Leadership

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

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H. Glenn Ballard, PhD

Research Director, Project Production Systems Laboratory
University of California (retired)

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H.J. James Choo, PhD

Project Production Institute

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Mark L. Spearman, PhD

Project Production Institute
Technical Director

Industry Council

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Majid Alzuhair, PhD, PMP

Saudi Basic Industries Cooperation (SABIC)

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Pathman Arulampalam

Hess
PPI Energy Working Group

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Johnson Awoyomi

Nigeria National Petroleum Corp.
Energy Working Group

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Michael Batie

Director, CAPEX Project Management
Genentech

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Kevin Blackwell

Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command
PPI SBSR Working Group

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James E. Craig, PE

Chevron
Energy Working Group

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Victoria Dlugokecki

Consultant
PPI SBSR Working Group

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Lisa Elles

Hepinstall Consulting Group, Inc.
PPI SBSR Working Group

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Jan Koeleman

McKinsey and Company

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Alex Kunz

Principal
A.G. KUNZ

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Wim Leenhouts

Royal Dutch Shell (former)

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Mazen Matar

ASRY
Energy Working Group

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David McKay

PPI Energy Working Group

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Linda Strunk Miller

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.

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Gavan Scaroni

Rheinmetall Defence Australia and New Zealand

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Mike Ward

Shell
Energy Working Group

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Brad Williamson

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

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Michael D. Williamson

Pacific Coast Iron
PPI SBSR Working Group

Instructors

Past Award Winners

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H.J. James Choo, PhD

Project Production Institute

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Gary Fischer, PE

Project Production Institute (PPI)
Executive Director

Read Biography Glenn Ballard

H. Glenn Ballard, PhD

Research Director, Project Production Systems Laboratory
University of California (retired)

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David McKay

PPI Energy Working Group

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Mark L. Spearman, PhD

Project Production Institute
Technical Director

Operations

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Gary Fischer, PE

Project Production Institute (PPI)
Executive Director

Kristin Buettner Khuri

Project Production Institute

Iva A. Koberg

Project Production Institute
Director, Digital Platforms