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Pre MPM Certificate Program: Nov 2001-May 2002

Service to Business and Industry

CMI EPTI, presentation on developing project management training, Erie PA, 2006.

Kimley-Horn Construction, presentation on the development of a project management video, West Palm Beach FL, 2005.

Affinia Brake Parts presentation on developing project management training, Erie PA, 2005.

Industry Training and Development:
  Erie Insurance Group, Erie PA, 1999
  General Electric Company, Erie PA, 1999
  Aker Rauma Offshore Oy, Pori Finland, 1997-1998
  Erie Press Systems, Erie PA, 1999, 1997
  Zurn Industries, Erie PA, 1995
  Rhône-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals, Valley Forge PA, 1994
  U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service, Bangor ME, 1992
  Bethlehem Steel Corporation Bethlehem PA, 1989
  General Electric Company, Cincinnati OH, 1989
  State of Maine:
    Program for government Employees, Augusta ME, 1991
    Department of Environmental Protection, Augusta ME, 1990
    Maine Management Institute, Castine ME, 1989-1990
  University of Maine:
   

American Management Association Certificate Program, Orono ME,

      1989-1991
    Center for Conferences and Institutes, Orono ME, 1989-1991
  GKN, Plc., Pittsburgh PA, 1988
  Inland Steel Corporation, Gary IN, 1988
  PPG Industries, Pittsburgh PA, 1988-1990
  University of Pittsburgh:
    Katz Graduate School of Business, Management Program for Executives,
      Pittsburgh PA, 1988
  Westinghouse Corporation, Pittsburgh PA, 1988
  Appleton Paper Company, Pittsburgh PA, 1987
  The Whiting Company, Burlington VT, 1987

Service to Public and Private Organizations

Member, Learning Center Advisory Board, Dr. Gertrude A. Barber Center, Erie PA, 1996-

Member, International Advisory Panel for the Fourth International Research Network on Organizing by Projects (IRNOP), 1999

Participation in Seminars and Workshops

The ‘SoftSide' of Project Management. Speaker, APICS/Penn State Erie's Process Industries Technical Conference, Erie PA, June 1999

Twelve Important Steps on the Rod to Project Failures. Speaker, International ICAD Users Group Conference, Orlando FL, May 1999

Speaking Engagements

Searching for the Root Causes of Project Failure. Speaker, Rolls-Royce Corporation, Derby UK, May 2001

Why Do Our Projects Continue to Fail? Speaker, Project Management Plenary, UMIST, Manchester UK, May 2001

Projects and Pitfalls. Speaker, 2nd Annual Penn State/APICS Symposium, Erie PA, April 2001.

Becoming an Influential Manager. Lunchtime learning seminar, GE's Transportation Division, Erie PA, September 2000; April 2001

How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Project. Speaker, Erie Chapter of APICS, Erie PA, February 2000

Where Did the Time Go? Finding and Wasting Time on Our Projects. Speaker, Erie Chapter of APICS, Erie PA, November 1999

Regaining Control of Runaway IS Projects: Why Are We Always Late? Guest speaker, seminar at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester England, September 1999

How to Fail at Project Management (Without Really Trying). Keynote speaker, International ICAD User's Group annual meeting, Orlando FL, May 1999

Project Management: Charting the Best and Worst Practices. Speaker, General Electric Transportation Division's Lunchtime Learning Series, December 1998

Learning the Valuable Lessons from Past Failures. Speaker, General Electric's Outage Project Management Conference, King of Prussia PA, June 1997

Total Quality Management. Speaker and Session Moderator, Management Development Series, Bangor Chamber of Commerce, Orono ME, April 1993

Motivating Change in Organizations. Speaker, American Accounting Association meeting, Bangor Chapter, Bangor ME, April 1991

Steps to Defusing Resistance to Change. Speaker, Association of Internal Auditors, Bangor Chapter, Bangor ME, October 1990.

 
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