Kothari named PM Ambassador™ in Canada

Dec. 9, 2007 - PRLog -- Dallas, Texas  — PMForum, Inc. announced today that Dhanu Kothari, author of two project management books and past president of the PMI Southern Ontario Chapter, has joined the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau.  Mr. Kothari is a well known project management consultant and trainer based in Ontario, Canada, and an expert in the field of information technology (IT) project management. PMForum announced the formation of the PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau in June 2007.

According to PMForum president David L. Pells, “Dhanu Kothari has become a successful and well-known speaker for PMI events in North America.  It is time to make him more available to other organizations around the world of professional project management.  We welcome his participation as a PM AmbassadorTM.”

Dhanu Kothari is an enthusiastic and passionate consultant, workshop leader and motivational speaker with 30 years of project management experience in IT and Engineering with such companies as HP, DEC, Honeywell, Nortel, Scotiabank, Univac and the Norwegian Computing Center. He is currently president of D2i Consulting, a firm specializing in project management delivery and consulting, including Methodology, Process, PMOs, Audits, coaching and training.  Dhanu holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Pune, India and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Production Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Dhanu is a past President of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Southern Ontario Chapter, Canada.

Dhanu has authored two books on Project Management, “Rainbows & Ratholes: Best Practices for Managing Successful Projects” and “From Ratholes to Rainbows: Managing Project Recovery”, and has published numerous articles and papers on project management, in journals and conference proceedings.  He is prepared to speak on such topics as: Failure is Not an Option: Managing Project Recovery; Getting Work Done: The Human Side of Project Management; Rainbows & Ratholes: Learning from Best Practices; Learning from the Lessons Learned: The STEALTH Technique; Managing & Motivating Successful Teams; PMBOK & BABOK: An Integrated View of Project Mgt. & Bus. Analysis; and Make It Visible – The Toyota Way for Project Management

The PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau was introduced by PMForum in June 2007 as a new 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.  Interested meeting organizers and planners can contact ambassadors@pmforum.com for more information.  Background information about speakers, availability and potential presentation topics can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/ambassadors/ambassadors.htm.

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