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Contributing Authors (V - X)
 Robert
Van De Velde Robert Van De Velde, PhD, PMP is an experienced project manager with a significant track record completing projects on time and on budget. He has delivered award-winning projects in financial services, natural resources, and telecommunications. His articles have appeared in the Journal
of Systems Management and People and Information. Rob holds a Ph.D. and has earned certifications in project management and MS Project. His current research interests include techniques for managing time-driven projects, automation of project status analysis and reporting, and the use of advanced features in MS Project. Rob received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He holds a B.Sc. from the University of Manitoba. He resides in Toronto, Canada. Rob operates a commercial Web Site that features plug-ins for MS Project. See www.projectflightdeck.com for more information. You can reach Rob via e-mail at info@projectflightdeck.com.  Hubert Vaughan Professor Hubert Vaughan is a graduate of Melbourne University in Australia, with an MBA from York University in Canada. Professor Vaughan commenced his career with National Mutual Insurance in the field of Information Technology in 1972. During the last 30+ years, he has lived on all five continents and held senior technical and management positions with such international organizations as IBM, DEC, Unisys, Tandem, Cable & Wireless, Bell Canada, ANZ Banking Group and Bank of Montreal. His career has covered software development, professional services, technology consulting, project/program management, strategic planning as well as business development. Mr. Vaughan is a Professor at the Institute of International Engineering Project Management of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He also teaches PM at the Graduate School of the China Academy of Science; Software College of Beijing University of Astronautics and Aeronautics; Software College of Nankai University, and the School of Software Engineering of the Harbin Institute of Technology. Apart from his teaching engagements, Hubert also acts as consultant for several State owned organizations in China. Professor Hubert Vaughan is an International Editorial Advisor for PMForum and PM World Today; he can be contacted at hubertvaughan@pm.tsinghua.edu.cn. Additional information can be found at http://www.pmworldtoday.net/team/editorial_advisors.htm.  Kunal Verma
 Rainer Volz
Rainer Volz has been an IT architect and manager for over
10 years, mainly in the airline and financial services industries. He
specializes in technology and management consulting for virtual organizations,
and edits the "Virtual Projects" website (www.vrtprj.com
/ www.vrtprj.de) to provide
more information about collaboration and distributed project management.  Maria
Voropajev-Cates
Maria (Masha) Voropaeva – Cates is a head of projects for
Lenovo web design company. Ms. Cates was born, raised and studied fine
arts in Moscow before moving to North Carolina in 1993. Since that time,
she has been a fine artist, graphic artist, web designer, web-based training
developer, interactive media developer, and director or member of various web
design projects for customers and organizations worldwide. Masha has a
Fine Arts Degree from V.I. Surikov Art School (1978-1984) and a Master’s Degree
in Fine Arts & Graphic Arts from the Academy of Arts, Moscow State Arts
Institute (1985-1991). She has Certificates in Computer Art and 3D
Computer Animation from the School of Communication Arts, Raleigh, North
Carolina, USA (1997-99). Ms. Cates is currently completing an Masters Degree in
Business Administration with a concentration in Project Management at Strayer
University in Raleigh. Masha Cates can be contacted at
mcates@us.lenovo.com.
 Professor
Vladimir Voropajev, Ph.D. Professor Vladimir Voropajev, PhD. is President and
Chairman of the Board of the Russian Association of Project Management, SOVNET.
Dr. Voropajev is professor of Project Management at the State University of
Management, Moscow, Russia. He is also Head of the Program and Project
Management Faculty for the Russian State Academy’s Program for Professional
Retraining and Professional Skill Development for Executives and Specialists in
Investment Fields. He is a full member of the Russian Academy of Natural
Sciences on Information Science and Cybernetics, and of the International
Academy of Investments and Economy in Construction. From 1991 to 2001, he was
Vice-president and a member of the Executive Committee of the International
Project Management Association (IPMA), the global federation of national PM
associations based in Zurich, Switzerland. He is an honorary Fellow of the
Indian Project Management Association and a past member of the Global Project
Management Forum Steering Committee. During his 40 years of engineering,
scientific, teaching and consulting activities, he has published over 250
scientific research works including 7 monographs and 5 textbooks about the
organization and planning of construction, information systems, and project
management. Vladimir serves on the editorial boards of several
international project management journals, is a frequent participant in PM
conferences worldwide, and provides ongoing counsel and support to PM
professional leaders in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Yugoslavia and other
countries. Professor Voropajev can be reached at
voropaev@sovnet.ru  Jim Waddell
Jim Waddell is an independent consultant specializing in
program management and mergers and acquisitions. He is the former
Director of Program Management for Tektronix Inc. where he established and led
Tektronix’s first worldwide Program Management Office. Additionally, Jim
is an adjunct professor at the Oregon Graduate Institute, a founding member of
the Program Management Forum in Portland, and the co-founder of the Program
Management Academy. Jim has held a wide range of managerial and
operational roles ranging across engineering, marketing, systems and
manufacturing in the high tech and energy industries. Contact Jim at:
mailto:jim.waddell@programmanagement-academy.com  Patrick Weaver Patrick Weaver, PMP, FAICD, FCIOB, is the Managing
Director of Mosaic Project Services Pty Ltd, an Australian project management
consultancy specialising in project control systems and a PMI Registered
Education Provider. Patrick is also the business manager of Stakeholder
Management Pty Ltd. He is a Fellow and Regional President of the Chartered
Institute of Building, Australasia (FCIOB) and a Fellow of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors (FAICD). He is a member of the PMI College of
Scheduling, College of Performance Management and the PMI Melbourne Chapter
(Australia), as well a full member of AIPM and the APM (UK). Patrick has
over 35 years experience in Project Management. His career was initially
focused on the planning and managing of construction, engineering and
infrastructure projects in the UK and Australia. The last 25 years has seen his
businesses and experience expand to include the successful delivery of project
scheduling services and PMOs in a range of government, ICT and business
environments; with a strong focus on project management training. His
consultancy work encompasses: developing and advising on project schedules,
developing and presenting PM training courses, managing the development of
internal project control systems for client organisations, and assisting with
dispute resolution and claims management. He is a qualified Arbitrator
and Mediator. In the last few years, Patrick has sought to ‘give back’ to
the industry he has participated in since leaving college and has sought to
contribute to the development of the project management profession. In
addition to his committee roles he has presented papers at a wide range of
project management conferences in the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia, has been
part of the organising committee for two PMI Congresses in the Asia-Pacific
region, and has an on-going role with the PMOZ conference in Australia and
World Project Management Week. Patrick can be contacted at
patw@mosaicprojects.com.au or at
www.mosaicprojects.com.au.
 Francis D. Wega Francis D. Wega, MPM, PMP is a Senior Project Management Consultant and Engagement Manager with Project Assistants, Inc. a project management consulting firm based in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. For more than ten years, he has provided project management solutions for dozens of companies in multiple industries (Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical, IT, Manufacturing, State and Federal Government, Financial, Construction, Non-profit). Francis has led numerous project management maturity assessments and health-checks, and has developed strategic and tactical plans for capacity improvement. He also led the development and institutionalization of Project Management Offices (PMO) for multiple organizations, and helped develop and deploy project management processes and methodologies. He led multiple Enterprise Project Management (EPM) systems planning, implementation and training, and provided Project Management training, mentorship and coaching to project practitioners. Francis is also specialized in issues concerning project management for developing countries in Africa. Francis Wega has been a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2001 and holds a Masters degree in Project Management with honor from Devry University, Keller Graduate School of Management in the USA. As the sponsor of the PMI Grand Centre Cameroon potential chapter, Francis has been a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) since 1998, a member of the American Society for the Advancement of Project management (ASAPM), and member of the Microsoft Project Association (MPA – since 1998). Francis can be reached at
francisdw@msn.com.  Colin Wheeler
Colin Wheeler has over two decades of experience in the
field of Risk Management and is now Technical Director with Istria Risk
Management Solutions. He is a leading member of the UK Risk Management
community, acting as the UK Risk representative of the Programme Management
Institute and a Subject Matter Expert for the rewrite of the OGC’s Management
of Risk Module. Colin has extensive experience of conducting risk
management consultancy and training in both the public and private
sector. Previous clients include the Ministry of Defence, the UK Passport
Office, the National Health Service, British Telecom, DHL and Transport for
London. Mr. Wheeler played a major role in creating the leading edge risk
management software, IRIS, a user friendly tool that uniquely combines
qualitative and quantitative techniques into a single application that
facilitates decision making, automates processes and provides a secure audit
trail of risk management activity. Email
colin.wheeler@istria-ltd.com or visit www.istria-ltd.com.  Scott Whitney Scott Whitney is IT Manager for Journyx. Scott has worked
professionally in IT in some capacity for 20 years, most recently specializing
in helping small businesses make technology work for them, not vice versa. He
can be reached at swhitney@journyx.com.  Max Wideman Max Wideman is an engineer and professional project
manager with experience in systems, social and environmental projects, as well
as design and engineering projects. He is a Fellow of the Project Management
Institute, of which he is past president and chairman, and for whom he
developed the 1987 version of the Project Management Body of Knowledge. He is
also a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), the Engineering
Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering. His web
site is at http://www.maxwideman.com  Rebecca Winston Rebecca
Winston, Esq. Active in PMI since 1993, Rebecca Winston helped pioneer
PMI's Specific Interest Groups (SIGs), including the Project Earth and
Government SIGs, the latter of which she was a founding member. She also
initiated the SIGs involvement with the PMI Board of Directors, and was founder
and first co-chair of Women in Project Management. Winston currently serves as
a consultant to organizations such as the National Nuclear Security
Administration, Department of Energy and the Department of Homeland Security on
topics ranging from Program and Project Management to project reviews and
assistance in risk management and vulnerability assessments. Rebecca served on
the PMI board of directors during 1998-2002, served as Chair of the PMI board
in 2002, and was elected a Fellow of PMI in 2005.” |
