Jim Lewis, Well-known Author and Educator, Joins UMT Faculty Corps

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 14, 2001 - Dr. James P. Lewis, a noted educator and author in the field of project management, has joined the faculty of the University of Management and Technology.

Dr. Lewis is founder and president of The Lewis Institute, a training and consulting company specializing in project management. He teaches seminars on the subject throughout the United States, England, and Asia.

"We are quite pleased that Jim has agreed to join our faculty team," said UMT Academic Dean J. Davidson Frame. "He brings a breadth of theoretical and practical experience that will enhance the experiences of our students."

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.

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.

Dr. Lewis 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 has written five books on project management, including: 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 another 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.