Kapur named PM Ambassador™ in California
Dallas, Texas — PMForum, Inc. is pleased to announce that Gopal Kapur, an expert consultant and one of the world’s most captivating speakers on the topic of project management, has joined the PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau. Based in California, Mr. Kapur is one of the most captivating, entertaining and knowledgeable speakers on managing high technology businesses and projects.
According to PMForum president David L. Pells, “Gopal Kapur is an extremely experienced and knowledgeable project management expert. He is also one of the most interesting and entertaining speakers on the subjects of project and portfolio management that I have ever heard. His presentation in Dallas last May was outstanding. We are fortunate to have him join our speakers’ bureau.”
Gopal Kapur is founder and president of the Center for Project Management. He consults, writes and educates in both the public and private sector as a noted authority on business and project management. Since 1975, Mr. Kapur has been developing innovative strategies for providing management solutions to organizations of all sizes and disciplines, which not only help meet the challenges of today’s evolving business landscape, but address the changes imperative to organizational longevity. Through consultation at every level of an organization, Mr. Kapur empowers individuals to achieve optimum performance. Mr. Kapur’s unique rapport with all echelons of corporate players, from the CEO to the end user, has armed him with the insight necessary to provide practical solutions to a wide variety of management problems.
Many Fortune 500 companies have adopted Kapur’s highly successful Project Process Architecture (PPA). PPA provides a practical strategy for managing portfolios, programs, and projects to success. He has lectured at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Commonwealth Club, the National Press Club, University of California (Berkeley, Riverside, and Davis), and The Brookings Institution. His keynote addresses and speeches have won prestigious awards, both in the United States and abroad. He was honored as “Best Speaker” at Harvard University (Kennedy School of Government), Project Management Institute’s international conferences (San Diego, Vancouver, and Toronto), and Technology Leadership Conferences.
His highly acclaimed third book, “Project Management for Information, Technology, Business, and Certification,” was published by Prentice Hall. The author of two other computer-programming textbooks, Mr. Kapur’s articles have appeared in management and technology publications worldwide. Mr. Kapur graduated summa cum laude (Gold Medal) with a diploma in Civil Engineering from the Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, India. He was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award for his contributions to education by the President of India. Mr. Kapur is a member of the Harvard Policy Group, Project Management Institute, and Rotary Club, and has served as a trustee for the Charles Babbage Foundation.
The PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau was introduced by PMForum in 2007 as a service for project management leaders and meeting planners worldwide. The program offers leading project management authorities, experts and leaders who are available to speak at events worldwide. PM AmbassadorsTM include globally-recognized PM professional experts; authors of PM textbooks; former presidents and chairs of PM professional societies; experienced project managers; and retired executives of project and program-oriented organizations. PM AmbassadorsTM are available to speak at project management conferences, meetings, seminars and workshops, and at corporate events. Background information about speakers, availability and potential presentation topics can be found at www.pmforum.org/ambassadors/ambassadors.htm.
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