PM Scene: Faces and Places
January 2003
Robert Youker -Trainer, Consultant
and International Development Project Expert
Robert
Youker is an independent trainer and consultant in Project Management with
more than thirty-five years of experience in the field. He is retired from
the World Bank where he developed and presented six week project management
training courses for the managers of major projects in many different countries.
Bob Youker has written and presented more than a dozen papers at the Project Management Institute and the International Project Management Association (Europe) many of which have been reprinted in the Project Management Institute publications and the International Journal of Project Management (UK).
Mr. Youker is a graduate of Colgate University, the Harvard Business School and studied for a doctorate in behavioral science at George Washington University. His project management experience includes new product development at Xerox Corporation and project management consulting for many companies as President of Planalog Management Systems from 1968 to 1975.
Bob has taught in Project Management Courses for AMA, AMR, AED, UCLA, University of Wisconsin, George Washington University, the Asian Development Bank and other organizations. He is currently consulting with the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank to develop an instructors resource kit for Project Management training on a CD ROM.
Bob Youker Email: bobyouker@worldnet.att.net