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Dr. Frame has been a major player in project management education and training since the late 1970s. He has written eight books and more than 30 scholarly articles on the subject. His Managing Projects in Organizations (2003) is a business best seller. His most recent book, Managing Risk in Organizations, was published in 2003.

Prior to joining UMT, Dr. Frame served as a Professor of Management Science at The George Washington University (1979-1998), where he was Chairman of the Management Science Department (1988-89), and Director of the International Center for Project Management Excellence (1995-98). He also established a Master of Science in Project Management degree program at The George Washington University.

In 1999, Dr. Frame was elected to the 13-person Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute (PMI), where he helped to lead the 150,000-member organization until 2003. From 1990-1996, Dr. Frame served as PMI's Director of Certification. He was the organization's Director of Educational Services from 1997 to 1998. He won PMI's Distinguished Service Award (1994) and Person of the Year Award (1995). In 2004, he was made a Fellow of PMI.

Dr. Frame has trained more than 35,000 managers worldwide over the past two decades. He has taught technology management, project management, and general management courses at organizations such as Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Fannie Mae, AT&T, Motorola, Sprint, Lucent, Boeing, IBM, and Marriott.

He holds the following degrees: a Ph.D. and an M.A. from American University, where he focused on development economics and quantitative methods; and a B.A. from the College of Wooster, with a focus on history and mathematics. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Dr. Chen has been running major education and training programs in China and the United States since the mid-1980s. Prior to coming to the United States in 1987, she was planning director for China's manned space flight program, where 200 projects were being carried out concurrently.

Dr. Chen is the Founder and President of the Yankee Clipper Group, an international training and consulting firm. Prior to establishing the Yankee Clipper Group, she was an International Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, a Visiting Scholar at The George Washington University, a Director of Planning and Management for a large government organization, a Senior Research Scientist, and a Cardiologist.

She has taught at The George Washington University, the International Space University, and Beijing Medical University. Her areas of expertise include: international business management; project management; public administration; public policy; science and technology policy and management; entrepreneurship; and leadership.

In 1992-1995, Dr. Chen served on the Certification Committee of the Project Management Institute (PMI). She was elected PMI's Board of Directors in 2005 and again in 2008 and is currently serving her second term, which is from 2008 to 2010. In 2008, she was elected to serve as Vice Chair of the Project Management Institute.

Dr. Chen has authored more than twenty publications covering a broad range of international science and technology policy and management issues as well as medical technical issues. She is fluent in Mandarin and English.

She holds the following degrees: Ph.D., Public Policy, The George Washington University; M.A., Science, Technology & Public Policy, The George Washington University; and M.D., Bethune Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Dr. Kirkland is the Vice President of Operations at the University of Management and Technology. Prior to joining UMT, he was the Vice President and Director of Grantham University. He earned his doctorate in research methodology from the University of Virginia, where he also completed his bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in education.

Dr. Kirkland has an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in management with areas of concentration in entrepreneurship and strategic planning. His career has included management of computer systems design and development projects for Oracle, Integrated Microcomputer Systems, Transportation Management Systems, Texas Instruments, and Lunenburg County Public Schools. He has numerous presentations and publications, including several U.S. patents. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Mr. Block is an associate professor at UMT. He is the world's leading authority on establishing and maintaining project offices. He is co-author (with UMT Dean J. Davidson Frame) of The Project Office: A Key to Managing Projects Effectively.

Prior to joining UMT, Mr. Block directed the Project Management Consulting Group at EDS and held a similar position at Perot Systems. He also supervised the implementation of project offices for Xerox, Moore, Bechtel, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Ameritech, and Dow Jones. Mr. Block presented numerous papers on project management at the Project Management Institute (PMI) Seminar/Symposiums, Project World, and Project Leadership Conferences.

His areas of expertise include project management, project office, project start-ups, project intervention and recovery, "just-in-time" training.

He holds an MBA from Syracuse University and a B.A. in Accounting from Canisius College. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Dr. Burrow is a Risk and Process Analyst and Project Manager. Prior to joining UMT he worked as Program Manager and Project Manager for the military and several government contractors. He has served as an Adjunct Professor for Webster University as well as an instructor for the University of Maryland and Central Texas College. Dr. Burrow owns his own project/process management consulting business.

Dr. Burrow received his PhD in Business Administration from Columbia Southern University, an M.S. in Systems Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, an M.S. in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas, an M.B.A in Project Management from the University of Management and Technology, a B.S. in Industrial Technology from Southern Illinois University, a B.S. in Computer Technology from the University of New York, and a Certificate in Process Management from the University of Texas.

He holds Program Management Professional (PgMP), Project Management Professional (PMP), Project+ Certified Professional (PCP), Certified Manager (CM), and Certified Safety Professional (CM) certifications. He is also DAWIA certified in Program Management, Systems Planning, Development, Research, and Engineering, Acquisition Logistics, and Information Resource Management.

Dr. Carey is a recognized expert in project management and marketing who has consulted, taught, and written broadly on these subjects over a long and distinguished career.

A brigadier general in the U.S. Army, Dr. Carey has taught at Our Lady of Lake University, Loyola College, The George Washington University, The University of Texas at San Antonio, and The University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Carey holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in Business Administration from Bucknell University.

Lowell D. Dye is president and founder of TriCon Consulting, Inc. Mr. Dye has more than 20 years of experience in project management implementation, consulting, and training in manufacturing, healthcare, information technology, insurance, and defense. He is the co-author of Project Portfolio Management: Selecting and Prioritizing Projects for Competitive Advantage.

Dye's expertise is in providing project management training and consulting services to companies implementing project management throughout the organization. Experience includes conducting on-site training programs, project management mentoring and coaching to senior managers and sponsors, project managers and project teams.

Mr. Dye holds a B.S. from Regents College and an M.S. in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas. He has earned the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation from the Project Management Institute.

David Elliott has worked extensively on large projects in the telecommunications and IT industries. He has been involved in all aspects of managing these projects, from scoping out the efforts, to planning them, to executing and controlling them, to bringing them to closure. During operation Iraqi freedom, he employed his engineering and project management skills to complete 29 major reconstruction projects, including the building of new medical clinics and the rehabilitation of schools, wells, water supply systems, and municipal buildings. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service during combat operations.

Mr. Elliott received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and his MBA from the University of Management and Technology. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Bob Fannin has been a consultant and teacher in Project Management and Technology Management with 25 years experience in planning, implementing, training and consulting on IT and telecommunications projects. He has also been heavily involved in knowledge management and has engaged in both consultation and training in this area. As a senior consultant for IBM, Bob implemented E-Business systems for large IBM clients. He also developed seminars on Preparing Your Business for the New Economy. Prior to joining UMT, he lived in Asia for several years, where he delivered technology and business programs to Western firms working in the region.

Mr. Fannin obtained his M.S. in Information Science from Pratt Institute and a B.A. in Sociology and Economics from Fordham University. His certifications include the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from PMI and SCPM from Stanford University.

Thomas Gard has spent 21 years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in positions of increasing technical and management responsibility around the world for civil and military projects budgeted up to $650 million.

Following the military, Tom practiced law with special emphasis on engineer-construction litigation and claims analysis. Meanwhile, Tom has continued to practice project management. Tom Gard directed multi-million dollars projects for US Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration Control; Sallie Mae; American Red Cross Southern California Region; the Washington DC Council of Governments; Parsons Brinckerhoff Construction Services, Inc.; Arkansas Highway Administration; DAEWOO; The Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, Florida; Mobile Prime Power Group, Fort Belvoir, Virginia The Federal Court Boston District; US Amy; Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, New Mexico; Air Base Construction Program, Sultanate of Oman, Southwest Asia.

Tom was an adjunct professor in the graduate program at The George Washington University lecturing and writing on project management topics before joining the UMT.

Dr. Lewis is an experienced project manager who teaches seminars on the subject throughout the United States, England, and the Far East. His solid, no-nonsense approach is largely the result of the 15 years he spent in industry, working as an electrical engineer, engaged in the design and development of communication equipment.

He is president of The Lewis Institute, Inc., a training and consulting company specializing in project management, which he founded in 1981. From 1980 to 2000, Dr. Lewis trained over 20,000 supervisors and managers in Argentina, Canada, England, Germany, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States. He continues to train about 1,000 individuals each year.

He has held various positions, including project manager, product engineering manager, and chief engineer, for Aerotron, Inc. and ITT Telecommunications, both of Raleigh, NC. He also was a quality manager for ITT Telecom, managing a department of 63 quality engineers, line inspectors, and test technicians.

While he was an engineering manager, he began working on a doctorate in organizational psychology, because of his conviction that a manager can only succeed by developing good interpersonal skills.

Dr. Lewis is the author of: Project Planning, Scheduling and Control, Third Edition; Mastering Project Management; The Project Manager's Desk Reference, Second Edition; Working Together: The 12 Principles Employed by Boeing Commercial Aircraft to Manage Projects, Teams, and the Organization; Fundamentals of Project Management; How To Build and Manage a Winning Project Team; and Team-Based Project Management. He is co-author, with Bob Wysocki, of The World-Class Project Manager, published by Perseus in 2001.

The first edition of Project Planning, Scheduling and Control has been published in a Spanish edition, and the AMACOM book, Fundamentals of Project Management, has been published in Spanish and Portuguese. Dr. Lewis has written articles for Training and Development Journal, Apparel Industry Magazine, and Transportation and Distribution Magazine.

He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Psychology, both from North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He is a member of several professional societies, including the Project Management Institute and The American Society for Training and Development. He is also a certified Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument practitioner.

Dr. McGrath has devoted a substantial portion of his career to the aerospace sector, beginning with assignments as an aircraft/munitions maintenance officer in the US Air Force, then working in the private sector with a number of large aerospace firms. In 1991, he made a career switch to academia, focusing on general management and project management.

Dr. McGrath has taught business management and project management at Louisiana State University, Southern University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and the University of Maryland, where he was Program Director of the project management program.

Dr. McGrath received the PhD in Business Administration from Louisiana State University. He also holds an MBA (from Xavier University) and MPA (University of Northern Colorado). He earned his BS degree from the US Air Force Academy.

Michael O’Brochta has been engaged in the theory and practice of project management for more than thirty years. He was a major project management thought leader at a large Federal government agency, where he helped drive project management practice. He was rewarded for his efforts by receiving a Medal of Merit from his agency. He is an expert in managing large and small science and technology projects. He is also an expert on establishing and running project offices, developing and managing project portfolios, and developing project management capabilities among project workers. He has written and lectured extensively on project management practice in organizations.

Mr. O’Brochta has a BS in Electrical Engineering awarded by the Newark College of Engineering. He also earned a Master’s in Engineering Management from the George Washington University. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Dr. Qu is an associate professor at UMT. He is director of analysis and information systems at the Millennium Institute. He was also first science secretary at Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., and has worked as a design and production engineer.

Dr. Qu has taught at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and Hofstra University. His areas of expertise include: quantitative methods; information systems; applied statistics; systems analysis and design; computer simulation; database management systems; deterministic modeling; optimization theory; computable general equilibrium modeling; model development and application; science and technology; patents and trademarks; system dynamics theory.

He holds the following degrees: M.S. and Ph.D., Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, focusing on computer-aided manufacturing, statistics, and computer science; M.S., Systems Science, University of Science and Technology (China); B.S., Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Bryan Parker is a successful project manager and business technologist who has worked extensively on projects within the financial services sector over the past 25 years. He has led projects in support of some of the largest bank mergers in U.S. history. Additionally, he has worked on numerous projects for the FDIC and USAID. His areas of project expertise include IT infrastructure, mergers and transitions, business process improvement, Six Sigma, and International Development.

Mr. Parker holds a B.B.A from West Texas A & M University, and both an M.S. in Management and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Management and Technology. Additionally, he has a Diploma in Commercial Banking from the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Ms. Riddiough is an adjunct assistant professor at UMT. She specializes in information technology management, strategic IT planning and programming, data tracking systems, HTML and electronic publishing, web-to-database connections, computer applications, astrophysics, and environmental physics.

She currently a consultant developing Internet strategies for organizations. Ms. Riddiough assists national organizations in utilizing computer technologies to maintain databases and accounts. Previously was senior field coordinator for the Union of Concerned Scientists and research associate at the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois.

Ms. Riddiough has taught courses at the University of Illinois, Roosevelt University (Chicago), and Northwestern University.

She has completed doctoral work at Northwestern University, from which she holds an M.S. in Astrophysics. Ms. Riddiough holds a B.A. in Astronomy from Carleton College and is a Certified Organizer Trainer (Midwest Academy, Chicago). She also holds a certificate in HTML and Electronic Publishing from Network Universal Training/ICG in Washington, D.C.

Sandra M. Thompson teaches English and communications courses. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Education and a Master of Education in Secondary Education from Northeastern State University in Talequah, Oklahoma. She has taught in the public schools for more than two decades, developing numerous courses as well as working as adjunct faculty for several universities. Ms. Thompson is Chief Reader for GED essays for the Oklahoma Testing Service and has served as a school administrator. She is a long-time resident of Broken Arrow and is proud to be a fifth generation Oklahoman.

Dr. Frank Toney is an adjunct faculty member and author of seven books, including The Bottom Line: Assuring Project Financial Success (2002), The Superior Project Manager (2001), The Superior Project Organization (2001), Accounting and Finance for Project Management (1998) and Best Practices of Project Management Groups in Large Functional Organizations (1997).

Dr. Toney’s experience includes serving as director of the Executive Initiative Institute; director of the First State Bank of Ketchum Oklahoma; member of the Standards and Education Committees of the Project Management Institute (PMI), and administrator of the Top 500 Project Management Benchmarking Forum. Dr. Toney was CEO of American Aircraft; president of Signature Fashion (MESA), and president of Caterpillar Tractor Co. He received his doctor of business administration from Nova University, and his master and bachelor of business administration from University of Toledo. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Ms. Uyanik is an international policy analyst, project manager, and educator. Before joining UMT, she was associate director for the Master's Degree Program in Project Management at the George Washington University, where she launched GW's distance learning effort in project management. Ms. Uyanik worked in Russia for three years, managing business development projects for Deloitte & Touche and serving as director of the Voronezh Business Support Center. Previously, she was director of international trade and foreign relations for the National Governors' Association.

Ms. Uyanik's areas of expertise include: public policy and planning, small business development, effective business communications, project management, human resource management, government-business relations, strategic planning, policy formulation, and curriculum design.

Ms. Uyanik holds the following degrees: M.S., Foreign Service, Georgetown University; and B.A., Political Science and French, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has taken doctoral courses at George Mason University.

She has lectured for The George Washington University, the Voronezh State University in Russia, and the Yankee Clipper Group. She is fluent in Russian and French.

Vijay Verma, M.B.A. is a leading authority on organizations and the human side of managing projects. He has written extensively about people on projects, including Human Resource Skills for the Project Manager. Mr. Verma holds the following degrees: B.S., Engineering, Punjab University; M.E., Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Nova Scotia; and an M.B.A., University of British Columbia.

Dr. Voetsch is an assistant professor at UMT. He has extensive experience in the management of diverse projects around the globe. He has worked as: project manager, World Health Organization, Sudan; country project manager, United Nations Volunteers, Sri Lanka; field supervisor, United States Peace Corps, North Yemen; and field supervisor, United States Peace Corps, South Korea.

His areas of expertise include: project management design, development and implementation; strategic planning; start-up program organization and integration; and management of multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural projects.

Dr. Voetsch has worked as a consultant/trainer at The George Washington University, the Florida Institute of Technology, and the Project Management Service Bureau. He has been a trainer for the Yankee Clipper Group and Louis Berger International.

He received the doctoral degree in Management and Organization from The George Washington University. He holds an M.S. in Project Management from The George Washington University, an M.A. in Public Administration from American University, and a B.A. in Political Science from American University. Mr. Voetsch is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).