PMP Exam Prep Courses, Project Management Training Courses

Faculty

Ravi Behara, (Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology & Operations Management in the Barry Kaye College of Business at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. He has taught Project Management at the MBA-level for over ten years. His current research interests include managing Biotechnology discovery projects and applying advanced analytics in services. He has published a variety of articles on Service Operations in academic and practitioner journals and books. His business experience includes working as a consultant in new process development projects and as an electrical engineer in building power plants. Dr. Behara holds a Ph.D. in Service Operations Management and undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and in the Physical Sciences.

John Chubb, (MS Systems Management, BS Engineering, PE, PMP®) has more than 29 years of project management experience working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, both as an active Army officer and as a government civilian. In his current position as Assistant Division Chief of Project Management, Mr.Chubb oversees a group of over 130 project managers in the Baltimore office. Included among the projects he has managed are the design and construction of projects valued in excess of $1 billion, IT procurement acquisitions and Program Management Office (PMO) creation. He is an active member and is on the executive board of the Baltimore, Maryland chapter of PMI®.

Lotta Collard, (BS Marketing, PMP® ) is the founder of Key Performance LLC. She brings a totally integrated background to Project Management instruction with 10 years of project management experience in the Information Technology Industry, consultant for Technisource Inc., corporate trainer and business owner. She has delivered workshops in PMP® Exam Prep Certification, Project Management Fundamentals, Risk Management and Scheduling and Cost Estimating.

Roger Ellis, (MSE, MBA, BS, PMP) has more than 40 years of hands-on experience in project management, Six Sigma, implementation of lean manufacturing, design for assembly and manufacturing, workplace design, productivity improvement, leading and managing work teams, competitive analysis, operations management, and production and inventory control. He has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level in the areas of business and project management, and has conducted project management and manufacturing seminars at Arizona State University, the Institute of Industrial Engineers, A.M.A., and the Six Sigma Academy. Mr. Ellis has developed and conducted training programs for manufacturing companies worldwide and is an active member of PMI®. He is a member of the International Society for Six Sigma Professionals (ISSSP) and is certified as a Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Jesus Garciarivas, (MBA, PMP) has over 17 years of experience as a program/project manager. His business experience includes owning and operating a successful business, managing the deployment of SAP 4.6 for Hewlett Packard in Latin America, establishing a PMO office and governance model, operations and IT. Jesus has taught IT and Project Management courses at the university level and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. He is certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt.

Robert Gold, (B.S. Engineering, PMP, CSM) has over 15 years of project management experience in Engineering and Information Technology. His experience includes managing projects in the U.S., Europe and Brazil for Ryder Systms Inc., Equitrac, Xerox and the Department of Defense (NATO, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force & U .S. Navy). He has been a trainer and consultant in project management for over 5 years and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. Robert is also a Certified Scrum Master in Agile Project Management.

Jane Stewart Somerville, (MBA, PMP®) has over 18 years of business experience in the Information Technology industry. She has developed and taught courses in project management and international business and provided consulting services for project management, business management and quality initiatives. Her experience includes establishing corporate PMO's, initiating Scorecard and Six Sigma Performance Management efforts, analyzing business risk and security exposure and developing corporate training programs.

Barbara Zimmerman, (MSPM, BSIM, PMP) has over 20 years experience in the Information Technology industry with half of that in project management. As both a consultant and employee, she has obtained experience in the utilities, manufacturing, education, software development, and financial industries. As a trainer, she has delivered workshops in PMP® Exam Prep Certification, Project Management using Microsoft Project, and the Microsoft Office tools. Also, Barbara had earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Purdue University and a Master of Science degree in Project Management at George Washington University.