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(MBB) 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 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 a Vice Chair of ASQ – LMC Chennai.
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 was recently interviewed by ‘JAYA TV’, ‘KALAIGNAR TV’ & ‘RAJ TV’ on Project Management & its need in India. His interviews have also been published in The Hindu- ‘Business Line’ Newspaper, MMA’s ‘Business Manadate’, ICFAI University’s ‘Projects & Profits’ Magazine and ‘Thozhil Kanavugal’ Magazine on various topics of Project Management and Six Sigma.
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.
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Mr. Shaktivelu, B.E (Civil), PMP
Mr. Shaktivelu is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI®, USA and a BE Civil Engineer from GCT, Coimbatore. He carries with him a vast experience of 24 Years in Project Management, Research and Training.
Currently working as a Manager, Civil in a Private Bank, he has experience in managing various Projects in the Construction Industry. He also has worked as a Scientist in the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), Jammu for Indian Institute of Integrated Medicines for almost 8 Years. As a person who started his career as a Lecturer, he enjoys teaching. He also loves to have an interactive training session. He is a very well rated faculty with IIPM, for his trainings in Project Management.
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Ms. C. A. S. Deiva Preetha, PMP, SSGB
Ms. C.A.S Deiva Preetha is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI®, USA and a B.E , MS (Software Systems, BITS Pilani). She carries with her a vast experience of 13 years in software development projects with leading IT companies, which includes 6 years of experience in project management, handling sizeable teams across various application domains.
Currently working as an Assistant Professor in Leading Deemed University she is also pursuing Ph.D in “Software Reliability” at Leading Deemed University. She also takes keen interest in Project Management training.------- xxxxxx---------
Mr. R.Narayanan, PMP
Mr. R.Narayanan is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI®, USA and holds a Bachelor of Engineering from University of Madras. He carries with him 12 years of experience in Manufacturing and IT companies. His area of expertise is in BFSI domain.
Currently working as a Business Analyst Lead in the captive unit of a MNC bank, he also takes keen interest in Project Management training.
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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.------- xxxxxx---------
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. 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 10 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 2007 , Project communication skills, Project Human Resource Management, Six Sigma Green Belt etc.,