PMTI courses are designed, developed, and delivered by pioneers in project management. Our courses are geared towards PMP® exam certification success, excellence in risk management, practical proficiency in earned value management, improvement planning and organizational maturity, human resources management, microsoft project server and enterprise project management. Our experts have been recognized as Fellows by PMI® and other organizations, achieved distinguished contribution awards, founded and created new standards in project management, and are consistently praised by our most valued students for their practical knowledge, tactful delivery of content, and thorough understanding of the subjects.

An internationally recognized speaker, Max Wideman is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, a Fellow of the Project Management Institute and a longtime member of the Institute of Management (UK). He has been active in the US-based Project Management Institute (PMI®) for many years and was elected to the PMI® Board as Vice President Member Services (1984), then as President (1987) and Chairman of the Board (1988). He led the development of the first PMBOK. He is the author of two books for PMI®: A Framework for Project and Program Integration (1991) and Project and Program Risk Management: A Guide to Managing Project Risk and Opportunities (1992) and has also written A Management Framework for Project, Program and Portfolio Integration (Trafford Publishing, Victoria, BC, Canada, 2004). He is the author of the PMTI Risk Management Course.

Walt Lipke recently retired as the deputy chief of the Software Division at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center. He has over 35 years of experience in the development, maintenance, and management of software for automated testing of avionics. During his tenure, the division achieved several software process improvement milestones:. 1993 - first Air Force activity to achieve Level 2 of the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (CMM). 1996 - first software activity in federal service to achieve CMM Level 4 distinction. 1998 . division achieved ISO 9001/TickIT registration. 1999 - division received the SEI/IEEE Award for Software Process Achievement

Mr. Lipke has been selected in March for the 2nd PMI® Metrics Specific Interest Group Scholar Award recently. Mr. Lipke has published several articles and presented at conferences, internationally, on the benefits of software process improvement and the application of earned value management and statistical methods to software projects. He is the creator of the technique Earned Schedule (Copyright (c) 2003 Lipke), which extracts schedule information from earned value data. Mr. Lipke is a graduate of the USA DoD course for Program Managers. He is a professional engineer with a masters degree in physics, and is a member of the physics honor society, Sigma Pi Sigma (SPS). Lipke achieved distinguished academic honors with the selection to Phi Kappa Phi (FKF).

Dr.Arora is Project Management Professional (PMP) from Project Management Institute (PMI), USA. Her core competency is marketing and information technology. She teaches Consumer Behaviour, Internet Marketing, CRM Tools and Technology, IT Applications in Marketing, Project Management, Information and Decision Support Systems. She has been awarded PhD in the area of Marketing in Hypermedia Computer Mediated Environments (CMEs) at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Having a combination of both Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering and Marketing Management degrees has helped her substantially in her research work at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. She has published about 15 research papers in the national and international journals and presented 15 papers in national and international conferences. She wrote a book titled “Hypermedia: From Multimedia to Virtual Reality”, jointly written by Prof D. P. Kothari (Professor, Ex-Director and Ex-Deputy Director – Admn., IIT Delhi). The book is published by Prentice Hall of India in 2004. She also contributed a book chapter titled “Creativity and Innovations in Organizations” in International Encyclopedia in 2007. She got more than six years of industrial and teaching experience. I have worked in Multinational companies – Hyundai Motor India Limited and Lufthansa German Airlines, leading to a rich industrial experience.

Tom O'Rourke, PMP served(s) as an instructor/lecturer in project management, operations management, productions management, information systems and process improvement at multiple local universities for nearly 17 years. He has served as an adjunct professor for management at University of Maryland, John Hopkins University, University of Phoenix, Trinity College, and Graduate School USDA. Tom was an Invited speaker on "Performance Measures" at the Maryland Governor's Quality Award Conference in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. Invited speaker at the multiple Maryland State symposiums. Invited speaker at Washington Chapter of American Society for Quality in June 98 on "Implementation of Process Improvement." Presented the "Top Presentation by a Master Facilitator" award for the Association for Quality and Participation in 1997. Invited lecturer at Association for Quality and Participation Seminar in November 1996, speaking on "Process Management Measures." Invited speaker on process improvement and employee empowerment at the ASMC in June 1994. Keynote speaker for the 1993 University of Guam "Total Quality Management in the Pacific" conference. Tom also managed 270 personnel and $30 million of assets on forward deployed environment as part his 20 years of military service. Tom, a certified PMP®, has an M.A. in Management from Webster University, and a B.A. in English/History from Alfred University.

Abhay, fondly known as AT, is an accomplished portfolio management expert with wide expertise ranging from enterprise project management and portfolio modeling to developing business processes for creating a PMO. AT is an expert in analyzing scope creep and critical parameters responsible for project failures. He has worked with multiple EPM systems including MS Project Server 2002, 2003, Primavera Team Play, Agile PE and Eigner. Microsoft invited Dr. Trivedi to launch MS Project Server 2003 in the southeastern United States. An expert in Life Cycle methodology, he designed Six Sigma and CI implementation for Motorola at their flagship Malaysia plant. Dr.Trivedi developed the strategy and plan for deploying a zero defect program for some of the largest chipmakers in the world. He was chosen to develop and implement Six Sigma/Poka Yoke programs throughout plants in southeast Asia. Abhay is a certified PMP® and has completed his M.S. and Ph. D. from North Dakota State University.

Bob has extensive experience in government and commercial venues for start-up, growth stage and mature companies in both domestic and international markets. He is proficient in all phases of the business cycle from marketing, engineering, manufacturing, sales and corporate operations. A Project Management Professional (PMP®) with competence in all phases of project management from initiation, planning and execution to control and closing, his strengths include EVMS, BAC, EAC, ETC, VAC, cost variance, schedule variance, CPI, SPI, government and commercial contract/subcontract negotiation and management (IDIQ, FFP, FPI, CPAF, CPFF, LOE, T&M, etc.), financial management, pricing and cost model development, as well as business plan development, management of technical projects ranging from $100K to over $50M. He gained significant experience with DoD acquisition as a military officer and civilian defense contractor. He serves as Chair, PMI® San Diego Professional Development Steering Committee.

Don has an extensive business background in telecommunications, finance, Six Sigma, process management, and project management. In 1991 Don received the Senior Examiner for the New York State Governor's Excelsior Award. He has been teaching process management, Six Sigma, and project management courses since 1988 and has prepared approximately 200 participants from several large corporations for the PMP® exam since 2002. He has been a Malcolm Baldrige Examiner, and he is a CQA (Certified Quality Auditor), Certified Quality Analyst, and ISO 9000 Lead Auditor. Don holds a MBA from Wagner College, New York and a bachelor's degree in finance from Long Island University, New York.

Harold Washington's career includes positions in project management, strategic planning, and applications development at Electronic Data Systems (EDS), SAIC, PepsiCo, and Giga. He has a proven ability to deliver results during the full systems life cycle by leveraging his education (an MBA) and strong combination of business and technical acumen. He specializes in project management and providing consulting services to facilitate the integration, or development, of information systems solutions. He also holds a PMP® certification.

Jane Petersen's business background includes electronics, engineering, education, energy, real estate and technology. She has more than fifteen years of experience managing information technology projects in the areas of accounting, human resources, purchasing, environmental safety and law for a multibillion-dollar international corporation. She specializes in translating complex technology concepts into plain English and has published numerous articles in business and popular publications. Since receiving her Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification, Jane has developed and successfully taught seminars in project management to professionals in healthcare, engineering, technology and construction as well as providing project management consultation. ?Graduating magna cum laude, Petersen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas Tech University in foreign languages and secondary education and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Central Oklahoma in computer science and business. She has certifications in project management, software assets management, total cost of ownership and procurement.

Jim is a very successful project manager and IT manager with twenty years experience in the project management industry, mainly in software development in the finance sector. He graduated from Queens University Belfast, where he studied computer science and mathematics and has managed many projects across the world for companies in Britain, Ireland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, the US, Australia, and the Philippines. Jim attributes much of his success to his people skills, and his ability to visualize things in different ways. He has worked in-house and freelance, serving major organizations, including banks, financial institutions, universities, government and others. He has managed projects in IT, organizational development, operations, policy development, annual reporting, and quality planning. He was the manager for Planning, Projects and Research, and held a Garter Research Seat with a major Australian university. Jim is currently a freelance project manager working with the West Australian government on a major whole-of-government project. Jim is director for Australia and New Zealand Operations with PMTI and Director of Certification with the West Australian Chapter of PMI®.

Krish Ramakrishnan, PMP, is a visionary and goal-oriented senior IT consultant with over twenty-two years of US and international experience. He has a proven track record of success in positions of responsibility and high business impact. He specializes in strategic consulting, client management, and program management to project leadership, process reengineering and business development. His major clients include ADP, The Hartford, Detroit Edison, NASD, GE Aircraft Engines, US Bank, Forsythe Technologies, G. Heileman Brewing and SUN Microsystems. His areas of expertise include project management, strategic planning, team building, leadership, outsourcing, budgeting and cost control, ROI and TCO, and business process reengineering. Krish has an MA in Economics and served as an advisory faculty at XLRI. He lives in Monroe, Michigan.

Joanne Gumaer, MS, PMP has facilitated the planning and development of project plans for NORTEL, The Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General, and The Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services, Lichtman's Books, Sun Life, and William M. Mercer Ltd. She has developed and delivered project management courses addressing topics ranging from fundamental tools and techniques to advanced topics in time, cost scheduling and multiple project management. Her volunteer work includes serving as VP of Projects for the PMI® Southern Ontario Chapter and Education and Training SIG technical track chair for the 2000 and 2001 PMI® Symposium. Joanne Gumaer holds a Masters in Recreation Management from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Mathematics and Education from Houghton College. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) from PMI® and a Certified Microsoft Project Product Specialist. Joanne Gumaer has presented papers at PMI® Symposiums recently and also publishes articles for Project Times.

Mahesh (Michael) S. Raisinghani is a faculty member at the Graduate School of Management, University of Dallas, where he teaches MBA courses. Dr. Raisinghani was the recipient of the 1999 UD Presidential Award, 2001 King/Haggar Award for excellence in teaching, research and service and the 2002 research award. He was a finalist at the 2002 and 2003 Asian Chamber of Commerce awards, and the winner of the Outstanding Service for Best Track Chair award at the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) in 2002. He has also served as the local chair of the International Symposium on Research Methods in 2002 and the World Conference on Global Information Technology Management in 2001. Mike Raisinghani is a certified PMP®. Dr. Raisinghani earned his PhD from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a Certified E-Commerce Consultant (CEC).

Mohit has over 12 years of experience in the Information Technology industry. Most of his experience has been in implementing BaaN ERP solutions at various sites in USA. He has vast experience in software development, consulting, project management and training.
Mohit is a certified PMP® and has successfully trained and mentored several hundred PMPs from leading organizations including IBM, Wipro, GE, TCS, Honeywell, WNS Global, Saudi Aramco, SABIC across the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions. He has been recognized as volunteer leader by PMI® Pearl City Chapter and is involved in several projects including the Student Leadership Competency Building. As a Track Lead, he was a significant contributor to the success of the Gyan Lahari - Student Leadership Conference 2007 held in Hyderabad, India.
He is an alumni of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Barbara has more than 20 years experience as a manufacturing engineer, project and program manager and educator. She has created and implemented process improvement, scheduling and control tools for both manufacturing and service industries. Her project management experience includes managing programs for Fortune 500 companies in the electronics, IT and heavy equipment industries, with a specialty in ERP system implementation. She has a wealth of knowledge on project management and has been instructing project managers towards PMP® certification since 2002. Barbara has published articles on the subjects of lean manufacturing and project management, most recently in the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) Journal and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Journal. She earned a BS in Management of Computer Systems and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater and a PhD in Production/Operations Management from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Yad Senapathy, PMP, is the founder and CEO of PMTI. A principal of PMTI, he is on the PMTI PMP® Coaching Team and is also on the PMTI board of directors. Yad has worked for twelve years as the CIO/Chief Architect for a start-up IT firm, as a Senior Program Manager for the world's second biggest automotive financial firm, and has had several years of IT lead and development experience at various US Fortune 50 companies. He served on the board of PMI® e-Business SIG as a vice chair. Aggressively customer-centric, his coaching style is delightful and his commitment to his student's success is results-oriented. He has been quoted in the Detroit News, Michigan Technology News, and Business 2.0 Affiliates, among others. Yad also served on the executive board of Oakland County, MI e-Business committee. As a principal partner of Olympus Services, Global Enterprise Management Solutions, and eMagineWorks, he was instrumental in providing strategic direction and bringing in angel investors in the pharmaceutical, chemical, ERP, and IT industries. Yad holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University and is PMP® certified. He is also trained in OPM3 assessment and organizational maturity improvement under the guidance of the program director of the first edition of PMI®-OPM3®.

Alan S. Berman, an active member of the Project Management Institute has developed and performed training programs, seminars, Symposium speaking engagements and consulting services to over 8,500 employees of major firms throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and South America. Alan has over 20 years of management experience in both Government and the Private sector. In Government service, Mr. Berman was responsible for Project Management, Policy Analysis, Quality Assurance, Performance Measurement, Financial and Regulatory Compliance, and Contract Administration across functional areas. He has also provided direct project management support, consultation, training and software support services to some of America’s largest firms including telecommunications, financial, insurance, banking, pharmaceutical, software and manufacturing environments. Alan is also an adjunct faculty member of the Boston University Corporate Education Center. Alan holds an M.A. in Public Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

All PMTI's instructors have master's degrees, are PMP® Certified, and have at least ten years of demonstrated expertise in project, program, or strategic management.

A PMTI instructor goes through a PMTI PMP® Instructor Certification process that spans eight days of class instruction. You can choose PMTI with confidence.