Mr. O. ARIVAZHAGAN, B.E (Honors), PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, MBB, CFM (HFI, USA)
Mr. O. Arivazhagan , a PMP® , PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, Master Black Belt certified, and a Honors Graduate in Civil Engg from University of Madras, has in total 25 years of professional experience in Domestic & International EPC/Turnkey Projects and Software projects. He has Managed, Estimated, Designed, Planned, Tendered, Coordinated, Executed projects in various capacities and has handled projects in Industrial, Power sector/ Software fields worth more than US$ 100 millions incountries including India, Saudi Arabia and UAE. He has developed / managed software projects for the automation of Industrial structures, Foundation design, Preprocessors for Tower Analysis, CAD fabrication drawings in Auto LISP/VBA/ BASIC. He has managed and implemented large ERP projects for various industries. He is an user of MS Project 2007 and Primavera. He was the General Manager of a large contracting company in the middle-east. He is an active member of PMI®, USA. He was on the Board of Directors of PMI's DPC-SIG for 2 terms in the capacity of Vice Chair / Director - Marketing & PR from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Arivazhagan is one of Founding Directors of PMI Chennai Chapter. He is also one the leaders in the PMI’s DPC-SIG Leaders' group.
He is an active socialist and encourages rural development through his own contribution as part Community Transformation Project. His social activities can be seen at http://www.iipmchennai.com/ss.html.
He enjoys Teaching / Training / Consulting and his areas of interests / specializations are Construction Project Management, Software Project Management & Event / Movie Projects Management. He is certified film producer and director from Hollywood Film Institute, Los Angles, USA.
He is at present the CEO of International Institute of Project Management (IIPM) and is a well-known Speaker, Author, Consultant and Trainer in Project Management, PM Maturity Assessment, PM Software Selection, PM Software Training, PM Consulting, Tender Management, Training in PM Knowledge areas Project Risk Assessment.
He can be reached at + 91 98840 15136/ + 91 44 5207 1124 / 2435 9078 / 5264 1401 or through e-mail at askari@iipmchennai.com.
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Mr. Jeffrey G. Hodgkinson, PMP, PMI-RMP, PgMP (USA)
Jeffrey Hodgkinson has 30 years of experience in Program and Project Management. He holds numerous credentials in Program and Project Management including the PMP®, PgMP®, and PMI-RMP®.
He is located in Mesa, Arizona. He is currently the ‘Volunteer At Large’ with the PMI Phoenix Chapter. He is well known and recommended on LinkedIn ( www.linkedIn.com ) and is the group administrator for several groups and sub-groups on that focus on Program and Project Management. He has had several articles published in various magazines and websites. Most recently, he came in 2nd place semi-finalist, for the 2009 Kerzner International Project Manager of the Year Award™.
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Ms. Chitra Ramani, MBA, PMP, MBB
Chitra brings with her an experience of 10 years in driving Organizational Process Improvement initiatives like SEI CMMI, ISO 9001, ITIL and Six Sigma. She has facilitated process improvements for major clients around the globe. Chitra has a solid academic background and professional qualifications. She holds her Masters degree in Business Administration. She is a Certified Quality Analyst, Project Management Professional (PMP®) and Six Sigma Master Black Belt. She has expertise in the areas of Project Management, Process Management, Team Leadership, and Business Consulting. She has executed projects for Major Financial and Healthcare domains for international and domestic clients. She has very good experience in training members on Project and Process Management.
Mr. P. RAMAKRISHNAN
Mr. P. Ramakrishnan is a Honours graduate in Electrical engineering from Bombay University. Has over thirty (30) years of experience in the execution of large value projects in the role of Project Consultant, Project Owner and Project Contractor. Has successfully executed turnkey projects and EPC contracts in core sectors of Steel, Power and Petrochemicals. Worked with Tata Electric Cos, Tata Consulting Engineers, Steel Authority of India Limited and lastly held Group General Manager Position in the Projects Division of Crompton Greaves Limited. Has vast overseas experience in terms of project execution in Saudi Arabia and Negotiations, Tie-ups, Sourcing with International Companies in Japan, Austria, Germany, Belgium and USA. He was chairman of Project Division of IEEMA, written several papers on Project management, Coordinated International Project Seminars and has been conducting Executive Development Programmes in Corporate Sectors and Educational Institutions.
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Mr. D. R. Jebahar Deva Dhason
D R Jebahar Deva Dhason is a Master of Computer Applications from The American College, Madurai, with 7 years of experience in IT industry. Working as a Project Manager in an organization, he has managed projects in various domains throughout their life cycle. He is experienced in team management, client coordination, software estimation, software design and architecture.
Having trained in Software Estimation using Function Point Analysis and other methods, he has conducted training programs in various topics including Software Estimation.
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Mr. S. ALLABAKSH , PMP, SSGB
Mr. S. Allabaksh is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) from PMI®, USA and a graduate in Computer Science Engineering from University of Madras. He is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt (SSGB). He has more than 10 years of Experience in IT industry.
He has managed IT projects in Service Domain In Middle East. He has good experience in System analysis and Design. He has a good background in technology and utilized technology to satisfy the enterprise goals. He has managed Software Testing Projects and Data Migration Projects also. He is an active user of MS-Project-2003. He has given many lecture on project management in Middle East. He has received various awards for achievements and outstanding performance in his career. His area of interest are Training and Setting up Project Management Office (PMO).
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Mr. Arasu ST, PMP
Mr. Arasu ST is a graduate in Electrical & Electrical Engineering from Madras University. Has over twenty three (23) years of experience in Turnkey Projects Business. From 2000 till date Senior Manager ABB Malaysia, 1997- 2000 Senior Engineer ABB Malaysia, 1994-1997 Senior Project Engineer ABB Saudi Arabia, 1989–1994 Junior Projects Executive Crompton Greaves Ltd, 1985–1989 Commissioning Engineer Crompton Greaves Ltd, 1982-1985 Commissioning Engineer, Best & Crompton Engg Member of IACCM & PMI®, USA.
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Mr. PALAMUDHIR SELVAN, MBA, CAPM, CSSGB
An MBA (Marketing) from Madras University having consolidated 9 years professional experience in software Marketing (Associate, Satyam Infoway) and FMCG Marketing in Asian paints, Service Marketing in a reputed International Educational Institution. He has good PM software experience in Event Management, Movie project managements etc. He teaches PM software, MS Project 2003 , Project communication skills, Project Human Resource Management, Six Sigma Green Belt etc.,