PPI has established the ambitious goal of resolving major capital project cost and schedule overruns through transforming how project delivery is approached in industry and researched and taught in academia. To achieve this goal, PPI relies on its Technical Committee, Industry Council of globally recognized leaders and thinkers in applying operations management to improve project delivery.
Technical Committee

H. Glenn Ballard, PhD
UC Berkeley

H.J. James Choo, PhD
Project Production Institute

Martin Fischer, PhD
Stanford University

Phil Kaminsky, PhD
UC Berkeley

Hatem Nasr, PhD
Kuwait Oil Company

Shekar Natarajan
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

Mark L. Spearman, PhD
Technical Director
Project Production Institute
Industry Council

Majid Alzuhair, PhD, PMP
Saudi Basic Industries Cooperation (SABIC)

Todd Arris, P.E.
Irvine Company Office Properties

Pathman Arulampalam
Hess
PPI Energy Working Group

Johnson Awoyomi
Nigeria National Petroleum Corp.
Energy Working Group

Kevin Blackwell
Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command
PPI SBSR Working Group

John D. Carter
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

James E. Craig, PE
Chevron
Energy Working Group

Victoria Dlugokecki
Consultant
PPI SBSR Working Group

Robert Dove
Carlyle Group

Lisa Elles
Hepinstall Consulting Group, Inc.
PPI SBSR Working Group

Gary Fischer
Project Production Institute
PPI Energy Working Group Chair

Kerry B. Haley
The RBR Group

Matt Holzemer

Jan Koeleman
McKinsey and Company

Alex Kunz
A.G. KUNZ

Seulkee Lee
Roche / Genentech

Wim Leenhouts
Royal Dutch Shell

Jessica Liu
The Spear Group

Mazen Matar
Energy Working Group

David McKay
PPI Energy Working Group

Chris Midgley
S & P Global Platts

Linda Strunk Miller
Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.

Matt Parsons
Accenture

George Rogers
RQ Construction

Dr. Fred Rahbar
Saudi Aramco, Ret.

Gavan Scaroni
Continuous Improvement Lead at Thales

Muthu Sivanantham
Dassault Systemes

William Swearingen
Clark Pacific

Mike Ward
Shell
Energy Working Group

Jennifer Weitzel
Microsoft

Brad Williamson
Mission, Vision, Strategy, Execution and Analysis (MVSEA)
PPI SBSR Working Group

Michael D. Williamson
Pacific Coast Iron
PPI SBSR Working Group
Instructors

Roberto J. Arbulu
Project Production Institute

Wayne Crabtree
Chevron
Past Award Winners

H. Glenn Ballard, PhD
UC Berkeley

Gary Fischer
Project Production Institute
PPI Energy Working Group Chair

Martin Fischer, PhD
Stanford University

David McKay
PPI Energy Working Group

Mark L. Spearman, PhD
Technical Director
Project Production Institute

Jennifer Weitzel
Microsoft
Operations

Edward S. Pound
Executive Director
Project Production Institute

Kristin Buettner Khuri
Director, Outreach

Iva A. Koberg
Director, Digital Platforms