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Contributing Authors (M - O)
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Venkat Madireddy Venkat Madireddy has over 10 years experience in IT industry. Venkat holds a Bachelors Degree in Electronics Engineering from Bangalore University, India and a Master of Business Administration - Operations Management from Indira Gandhi National Open University, India. He recently graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Graduate Certificate in Project Management (GCPM) Degree. He is a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) from PMI, IT Service Management (ITIL) and IT Service Quality Management (SQM) Certified by EXIN, Netherlands. He is based in Singapore. He works as Independent IT Service Management Training Consultant. Venkat can be reached at pminstitute@gmail.com. 
Martin Maier, PhD Dr. Martin Maier is a philologist and currently working as a consultant in Innsbruck, Austria. He has been working on various EU funded projects. He received his PhD from the University of Innsbruck in 2004. Dr. Maier can be contracted at Martin Maier: martin.maier@hafelekar.at.
Suresh Malladi, PMP Suresh Malladi is a certified PMP® and works as a Client Services Manager with a major software firm headquartered in Philadelphia. In this role, Suresh manages software projects and has managed the pre-sales and post-sales process for many clients on the East Coast in the USA by providing technical consulting, project execution methodologies, and coordinating the project execution with teams across the globe. Suresh has extensive experience in software development and testing, having led several software projects to successful completion for Fortune 1000 clients and Independent Software Companies. He has worked globally in many domains like financial services, banking, insurance, manufacturing, etc., during his professional stint. Suresh has amaster’s degree in IT from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from India. Suresh can be contacted via sureshmalladi@yahoo.com
Jerry Manas
Jerry Manas is the author of Managing the Gray
Areas (RMC Publications, January 2008) and Napoleon on Project
Management (Nelson Business, April 2006). Through his company, The Marengo Group, Jerry helps organizations implement the principles outlined in his books. His Service-Oriented Project Management (SOPM) framework has been recognized as an innovative achievement model that fosters systems thinking and a client-focused mindset. In addition to his extensive consulting career, he has managed numerous large-scale, global programs spanning Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, and North America. Jerry is an active volunteer with the Project Management Institute (PMI), and is currently on the Board of Directors for their Aerospace and Defense SIG. He has contributed to several of PMI's international standards, including their Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3), where he assisted with the integration of the model and helped define the glossary; and their new standards for Program and Portfolio Management, where he was recruited to help lead the program (consisting of more than four hundred people around the world) as part of a core leadership team. Jerry is also co-founder of PMThink! (www.pmthink.com), a popular blog site. Visit Jerry’s website at www.manasbooks.com.
Major Adrian Marsh Major Adrian Marsh spent his company grade officer career as a combat engineer serving in leadership and staff positions in Georgia, Germany, and Kosovo. Upon becoming an Acquisition Corps Officer he has served as a project officer for PEO-EIS in the Army Knowledge Online Program Office. In Afghanistan he served as the Deputy, Interagency Resource Cell, an office unique to the U.S. Embassy, Afghanistan, designed to synchronize interagency program funding. Major Marsh's holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from the United States Military Academy, a M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Missouri, Rolla and a M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is currently serving as the Army Knowledge Online - Forward project officer.
Russ Martinelli Russ Martinelli is the Manager of Program Management Methods within the Corporate Platform Office at Intel Corporation, where he focuses on the definition and implementation of program management practices across Intel. Additionally, Russ is the chairman of Intel’s global Program Management Community of Practice, an adjunct professor at the University of Phoenix, and co-founder of the Program Management Academy. Russ has held a variety of positions at Intel and Lockheed Martin in the areas of systems engineering, general management, operations management, and project and program management. Contact Russ at: mailto:russ.martinelli@programmanagement-academy.com
Michael A. Martinez Michael A. Martinez is the Manager of Care Project Management for North America at Nokia Siemens Networks. He has managed R&D, software development, systems integration, network deployment, and services projects. He has a B.S. in History from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a B.S. in Computer Science from Angelo State University, and a M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and has a Certificate in Project Management from the University of Texas at Dallas. He can be contacted at michael.martinez@nsn.com.  James Mason James Mason is a senior telehealth consultant and project manager with MELE Associates, INC. In his current position, he provide contract and project management support to the Assistant Surgeon General for Modernization, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General. The varied portfolio consists of several congressionally sponsored projects, many of which, when complete, could have national implications. He has over twenty year’s progressive experience in managing information systems in a military Medical Health Service (MHS) environment. James can be contacted at james.mason2@gmail.com.
Avneet Mathur Avneet Mathur works for Zeratec, Inc. which provides utility computing solutions to individuals and companies, as their Chief Technology Officer managing various projects for the organization. He is a Certified Project Management Professional, as awarded by the Project Management Institute. Avneet holds an MBA in General Business Administration, with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship and Finance, with an additional Master's Degree in Computer Science and Networking from University of Missouri, Kansas City. He also has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the Aurangabad University, India. He can be reached at Avneet_mathur@hotmail.com for further questions.
Alexander Matthey, PMP Alexander Matthey, PMP, is the Managing Director of 3PM Experts Sàrl. He has over 25 years experience, has worked extensively in many countries and cultural environments worldwide, and is an expert in the areas of project management office (PMO), organizational PM maturity, and PM for software and IT projects. Alexander has written and lectured widely on Project Management in French and English, is the author and trainer of PMP certification courses, and is a frequent speaker at International PMI leadership meetings and congresses. He is a former faculty member at the International University in Geneva, and lecturer at the University of Geneva. He is former Vice President of the PMI Switzerland Chapter. Alexander holds a Masters Degree in Computer Electronics and Software Engineering and a Masters in Business Information Systems. Fluent in the English, French, Hungarian and Bulgarian languages, and speaks Russian and some German. Alexander Matthey currently lives in Dubai and can be contacted at a.matthey@3pmexperts.com.
 Bob McGannon Bob McGannon is a Founder and Principal of MINDAVATION, a company providing project management training, consulting, keynotes & coaching services throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia. Bob can be reached at rmcgannon@mindavation.com. For information about MINDAVATION, please visit WWW.MINDAVATION.COM or call 866-888-MIND (6463).
Rudolf Melik
Rudolf Melik is CEO and one of the original founders of Tenrox. He has over fifteen years of experience in software engineering and the project workforce management industry. He has extensive knowledge of and speaks regularly about software solutions that support compliance initiatives such as Sarbanes-Oxley, DCAA, GAAP project cost accounting, revenue recognition, and labor laws such as FMLA and FLSA. He was also the principal author of the first book on Professional Services Automation. Melik holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from McGill University. Melik is the author of the 2007 book The Rise of the Project Workforce: Managing People and Projects in a Flat World (Wiley, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-470-12430-7, $34.95). For more information, please visit www.projectworkforcebook.com.
 José Moro Melón José Moro Melón (Industrial Engineer) has experience in several
projects of different areas (ICT, Aeronautical, Information Society and
Industrial) in large companies like Accenture, Ineco, etc leading projects
around Europe. Since 2002 is member of PMI and now belongs to the PMI Madrid
Chapter Board of Directors. He founded GEDPRO --project management experts -- a
global company consulting of Project Management providing consultancy services,
technology, training and outsourcing. See
www.gedpro.com for more information. You can reach José via e-mail at
jose.moro@gedpro.com.  Jim Miller Jim Miller, PMP, CISSP, CISM is a Vice President  Randy Miller Randy Miller has 11 years of customer-focused experience in sales and services delivery. Prior to joining Journyx in 1999 as the first Timesheet-specific sales rep, Randy spent five years in the Corporate Sales and Retail Management divisions of leading electronics retailer CompUSA. Since then Randy has held many different positions at Journyx, including: Sales Engineer, Trainer, Consultant, Product Manager, Support Team Manager, and Implementation Manager for Enterprise Accounts. Randy has personally managed development and implementation efforts for many of the company's largest customers and is a co-holder of several Journyx patents. Randy was named Director of Services in 2005. Randy can be reached at randy@journyx.com. 
Gulgun Mistikoglu, PhD Gulgun Mistikoglu, PhD is Assistant Professor at Mustafa Kemal Univerity in Turkey. Professor Gülgün has a PhD (2001) and MSc (1987) in Civil Engineering from Cukorova University and a BSc (1983) in Civil Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey. She has been Head of the Technical Programs Department at Mustafa Kemal University since 2002. Professor Gülgün’s research projects have included Competitive Analysis of the Turkish Brick Industry (2003); Benchmarking Management Techniques: A Case Study of Turkish Insulation Companies (2005); and Analysis and Neural Network Modeling of Manhour and Labour Productivity for Construction Work (2006-08). She has authored or co-authored 11 papers for international journals, conferences and scientific meetings. Gülgün can be contacted at gmistik@hotmail.com. 
Osman Mistikoglu Osman Mistikoglu is an architect and businessman. He runs his own business since 1985. His company, OMZE, specialises in civil engineering, building, isolation and agriculture.
Ruth Murray-Webster Ruth Murray-Webster, APMP, PMP is managing partner at Lucidus Consulting Limited in the UK. She has over 20 years of experience as an organizational change facilitator, coach, consultant and manager. In her early career, she led significant organizational re-alignment programmes for ICI and Amersham International. For the past ten years, she has worked as an independent consultant, helping a wide range of clients with project, programme, quality, risk and change management solutions. Ruth is a Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) and PRINCE2 practitioner, and a full member of the Association of Project Management (APM), the Project Management Institute (PMI®), the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, and the Institute of Quality Assurance. She holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Henley Management College. Ruth has a wealth of knowledge and experience, including international PM experience in China, Japan, Norway, Russia, the UK and the USA. She is co-author of the book ‘Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude’ which is now widely acclaimed as leading the way in helping to manage risk effectively. More information about Lucidus can be found at www.lucidusconsulting.com. Ruth Murray-Webster can be contacted at Ruth@LucidusConsulting.com.  Hussein Mzee Hussein Mzee holds a BA in Economics and an MA Degree from Kokusai Daigaku (IUJ) Japan and is currently pursuing an Executive MBA Degree in Project Management from the University of Texas at Dallas. He has wide consulting experience with major IT and telecommunication companies both in Japan and the US including Lehman Brothers, IBM-Japan, Fuji Xerox, Fujitsu-AMD, Hitachi, and DHL. He is currently employed by Perot Systems and is based in the company’s global headquarters in Plano, Texas. He can be contacted at Hussein.Mzee@ps.net.
 Mike Nichols Mike Nichols is Chairman of the Association for Project Management (APM) in the UK, Board Member of the Major Projects Association and Member of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee of the British Standards Institute. His ‘day job’ is Chairman & Chief Executive of the Nichols Group, a firm which specialises in advising on and managing major capital projects and business change initiatives. Mike has extensive experience of project and programme management in the transport, telecommunications, automotive and power industries. In particular, he directed a management contract for the first phase of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway and project managed the initial phase of the Docklands Light Railway in London, both completed on time and within budget. Last year Mike completed a strategic review of the Highways Agency’s £12 billion Major Roads Programme for the Secretary of State for Transport in the UK. Prior to forming the Nichols group in 1975, he had a number of senior management jobs, including Executive Director of British Leyland and General Manager with British Oxygen Company. He has also led developments of new approaches in project, programme and risk management. Mike has a degree in Economics, is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.  Andrea Nicholas Andrea Nicholas has over 14 years of experience leading project, process, quality, portfolio and program management initiatives and teams. She has launched and/or managed 3 Project Management Offices, developed and deployed models for organizational and client delivery maturity, held senior level positions for Fortune 500 companies and is currently a principal at Nicholas Consulting in Dallas, Texas. In addition to earning an MBA from University of Dallas and a graduate certificate in Project Management from University of Texas Dallas, she holds a PMP® certification from the Project Management Institute and is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Ms. Nicholas can be contacted at nicholasconsulting@sbcglobal.net.
Laurence Nicholson
Laurence Nicholson, PMP, MAPM, ACQI is a highly experienced executive and Senior Manager in the UK. He has successfully led teams of 40+ consultants and developers, in multi-million pound international projects. He is a qualified Accounting Technician and has in-depth knowledge of several project and development methodologies as well as being a Project Management Professional (PMP), an Associate member of the Chartered Quality Institute (ACQI) and a member of the Association for Project Management (APM). He has had numerous articles published in multiple languages. Mr. Nicholson can be reached at
laurence@the-nicholsons.me.uk
Avinoam Nowogrodsk
Avinoam Nowogrodski is the CEO of Clarizen, a provider of Project Execution systems. Avinoam Nowogrodski brings over 20 years of experience in sales, engineering and business management to Clarizen. He brings insight and expertise gained in those positions to Clarizen's vision of bringing collaborative project management to every business. Prior to establishing Clarizen, Avinoam co-founded SmarTeam Corporation, a leading provider of collaborative product life cycle management (PLM) solutions. As CEO from 1995 – 2005, Avinoam's leadership molded SmarTeam into a leading enterprise PLM solution which was sold and supported by IBM. In 1999 SmarTeam was acquired by Dassault Systemes (DS) and Avinoam served on the DS General Executive Management team for 6 years. At his departure from the company, SmarTeam had 3,500 customers across diverse industries and over 100,000 users worldwide. Avinoam Nowogrodski holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University, Israel. Clarizen has seen tremendous interest in its product by focusing on collaborative project execution, rather than project planning. For more information, visit
www.clarizen.com.  Emel Oral, PhD
Emellaptali Oral, PhD is Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Çukurova Universityin Turkey. Professor Oral has a PhD (1996) and MSc (1992) in Construction Management from University of Glamorgan and the University of Bath in the UK, respectively, and an undergraduate degree (1991) in Civil Engineering from MiddleEast Technical University. She is a former research Fellow at the Centre of Research for the Built Environment at the University of Glamorgan. She is the author of many papers in refereed journals and conferences, and an active researcher in the construction management field. 
Bob Owen is an International Correspondent for
www.pmforum.org and PM World Today in Manchester, England, UK. Bob is also a Senior Research Fellow at Salford University in Manchester. Bob has worked on a wide variety of international projects, mainly in the defence sector, and has experience of developing and employing advanced sensor systems. With a recent MSc (Dist) in Information Systems and three years of an advanced project management PhD under his belt, Bob is now Senior Research Fellow in the UK’s premier Research Institute in the Built & Human Environment. Bob is on the Northwest Committee of the Association for Project Management (APM) as Higher Education Institutes representative, and on the national KD2 – Knowledge, Development and Dissemination working group. Additional information can be found at: www.pmforum.org/pm
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