith-based and 501-C3 organizations with implementing and training on available business solutions and providing business coaching or process automation with the mission of “Serving those who Serve.” Free resources are available at www.YouTube.com/Advisicon or on Tim’s LMS, www.Advisicon.thinkific.com

Praveen Malik, PMP, has two-plus decades of experience as a project management instructor and consultant. He regularly conducts project management workshops in India and abroad and shares his project management thinking in his blog, PM by PM.

Ira Brown is a leader in the field of project management and a recognized Microsoft Project expert, Project Widgets is well-known for offering add-on products for Microsoft Project and Project Online, as well as for creating custom solutions that meet their client's unique business requirements.  This company continues to extend the scope and breadth of their offerings, thereby increasing the value they provide to customers, by creating Microsoft Project solutions that are tailored to an organization's unique needs.  They even have several free, downloadable widgets available on their website that you can begin using right away.

Bonnie Biafore is the author of O'Reilly's Microsoft Project: The Missing Manual (2007, 2010, and 2013 editions) and Microsoft Press' Successful Project Management: Applying Best Practices and Real-World Techniques with Microsoft Project. She's recorded Project Essential Training (for 2010 and 2013), Project Management Fundamentals, Managing Small Projects, and other courses for lynda.com. As a consultant, she manages projects for clients and wins accolades for her ability to herd cats. She has also written a humorous novel about hitmen and stupid criminals. You can learn more at Bonnie's website or email her at bonnie.biafore@gmail.com.

Dr. Lynette Reed is a writer, researcher, and advisor about human potential. She has mentored people from businesses, not-for-profits, schools, allied health agencies, chambers of commerce, government, and churches. She has taught courses on team building, leadership, ethics, world religion, and world cultures. Her current literary contributions include an executive summary paperback titled, Fixing the Problem: Making Changes in How You Deal with Challenges, book contributions, articles, guest radio appearances, and a series of children’s books with Abingdon Press. She is also a co-founder and board member of the Institute for Soul-Centered Life and Leadership in Austin, Texas, and a participating board member for the Inclusion Crowd Think Tank based in London. Lynette holds a Doctor of Ministry in Spirituality, Sustainability, and Inter-Religious Dialogue and a Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders. These experiences have helped her create the change model she teaches to help strengthen individuals and organizations. On a personal note, she is an amateur photographer and songwriter who loves travel.

Lindsay Curtis writes about communications, education, healthcare research, and parenting. She has extensive experience as a Project Manager, primarily in the healthcare and higher education sectors. A writer by day and a reader by night, she currently works as a Communications Officer for the University of Toronto. She also provides freelance copywriting and social media strategy services for businesses of all sizes. Learn more about Lindsay at www.curtiscommunications.org.

Eric is a thought leader on project, program, and portfolio management. He spends most of his time using software from Microsoft. He has authored seven well-known textbooks including ‘Forecasting Programs,’ 'Forecast Scheduling with Microsoft Project 2010/2013/Online,’ and ‘Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft Project 2000/2002/2003.’ He founded ProjectPro, which specializes in Microsoft Project, Project Server and Project Online. Eric developed several Add-ins with his team that enhance the capabilities of Microsoft Project in creating better schedules (Forecast Scheduling App), managing cross-project dependencies (CrossLinksPro), identifying and documenting the Critical Path (PathsPro) and creating S-curve reports (CurvesPro). He was president of PMI-Ottawa in 1997. Eric has received awards from PMI in 2009, from MPUG in 2012, and from Microsoft from 2010 until 2017 (MVP).

Dian Schaffhauser is MPUG's editor. She's been covering project management, business transformation and topics technical as a journalist and editor since IBM released its first PC. She invites you to send your best story ideas for MPUG to her at editor@mpug.com. She promises to let you know what she really thinks.

Jigs Gaton is CEO of Phoenix Consulting and Training Worldwide, a company that helps developers design and implement better programs and build capacity with training and other resources. Jigs has over 30-plus years of experience in both the private and public sectors working as a project manager and PM consultant. He's currently based in Kathmandu, helping organizations with post-earthquake reconstruction and other disaster-relief efforts.

MVP - Project Nenad Trajkovski was born in Zagreb in 1963. year. After completion of Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Nenad has started on the development and implementation of enterprise systems (ERP) in companies of various areas (banks, card houses, production companies, auto industry, wholesale businesses, oil companies, and others). He has extensive experience in working with business processes, people and knowledge in information technology and financial accounting activities. Currently, Nenad works as a consultant for the implementation of business systems, and as Project Manager. He is trainer for Project Management and Risk Management in Microsoft Innovation Center in Varaždin. At WinDays08 conference he has been declared as the best speaker, and his session as the best one. He was among TOP 10 speakers in the Microsoft Sinergija 2009 and at the Microsoft Vzija 2009. Shared first place as the best lecturer at KulenDays 2009 and the PMI Forum 2009 in Zagreb. Regular speaker at the Microsoft Community. On WinDays10 conference Nenad was among the top three speakers; at the conference Microsoft Vision 9 in Skopje between the top 5 speakers as well as on Microsoft Synergy 11 which was held in Belgrade. Certified Accountant, PMP (Project Manager Professional), PMI – RMP (Risk Manager Professional), MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional), MCTS – Microsoft Project 2010 (Microsoft Certified Technical Professional).  and MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer).

Mike Thomas has worked in the IT training business since 1989. He is a subject matter expert in a range of technologies, his primary focus and passion being Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and Power BI. In 2012 Mike founded The Excel Trainer where he has produced nearly 200 written and video-based Excel tutorials. He has recorded several Excel training courses for Pluralsight and in his career delivered thousands of courses and webinars on a wide variety of technology-related topics. Mike is a Fellow of The Learning and Performance Institute and has worked with and for a large number of global and UK-based companies and organizations across a diverse range of sectors. In addition to training, he also designs and develops Microsoft Office-based solutions that automate key business tasks and processes.

Kenneth Steiness, PMP, PMI-SP, MCP, MCT, is an industry expert on Microsoft Project and Project Online. Kenneth has worked in the project management and scheduling field for over 20 years. He has managed customer engagements in 13 countries and throughout the United States and presented at conferences world-wide for Microsoft, PMI and MPUG. Kenneth is the CEO of Sensei Project Solutions, a certified Microsoft partner specializing in project and portfolio management deployments. Sensei offers a complete set of services to help organizations succeed with their Microsoft PPM deployments. Services include full implementation and training as well as pre-configured solutions and report packs. Visit senseiprojectsolutions.com or contact info@senseiprojectsolutions.com for more information.

Cornelius Fichtner, PMP is a noted PMP expert. He has helped over 47,000 students prepare for the PMP Exam with The Project Management PrepCast and The PM Exam Simulator.

Transformation Corner is authored by members of Value Transformation, a team comprising seasoned project managers with extensive backgrounds in various industries including government, construction, automotive product development, manufacturing, and IT. With decades of collective experience, our team members bring a wealth of expertise to this column. Authors: Jon M. Quigley; Shawn P. Quigley; Jon M. Quigley; Rick Edwards; Ashley Taylor Womble. Jon M. Quigley, holding PMP and CTFL certifications, boasts nearly 30 years of product development experience. Specializing in process optimization, quality enhancement, and cost reduction, Jon's expertise spans embedded hardware and software, verification, and project management. He is a recipient of the Volvo-3P Technical Award (2005) and the 2006 Volvo Technology Award. Jon has secured seven US patents and numerous international patents, and co-authored over 10 books on project management and product development topics such as agile methodologies, testing, and configuration management. He has contributed to various publications, including works like the Encyclopedia of Software Engineering. For more information, refer to his LinkedIn profile.

Eric Verzuh, PMP, earned his PMP in 1992. He is the author of the bestselling Fast Forward MBA in Project Management and the PMP® Deep Dive, a better, faster, and more fun exam prep program. You can contact Eric via email at EVerzuh@VersatileCompany.com.

Bill Dow, PMP, is a published author and project management professional with more than two decades of experience in information technology, specializing in software development and project management. Bill has built and operated large project management offices (PMOs) and is the author of three project management books. The latest is Project Management Communication Tools, co-written with Bruce Taylor. Contact Bill at billdow@dowpublishingllc.com.

Jacques Goupil, PMP, MCP, MCTS, is the Business Development Managing  Director at PPM Works, Inc.,  a consultancy focused on delivering project, portfolio, and business management solutions. He has been implementing Microsoft Project solutions since 1998 and has over 15 years of professional experience in project management software design, implementation, and development.  Coming from a Program Management background, Jacques has successfully implemented PMOs at many Top 50 firms and he shares his experience and knowledge as a guest speaker and panelist at several industry conferences (including the Microsoft Project Conference, PMI Conferences, and the Project Summit).  He was selected by Microsoft as the Lead SME for the Microsoft Certification Exam, Managing Projects and is a Certification Instructor Microsoft Project Users Group.  He is currently on the Board of Directors at the Boston YMCA and two Microsoft Project Users Group Chapters.  Jacques motto is 'Health and Family first' and he shares his passion as a community volunteer and family advocate.  He is currently training for the 2014 Boston Marathon (his 14th Boston).  Most recently Jacques delivered a full credit Professional Development Day for PMI and presented at Project Summit 2013 on topics including Project Server 2013, Project Online, as well as PMO Development.  Connect to his professional network or send him an e-mail at: Jacques.Goupil@ppmworks.com.

Raphael Santos is a PPM enthusiast with expertise in providing Microsoft Project, Project Online, and Project Server solutions. He has worked in several projects to implement PPM tools, including projects located in Latin America (Brazil, Peru, and Argentina), in the United States, and in Africa. He is also a trainer with more than 10 years of experience teaching users how to use Project Management tools in a more productive way. In 2016, Raphael was awarded the MVP title by Microsoft in recognition of his contributions to the Project Management community. Raphael is a PPM Consultant at Sensei Project Solutions, a certified Microsoft partner specializing in project and portfolio management deployments. Sensei offers a complete set of services to help organizations succeed with their Microsoft PPM deployments. Services include full implementation and training as well as pre-configured solutions and report packs. Visit senseiprojectsolutions.com or contact info@senseiprojectsolutions.com for more information.

John Riopel, MCP, MCTS, PMP has over 25 years of experience as a Program/Project Manager in government service and commercial industries.  His technical background in Microsoft Project spans the entire evolution of the Microsoft Project toolset, with a deep understanding of how to apply these technology constructs and concepts to real-world project management challenges.He is President and CEO of PM Providers, a full-service project management consulting firm dedicated to delivering business results with project management solutions.

Daryl Deffler is currently employed by a large insurance company where he provides project management, project scheduling tool, process, and standards consulting for an enterprise project management office comprised of about 200 project managers. He has over 25 years in the IT project management field with experience managing small projects to large programs. During this time he has also developed and taught classes in both project management and scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project 2013, Primavera and ABT Workbench. He has been employed in the IT industry since 1979 in additional roles, including software development, technical support and management across mainframe, midrange and PC platforms.

Elizabeth Harrin has over twenty years’ experience in projects. Elizabeth has led a variety of IT and process improvement projects including ERP and communications developments. She is also experienced in managing business change, having spent eight years working in financial services (including two based in Paris, France). Elizabeth is the author of 7 project management books including Managing Multiple Projects. She is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management and writes the popular blog, Rebel’s Guide to Project Management.

Rich Weller is a seasoned specialist in Project, Program, and Portfolio Management Solutions, boasting nearly 30 years of experience in planning and executing successful business initiatives. With almost two decades as a college instructor, he has taught numerous courses in Business and Project Management. Rich is a frequent speaker at industry events such as PMI, MPUG, and Scaled Agile. He has led multiple transformation programs and is currently heading the Project Controls program for MIGSO-PCUBED in the USA. Rich holds an APMG PPC certification (Project Planning & Control) and has earned all three PMI Citizen Developer credentials: Foundation, Practitioner, and Business Architect. Rich possesses a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) and a wide array of certifications, including Six Sigma, Project Management Professional (PMP), Scrum Master (SSM), Release Train Engineer (RTE), SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), and is a PMI Authorized Training Instructor. He is proficient in various Project Management software applications, such as Microsoft Project (MCTS), Project Online/Project Server (MCITP), SharePoint (MCTS), Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Teams, Project for the Web (Planner Plan 1), Rally (CA Agile), Jira Software, Jira Portfolio, and many Power Platform products. His current passion lies in leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance Project Controls.

John Owen, CEO Barbecana Inc. Owen joined Barbecana as Chief Operating Officer in 2014 and assumed the role of President and CEO in 2019.  Owen has extensive experience of both project management and software development.  Previous positions have included VP Development for Welcom, Senior Director for Product Management at Deltek, and Manager for Computerized Project Management at Worley Engineering. Owen’s interests include Land Rovers, Smart Homes, and DIY projects around the house.

Robin Nicklas is a project management consultant and educator. Since 2001, he has trained project managers in the aerospace, financial, telecommunications, government, and software sectors. Prior to teaching, he spent twenty years in information systems and technology, twelve of which he managed software development at large information service companies. Since 2003, he has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in project management at the University of Washington in Seattle, as well as MS Project courses at Bellevue College Continuing Education since 2011. Robin is a former president of the PMI Puget Sound Chapter in Seattle and a certified PMP. He can be contacted through his website, robinnicklas.com.

Tom Henry is the PPM Practice Manager at Projility, where he leads a team of experienced project and portfolio management consultants in making clients more adept, productive and profitable. Tom has been involved with PPM since graduating from Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom, working first in London and then moving to the United States to further pursue his career. Tom prides himself on being able to understand his clients' needs and translating those needs into simplified PPM solutions. Contact Tom at tom.henry@projility.com.

MVP, MBA, PMP, MCT, MCTS, MCITP, MCSD, MCSE+I, MCDBA. Michael Wharton is a Project/SharePoint Consultant and Trainer. Michael’s career started as a software developer before moving into project management. His passion to improve project management processes began in 2003 using tools like Project Professional and Server. Since then he has trained hundreds of project managers and implemented Project Server in over twenty-five PMOs. He has passed over forty Microsoft certification exams giving him a solid technical background with Project and SharePoint Server. Michael is active in the community. He is the past President-Elect and past Director of Programs for the NC Piedmont PMI, board member of the Triad SQL Server User Group, Triad Developers Guild and Enterprise Architect Roundtable. He is currently writing a book about implementing Portfolio Management using Project Server 2013.

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B Sai Prasad, PMP®, PMI-SP®, MVP Project, Senior Manager - Learning & Development, has been with service provider Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt. Ltd since 2001 where he was named winner of the company's Global Trainer of the Year award. He has spent 13,000-plus hours in mentoring, coaching, training 9000-plus practitioners on project management topics ranging from project management concepts, project risk management, project scheduling, Microsoft Office Project® to software estimation techniques. He is a Champion of Project Management from PMI India and also Associate Champion Advisory Committee, PMI India. He is awarded the Champion of the Quarter (Q4 – 2012) and Delivery Excellence Award (2011-2012, 2012-2013) from PMI India. He's also the editor of the project management book, Forecast Scheduling with Project 2010. He is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in Project 2010.

Cindy Lewis is an awarded Microsoft Project MVP and an expert in scheduling with a long history in project management. She holds numerous credentials in the field including: PMP, PMI-SP, MS, MOS, and MCT. She serves on the board of the MPUG Detroit chapter and is a frequent speaker at conferences and events across the country . Cindy’s personal passion is sharing knowledge with others and helping them grow and achieve personal success. Her training philosophy is known as the 4 Pillars of Success® which is also the name of her company. Feel free to connect with Cindy on social media or contact her directly through her website www.4pillarsofsuccess.com.

Walter Stinnett serves as a Program Manager for Edwards Performance Solutions. He manages a large federal government training contract and teaches primarily Microsoft Project and project management courses. He joined Edwards in 2004 as a Project Coordinator and Scheduler and provided project planning and scheduling support to a variety of commercial and federal government clients. Walter’s certifications include the PMP and MCTS.

Bill Raymond is an author, public speaker, trainer and consultant. While working in the product development, portfolio and project management markets, his personal objectives are to help organizations and individuals strategically plan and deliver business growth. Bill is committed to sharing best practices. Because of his commitment to the portfolio and project management community, he is the proud recipient of the prestigious Microsoft MVP award. Bill has also been honored with speaking awards from NASA and MPUG. Contact Bill through his website, Cambermast.

Carl Pritchard, PMP®, PMI-RMP® is the author of seven project management texts, and co-produced “The Audio PMP Prep: Conversations on Passing the PMP® Exam” with Bruce Falk. He is the U.S. Correspondent for the British Project Management Magazine, “Project Manager Today” and serves on the board of directors for ProjectConnections.com

Training and Development (T&D) Manager Jeff Bongiovani currently works for Edwards Performance Solutions as their Training and Development Manager. Jeff is responsible for managing and supporting training-focused customer engagements as well as overseeing the design and development of new and existing Edwards training courses (both internal and external) across a variety of topics including project management, leadership skills, systems engineering, business process management, and cybersecurity. He has 20+ years of classroom training and course development project experience.

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Fletcher Hearns is the Director of Technology Solutions with Edwards Performance Solutions (www.EdwPS.com). He is responsible for the implementation, of Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solutions for Edwards’ clients, as well as overseeing as well as overseeing the custom application development performed at Edwards around enterprise solutions and Microsoft Project (Desktop & Server) and SharePoint. Fletcher is also one of the leading trainers at Edwards in various aspects of Project Management and the use of project management tools.

Prasanna Adavi (Project MVP, PMP, MCTS, MCITP, MCT) is a Senior Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Consultant. specializing in helping organizations meet their business needs in the areas of Project Management and Portfolio Management. He is a regular presenter at various Project Server, EPM and SharePoint events across the country, and regularly blogs. He also runs a podcast dedicated to MS Project and Project Server. He has been awarded the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award by Microsoft since 2014, for his continued contributions to Microsoft Project Community. Connect with him on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Darrin Lange, PMP, is Director of Operations and Project Management at Advaiya and draws on two decades of diverse project management experience in IT. Darrin has held leadership roles in public safety software companies, Desktop-as-a-Service providers, and consulting firms, bringing a positive impact to the organizations where he has worked. In his current role he's responsible for forming and facilitating cohesive teams, client interfacing, and liaising with stakeholders. He is a believer and practitioner of the "get things done" approach and enjoys helping teams formulate and achieve their goals. Learn more about Advaiya at http://www.advaiya.com/.

Dharmesh Patel is a seasoned Technical Project Manager with over 15 years’ experience using and implementing Microsoft technologies.  Dharmesh has worked for various large multinational organisations, sectors including Finance, E-Commerce, and Technology as well as continued engagement with Microsoft.  Contact Dharmesh at info@dharmeshpatel.co.uk

Éamonn McGuinness is the CEO of BrightWork.  From 1995 Éamonn  has been involved in the development of commercial software products on Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange 2000 webstore, SharePoint 2001, SharePoint 2003, SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010 and now SharePoint 2013, with the same basic product mission (process driven project management).  Éamonn has been on various Microsoft SharePoint advisory councils since 2001.  He has over 25 years of executive experience at various technology organizations including The Armed Services, The United Nations and Digital Equipment Corporation.  He received his MSc from Dublin City University, Ireland.  Since 1987 Éamonn has been involved in various international process and project management standards and was a TickIT/ISO 9001 Lead Auditor and a Software CMM (Capability Maturity Model) Lead Assessor.  At BrightWork he has worked with organizations like Microsoft, Boeing, Eastman Kodak, Fedex and US Army assisting with the introduction of very pragmatic project management practices and project offices.

Ismet Kocaman, MCTS, PMP, is a Mechanical Engineer and has more than 15 years of project management experience in the manufacturing sector. He currently provides consultancy to small to mid-sized companies on project management, reorganizing, and streamlining the manufacturing operations. He also conducts training seminars for engineers on MS Project. Contact Ismet at ikocaman.pm@gmail.com.

Dr. Mike Clayton Mike Clayton is a Project Manager. He is founder of OnlinePMCourses.com and presenter of the successful Project Management YouTube Channel, OnlinePMCourses. Contact Mike by email: mike@onlinepmcourses.com

Ravi Raman is an executive career coach and long-time veteran of Microsoft, where he led product management and marketing teams for several global software products and services. As a coach, Ravi has helped countless clients-- including management consultants, technology startups and Fortune 500 company leaders -- unlock higher performance and build careers they can be proud of. Stay in touch with Ravi via Facebook, LinkedIn, his website and @YogiRavi.

Collin Quiring is the Managing Partner of EPM Strategy and has over 20 years experience in project management, resource management, product development, systems administration, reporting and training. Mr. Quiring is a technical expert in Microsoft Project, Project Server, Project Online and Power BI. He has worked with all aspects of the tools from installation to configuration to daily administration, and holds the PMP, OPM3, MCTS, MCT, MCP, and CIRM certifications, along with an MBA. Contact Collin at cquiring@EPMStrategy.com.

Alison Sigmon is a longtime PMP-certified project manager, clinical therapist and business executive. She has led projects for software and user experience design; digital content strategy; brand design and development; marketing, advertising and communications strategy; business development and fundraising; video design and production; and ecommerce. Alison's efforts focus on the behavioral side of project management and relationships. Delivering Bad News in Good Ways is Alison's first book, and the first in a series on the subject. An avid distance runner, writer, hiker and traveler, Alison is a Gulf War veteran. Articles, presentations and training materials can be found at her website.

Angelo Arcoleo, PMP,  brings over 30 years of experience in engineering, project management, planning and training. He leads projects and teams to plan and execute critical projects utilizing his experience, quiet-leadership, passion and versatility to work with anyone. He is a professionally trained civil engineer and has a bachelor of science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. Angelo is a Master Scheduler for Harris Corp., formerly Exelis, in the Geospatial Systems Division. He holds an Orange Belt in Microsoft Office Project and is President of the Western New York Chapter of MPUG and a training consultant.

Earlier in his career Eric served as Corporate EVM Subject Matter Expert for L-3 Communications. In that role he implemented multiple EIA-748 Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and helped build baseline plans for over 100 projects and proposal efforts with a combined value over $400B. Eric also represented L-3 on the Board of the NDIA Integrated Program Management Division (IPMD) which oversees the EIA-748 standard. Over the last fifteen years Eric has contributed to several key guidance documents related to EVM including the PMI Practice Standard for EVM, MIL-STD-881, and GAO-16-89G. Today, Eric is a Senior Partner at Transformative Management Solutions where we help project teams and organizations implement EVM and Agile project control solutions using Microsoft Power Platform technologies.

Jay Leslie carries with him 15 years of project management experience within the cable, telecom, construction and software development industries. The spectrum of projects and programs that Jay has managed throughout his career is broad and deep, enabling him to help clients implement Chronicle Graphics software -- including OnePager -- in a multitude of applications. His employment history includes positions at Narvaes Construction, Leslie Brothers Construction, CSG Systems, Echostar Satellite Services, Comcast, and Level 3 Communications.

Safford Black is the founder and Chief Operating Officer of OnePager, the developers of plan communications software with the same name. OnePager is an add-on to Microsoft Project that turns project data into summary graphics in seconds. Safford has held various management positions in the technology industry for more than a decade and holds a BA in psychology and management from Rice University. Learn more about OnePager.

Billy Guinan is Demand Generation Manager at BrightWork, a flexible project management solution with best-practice templates and portfolio management dashboards on SharePoint. The BrightWork Free SharePoint Project Management Template is an easy way to get started managing a project with SharePoint.

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Gary Chefetz is founder and Chief Executive Officer of MSProjectExperts. Gary is a Microsoft Project MVP, recognized for his expertise sharing in the Microsoft Communities and for authoring numerous books about Microsoft Office Project and Project Server. Gary also holds an MCP in Project Server.

Parthiv Bhuta is a Consultant and Trainer at EPMA with an MBA from University of Houston. He has been using Microsoft Project and Project Server since version 2003. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional and working towards getting a certification as a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Visit his blog and connect with Parthiv on LinkedIn or Google+.

Scott Helmers is a business process consultant, data visualizer, app designer, and trainer. He is a co-inventor of TaskMap (TaskMap.com), a Visio add-in that allows anyone to create data-rich, easy-to-read maps of any business process. Scott has been the best-selling author of books about Visio more 15 years and has been a Visio MVP every year since 2008. He’s created Visio, Power BI, and process mapping courses for LinkedIn Learning (bit.ly/LILAuthor) and shares his Visio, data visualization, and business process knowledge at conferences around the world. When he’s not at his keyboard, you’re likely to find Scott on his bicycle or dabbling in community theater.

Tony Zink is Vice President of Learning and Innovation at Houston, Texas-based EPMA, a Gold Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management Partner that provides PPM implementation, integration, development, training, and support services to large and small organizations world-wide. Tony volunteers his time to the Project Management, MS Project, and SharePoint user communities through organizing and presenting at conferences, user groups, and round table sessions, publishing articles, and answering questions in online forums. Tony co-authored two of the best-selling books in the Project and Portfolio Management field, 'Implementing and Administering Microsoft Project Server 2010' and 'Managing Enterprise Projects with Microsoft Project Server 2010', and he developed the entire training curriculum for EPMA Institute. In Tony's spare time, he is a bass slapper, a quadcopter pilot, and a karaoke superstar.

Vlad Petrescu is a Digital Transformation Leader and Certified Atlassian Consultant with over 15 years of experience and a strong technical background. Vlad is well-versed in the Software Development Lifecycle, ITSM, and business processes, which helps me ensure efficient and effective project delivery.

Allan Rocha has dedicated his entire career to the portfolio and project management area. For about 12 years he has been working with the Microsoft PPM Solution. Find out more here: E-mail: allan@allanrocha.com LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/allanrocha Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ppm4all YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllanRocha Blog [EN]: http://ppm4all.com/ Blog [PT]: http://mundoepm.com.br/ Skype: allan.crocha Twitter: @allanrocha Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/allanrocha/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allanrocha/

Brian Smith is a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Microsoft CSS in the Project Support team. He has supported Project and Project Server since the 2002 version, including the Beta programs for 2007 and 2010, and is looking forward to supporting the new Project!

Dan Friedrich is President of MPUG Chicago, and CEO/CTO of Friedrich, Klatt and Associates, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner named Microsoft’s Global Partner of the Year in 2007 for Enterprise Project Management for an Earned Value Data Mart solution. His firm's products include a Microsoft Project Server / Project Online Business Intelligence package that auto-adapts its business Cube to the customer’s deployment and comes with over 150 Dashboards, with optional modules for Trending, and Advanced Analytics and Compliance; and a Microsoft Project Pro add-in with a Swiss Army Knife of tools for managing Master Schedules. The firm’s clients include Fortune 500 firms with some of the largest Project Server implementations, NASA, the Department of Energy, international consulting firms, and many of the largest US defense and aerospace contractors. Working with these clients on some of the largest Master Schedules ever created has given him a front-row seat to the real-world challenges and best practices. Dan’s avocation is comedy sketch writing, directing, and performing, and he is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory and Improv Olympic. His latest shows are “If Anyone was Offended: Campaign 2016,” and “Martin Luther: He’s done an amazing job, and is being recognized more and more.”

Dr Shan Rajegopal is Global Head of Innovation and Portfolio Management Practice, Pcubed Ltd Shan draws upon his extensive research and experience in Innovation, Portfolio and Benefits management to help companies seeking to radically improve their performance. Shan is also a much sought after international speaker, inviting his audience to embark on a journey of discovery - uncovering the successful practices and best ideas from the world's leading global players. He is the author of “Project Portfolio Management: Leading the Corporate Vision”, and “Sun Tzu and the Project Battleground: Creating Project Strategy from the Art of War”, Shan’s forthcoming book, “Portfolio Management: Executive’s Roadmap to Innovate and Invest in Successful Projects” will be released in October/November 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan.

Dux is the CMO of AvePoint. With over 20 years of business and technology experience, he’s been a driving force behind digital transformations for commercial, educational and public sector organizations worldwide. He’s a published author of “SharePoint for Project Management”. He’s also recognized by Microsoft as Regional Director (RD) and Most Valuable Professional (MVP). A sought after public speaker and mentor, he’s a tireless advocate of diversity, inclusion & technology for good who has written numerous whitepapers, articles, and delivered engaging interactive presentations to over 25,000 people at leading industry events around the world. When he’s not globetrotting, or invigorating audiences, Dux lives in Washington, DC with his amazing wife and two children. Feel free connect with him http://linktr.ee/meetdux

Jigs Gaton is CEO of Phoenix Consulting and Training Worldwide, a company that helps developers design and implement better programs and build capacity with training and other resources. Jigs has over 30-plus years of experience in both the private and public sectors working as a project manager and PM consultant. He's currently based in Kathmandu, helping organizations with post-earthquake reconstruction and other disaster-relief efforts.

Jim is President of Critical Tools, Inc, makers of the WBS Schedule Pro software. Jim has been a part of the Project Management Software business since 1985. For the past 20+ years with Critical Tools, Jim helped design and develop what is now called WBS Schedule Pro. Learn more about Critical Tools, Inc.

Marc Soester is the Managing Director of i-PMO, an organisation dedicated to successfully implement Microsoft's Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution throughout Australia. Marc and his team have extensive expertise in the implementation of Microsoft Project Server and Portfolio Server as well as conducting training in Project. He has more then six years of experience implementing EPM solutions and is Australia's first and currently only Project MVP (Most Valuable Professional). You can contact him at marc.soester@i-pmo.com.au.

Markus Waldinger, Microsoft MVP and Manager at Campana & Schott, has more than 10 years of experience in Project Management and Social Collaboration. In this decade he has implemented Microsoft Project Server from version 2003 on and EPM based solutions within a variety of customers such as Bombardier, EADS or Bayer. Based on his proficiency he is responsible for the technical and functional evaluation of Project Server since 2010 and is leading the competence area EPM at Campana & Schott. Its main goal is gathering, managing and providing knowledge around EPM solutions across the whole company. Markus is part of the US team of Campana & Schott and also acts as a Virtual Technical Solution Specialist for Microsoft.

Matthew Davis, PMP, MCTS, MCITP, has been an active member of the project management community for more than 20 years. Matt has managed development and delivery of PMOs, EPM deployments, project delivery methodologies, strategic change programs, training seminars, organizational maturity assessments, and other strategic initiatives for a variety of clients, including Fidelity Investments, Estee Lauder, Reuters News, John Hancock Insurance, Iron Mountain, Mead Johnson, Mohegan Sun Casino, and AARP. He has also provided consulting services to leaders in the medical and healthcare industries, including Smith & Nephew, Biogen-Idec, and HP Medical Products Group. He's currently vice president for Consulting Services at PM Providers and president of the MPUG Boston chapter. Contact him by phone at 978-683-2434 or by email at matttdavis@comcast.net.

Oliver Gildersleeve, PMP, MCTS Oliver teaches Microsoft Project for PMI San Francisco and Silicon Valley chapters and for extensions of the University of California Santa Cruz and San Francisco State University.  He also does consulting and mentoring.  He is a technical editor of Eric Uyttewaal’s recent three books on Microsoft Project scheduling.  Formerly, he was a master scheduler for SAIC, vice president of EPM Solutions, and worked for Perot Systems, Franklin Templeton, a J&J’s medical device company, the Electric Power Research Institute, and Philadelphia Electric.

Rich Murphy has been generally recognized as one of the “thought leaders” in the project management software field. He started his project management career as the lead scheduler on a 7 year/$4 billion engineering and construction project. Rich eventually moved full time into the project management software field with one of the leading vendors in the industry. Over the next 20 years Rich and his team developed some of the leading PM systems including one of the first multi-user, multi-project Windows based systems. Rich has a long history with Microsoft Project; he was one of the original beta testers of Microsoft Project for Windows. And in August 2000, Microsoft acquired Project Enterprise which Rich and his team had developed. As part of that acquisition, Rich joined Microsoft and was appointed as the original Solution CEO for Microsoft’s Enterprise Project Management solution based on SharePoint. Many of the concepts in Project Enterprise (such as the Enterprise Global and Enterprise Resource Pool), became the basis for Project Professional and SharePoint based Project Server and later included in Microsoft’s Project Online cloud offering. Contact rich at rich@advisorppm.com

Principal Consultant. Terry has more than 25 years combined experience in product development, project management, and consulting. He has been working with the Microsoft Project Server platform since 2004. At that time he led his mobile phone development organization in the deployment of EPM. Terry is passionate about helping clients achieve success in managing their project portfolios, delivering to companies in a variety of industries including Healthcare, Transportation, State and Local Government, Energy, Technology, Insurance, and Pharmaceuticals. He has conducted training classes for project managers, administrators, portfolio managers, and team members.

Director of Technical Services, Sensei Project Solutions Chad has been involved in the Microsoft Project Server platform and related products since 2001. He has focused on the technical aspects of installation, design, architecture, configuration, and customized reporting. Chad has completed over 35 different customer engagements utilizing Microsoft Project Server that has spanned across many different vertical industries. He is very involved in keeping up to date with the latest technical news of Project Server, is connected with the Microsoft Project product team, and has presented at the Microsoft Project Users Group (MPUG). He has conducted training classes for administrators, report authors, and project managers on the toolset with processes and procedures for several clients.

Ed Killingsworth is a Senior Program Analyst, currently working at System Studies & Simulation, Inc. (S³) in Huntsville, Alabama. He has used Microsoft Project since 1999. Ed is a member of the local PMI group and earned his PMP certification in 2014. He holds a BSBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and his MBA from UNA. Although he doesn’t run very fast, he is also a member and volunteer of the Huntsville Track Club.

Dave Gordon is a project management consultant with over twenty five years of experience in implementing human capital management and payroll systems, including SaaS solutions like Workday and premises-based ERP solutions like PeopleSoft and ADP Enterprise. He has an MS in IT with a concentration in project management, and a BS in Business. He also holds the project management professional (PMP) designation, as well as professional designations in human resources and in benefits administration. In addition to his articles and blog posts, Dave curates a weekly roundup of articles on project management at The Practicing IT Project Manager, and he has authored or contributed to several books on project management.

Edward W. Rosenthal, MPM, PMP, MCTS and Senior Consultant at RMS, has deployed PMO tools for Fortune 100 food and beverage corporations, industrial electronic companies and aerospace agencies in the greater Chicago and Washington, D.C. areas. Additionally, he has initiated the implementation of enterprise project management to aid in an ambitious (and successful) $400 million SAP rollout. Ed has been recognized with several industry awards and has presented at both PMI and Microsoft Project Management conferences. He has been a founding member and Past President Chicago chapter of MPUG since 1999. Connect with him through LinkedIn here.

Ibrahim Abdulnabi carries with him 10 years of project management experience within numerous segments, including government, NGOs, construction and banking. Ibrahim's mission is to help organizations take control of their programs, present their projects in a way that inspires and impresses and pushes them to build confidence in their abilities, products and services. Previous employers have included PwC, Consolidated Consultants and Method Corp. Contact Ibrahim at abdulnabi.job@gmail.com.

Jeff is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) with over 20 years of experience spanning from IT, telecom, healthcare, consulting, and the outdoor adventure industries. He has managed technical and administrative programs both domestically and worldwide including Brazil, Venezuela, Italy, and Ukraine. He has spent much of his career helping teams operate at higher levels of effectiveness. Jeff has been using his knowledge of project management and data analytics to help customers build better software, deliver exceptional services, and create workplace efficiencies.

Jeremy Cottino, PMP, ITIL certified, is a senior project manager with eight years of experience in project planning/scheduling and management of large IS/IT projects for multinational companies. He's also a technology enthusiast and Microsoft Project MVP. Visit Jeremy's blog or email him at jcottino@hotmail.com.

A graduate of Arizona State University, Kenny started his career in scheduling and project management in 2015 for Northrop Grumman. There he led scheduling efforts for many national defense programs and multi-billion dollar proposals wins. In 2020, Kenny joined Structured Solutions Incorporated and developed SSI Presentation Professional, SSI’s premier schedule roadmap tool. Kenny currently serves as SSI’s Chief Information Officer and leads the ongoing development of all SSI products.

With over 25 years of project management experience, Kevin Watson, PMP, MCT, MCTS, is a black belt in Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server. Kevin brings a unique combination of project management and project server to the field, where he is a Senior Consultant with Microsoft. Contact him at kevinw@microsoft.com.

Senior Executive with solid skills on building teams, managing and growing people and experience in Business, Portfolio and Project Management, Marketing, Sales and Technical Sales and Cloud Services. Project Management Institute (PMI) chapter founder (Vitoria - ES ) Microsoft Certified IT Professional (ProjectServer 2007/2010/2013) Microsoft Certified Professional (Enterprise Project Management e Visual Basic Developer) IIL Blue Belt Certified (Managing Multiple Projects Using Microsoft Project Server) IIL Orange Belt Certified (Managing a Single Project Using Microsoft Project) Prosperi is an award-winning provider of PPM solutions for the Modern Workplace that enables organizations to optimize their End to End Project and Portfolio Lifecycles to drive business transformation.

Sander Nekeman has focused on change management and embedding Microsoft Project and Project Server into daily operations since 2006. Through Enabler Consultancy Sander delivered project guidance at more than 40 organizations, including ASML, Feadship and PostNL. Now, along with business partner and life-long friend Edwin van den Broek, he delivers Project training through comprehensive e-courses at ms-project-elearning.com. Their approach for showing others how to successfully embed Project into an organization incorporates a maturity-level approach, a proven way of work, weekly quality checks on schedules and ample tips and tricks for saving planners time. Learn more at their website.

Andrea Linton originally joined Edwards Performance Solutions in 2013 as the Director of Training & Development (T&D), but in 2021 transitioned to the role of People, Culture, and Education Director (PC&E). In this role, Andrea is responsible for driving the department’s mission to cultivate an organization where quality talent is recruited and retained. PC&E joins the forces of HR, recruiting, employee engagement, and training to provide insightful, people-focused initiatives and processes. As director, Andrea oversees all subsections of the PC&E department to ensure Edwards’ strong culture and core values remain at the forefront of any employee's experience. Andrea holds a Master of Science in Instructional Technology and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and Spanish from Bloomsburg University. Contact Andrea at alinton@edwps.com

Andrew Lavinsky, PMP, MVP, is a manager in the program management practice of a Big 4 consultancy, where he focuses on enabling organizational performance improvement through enhanced project and portfolio management. As a professional trainer and consultant, Andrew has a diverse background providing services in such industries as oil and gas, healthcare, finance and IT. Andrew has lectured extensively on project and IT operations management topics within the United States and abroad. A graduate of the George Washington University, he has been an active volunteer with PMI, ITSMf and a number of other professional and educational organizations. In the mid-1990s Andrew was involved in the creation of one of the first official nongovernmental organizations in Mainland China. Later in that decade he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Mongolia, moving on to manage project delivery for Fortune 500 companies in the Chinese market. Contact Andrew at alavinsky@hotmail.com.

Carolyn Eichhorn is a project manager, podcaster, and creative writer, with experience across a wide range of industries including The Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney Imagineering, higher education, and supporting government clients as a project management consultant. Carolyn teaches a variety of project management and leadership courses for Edwards Performance Solutions including PMP Exam Prep as an Authorized Training Partner to PMI.

Chris Mauck, PMP, MCITP, is the lead of the PMO with Jacobs Advanced Systems Group, a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering, in Dumfries, VA, which provides advanced technical services to the government. Contact Chris at christopher.mauck@jacobs.com.

Experienced business consultant with 25+ years leading global initiatives across the USA, Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. I specialize in transforming project, program, and portfolio management into strategic engines of profitability and innovation through data-driven IT solutions. By leveraging platforms like Project Data Suite (projectdata.io), I help organizations unlock real-time intelligence, improve execution, and align delivery with strategy—boosting visibility, speed, and enterprise value.

Passionate Office 365 / SharePoint / Microsoft Teams consultant.  Ivor assists clients in developing and growing their investment in Office 365, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Project. Improve governance, increase adoption, enhance user training & develop competency. Secret level security clearance.   LinkedIn has identified Ivor as one of the top consistently viewed LinkedIn profiles with over 10,000 LinkedIn contacts. Classified as a SharePoint "Specialist", Ivor is a recognized speaker on the SharePoint circuit. His past engagements include the Toronto SharePoint Summit, SharePoint Saturday Toronto and SharePoint Saturday Ottawa. Ivor has exceptional presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively coupled with the ability to engage his audience during his training sessions. Ivor can be reached at: Ivor.Davies@ivordaviesitconsulting.onmicrosoft.com

James Rogers is a senior project manager. He improves project governance and process efficiency for large private companies and the Federal Government. He champions and manages multi-million dollar SDLC and Agile IT programs, from inception to operation, increasing value to customers. Mr. Rogers recently managed two office relocation projects, one private and one government, and is currently advising a NASA contractor on setting up a PMO. Previously he prepared the Department of Justice for ISO 20000 certification, managing the program of 14 process improvement projects, plus change, communication, internal audit, risk, and the development of top management reporting to implement and gain a return on this significant investment. Using ITIL/ISO compliant work processes also set the foundation for a future move of this Service Management System to the cloud. Edwards Performance Solutions Senior Project Manager. MBA, PMP, Six Sigma Black Belt & Champion, Agile, and ITIL certified.

Jim Aksel, PMP, PMP-SP, MVP, is the Principal Consultant for AzTech International, LLC based in Southern California. He has been working in the aerospace and commercial sectors since 1976 with stints at Boeing, General Electric, Toshiba-America, Rockwell Collins, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and others. His leadership involves both domestic and international management. Contact Jim at jimaksel@goaztech.com.  

Jim is Vice President, Sales for OnePlan Solutions, a leading provider of Project, Portfolio and Work Management solutions built for Microsoft 365 and the Microsoft Cloud. He has over 28 years of experience in the design, implementation and training of project and portfolio management systems and processes. Since 1995, his efforts have been focused on Microsoft technology, with a current emphasis in cloud technologies and solutions. His background encompasses a wide variety of vertical industries, methodologies and approaches. Jim currently works to provide insights and solutions for organizations looking to solve the challenges of distributed teams, fragmented/disconnected tools and multiple methodologies like Waterfall and Agile. The trends for digital transformation, Agile transformation, business agility and the evolution to modern workplace solutions are his current areas of focus.

Jim Peter is a retired engineering planner with over three decades of experience in project planning and scheduling. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering, and MS in Computer Science, and an MS in Technical Management. He has written numerous custom VBA macros in MS Project. He is a native and resident of Baltimore. See the availability of MS Project Holiday Calendars here.

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Jeff Lynch started Lynch Interactive in 1999.  Over the years they have developed many solutions for a wide range of clients from e-commerce to custom learning management and business automation systems. Since 2012 Jeff has been primarily focused on SharePoint and Microsoft Project, building a wide range of solutions for clients ranging from CRM and Project Management to Human Resources, Facilities and many others. The primary focus of every project is to build it right from the beginning, with a solid foundation of logic and an eye on the future.  Jeff utilizes a wide range of tools when appropriate but the backbone of each job is Microsoft SharePoint and Project.  

Author, Mark Egan works as a business writer and editor in New Jersey. He can be reached at markbegan@mac.com.

In her role as Chair of the Edwards Performance Solutions Management System, Mary Holland is responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving the Company’s quality management system to support business objectives and to deliver high quality solutions to customers. She ensures alignment with ISO 9001:2015 and CMMI for Services certifications. Mary advises on risk management, reporting, and analysis. Mary also serves as the Edwards Enterprise Management Solution Area Lead. Mary has more than 30 years of experience in program, project, and operations management in scientific and technical organizations, including Edwards, Dell, National Safety Council, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and NASA. Her experience has spanned corporate, federal and state government, and non-profit sectors. She is a leader, problem-solver, and mentor with a sense of humor. Mary enjoys collaborating with teams and stakeholders to develop strategies and products – through building consensus among participants with disparate views. Mary has a Master of Public Administration and Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from The Ohio State University. She is a certified PMP and PMI-ACP. Contact her at mholland@edwps.com.

Michael (“Mike”) Agnello, PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP, MCP is a Project Management consultant with Edwards Performance Solutions specializing in custom solution development around Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server.   Mike began his career in 1989 developing test program solutions for military fire control systems, he quickly became an engineering lead transitioning his programming and troubleshooting skills from electronics to project management. Drawing from an extensive background working with defense contractors with emphasis on Earned Value management, Mike has developed practical solutions using Microsoft Project to track Earned Value Management metrics.   Mike has worked with several clients in the Maryland and DC area tailoring project desktop and project server to meet their needs while providing practical advice on a variety of Project Management topics.  Mike can be contacted by phone via e-mail at magnello@edwps.com.

Nate Auchter, MCTS, MCP, a principal consultant at Sensei Project Solutions, is passionate about leveraging Microsoft's project and portfolio management and collaboration and communication tools to help customers realize the huge benefits that these great tools and platforms have to offer. He is skilled and certified in the installation, configuration and architecture of the SharePoint and Project Server platforms. He helps organizations focus on business process automation, demand management, and production of high-quality reports to display business insights. Nate is expert at distilling how Microsoft's suite of products and new features provide value. He has presented at SharePoint community events all over the west coast and is an active MPUG member.

Rob Hirschmann is the Co-founder and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Projility, Inc., a Microsoft PPM and Business Intelligence services leader and product innovator. As a well-known and respected leader in the Microsoft PPM community, Rob has helped companies around the globe develop and implement best-practice PPM strategies.

Sharath Kumar is an enterprise project management consultant for Pcubed, based in London. As a certified project and portfolio management practitioner, he has worked on initiatives with public sector, time-to-market, manufacturing, financial services, energy and nuclear clients. Sharath's advisory experience covers a broad range of services: portfolio optimization, value engineering, change management and IT transformation with a current emphasis on knowledge management. Contact him at sharath.kumar@pcubed.com.

Alan Morgan is a project management consultant with BrightWork. Alan is a senior IT professional and an accomplished business manager with an outstanding track record in project management, consultancy and IT software solutions.

Ben Chamberlain is Chief Product and Marketing Officer for UMT360, a leading provider of Enterprise Portfolio Management (EPM) solutions. Ben is responsible for the strategic direction and worldwide go-to-market activities for UMT360’s Enterprise Portfolio Management solutions.  He has  more than a decade of experience building innovative Portfolio Management solutions that have helped global 2000 companies align investment decisions with strategic priorities and transform the way they manage their product, project, application and IT service portfolios.

Bill Jelen is the host of MrExcel.com and the author of 54 books about Microsoft Excel including Excel Gurus Gone Wild, Pivot Table Data Crunching, and Excel 2016 In Depth. He has made over 80 guest appearances on TV’s Call for Help with Leo Laporte and was voted guest of the year on the Computer America radio show. He writes the Excel column for Strategic Finance magazine. He has produced over 2,100 episodes of his daily video podcast Learn Excel from MrExcel. Bill will entertain you while showing you the powerful tricks in Excel. Before founding MrExcel.com in 1998, Jelen spent twelve years “in the trenches”, as a financial analyst for the accounting, finance, marketing, and operations departments of a publicly held company. Since then, his company automates Excel reports for hundreds of clients around the world.

Bridget Fleming, PMP, PMI-SP, MCP has been in project management and scheduling for over 30 years, working with Microsoft Project since 1994 and Project Server since 2002.  As the founder of PMM, a project management training and consulting company, she has provided implementation support, process definition, user support and training for Microsoft Project and Project Server.  Bridget ran a Microsoft Project helpdesk for 15 years that provided support for a Fortune 100 client with over 500 users and has trained thousands of users in Microsoft Project and Project Server.  Bridget was a core team member for the development of PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling - Second Edition.  You may contact Bridget at bfleming@p-m-m.com.

A seasoned LEAN specialist with a passion for process improvement, I have been pushing the boundaries of traditional project management practices to deliver projects faster and reduce costs, while meeting business objectives. I am attracted to Big Hairy Audacious Goals and find the challenges of identifying simple solutions to complex business problems exhilarating. It also gives me utmost satisfaction to watch breakthrough performances achieved by project teams whose processes I have helped improve. I also coach and mentor individuals who take an interest in LEAN, six sigma and theory of constrains and explore ways to adapt them to their unique project management environment. You can learn more about my experiments at kanbanway.com or email me at ca@kanbanway.com.

Christopher Pond, managing consultant at Corporate Project Solutions (CPS), has worked extensively with Microsoft during the development of Project 2010. The company has already provided numerous proof of concepts to clients and is currently working with the Microsoft Office 2010 launch team to develop materials for the 2010 product launch. CPS also has Project Professional and Project Server 2010 training courses available and a series of complementary seminars to demonstrate new features and capabilities in SharePoint 2010 and Project Server 2010. To learn more, visit the CPS website.

Clark Campbell’s best selling book, The One-Page Project Manager, published by John Wiley & Sons, is in its fourth printing. His second book, The One-Page Project Manager for IT Projects, is scheduled for release by Wiley in 2008. Mr. Campbell left the DuPont Chemical Company to join O. C. Tanner in 1979. Clark has served as Assistant to the President, Director of Corporate Planning, VP for Quality, Senior VP for Corporate Development and is currently Senior VP, Administration and Professional Services. Clark managed the design and construction of Tanner’s state-of-the-art automated distribution center and the successful pursuit and receipt of the Shingo Prize. He also directed O.C. Tanner’s ISO 9000 certification, and their implementation of SAP and Trilogy software to enable the manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, client relations, sales and financial processes of the company. Clark launched Tanner’s e-commerce business initiative for performance recognition. His website is oppmi.com.

Dinesh Natarajan Mohan has a strong background in reporting and analytics with 15 years of experience. He has led teams of managers, analysts and developers in building effective reporting and analytical platforms that helped make sound business decisions in Marketing and Operations domains of large corporations in U.S. LinkedIn profile. He currently publishes simple and effective Excel templates on indzara.com that address the needs of Project Managers. He has a growing collection of free and premium Excel templates that cover various aspects of project management including project planning, management, data visualizations, task management, calendars and resource capacity planning. You can contact him at indzara@gmail.com.

Duke Okes is an expert in Quality Management with 35 years of experience as a quality engineer, consultant and trainer. He has worked with dozens of companies in ten countries, and hundreds of organizations have attended his public workshops on auditing, quality systems, performance metrics and root cause analysis. He is an ASQ Fellow and certified by ASQ as a quality manager, engineer and auditor. He holds degrees in technology, business and education, and is a frequent conference speaker on quality management. He is the author of “Root Cause Analysis: The Core of Problem Solving and Corrective Action,” and has published dozens of articles on quality. He can be reached through his website.

Eoin J.P. Callan, MBA, PMP, MCTS, MCT, has witnessed firsthand the practical application of disciplined project management for over 15 years in thousands of projects. His career reflects a broad application of portfolio, program, and project management skills. He's worked internationally in verticals including call centers, financial services, marketing, pharmaceuticals, and software development. Reach him at eoin.callan@useepmright.com.

Eric Perlstein joined Edwards Performance Solutions in September 2014 as Director of the company's Healthcare Strategic Business Unit. In this role, Eric provides Healthcare customers with high-quality support and solutions. For more information about Eric, click here or visit the Edwards Performance Solutions website.

Faisal Masood holds numerous credentials: PMP, CCNA, MCSE and MOS: SharePoint 2013, MCITP and MCTS SharePoint 2010, MCSA Office 365, Microsoft Specialist: MS Project 2013 and Azure certification. He has over 15 years of experience in technology, project and security management work. He's the owner of Softvative, a technology solutions company with a focus on Microsoft Project Server EPM/PPM, SharePoint, website, security and technology management, optimization and automation. Visit Softvative's Website and follow him on Twitter, Google+ and Slideshare. Or reach him at fm@faisalmasood.com.

Farhad Naderipour, based in Tehran, Iran, works as the IT manager for Fanamoj Co. There he has established a project management office in order to train and help R&D project managers prepare monthly reports of the projects, deployed Project Server 2007 in the organization, analyzed and implemented a document management system using Project Server 2007 and SharePoint 2007, and established security using Microsoft Right Management Server. He's the author of A Guide for Delphi Programmers published by Naghoos Press in Persian. Farhad has a B.S. in industrial engineering from Islamic Azad University. Contact him at f_naderipour@yahoo.com.

Gabe Young (MBA, PMP) is a project management thought leader and president of Project Widgets. His highlights include headlining as a PMP keynote speaker at PMI’s events, teaching as a management professor at Penn State University, and earning 7 Guiness World records. Project Widgets is well-known for enterprise implementations for Microsoft Project and Smartsheet and creates custom solutions that meet their client's unique business requirements. They continue to extend the scope and breadth of their offerings, thereby increasing the value they provide to customers. Their growing consulting practice provides top-caliber contract resources for their clients when they need them most.

Govind Agarwal is a Senior Program Manager with Microsoft Consulting Services, working there for the last 10 years in various products and services. Agarwal earned his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Utkal University in India and started his career in TCS, India. He has also worked for Deloitte Consulting. Agarwal has five years experience in the field, focusing on west coast public sector customers, as well as Cloud services, CRM and IT Transformation.

Gus Cicala is CEO & President of WiserWulff, a leading firm that help clients navigate complex challenges to achieve operational goals and improve performance in manufacturing, distribution, and technological and organizational transformation. They achieve this through effective and efficient portfolios, programs, and project management talent and strategies that deliver tangible results. Visit wiserwulff.com to learn more. You are invited to contact Gus Cicala at: (302) 477-9711.

J.D. Meier has lead distributed teams around the world on time, on budget, high impact for more than 10 years. He is the author of Getting Results the Agile Way, which is a book on how to be "Agile for Life." J.D. shares proven practices for personal effectiveness at SourcesOfInsight.com. He is currently on the Enterprise Strategy team at Microsoft where he is in the business of business transformation with technology, and focusing on business value creation and business value acceleration. Check out 30 Days of Getting Results, a hard-core free training on mastering productivity and time management.

Jean Lieverman is an experienced project management consultant who enjoys sharing her knowledge with others. She has created project and program management systems and has expertise in pharmaceutical R&D. A PMP, she has been active in several PMI® groups as well as MPUG. Additionally, Jean has an MPH in Biostatistics, MS in Bioengineering, and BA in Psychology. Contact her at jean@lieverman.com.

Jeffery Porter is a Senior Project and Program Manager with 20 years as an expert in project, program, and portfolio management. Jeff has two Master’s Degrees in Business and Leadership and holds his PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-ACP, PMOCP and PMP Authorized Trainer Certifications. Jeff has been a people leader and individual contributor in higher education, profit, non-profit, and government sectors leading complex and successful initiatives. Jeff uses a holistic approach to project management focusing on stakeholder engagement and building positive organizational cultures that provide impactful workplace environments. His holistic approach to well-being extends to his personal passions as an Ultramarathon runner and Ironman participant.

Jeffrey Christoph is a subject matter expert in project management, project controls, Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), and business process optimization. He specializes in delivering practical, scalable solutions that integrate advanced technology with robust management practices. As co-founder and technical lead at Transformative Management Solutions, Jeff continues to lead development efforts on modern, scalable project control solutions including the TMS Project Foundational Framework and Djobu EVMS. His approach combines hands-on technical expertise with strategic process improvement. Previously, Jeff served as Corporate Senior Director of Business Operations at Leonardo DRS, where he led the design and deployment of a corporate-wide EVMS across eight business units. His work culminated in a successful DCMA-compliant EVMS rating for the Naval Electronics business unit—a first for the company’s ~$3 billion defense sector. Jeff’s background includes consulting for large-scale PMOs and EVMS implementations and executive roles at L-3 Communications, where he focused on international program development and integrated project control systems. Technical Expertise MS Project (Online, Server, Professional) Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, PowerApps, Dataverse) Software Development and Design (VBA, Power Query, DAX, C#)

Jeffrey has over 20 years of experience in project and process management in areas such Six Sigma, IT, SAP and Engineering. Jeffrey is PMP certified, holds a certification in Microsoft Project and has experience with Project Server and SharePoint. Currently, Jeffrey holds the title of Project Scheduling Manager at Maple Leaf Foods.

Jim Park, PMP, provides training and consulting services focused on developing methodology, tools, and a PMP credentialed workforce. Companies benefiting from Jim's PMO support include Oracle, Hitachi, PG&E, Lockheed, Kaiser Permanente, ALZA Pharmaceuticals, Ingersoll-Rand, Symantec, and the U.S. Air Force. He's an instructor at UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley and has taught public courses in project management since 1998. Jim has over 15 years of experience in the software development, information technology, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries primarily focused on managing projects and developing better project management organizations, processes, and tools. Contact him at jimpark@gmail.com.

John Williamson, PMP, brings over decades of experience in project, program and portfolio management, of public sector projects, spanning public health, motor vehicles, corrections, taxation and child welfare services. He is currently kept busy as a schedule consultant on one of California's largest IT projects and enjoys training and mentoring the next generation of project schedulers. Contact John at jcwilliamsonpmp@gmail.com.

Larry Mead is the local Atlanta director of the international consulting company Campana & Schott leading initiatives around project management and process optimization, and leveraging integration between Microsoft and other LOB systems (e.g. SAP). Larry is a highly experienced professional in enterprise business solutions, a former Microsoft solutions specialist, with over 15 years of enterprise solutions experience with MS products. Larry Mead holds a Master´s in International Business, is a PMP, and owns Microsoft MCP and MCITS certifications, and is a Microsoft v-TSP. He is also Six Sigma certified, and a faculty professor for graduate level courses at the University of Phoenix. You can contact him at +1 770 330 0458 or Larry.Mead@campana-schott.com.

Margaret Meloni, MBA, PMP, is an executive coaching consultant for IT professionals. She helps project managers and teams work together better by improving their soft skills. Learn how to successfully combine technical and soft skills in her sessions from The PDU Podcast and from her website. As a teacher, speaker and coach, Margaret Meloni loves championing project managers. Her passion is creating project managers who successfully navigate the human side of the workplace.

With a passion for writing, Margot spends her working hours managing content teams and guiding her team at Better Buys. She also brews a mean cup of coffee (single-origin pour-over, of course), and in her spare time, loves to curl up and play on her Nintendo Switch.

Mark Layton is an industry-recognized expert on project and program management and an active coach on complex Agile implementations. He is the Los Angeles chair for the Agile Project Leadership Network and the founder of Platinum Edge, an organization improvement company that supports businesses looking to strategically improve project ROI. Mr. Layton is also the author of Wiley & Sons Agile Project Management for Dummies and Scrum for Dummies.  

As an accomplished professional with over 30 years of success in managing complex software development projects, I look forward to partnering with a team which shares my commitment to quality and success. I'm routinely asked to head the most challenging situations and projects. My abilities include regularly completing all phases of projects to specification, on time, and within budget. I enhance user experience by using critical thinking. listening closely to customers' needs, and simplifying systems. I apply outstanding communication skills, making sure that business and information technology staffs thoroughly understand each other. Finally, I lead high performing cross-functional teams.

Mike Glen from Oxfordshire, England is a Chartered Engineer and RAF pilot, who retired as a Wing Commander engineer after 32 years in the Royal Air Force. He spent eight years at Cranfield University at the Royal Military College of Science as a lecturer in project management and computer applications. Then, as a computer applications consultant for seven years, he specialized in training Microsoft Project. He was awarded MVP status in 1997 and has been re-awarded each year until 2011 (14 years). Now retired, apart from a continuing interest in computing, his spare time is taken up with four grandchildren, caravanning, visiting historic houses and gardens, serving as a lawn bowls club coach, Barbershop singing, and classical music. Mike is the co-author of Que: Special Edition Using Microsoft Project 2002 and contributor to TechTrax for Microsoft Project training. Connect with Mike as a contributor to the Microsoft Project User Group and Webmaster of the MVP Project web site at project.mvps.org.

Mike Gruia is the co-founder UMT and CEO of the company’s software product group UMT360. Gruia promotes the strategic use of advanced methods to transform the way corporations operate and invest. He has led major assignments for financial, pharmaceutical, utility and manufacturing organizations in the US and directed UMT’s development of a series of successful software products, recognized as innovative by leading industry analysts, including Portfolio Manager which was acquired by Microsoft. The company’s signature product, UMT360, is a powerful Integrated Portfolio Management solution providing organizations with a dynamic and comprehensive blueprint of their business and technology architecture to drive financial transparency and informed investment decisions across their project, program and asset portfolios. For more information, visit umt360.com.

Peter E. Cohan founded The Second Derivative in 2003 to address the challenge of bringing a method for consistent success to the process of creating and delivering software demonstrations. He has a successful track-record as an agent of change in both internal and external roles. He has experience as an individual contributor, manager and senior management in marketing, sales, and business development, and has also been -- and continues to be -- a customer.

Peter Taylor is the author of two best-selling books on ‘Productive Laziness’ – ‘The Lazy Winner’ and ‘The Lazy Project Manager’. In the last 4 years he has focused on writing and lecturing with over 200 presentations around the world in over 20 countries and with new books out including ‘The Lazy Project Manager and the Project from Hell’, ‘Strategies for Project Sponsorship’, ‘Leading Successful PMOs’, and ‘The Project Manager Who Smiled’. He has been described as ‘perhaps the most entertaining and inspiring speaker in the project management world today’ and he also acts as an independent consultant working with some of the major organizations in the world coaching executive sponsors, PMO leaders and project managers. His mission is to teach as many people as possible that it is achievable to ‘work smarter and not harder’ and to still gain success in the battle of the work/life balance. More information can be found at thelazyprojectmanager.com – and through his free podcasts in iTunes. Keynote Presentations and Lectures Master of Ceremonies Inspirational Workshops Coaching Authoring

Rathrolla Prem Kumar is the author of a technical blog, an EPM Project Server Specialist, .NET/SharePoint Consultant. He has worked five years in the IT industry, specifically doing software development, and gaining expertise with SharePoint, Office 365, .NET, C# and many other technologies. He's based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Connect with Prem on LinkedIn here.

Rodolfo Ambriz, PMP, is a Microsoft Project expert and runs Latin American operations for International Institute for Learning (IIL). Ambriz has provided services to a wide range of clients, including Banamex/Citigroup, PEMEX, Hewlett Packard, TELMEX, and IBM/Tecnosys. He consults in the areas of business analysis and Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management, and has created customized courses in Spanish for clients in Mexico, Latin America, and Spain. Ambriz is also a tenured professor in the engineering department of La Salle University, in Mexico City.

Scott Clausen has been helping client customers with Microsoft based Project and Portfolio Management solutions for over 13 years. Scott is presently Managing Director, Delivery at PPM Works, Inc. (a full service Microsoft Silver PPM Partner). Scott is an expert at envisioning and delivering solutions that leverage full capabilities of Project Server, SharePoint and SQL Server Business Intelligence platforms. Scott has worked in numerous industries with customers of all sizes. Having launched 40+ Project Server environments, Scott is well versed at architecture design, upgrade planning, requirements gathering, configuration best practices, test plans, training, workflows, PSI, C#, SharePoint solutions, SQL reports and troubleshooting issues. Scott holds a MBA from UC Berkeley and is an active PMP and MCP with 19 exam certifications.

Steve Caseley, is a PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master and is a Principal Consultant at Sensei Project Solutions. Steve has worked in the project management field for over 25 years, and has a wealth of practical experience in successful project delivery. As a result, he has many battle scars, but none have been fatal. Over the years, Steve has helped a wide range of companies implement PPM Systems and Best Practices and has practical, hands-on PM experience in a wide range of industries, project types and sizes. Steve’s passion is working with organizations to improve overall project delivery efficiency through the implementation and adaption of Industry Best Practices in Project and Portfolio management and implementation of effective PPM tools supporting these best practices. Steve has presented at international PM conferences and Microsoft Project User Groups over the years.

Tad Haas, Executive Vice President, edison365. As a passionate technology evangelist, experienced change agent and business builder, Tad gets to work with some of the best companies in the world, every day.  Sharing how innovators are making a difference in manufacturing, engineering, financial services plus health and life sciences are some of the transformation stories he likes to tell.  A long tenure at Microsoft helped him see what it means to transform and deliver at scale. He often speaks on topics ranging from “Art of the Possible…”, “Uncovering Your Innovators” or broad topics like Employee Engagement.   As a 20+ year member of Project Management Institute (PMI) he always strives towards the full picture of Strategy > Ideation > Justification > Delivery and Outcomes. For fun he can be found on two wheels - motorcycle or bicycle and is constantly trying to improve his art and science around home roasting coffee.

Tim Creasey, Prosci Chief Development Officer, is a dynamic thought leader and speaker whose focus is enabling change teams to deliver results by catalyzing employee adoption and usage. Prosci has researched change management for 20 years and provides holistic solutions to build organizational change competency.

Toney Sisk is a Microsoft writer who focuses on Microsoft Project. He twitters from Redmond, WA.

Tony Welsh, president of Barbecana, Inc., was one of the founders of Welcom and was personally responsible for the development of the algorithms in Open Plan (time analysis, resource scheduling, and risk analysis), as well as being heavily involved in the design of the company’s earned value tool, Cobra. Welcom was sold to Deltek in March 2006. Tony recently formed Barbecana and developed Full Monte, a Microsoft Project add-in which performs cost and schedule risk analysis using Monte-Carlo simulation. Barbecana has just released version 2.0 of Full Monte, which includes new features such as unlimited correlations between task durations, visual feedback on entered distributions and correlations at the time of data entry, export of reports to CSV format, and sophisticated new sensitivity analysis capabilities. Full Monte is available at Barbecana.com, or visit the website to download a free 30-day trial.

Tony Woodrich has a Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy and a MBA from Bentley University. Tony is a PMP, and Certified Cost Professional (from AACE International - The Association for the Advancement of Total Cost Management). Tony started his career at the Air Force's Electronics Systems Center purchasing R&D programs, notably, Tony was lead buyer/contract negotiator for early prototypes of IR cameras, and early electronic appliances that switched analog signal to digital fiber optic signals. Tony also worked in Civil Engineering as the Base Prime BEEF (Base Emergency Engineering Force) Chief. After an honorable discharge from the US Air Force as Captain, Tony joined Administrative Controls Management, supporting cost estimating, planning, scheduling and developing resource loaded CPM scheduling systems for Pharma projects, nuclear plant work, product development, and testing for an Automotive OEM, including certification emissions testing requirements, and powertrain operations engine engineering calibrations. Tony's team supported the FAA with an IDIQ contract recovering airway facilities after natural disasters, including recovering GUAM after Typhoon Paka. Using resource and cost loaded PM tools, Tony's team assisted an investor owned utility in successfully selling a transmission system, and assisted the buying company to establish itself with the regulators approval as the owner and steward of that multi-billion dollar asset, establishing capital project scheduling systems, and maintenance planning and scheduling systems. Templates developed by Tony's team were used to acquire and operate two additional investor owned utility's transmission systems. Tony's team helped an R&D Pharmaceutical company acquire a saleable drug product from a large European Pharma, as a revenue generator to support ongoing R&D operations. Tony has assisted construction companies in developing Request for Equitable Adjustments based on owner caused issues. During that international pandemic, a privately held manufacturer requested Tony and a team quickly manage installation of 3 additional mask lines in a production facility and later two medical grade sponge lines in the same facility. Resource loaded CPM tool, MS Project, was used to successfully fast track and crash the schedule shortening installation and commissioning of the equipment for operational productivity. Tony has set up CAPEX and maintenance processes for a $4B CAPEX spend investor owned company, and trained over 400 of their capital projects team. Tony volunteers for AACE as the Chair of the Energy and Utility Special Interest Group, and formerly for MPUG as the Detroit Chapter President from 2014 to 2018 when MPUG had local Chapter meetings and presentations.

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Vinent McGevna, PMP has over 25 years of engineering project and program management experience, and has been using Microsoft Project for almost 20 years. During this time, as Project evolved, he learned to turn it into a powerful and versatile planning tool. He recently published a book: Schedule Centered Planning: An Incremental Approach for Plan Driven Projects. An appendix shows how he has used fields, filters, groups and views to create a schedule that is a plan, and then manage the project using that schedule. Contact him at Vincent@pmsuccess.com or check out his website.

Alexander Rodov, Microsoft MVP, PMP, MCTS, CSM is the recipient of the distinguished Microsoft MVP award. Over the past 12 years, he has specialized in assisting CIOs, CTOs and PMO Directors with deployment of Microsoft’s industry leading Enterprise Project Management solution – including Project Server, Project Portfolio Server and all closely-related Microsoft Software. In addition to consulting work in Enterprise Project Management, Alex has years of experience in program/project management, strategic planning and executive staff roles for Fortune 500 companies. Alex holds a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. He has been a PMP since 2008 and is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist as well as a Certified Scrum Master. Link to website: www.trusteditgroup.com

Amar Roy, PMP has more than 12 years of experience in IT project management,consulting and solution definition. His primary work focuses on providing IT solution for Fortune 500 manufacturing clients. He has managed multiple projects in Supply Chain Management, Sales Analytic, web data mining projects. Besides project management his primary interests involves Big Data Analytic and Statistical analytic. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from a reputed University in India. He is presently working as a Senior Project Manager at Infosys Ltd.

Amit Abrol has over 20 years of IT Industry experience in multiple areas of Project and Portfolio Management, Business Process, Technology Solution Design, implementation and training. Amit is PMP Certified and holds multiple certifications in Microsoft Project, Project Server and SharePoint Domains. He is currently a Senior Consultant with Microsoft specializing in Project and Portfolio Management Consulting.

Amit Patel is a contributor at Crush the PMP Exam, an online resource dedicated to helping project management professionals pass their PMP exams on their first try. The website provides reviews, tools and study tips to fast-track the success of future PMP test-takers. Contact Amit through his website here.

Amjad Iqbal has many years of experience in managing software development and infrastructure projects in the IT industry. He's currently working as a project manager on multiple request-for-service projects and as a scheduler. Amjad is ITIL foundation-certified and a registered IT consultant and technician through the Australian Computing Society. He studied web application development through Swinburne University. Contact him at amjadiqbalmd@gmail.com.  

Andrew Deen has been a consultant for startups in almost every industry from retail to SAAS and everything in between. He implements lean methodology and is currently writing a book about scaling up business.

Andy Kaufman, PMP is an international speaker, author and executive coach. He's President of the Institute for Leadership Excellence & Development and works with organizations around the world, helping them improve their ability to deliver projects and lead teams. Andy's keynotes, workshops, and executive coaching services have reached tens of thousands of people from hundreds of companies over the years, helping them deliver their projects, become more confident leaders, take focused action and deliver results. He brings a rich background of experience in executive management, technology, team leadership, project management, consulting and coaching. Andy is also the host of "The People and Projects Podcast," which provides interviews and insights to help listeners lead people and deliver projects. The podcast focuses on the intersection of people and projects--where work gets done in the real world.

Aric Katz is president of Katsoft, an Israeli project management consulting firm. Aric has experience in applications, utilities, and methodologies and is highly skilled with problem solving and systems design. Contact him at Aric@KatSoft.co.il or (972)-(0)72-2324655.

Arwen Petty is Mindjet's social media punk and purveyor of light bloggery, nonsense and cupcakes. She also acts as Managing editor @Poor Taste Magazine and is a self-professed mad bookworm. Follow her around the internet @arwenrenee.

Aydin Ghajar is CEO of Thinkfuse, a SaaS provider that integrates with email to streamline scheduled communications like status reports and project updates without changing the way people work. He's a passionate proponent of open communication and transparency in organizations, in order to help teams accomplish their goals. Prior to Thinkfuse, Aydin held leadership roles at iLike, MySpace, MarketLeader, and other startups. Outside of work, he enjoys competing in triathlons and enjoying a lazy Sunday now and then with his girlfriend in Seattle, WA.

Brett Brewer is the General Manager for Microsoft Project. Brett has spent the last 18 years at Microsoft and has worked in a diverse set of roles across the organization, including field sales, Windows, web search, high performance computing, labs, and Office. He has specialized in early stage product development, working on multiple V1 products (Surface Hub, Sway, Planner, Bing, Compute Cluster Server, Deep Zoom) and leading multiple labs teams (Live Labs, Office Labs). Prior to Microsoft, he worked for 12 years as a chemical engineer and software developer in the industrial automation field in the pulp and paper, fine chemical, and power generation industries. Brett is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering.

Brian Hubbard – Director, Commercial and Cybersecurity Brian Hubbard is the Director of Commercial and Cybersecurity business for Edwards Performance Solutions. With three decades of experience addressing cybersecurity challenges, Brian is responsible for all strategic Commercial initiatives – focusing on assessing and developing cybersecurity programs to meet customer challenges and security needs. As a primary author and lead of the contractor team in developing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF), Brian employs the NIST CSF to structure Edwards’ approach and solutions. Brian is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).

Brian Rogers is the Lead Software Developer and head reporting consultant at Project Widgets, a company well-known for offering add-on products for Microsoft Project and Project Online, as well as for creating custom solutions that meet their client's unique business needs. Brian has built applications to simplify and accelerate project management processes, provide intuitive reporting, and automate business workflows for many organizations overseeing complex, high-impact initiatives.

Brooks White is a Senior Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft supporting SharePoint. He has worked in the collaboration space for 11 years, helping enterprise companies of 100,000-plus users upgrade their SharePoint and Project Server farms. He approaches these large and complex upgrades by tackling each component separately and creating "how to" documentation throughout the process. Long before joining Microsoft, Brooks served as a classical ballet dancer. Now he's a bicycling enthusiast. Reach Brooks through LinkedIn here.

Carl is a senior content publishing manager at Microsoft. In this role Carl manages editorial, production and data analytics support for Windows Embedded technical documentation. Carl also teaches software user assistance in the Human Centered Design and Engineering department at the University of Washington. Carl is a graduate of the Master’s program in Technical Communication at the University of Washington and is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute. Carl blogs regularly about Project, project management and knowledge worker teams at projhugger.com

Catherine Pye is a senior consultant with Pcubed. After several years of experience consulting within federal government in Australia, Catherine is transitioning into the world of energy in the United States later this year. Contact Catherine at catherine.pye@pcubed.com.

Chadwick Lyne is a consultant for EPMA based in Houston. EPMA is a Microsoft Gold Certified Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) Partner and largest dedicated PPM partner in Microsoft’s South Central District. The company has extensive experience helping organizations and divisions implement, develop, integrate, host, train and support global project and portfolio management solutions. Previously, Chad worked as a portfolio manager in IT and a technology project manager for Nabors Industries. He is a PMI PMP and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner. Read Chad's blog or contact him at chad.lyne@epmainc.com.

Charles Follin, PMP, is President of ProjectAide based in Decatur, AL. Reach Charlie at ctf@projectaide.com.

Chester has 15+ years of professional facilitator/instructor experience and over 20 years of leadership and team-building experience. Prior to joining Edwards in 2019, he spent 24 years serving in the United States NAVY as an Information Systems Technician Chief Petty Officer where he was assigned to various commands as a leader, manager, and trainer in the Information Technology field. Chester holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Network Security from the University of Maryland Global Campus.

Clinton M. Padgett is President and CEO of Project Success, Inc. (PSI), a consultancy focused on helping clients develop excellence in project management. For over 15 years, he has provided consulting and training to clients in a wide range of industries. Contact him at Clint.Padgett@projectsuccess.com.

Craig Tracy is a program manager with 30-plus years of experience. He has worked for Edwards Performance Solutions since 2015 with a focus on home health value-based purchasing and accountable health communities models at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. For more information about Edwards Performance, visit the company's website.

Director of Application Development, Sensei Project Solutions. Dan is an IT veteran with over 20 years of experience in all aspects of system development including management, architecture, testing and development. Dan has a passion for technology and enjoys using his passion and experience to design and implement successful solutions for clients. Dan has extensive experience with Microsoft Visual Studio and has used this experience to implement Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint solutions. Dan is an active member of local Visual Studio and SharePoint user groups.

Daniel Bell, PMP, MCT, MCP, MCTS, is the founder and CEO of MS Project Now!, a consultancy focused on delivering project, portfolio, and business management solutions. Dan has already completed several upgrade projects to the Project Server 2010 beta. He has a strong background in enterprise project and portfolio management (EPM). He has worked with the Microsoft Project Portfolio Server application since it was first acquired from UMT by Microsoft and has some of the most complex portfolio server implementation experience in the United States. In addition Dan has extensive experience with database maintenance and design, systems architecture planning, networking technologies, and server operating systems, as well as experience building servers from the ground up. Dan enjoys balancing his work commitments with skiing, exercise, playing the guitar, and coaching members of youth sport.

Daniel Rohwer is the CEO and Co-founder of Visibility.biz. Daniel designed and patented the Swimlane Timeline Visio add-on solution for project, portfolio and roadmap reporting. Daniel previously worked for Microsoft Corporation and Visio Corporation.

Darrell Mesa is an accomplished PMP with a proven track record in program planning, scheduling, and risk management. Expertise in Earned Value Management (EVM), Critical Path Schedule Management, and Work Breakdown Structure.

Dave D’Silva is the Project Manager and software architect of the $3.5 trillion portfolio management Software As a Service (SaaS) start-up, PriceMetrix, from which he developed a mathematical socio-economic development formula in the form of: * PMI® centric Revenue Project Management RPM™ method, * Microsoft Project/Server mini-EPM™ Organizational Project Management tool, and * Cultural Bullying Management™ Emotional Intelligence framework Bully Watch™ watchdog. Accomplishments: * Rogers Organizational Development launch PM of Office 365 Skype for Business and Ignite Internet, * Microsoft Canada’s Enterprise PMO (Project Server / Visio) boot camp author and instructor, * Simultaneous PMI PMO Community Chair (SOC) and Microsoft Project Users Group President (GTA), * PMI PgMP pilot candidate certification co-trainer, * Founding sponsor and charter chair of Toronto’s first Toastmasters for IT Professionals (Club #5556), * PMI SOC membership negotiator of www.projectmanagement.com, and * Government corruption investigator. Dave has a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo. Previous Speaking Dave speaks on Organizational Project Management related topics to audiences as large as 10,000, as founder of Intelligent Market Solutions Group Inc. Dave provides Project Management solutions to federal, provincial and industry executives including Prime Ministers, and founding CEOs of Microsoft and Rogers Communications. Dave speaks at: * University of Ontario Institute of Technology * York Region Police Service Board * ProjectWorld Executive Forum * ProjectManagement.com PMXPO * Canadian Project Excellence Awards * PMI Chapters: Lakeshore, Durham, SOC, Canada’s Technology Triangle, Northern Branch

David Litten spent 25 years as a senior project manager for USA multinationals, and has deep experience in project management. He has created a wide range of project-related downloadable HD video training products under the Primer brand name. In addition, David runs project management training seminars across the world, and is a prolific writer on the many topics of project management. Learn more about his Primer Products.

David is a technical writer at Assign Maester. His works are regularly published in various papers and top-notch portals. His rich experience in the Project management domain helps him offer an up to date and fresh perspective on improved efficiency in work flows across organizations. His informative works along similar lines can be found on ProProfs Project.

Delwyn Ooi is a PMP certified project manager with over ten years of experience in the Information Technology industry. He has worked with several small and large companies in Australia and Singapore and specializes in leading technology projects.

Douglas Bower is a Lecturer in project management at the Toronto Campus of Northeastern University. Until 2015, he was a senior manager in the Government of Ontario, Canada. Previously, he provided consulting services to IT and telecom firms. He also led complex multi-million dollar projects and programs within major Canadian corporations. Dr. Bower earned a Doctor of Project Management degree from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Doug’s research on project planning, phases and earned value management has been published in professional journals. He has been an invited speaker at project management conferences in Canada, the US, Europe and Australia.

Eric Schyberg is a Senior EPM Technical Specialist for Pcubed, based in the San Francisco Bay area. Previous posts for Eric have included Symantec, QuantumShift, and Fair Isaac Corp. Pcubed is the largest global management consulting firm uniquely focused on program, portfolio and change management. Contact Eric at eric.schyberg@pcubed.com.

As a seasoned consultant, I've honed my ability to analyze existing processes, develop effective solutions, and lead successful implementations. My journey has been shaped by a deep commitment to refining my leadership and mentoring skills, which has propelled my career forward and fueled my ambition for continuous growth. With extensive experience across multiple deployment and operational SaaS projects, I've had the privilege of navigating complete development life cycles and offering consultancy services that truly make a difference. This exposure has not only sharpened my technical expertise but also broadened my perspective on how to tackle diverse challenges with innovative approaches. What truly sets me apart is my strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, coupled with a knack for quick learning and high adaptability. These qualities have been instrumental in my success, allowing me to thrive in dynamic environments and deliver impactful results time and again.

Galahad Franklin (Frank) is the Director, Product Marketing for Project and Visio at Microsoft covering the USA. Frank comes with a wealth of experience from managing Sales and Marketing businesses, Consulting, Managing delivery teams across various technology domains such as Business Process Automation, Enterprise Content Management and Program and Project management of Large capital projects in India, the Middle East and now in the US. Across his 22 years in the IT Industry, he has endeavored to bring to customers and partners newer ways of working by using innovative technology solutions that facilitate a heightened scale of Efficiency and Agility. At Microsoft for a decade now, Frank has led various teams across Channel Engagement, Solution Sales and Marketing. He has been a speaker at various Industry events across geographies and is absolutely excited at the humongous possibilities technology opens up today, for IT to be a business enabler more than ever before.

Gareth Byatt has 16+ years of experience in project, program and PMO management in IT and construction for Lend Lease. Gareth has worked in several countries and lives in Sydney, Australia. He can be contacted through LinkedIn. Gareth holds numerous degrees, certifications, and credentials in program and project management as follows: an MBA from one of the world’s leading education establishments, a 1st-class undergraduate management degree, and the PMP®, PgMP®, PMI-RMP®, PMI-SP® & PRINCE2 professional certifications. Gareth is a past Director of the PMI Sydney Chapter, he is currently the APAC Region Director for the PMI’s PMO Community of Practice and he chairs several peer networking groups. He has presented on PMOs, portfolio and program and project management at international conferences in the UK, Australia, & Asia including PMI APAC in 2010. Email Gareth at gareth.byatt@gmail.com.

Gary Stetz, MBA, CPA, is the cofounder and partner of Stetz, Belgiovine, and Manwarren. He is also a director and cofounder of Allegiance Community Bank.

Glenn R. Brûlé, CBAP, CSM, is the executive director of Global Client Solutions for ESI International. A recognized expert in the creation and maturity of business analyst Centers of Excellence, Brûlé has helped clients in the energy, financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, insurance and automotive industries, as well as government agencies across the world. For more information visit esi-intl.com.

Grace Carter is an editor at Big Assignments and Paper Fellows academic websites. She develops writing courses and tutoring activities for students. Also, Grace helps with resumes and cover letters at OX Essays writing service.

Grace Pinegar is a lifelong storyteller with an extensive background in various forms such as acting, journalism, improv, research, and now content marketing. She was raised in Texas, educated in Missouri, and has come to tolerate, if not enjoy, the opposition of Chicago's seasons.

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J. LeRoy Ward, PMP, PgMP, is the executive vice president of Product Strategy & Management for professional education company ESI International. He has 35 years of experience in project and program management and works closely with ESI clients worldwide to guide the assessment, implementation, and reinforcement of knowledge and skills that allow for the effective measurement and successful adoption of learning program objectives. For more information visit esi-intl.com.

Companies: Schneider Electric, Siemens, ARRIS, CISCO, Adecco, SunGard-iWorks (FIS), Ingersoll Rand, and now ABB Functions/Roles: Senior Design Engineer, Manufacturing Design Authority, Operations Program Manager, Program Manager, Project Management Consultant, Principal Program Manager, and PMO Director History of leading complex global New Product Development Projects. Expertise and excellence in creating and managing Product Development Offices. High proficiency at leading and developing Project Portfolio Management processes (tool selection, process development, and culture change management). Proven leader in coaching, mentoring, and training Project Management Professionals (PxMs). Two US Patients Co-Author of Chapter 21 in Microsoft Project 2019 Step-by-Step. Rewrite 2022 Summary: I transform CHAOS into revenue generating products, effective processes, and world class organizations.

Jeremiah Seraphine is an experienced entrepreneurial leader specializing in product management, growth, and operations. He is currently the Entrepreneur in Residence at Envorso where he co-founded Empwr.ai, a generative AI-powered business operations platform. Previously, Jeremiah served as Chief of Staff for the Chief Connected Vehicle Software Officer at Ford Motor Company, held various product management leadership roles, and co-founded several startups. He has a master’s degree in Integrated Marketing from Northwestern University and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two kids.

Jerry Weinstock is a 7-time Microsoft Business Solutions MVP and the founder of CRM Innovation LLC. His company is 100% focused on Dynamics 365. Jerry has been working with CRM since version 1.2 in 2003. When he isn’t doing business technology strategy work for his clients, he is likely out on the water getting some waterskiing time in. His latest business-related hobby is working with Microsoft Flow.

Jessica Carlisle is a Jr. Consultant with EPMA. She has a vast array of knowledge on business process, project management, and Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions. Not only has Jessica taken part in many conferences such as the Project Management Institute Houston Conference and Expo and Offshore Technology Conference but she has also assisted in writing numerous case studies for some of the largest oil & gas companies in the world. Jessica’s expertise extends beyond Project and Portfolio management; she has proven knowledge in the oil and gas, medical, legal, pharmaceutical, insurance, technology, and financial verticals.

Jessica Chapman is a writing editor from Chicago. She works for UK Best Essays, where she provides a case study writing service. She is into sports and politics and enjoys traveling.

Dr. Jim Black is the CEO of Chronicle Graphics, and is the visionary behind the company's OnePager suite. Jim earned his PhD in applied physics at Harvard University in 1977 and has filled both R&D and executive roles at software development companies since 1981. In his 30-plus-year career, Jim has led project teams at Texas Instruments, IBM, Halliburton, and Comcast before founding Chronicle Graphics in 2005. Jim’s experience in science, technology and project management has led him to be one of the foremost experts on project visualization. Colorado-based Chronicle Graphics publishes OnePager Pro, timeline presentation software solution that empowers project and portfolio managers using Microsoft Project to turn project files and spreadsheets into beautiful summary graphics in seconds. Learn more at https://www.onepager.com/.

Joe Sacco is a Senior Consultant with Protivix Business Solutions. He is part of the delivery team at Protivix specializing in Microsoft Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions. Joe has focused on project and program management for the past 10 years acquiring his PMP, RMP, and CSM certifications. He provides project professional, project online, and project server consulting services both from a technical and process perspective. Joe is a certified Microsoft Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) facilitator and enjoys facilitating learning experiences with our customers. Before joining Protivix, Joe was the PMO Manager at Business Resource Group a consulting company that specialized in real estate management system implementations and services. Joe has also worked in the financial services, manufacturing, and supply chain industries. He has over 25 years of experience in IT management, business analysis, software development, and project/program management. Joe also teaches project management for Ferris State University as time permits. A Grand Rapids, Michigan native now living in Richardson TX, Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from Ferris State University. He completed a Master of Science degree in Information Systems Management from the Ferris State University, specializing in quality management and process improvement. When not leading projects or facilitating learning, Joe likes to spend time with his family or one of his many interests including teaching, yoga, strength training, nutrition, philosophy, meditation, finance & investing, writing/blogging, reading, and music.

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Our expert instructor, John Keller, has nearly 10 years of experience in customer success, where he has given countless presentations to various internal and external stakeholders. His current role involves teaching the latest data visualization techniques, which has inspired dozens of Fortune 500 companies to elevate their presentation skills and drive business impact.

John Reinheimer, PMP, PMI-SP, MCP, has been using Project for 18-plus years. He has worked as a scheduler, project manager, trainer, and PMO developer at several companies, including DirecTV, Mattel, Boeing, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, and Fidelity Information Services. John is an independent consultant currently working with the United States Navy on a $1.7 billion unmanned vehicle program. Contact him at johnnyrein@earthlink.net

John-Michael Scott, providing consulting on project management, innovation management and other strategy and execution topics, has been working professionally with Microsoft Project & Project Online for over 14 years. Riding the successive waves of change taking place in business productivity and project management, he brings to every situation creative problem solving, innovative ideas and a unique ability to execute outside the box. Clients have included the International Monetary Fund, Visa, American Express, Merck, Coca Cola, the US Coast Guard, the US Internal Revenue Service, PWC, and many others, spanning Finance, Government, Pharma, Manufactured Goods, Energy and High Tech.

José Marroig is the founder and chief executive officer of Projility. Under José's leadership, Projility has become one of a handful of leaders in the project portfolio management (PPM) technology products and services market. A successful operations and strategy executive with more than a decade of experience in the project management and technology arena, he has managed every aspect in both the sales and system development life cycle. Contact José at jose.marroig@projility.com.

Josh Nankivel, BSc PM, PMP, provides advice, training, and mentoring at pmstudent.com.

Justina Williams is an accomplished systems engineer and Agile Project Manager with experience in the aerospace, automotive, and finance industry. She is a certified Automotive SPICE Provisional Assessor, and PMP® & SAFe® practitioner, with proven success working programs with the US Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin, Capital One and more.

Karl R. Taylor, PMP, leads an enterprise project management office for a major client and is an 18-year veteran of Perot Systems. Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology services and business solutions. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Perot Systems has more than 23,000 associates located in North America, Europe and Asia. Karl may be contacted at Karl.Taylor@ps.net.  

Keith Wilson is an executive and senior consultant with Project Management Practice Inc. Keith’s background includes 23 years of successful management and consulting experience, with a focus that includes project management, training, marketing, strategic alliances and business planning across many industries. Reach him at kwilson@pmpractice.com.

Ken Loewen has been a technical project manager for over 25 years. Ken received his BS in Business from the University of Colorado and his MBA from Pepperdine University and started his career in a public accounting practice where his first project was managing a bookkeeping system migration. Ken holds three accounting certifications, CPA, CMA, and CGMA, and received his PMP certification in 2000, though it’s currently inactive. Ken is studying to re-earn his PMP certification before the end of this year. Ken is the Director of Client Solutions at Advisicon, an end-to-end project management consultancy and Ken’s responsibilities there are split between consulting on process and technology optimization, training, and architecting client solutions.

Ken Winell Ken is a Digital and Marketing Technology pioneer, and a recognized thought leader, with outstanding skills in business strategy, operational management, technology vision and a keen interest in leveraging collaborative solutions to improve team performance and business. His wide-ranging experience includes vertical solutions for Legal, Government, Consumer Package Goods, Pharmaceuticals/Life Sciences, Insurance and Sports & Events, including experience with both private sector and nonprofit enterprises. His ability to easily navigate enterprise issues has led him to work with top executives as a trusted advisor, tackling today’s difficult business challenges – from new product development, to M&A planning, to digital strategies.

Kenny Rubin provides Scrum and agile training and coaching to help companies develop products in an effective and economically sensible way. A Certified Scrum Trainer, Kenny has trained over 18,000 people on agile and Scrum, Smalltalk development, managing object-oriented projects, and transition management. He has coached over 200 companies, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 10. Kenny was the first Managing Director of the worldwide Scrum Alliance, a nonprofit organization focused on the successful adoption of Scrum. He is the author of the best-selling book, Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process. In addition to this book, Kenny is also the coauthor of the 1995 book Succeeding with Objects: Decision Frameworks for Project Management. He received his B.S. in Information and Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Laith Adel, Laith is Principal Consultant of EPM Partners in Australia. Laith has a strong background in Engineering, Project Management and Information Technology.  Laith has worked with the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution, since its early versions, and participated in many of the largest EPM implementations across the world. Laith is also the chapter leader of the Microsoft Project Users Group (MPUG) in Sydney.

Laura Gayle is a full-time blogger who has ghostwritten more than 350 articles for major software companies, tech startups, and online retailers. Founder of www.BusinessWomanGuide.org, she created her site to be a trusted resource for women trying to start or grow businesses on their own terms. She has written about everything from crowdfunding and inventory management to product launches, cybersecurity trends, web analytics, and innovations in digital marketing.

Linda Lansky, PMP, is a rancher, wine-maker, and a certified coach for the Cheetah Exam Prep for the PMP. Linda's project management experience comes from over 20 years in information technology and quality management for the semiconductor industry.

Liza Brooke is a qualified IT specialist and part time writer. She loves to work with unique project teams and explore new ways to contribute the developing IT industry. Currently, she is working as a Project Manager at King Essay.

Lucy Kaith is a seasoned IT consultant working with Gateway TechnoLabs and predominantly writes about recent technology and trends in various industries. she has published many articles on various print media publications. Social Profiles: https://twitter.com/LucyKaith https://www.facebook.com/lucykaith https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-kaith-380bab59

If you are interested in learning more about PPM Express and how they can support your business, contact Lucy at lucy@ppm.express

Ludovic Hauduc is a seasoned engineering and business leader with extensive experience in building and scaling infrastructure services and platforms. He recently served as Vice President of Engineering for the AI Infrastructure team at Meta, focusing on designing, building, optimizing, and scaling AI infrastructure services and systems to enable Meta’s AI needs. Previously, Ludovic held several leadership positions at Microsoft, including Corporate Vice President for the Core Platform Engineering organization, where he led the team responsible for building, modernizing, and running the core services and platforms driving Microsoft’s Digital Transformation. He has also served as General Manager and Director of Engineering for multiple Microsoft products, including Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office Developer Platform, and Microsoft Excel. Ludovic graduated from ESIGELEC, an engineering school based in France, with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He currently resides in Kirkland, WA with his wife and has two children.

Luis Contreras is President of AzTech International and has over 25 years of experience implementing earned value management systems throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He has worked with both government and industry on both sides of DCMA compliance reviews, and with contractors on IMS assessments, schedule risk assessments, and integrated baseline reviews. He helps organizations optimize all facets of EVMS -- from the proposal stage to baseline development and execution. His breadth of expertise includes EVM, scheduling, ERP/MRP, and earned value in a manufacturing or production environment. Mr. Contreras has led AzTech's design team in developing custom applications as well as commercial tools such as Run!AzTech and Run!23 for Microsoft Project scheduling professionals, and the AzTech Compliance Expert (ACE) for assessing EVMS compliance prior to integrated baseline reviews, compliance reviews, reviews for cause, and for independent and self-assessments. Learn more about the company at http://goaztech.com/.

Marco Velarde is a project management process expert with nearly a decade of strategic project and program and portfolio management experience. He's an expert on how to complete projects on time, within scope and within budget. Marco's experience covers business analysis, reports, facilitation of workshops, strategy planning, technology analysis and release management. He's extremely passionate about driving organizations towards excellence, bringing shareholder value and enterprise effectiveness through promoting change and improving processes. Reach Marco at Projility here: marco.vallerde@projility.com.

Maria Thomas is a Content Marketing Manager and Product Specialist at GreyCampus with eight years of rich experience working on professional certification courses like PMI- Project Management Professional, PMI-ACP, Prince2, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), Big Data, Cloud, Digital Marketing and Six Sigma.

Marie Le Fresne is a consultant in Project, Program and Portfolio Management. She hold a French Master in Management of Innovative Enterprise and a Master of Project Management from Australia. She has been working in different industries areas (Submarine, Tidal Turbine, Aircraft carrier, aeronautic, automobile) with different challenges (timing, documentation and configuration management, documentation quality, funding) for the past six years. With those diverse experiences she is able to create and personalize toolset to fulfill the needs of a specific challenge.

Mark started using Microsoft Project Version 4 in 1995 and has implemented every version of the server software starting with Project Central and SharePoint Team Services version 1. Mark started off his technology career in New York working for an investment bank before moving to San Francisco and working for several financial institutions and consulting firms. He later founded a project consulting firm that conducted successful Project Server implementations for over a decade, including for state government agencies and one of the world’s largest managed health care consortiums. Mark is the former president of the San Francisco chapter of MPUG, has served as President and VP of Finance for the PMI – Monterey Bay Chapter and given presentations to project management forums across California. Mark is passionate about data models that illuminate tough, best practice concepts and helps organizations scale those practices to the enterprise.

Mark Swiderski, PMP is the President and CEO of Praxilient, a management consulting firm in Northern Wisconsin that helps clients improve strategic performance and gain better project results. Mark has 20 years of project management experience in a wide variety of industries and business functional areas. He's passionate about helping practitioners and organizations perform more efficiently. Reach Mark at (920) 257-2080 x302 or mark.swiderski@praxilient.com.

As a technology specialist with over a decade of experience consulting, deploying and supporting Microsoft technology focusing on the SharePoint and specifically Project Server software Martin has an extensive experience both consulting and supporting all facets of the industry. Currently Martin consults at EPM Partners for some of the largest Project Server customers in the Asia-Pacific region, which has seen him deploying the largest Project Server 2010 deployment in the Asia-Pacific region in 2010. As well as designing and deploying the regions' first Project Server in-the-cloud product. That experience combined with his time spent working with Microsoft Premier Support in the UK has given him experience working with SharePoint and Project Server in all industries and in countries from Sweden to South Africa, and from Hong Kong to Australia. Martin's focus is on using software intelligently to solve every day business challenges and to empower information workers with the tools and skills they need.

Matthew Sorin Matthew Sorin is the Director of Portfolio Management for NBCUniversal’s Operations & Technical Services (O&TS) organization. The O&TS project portfolio includes capital build projects for Studios, Control Rooms, Facilities, Critical Infrastructure, Tech Operations and Security, working closely with the Operational & Technology teams on strategy, budgeting, planning, execution and governance. In this position Sorin has played a key role in several strategic initiatives, notably serving as Program Manager for the renovation of 1 million square feet of office space including the 30 Rockefeller Center headquarters building, more recently Sorin implemented a standardized planning & governance process across the TV Operations project portfolios and a comprehensive portfolio/program/project management system across all O&TS portfolios enabling improved cross functional insight into portfolio performance and robust KPIs. Prior to his current role Sorin gained PPM experience working for Informa Plc where he launched and later ran the PMO and Data Services teams across North and South America. While at Informa he led the implementation of multiple SaaS Order Management, Marketing, & Sales solutions including serving as the Global Program Manager for the Implementation of O365. Sorin has a Master Degree in Project Management from DePaul University, a MBA in Entrepreneurship and is a Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma. He resides in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.

Matthias brings to the field of Project Management six years of project experience, spanning across industries such as aerospace, engineering, telecommunications, and software/technology. His experiences have included program manager implementing a global collaboration platform including Intranet, Team- and Project workspaces and several process applications; Project Manager designing and implementing a Microsoft Project Server based solution to manage Resource- and Capacity planning in a complex project of an IT company; Project Manager working on the optimization of project planning  by implementing Microsoft Project Server at a Technology company; and Subproject Lead of the implementation of a solution for project- and cost planning including SAP integration at a large electronic company. Matthias completed his studies at the University of Karlsruhe, with a degree in Diplom Wirtschaftsingenieur. His certifications include PMP, PRINCE2, and Microsoft Certified IT Professional. He is fluent in German and English and has a consulting focus on Project Management (methods, processes, tools), Business Intelligence, Microsoft Project Server expert, Integration scenarios with SAP, IT-Implementation projects.

Michael Steinberg, PMP, MCP, is a Managing Consultant at international business consultancy Campana & Schott. He has over 30 years of IT consulting and training experience, including 20 years in project management. In his current position, he manages and conducts enterprise project management process and technology implementations and deployments, including solution installation of SharePoint and Project Server, process design, user training, custom development integration with enterprise business systems and server administration.

Michelle E. Colodzin, PMP, MCTS, MS Project Black Belt, is a Senior Project Consultant for MetaVista Consulting Group. Contact her at mcolodzin@metavista.com.

Michelle LaBrosse, PMP, leads the coalition of cheetahs at her company, Cheetah Learning, in project management training. She's also the author of  Cheetah Negotiations: How to Get What You Want, Fast. Find her online at cheetahlearning.com.

A problem-solver at heart, Michelle is forever an optimist and driven by knowing she’s making a difference daily, not only for her team and her company but for her clients and their employees. Michelle has a long history of working with customers and technology to help solve business problems, specifically around Project & Portfolio Management challenges. Her first job out of college was implementing an enterprise project management solution for Bechtel which sparked the interest for her to expand her career within project management consulting and project management software companies. Throughout her career, she has worked with many healthcare organizations that have benefited from implementing project and portfolio management solutions tailored to industry specific needs.

Mike Fullerton, PMP, is the Director of Edwards Performance Solutions' Civilian & National Defense Strategic Business Unit. He leads all strategic initiatives, including capture and delivery, for the unit. Mike has 17-plus years of experience in program management. He holds a master of arts in leadership and culture as well as a bachelor of science in psychology. For more information about Mike, click here or visit the Edwards Performance Solutions website.

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Dr. Paul Giammalvo, CDT, CCE, MScPM, is a senior technical advisor for PT Mitratata Citragraha, based in Jakarta. He has over 40 years of experience in doing project management and has been an adjunct professor on project and program management for the Lille Graduate School of Management in Paris. He has also served on the board of the Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards. Contact Paul at pauldgphd@ptmc-apmx.com.

Paul Naybour is the Business Development Director of Parallel Project Training. An experienced project management consultant, Paul has deep experience in delivering successful programs for many clients both small and large. Contact Paul at Paul.Naybour@ParallelProjectTraining.com.

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I was born in Brixton, South London, in the 1950s. My family migrated towards prosperity through suburbs and class barriers in a sequence of moves that were in strict synchronicity with the release of each successive Rolling Stones album. The timing of the moves was not in any way a coincidence, though the exact causality remains, as they say, 'another story'. By the time I was 18, my family had moved a distance of eight miles, two and a half class barriers and eleven Stones Albums. My book, 'Project Management - All You Need Is Love' is about what happened next. It is in my completely unbiased opinion simply the best book on Project Management ever written. Encouragingly, almost all of the people who have written reviews on Amazon seem to agree. It is NOT a theory book. It tells tales of triumphs and disasters from my travels around the world. It explains why I was heckled by 30,000 Arsenal supporters, why my wife Sarah and I had 10,000 people at our wedding, and probably most importantly of all contains the famous Rule 6 which I can confidently assert has never appeared in any other Project Management book before.

Peter Iovino recently joined Envorso as a Partner in the Northeast Region and Portfolio Management Practice. With an impressive 30 years of experience in business and technology consulting, Peter specializes in Portfolio Management and Business Transformation. Throughout his career, he has successfully partnered with clients across a range of industries, including Life Sciences, Financial Services, and Utilities.

Peter O’Neill has almost 20 years’ experience in PPM solutions across multiple platforms. Since 2008 he has been heading up TPG UK and delivering Project and integration solutions to some of the largest Project customers in the UK and Europe.

Phil Lohmeyer is a Designer, Instructor, Consultant, and Author from Stamford, CT, USA. A Design teacher at Whitby School in Greenwich, CT, Lohmeyer has a passion for storytelling through comic strips and animation, and especially enjoys exploring story structure. He began teaching comic strip clinics in his hometown of Greenwich in 2003, expanding into animation workshops in 2011. Phil enjoys stream-of-consciousness drawing, outlandish premise creation, and creative project management at all levels. Email phil@lohmeyerdesign.com.

Puneet Kuthiala, has been in the technology industry for more than a decade. He acquired a keen interest in the complex mix of history, religion and politics during his childhood. Over the years, his interest in this subject has grown deeper and he believes that the extensive knowledge and insights of ancient wisdom have the potential to solve the most difficult problems of the modern world. An entrepreneur at 13, few years after which, Puneet completed Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Pune, India. During his professional career, he has gained some strong credentials: He is a PMP® from PMI®, CMQ/OE® from ASQ and CGEIT® from ISACA. Puneet is a volunteer in Switzerland for American Society for Quality, He is also a contributor / reviewer of PMI’s Program Management Standard 2005 edition, and Project Management Body of Knowledge, 2013 edition. He runs two newsletters from his website, lives in Zurich, Switzerland. Know more about him at puneetkuthiala.com. He can be reached at me@puneetkuthiala.com.

Rae is a graduate of Tufts University with a combined International Relations and Chinese degree. After spending time living and working abroad in China, she returned to NYC to pursue her career and continue curating quality content. Rae is passionate about travel, food, and writing, of course. Twitter handle: @araesininthesun

Richard Warren is a member of MPUG's Baltimore-Washington D.C. chapter. Contact him at warren.richard@epa.gov

Rick Thomas has been leading people and teams within a large commercial aerospace company for over 30 years. Recognized for his extensive domestic and international operations and engineering project leadership throughout the enterprise, he is a sought-after project leader with assignments leading multi-cultural teams in countries as diverse as Japan, Italy, France, England and Australia. He has a proven ability to lead people through intense and ambiguous situations, creating outcomes that consistently support enterprise goals and objectives while building enduring, capable and diverse teams. Learn more on Rick's blog, "The Eclectic Project Manager."

Robert Bogue is a thought leader on all things SharePoint and an engaging speaker who talks at events around the world on the topic. He has been awarded the Microsoft MVP designation numerous times and has earned recognition as a Microsoft Patterns and Practices Champion. Rob holds multiple Microsoft and COMPTIA certifications and is the author of 25 books including his latest, The SharePoint Shepherd's Guide for End Users-2013, which is also available in a Wiki version as The SharePoint Tutor. Learn more at SharePointShepherd.com or follow Rob's blog.  

Robert Happy, PMP, MCT, MCTS President & Senior Consultant, Project Management Practice, Inc. Over the past 20 years, Robert has consulted with hundreds of organizations to establish effective Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions. This includes working with all levels of staff members in developing custom PPM solutions across a variety of application areas and industries. Prior to being a founding executive of PMPI, he was Director of PM for Franklin Covey through an acquisition of the Project Consulting Group, which he was the founder. Before that Robert was Executive VP for Time Line Solutions Corporation, a Symantec Subsidiary specializing in PPM software, and Executive for the Project Management Center which specialized in custom PPM solutions.