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
Lisa Elles
Hepinstall Consulting Group, Inc.
PPI SBSR Working Group
Gary Fischer, PE
Project Production Institute
PPI Executive Director
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
ASRY
Energy Working Group
David McKay
PPI Energy Working Group
Linda Strunk Miller
Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.
Matt Parsons
Accenture
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, PE
Project Production Institute
PPI Executive Director
Martin Fischer, PhD
Stanford University
David McKay
PPI Energy Working Group
Mark L. Spearman, PhD
Technical Director
Project Production Institute
Jennifer Weitzel
Microsoft
Operations
Gary Fischer, PE
Project Production Institute
PPI Executive Director
Kristin Buettner Khuri
Director, Outreach
Iva A. Koberg
Director, Digital Platforms