An Overview of the PMI Awards Program

 

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Former interim director of program and strategy at High Speed Rail 2 (HS2), Ltd., in London, Patrick O’Connell now functions as executive director of the Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel. Over the course of his career with HS2 and the United States Navy, Patrick O’Connell has engaged with professional groups and organizations, including the Program Management Institute.

The Program Management Institute (PMI) has served the interests of more than 2.9 million management professionals around the world for nearly five decades. PMI maintains professional resources and educational services, including an annual awards program designed to recognize excellence in project management. Major awards include the Project of the Year Award, the Eric Jenett Project Management Award of Excellence, and the program’s top honor, the PMI Fellow Award. PMI also presents a Young Professional Award in recognition of younger project managers who already have made significant strides on behalf of the profession.

Award winners in 2018 included Avraham Shtub, PhD, of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, winner of the PMI Teaching Excellence Award, and Dr. Alfons H. van Marrewijk of University Amsterdam, whose study on high-speed train megaprojects between 1995 and 2015 took home the PMI Project Management Journal Paper of the Year Award. For a more in-depth look at the awards program, visit pmi.org.

Project Management Institute Prepares for 2018 EMEA Congress

 

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A senior executive with experience in both the public and private sectors, Patrick O’Connell formerly served as the interim director of High Speed Two Ltd. (HS2) in London. After leaving HS2, he served as the chairman and CEO of AQUILA Air Traffic Management Services, then accepted his current position as the chief of naval personnel for the US Navy. Over the course of a career spanning more than three and a half decades, Patrick O’Connell has been involved with several business groups, including the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Dedicated to helping business leaders advance their careers while improving their enterprises, PMI offers members a variety of professional resources, programs, and events. Currently, the organization is preparing for its upcoming PMI EMEA Congress, which will take place May 7-9, 2018, in Berlin, Germany.

Each year, project managers and business executives from around the world attend the EMEA Congress to take part in three days of education, networking, and discussions surrounding the latest challenges and issues shaping business and the project management profession. The 2018 program will feature a variety of educational sessions alongside keynote presentations from author and management educator Rowan Gibson as well as award-winning futurist Shivvy Jervis.

Those looking to extend their learning experience can stay in Berlin for PMI’s SeminarsWorld event, which will be held May 10-11. More information about the 2018 EMEA Congress and SeminarsWorld can be found at www.pmi.org.

Project Management Institute Launches New Podcast Series

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Patrick O’Connell is the former interim project manager for the UK’s High-Speed Rail 2 Limited (HS2). Following his time with HS2, he became chief of US Naval personnel, in which capacity he continues to serve. Building on an impressive resume of project management and executive management roles, Patrick O’Connell earned a Certified Project Management Professional credential through the Program Management Institute (PMI).

PMI, the world’s foremost organization for project management professionals, recently announced the launch of its first-ever podcast series, titled Projectified with PMI. With a stated mission to “inform, inspire and prepare project managers for future industry success,” the podcast series will be hosted by Stephen Maye. Mr. Maye possesses more than two decades of experience helping Fortune 500 companies improve and articulate their project management strategies.

Topics covered by the PMI podcast include innovation, artificial intelligence, career development, digital transformation, and social responsibility. Guest panelists will include both senior and rising project managers, as well as prominent business executives, researchers, and authors in the field.

Growing Demand for Project Management Professionals

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Patrick O’Connell, now the chief of naval personnel for the United States Navy, formerly served as the interim director of program and strategy at HS2 (high speed rail) in London, which demanded strong project management skills. Patrick O’Connell became certified as a Project Management Professional through the Program Management Institute, a global nonprofit professional association.

Project management as a career field is growing rapidly. The project management profession likely will outperform average U.S. job growth over the next 10 years, according to a recent analysis that the Program Management Institute commissioned from the Anderson Economic Group. The number of jobs in the project management field is expected to grow as much as one-third globally. This translates into as many as 22 million new positions with attractive compensation.

The report estimates that an average of 214,000 new project management jobs will be created each year in the U.S. alone, adding up to more than two million new domestic jobs over the next 10 years. The considerable growth in the industry will lead to high demand for project management talent. Such conditions create favorable opportunities for ambitious professionals to begin and advance their careers, said Mark A. Langley, the president and CEO of the Program Management Institute.