Failure-Proof Projects

Tom Kendrick

Tom Kendrick (MBA, MSEE, PMP) is the author of Results Without Authority: Controlling a Project When the Team Doesn't Report to You (AMACOM, 2006), The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right (AMACOM, 2004) and Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project (AMACOM, 2003). Currently, he is a senior project manager for Visa. He is also an educator and an independent consultant. Tom frequently presents at conferences and universities on program management, risk management, and related topics, and he regularly conducts project and risk management classes for AMA and for UC Berkeley.

Tom spent 12 years with the Hewlett-Packard Project Management Initiative, providing leadership for continuous improvement of project management throughout HP. He has nearly 30 years of project and program management experience, managing a wide range of engineering, information technology and networking projects. In addition, he has also directed projects in the United States, Europe, and Asia for General Electric, DuPont, and ADP Network Services.

Tom has a BSEE from Princeton University, an MSEE from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an active member of the Silicon Valley chapter of the Project Management Institute and is a certified Project Management Professional.

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