Professional

• Initiating Founder and Trustee of Project Management Institute New Zealand (PMINZ) (1994)
• Director of Membership, PMINZ (1994, 1995). International recognition of PMINZ for membership growth and retention during this period.
• Developed and presented first training course for PMP exam preparation for PMINZ (1995) with 100% pass rate for first course.
• President, PMINZ (1996)
• Recipient, Chapter President of the Year — Region 1 award from PMI. Region 1 covered all countries except the USA.
• Director, PMI (international body) (1998 – 2003). First person elected from outside North America to Board.
• Led development of PMI’s globalisation strategy and the monitoring of its implementation (1999 - 2001).
• Delegation leader to China for PMI. Met with officials of several Chinese government agencies and ministries and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation.
• Recipient, 2004 Distinguished Contribution award from PMI (international)
• Recipient, Fellow of Project Management Institute New Zealand (2004)

Business

• Established own business in December 1994 which focuses on strategic management, project management and leadership.
• Project managed first fully integrated EFTPOS solution in New Zealand (1994 for Woolworths/Big Fresh)
• Provides project management services including organisational and project reviews, coaching, methodology implementation, workshops to support project activities (E.g. reviewed Telecom's cdmaOne project for 027 network implementation)
• Clients have included Bechtel International, Citibank, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Nokia, US Marine Corp., Maori Television Service, Telecom New Zealand Ltd, New Zealand Institute of Management, Northpower, Metrowater.

Conference Papers

• “Appreciate the Fog: Working through Uncertainty and Confusion to Achieve Project Success”, PMINZ conference, Wellington, New Zealand, October 2004
• “Project Management: The Evolution of a Global Profession”, First International Project Management Conference of China, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, April 2002
• “Status of PMI Globalization Program”, International Project Management Congress, Tokyo, Japan, November 2001
• “Project Management Professional Certification as a Positive Career Move" PMINZ conference, Wellington, New Zealand, November 1995
• “Project Estimation and Control”, IT Project Management conference, Wellington, August 1995

Articles

• Developing risk management capability. Projects & Profits, April 2004, IV(4), 31-35.
• A model for leadership success. Projects & Profits, October 2003, III(11), 11-16.
• Professional development – a key area within PMI”, PMI Today, Aug. 2003
• Interview: project management is not a discipline that can be mastered on a one or two day training course. Projects & Profits, September 2002, 11(9), 67.
• “Ethics are an increasing concern in a global organization”, PMI Today, Mar. 2002
• “PMI heritage – Past and future”, PMI Today, Mar. 2001
• “Globalization Project Action Team – a successful conclusion”, PMI Today, Sep. 2000
• “Globalization update”, PMI Today, May 2000
• “Globalization and it’s relevance to PMI stakeholders”, PMI Today, Jan. 2000

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons.) in Computer Science, University of Auckland
• Masters Certificate in Project Management, George Washington University
• PMP® certification, Project Management Institute