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Saturday, April 12, 2008
IPMA Chair pays tribute to Otto Zieglmeier
Adesh Jain, chair of the council of delegates of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), has asked PMForum to publish the following tribute to Mr. Otto Zieglmeier (photo of Otto below from IPMA files), IPMA vice president who passed away on Sunday, 6 April 2008.
According to Adesh, "The world of project management no longer will be the same after the untimely demise of our very dear friend Otto Zieglmeier. I have known Otto since 2000 and he has been a constant encouragement to me. I recall distinctly in 2001 when we were traveling from Zurich to Frankfurt after the ExBo meeting of IPMA, when he said to me that 'The IPMA Berlin Congress should become the eye opener for PM professionals and he would need support from Asia in a big way.' In his opinion, IPMA annual events should showcase speakers from all over the world who could take the profession to higher heights. He was very kind to invite me to be one of the speakers for the Berlin Congress. We together shared the emergence of the new world where gender bias, geography bias, color bias, etc would all disappear to give rise to the knowledge era."
“I cannot face the reality knowing that Otto is no longer with us,” he added. “Otto was one of the major strengths for me during 2005-06, when I was the President of IPMA and he was Vice President. He was so passionate about IPMA awards that during the year 2005, extra marketing budget was allocated to Awards. He came to India in 2005 to start the first IPMA Award Assessor's workshop and contributed a great deal to bringing IPMA Awards awareness to Indian companies.”
“Not only in IPMA family, but the project management family at large will miss the untimely demise of Otto as an irreparable loss to the whole community. We only recently signed a letter with signatures of over 30 member countries in Istanbul on March 29 wishing him early recovery. I and my wife Ruchira, who also worked closely with Otto, and the entire IPMA family only wished that God or Nature would have kindly heard our wish and agreed with our petition for him to become better,” Mr. Jain stated.
“Our deepest condolences go to his family and friends all around the world.”
Adesh Jain
Chair, IPMA
New Delhi, India
10 April 2008
“I cannot face the reality knowing that Otto is no longer with us,” he added. “Otto was one of the major strengths for me during 2005-06, when I was the President of IPMA and he was Vice President. He was so passionate about IPMA awards that during the year 2005, extra marketing budget was allocated to Awards. He came to India in 2005 to start the first IPMA Award Assessor's workshop and contributed a great deal to bringing IPMA Awards awareness to Indian companies.”
“Not only in IPMA family, but the project management family at large will miss the untimely demise of Otto as an irreparable loss to the whole community. We only recently signed a letter with signatures of over 30 member countries in Istanbul on March 29 wishing him early recovery. I and my wife Ruchira, who also worked closely with Otto, and the entire IPMA family only wished that God or Nature would have kindly heard our wish and agreed with our petition for him to become better,” Mr. Jain stated.
“Our deepest condolences go to his family and friends all around the world.”
Chair, IPMA
New Delhi, India
10 April 2008
