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PM Forum Founder
David Curling
pmforum.org Founder
www.pmforum.org was created by the late David Curling in 1995. It was the first major website in the world devoted to the project management profession. Shortly after founding pmforum.org, David introduced Project Management World Today as an online bi-monthly publication, providing a vehicle for project management experts and leaders to publish educational articles and papers on the worldwide web. David Curling was a professional soldier, systems engineer, logistics engineer, procurement executive, senior public servant, and project manager. Over the course of his professional career, he provided project management consulting services to government and industry leaders worldwide. David had particular expertise in the management of major international projects.
A member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) since 1977, Mr. Curling was a founding member of the PMI Ottawa Valley Chapter in 1985 and served as its President from 1985 to 1987. A frequent speaker at project management conferences in Europe and North America, Mr. Curling became a well known leader in the PM profession around the world. He was a speaker at the first Global Project Management Forum (GPMF) in 1995 and served on the volunteer GPMF Steering Committee from 1996-2000. He was an active member of both PMI and IPMA and one of the few project managers to hold both PMI and IPMA certifications. David Curling was honored as a Fellow of the Association of Project Management (APM) in the United Kingdom and was elected a Fellow of PMI in 1998. David Curling passed away in June 2005 and is survived by his wife of over 40 years, Lois Curling, who is also well known around the world of project management, two daughters and several grandchildren. He is also missed by friends and colleagues around the world.
Additional information about David Curling can be found at:
http://www.pmforum.org/scene/2005_0304.htm
David L. Pells
Managing Editor
David L. Pells is the Managing Editor of PM World Today and www.pmforum.org. David is an internationally recognized leader in the field of professional project management, with over thirty years’ experience in project management related activities and positions. His professional experience includes a wide variety of programs and projects, including engineering, construction, transit, defense and high technology, and project sizes ranging from several thousand to ten billion dollars. He is a former member of the board of directors of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), and was awarded PMI’s person of the year award in 1998 and Fellow Award in 1999.
David can be reached via email at:
editor@pmforum.org