PM Scene: Faces and Places
November - December 2003
Kent Crawford Recipient of the 2003 PMI® Fellow Award
The Chief Executive Officer of PM Solutions J. Kent Crawford, PMP, was awarded
the Project Management Institute's 2003 PMI Fellow Award.The PMI Fellow award,
which is PMI's highest and most prestigious individual honor, recognizes PMI
members who have made sustained and significant contributions to PMI and the
project management industry for more than a decade. It also distinguishes
the winner for his or her significant contributions to the advances of project
management knowledge, practices, procedures, concepts, and other advanced
techniques throughout his or her career.
Crawford, who accepted the award at the PMI Awards Ceremony, which was held in conjunction with PMI's Global Congress 2003 - North America (Baltimore, MD, September 20-23,) said, "Winning the PMI Fellow award is a wonderful recognition for a lifelong career in project management. Over the years, PMI has enlightened the world to project management as a profession, and has built that profession by providing standards like PMBOK and the PMP Certification Program. The Institute has truly revolutionized the way that project management is viewed, valued, and practiced around the world. I'm honored to accept this award from the most respected leaders in the project management profession."
J. Kent Crawford, PMP, is the founder and CEO of Project Management Solutions, Inc., an organization specializing in project office deployment and a broad array of project management services and solutions. His career has focused on implementing successful project management systems for numerous Fortune 1000 clients. For more than 20 years, Crawford has been responsible for the development and implementation of project initiatives for top companies including AstraZeneca, FedEx, General Motors, Monsanto, NCR, Procter & Camble, and The New York Times Company.
Mr. Crawford is a former President and Chair of PMI and has presented papers on project management at PMI's Annual Seminars & Symposia as well as at ProjectWorld and user conferences. He is the author of two books, The Strategic Project Office - which received the 2002 PMI David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award - and Project Management Maturity Model. Mr. Crawford holds the Project Management Professional (PMP®) designation from PMI and is an Honorary Fellow of Project Management Associates of India.
Sergey D. Bushuyev Founder and President of UPMA
Sergey
D. Bushuyev is a Founder and the President of UPMA: doctor of technical science,
professor; academician of the Structure Academy at the SA of Ukraine; the
first assessor of the 4-L-C certification program of the IPMA; The leader
of programs of the World Bank of Reconstruction and Development at the CIS
countries, production development and projects of restructuring; the member
of Science Academy in USA; project Manager of reorganisation and restructuring
of Ukrainian enterprises in building, fuel-energy fields; have organized 10
and have participated about 40 international congresses, conferences, workshops;
the author of 19 monographs and manuals, more then 200 scientific articles;
has read lectures in Universities of Austria, England, Germany, Spain, Poland,
Slovakia, USA, Czech Republic, Swiss; the head of the Project Management department
in Kiev National University of Construction and Architecture; has prepared
15 candidates and doctors of science in computer technologies and project
management; laureate of honorary title "The best professor of Ukraine"
(1987)
Work experience in projects - 35 years. Sergey Bushuyev was working in various national and international projects: Projects of reorganizing and restructuring of Ukrainian plants in building, fuel and energy, foods fields (the leader of project); Project of the World Bank of reconstruction and development - in education (the director); One of the industrial NATO project (the director); Industrial projects of the WB of reconstruction and development consultant.