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Presenter
Biography:
Vijay Verma, PMP
Vijay K. Verma is an internationally
well-known speaker, trainer, consultant, and an author. He
has authored a three volume series on the Human Aspects of
Project Management published by the Project Management
Institute, which include – "Organizing Projects for
Success", "Human Resource Skills for the Project Manager",
and Managing the Project Team".
Mr. Verma received the 1999 PMI David I.
Cleland Project Management Literature Award (for his book
Managing the Project Team), and the 1999 PMI
Distinguished Contribution Award for his sustained and
significant contributions to the project management
profession.
Mr. Verma also received the 2009 PMI Fellow
award, the highest honor and most prestigious professional
individual award given by the Project management Institute
(PMI).
Mr. Verma has made many keynote
presentations at various conferences. He has presented
many papers and seminars at various national and
international conferences on Human Aspects of Project
Management and Managing Cross-Cultural Teams. He has
facilitated several workshops on project management in the
U.S., Canada, South Africa, and in Asia, with participants
from a wide variety of industries and various educational
institutions and Professional Associations. Small samples
of the organizations from which professionals have
attended these workshops include:
In the USA and Canada:
IBM, AT&T, General Electric, Verizon, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo,
Dow Chemicals, Bell Atlantic, Westinghouse, Digital,
Microsoft, J.P. Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Johnson &
Johnson, Department of Defence (US & Canada), SAIC,
General Mills, many departments for Federal ad Provincial
governments, Hewlett Packard, Dell, INTEL, Cisco Systems,
Compaq, NCR, Ameritech, Olivetti, NASA, Boeing, Siemens,
Motorola, 3M, American Express, FedEx, Chase Manhattan
Bank, Kodak, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Towers Perrin,
People Soft, Safeco Insurance, US West, Texas Utilities,
Shell, Chevron, Department of Defence, Department of
Energy, Columbia University, SLAC, BNL, Weyerhaeuser,
World Bank, Du Pont, Dow Chemical, Genentech, Novartis,
Roche, Pfizer, Siemens, Amgen, Amylin Pharmaceuticals,
Humana, Department of Science & Technology, Telus, BC
Hydro, Bell Sigma, and University of BC.
Overseas:
British Gas, Tetra Pak, Computacenter (UK); Hydro Data
Porsgrunn (Norway); Carson Mills Project Management (New
Zealand); TELKOM, Old Mutual, Atomic Energy, and First
National Bank (South Africa); Bhaba Atomic Research
Centre, and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
(India).
As an author of three books and over 25
invited and keynote presentations at PMI Chapters and
events and other conferences, and over 33-project
management and technical professional papers, he presents
practical tips in a humorous delivery style.
Mr. Verma has over 30 years of project management
experience and is currently a Head of Project Management
Services at TRIUMF, a Canadian National Research
Laboratory where he provides project management services
for projects varying in size, complexity and diversity.
Mr. Verma is a registered professional engineer and holds
Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering and MBA.
He is a certified Project Management
Professional (PMP) and PMI Fellow.
He lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada, with his
wife and three children. |
