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Project Management in Context: Reflections on the Project Manager Role from Other High-Risk Industries
Session Chair(s)
Peter Harpum, PhD, MSc
Client Director, Mannaz A/S, United Kingdom
The role of project manager in our industry is unresolved. Value achieved through project management remains in doubt. The value created by project managers in other industries will be presented by people from oil and gas, aerospace, and construction. The audience will have an opportunity to ask questions of the speakers to further understand the role each one plays in delivering value to their projects, clients, and employers.
Learning Objective : Share new insights to daily working practices of project managers; Provide inspiration to catalyze change in the role of project management in the industry.
Speaker(s)
Project Management in Pharmaceutical R&D
Leigh Shultz, PhD, PMP
Executive Director, Human Health Commercial Operations, Merck & Co., Inc., United States
Project Management: Cross-Industry Perspective
Daniel Zweidler, PhD
Founder, Daniel Zweidler & Associates, Inc., United States
Project Management in the Infrastructure and Construction Industry
Robert W. Prunty, MS
Project Manager / Senior Transportation Engineer, CH2M Hill, United States
Project Management in the Defense/Aerospace Industry
Philip A. Fahringer, MS
Operations Analyst, Lockheed Martin Fellow, Corporate Logistics and Sustainment, Lockheed Martin, United States
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