Professor at BI Norwegian Business School, Adjunct Professor at SBS Swiss Business School

Dr. Ralf Müller is Professor of Project Management at BI Norwegian Business School and the former Associate Dean for the BI-Fudan MBA programs in China. He holds adjunct professor appointments at Dalian University of Technology, China, and University of Technology, Sydney. His governance roles include being the member of the Senate at ISM University, Lithuania, Chair of the Advisory Board of the International Association of Project Management Officers, Board member of the Institute for Project Management at the University of Iceland, and Director of the Research Lab at the European School of Governance.

He has received several awards, including the 2019 IPMA Global Research Award, the 2019 Walt Lipke Award for Project Governance Excellence, the 2019 Antura Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2016 PMI Fellow of the Institute Award, the 2015 PMI Research (lifetime) Achievement Award, the 2012 IPMA Research Award, the 2009 Best Paper Award by the Project Management Journal, the 2011 Emerald Publishing Best Reviewer Award, the 2011 AACSB Best Paper in Operations Management Award of the Academy of Business Research Conference, the 2010 Emerald Outstanding Paper Award, the 2010 Highly Commended Award Winner of the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence, the IRNOP 2009 Best Conference Paper Award, the Emerald 2009 Outstanding Reviewer Award, and the Nimbas University 2005 Best Supervisor Award. His doctoral thesis was ranked by EDAMBA among the top eight best doctoral theses in business and management in 2003.

CEng, ACE, IPMO-E, PfMP, PgMP, PMP

Dr. Robert Joslin is a management consultant/instructor and the founder of AIPMO. He is a professor at SBS Swiss Business School, responsible for the MSc and DBA programs in “Strategy, Project Leadership, and PMO Management.” Robert has more than 25 years of experience in designing, initiating, and international program management delivery of large-scale organizational transformation, reengineering, infrastructure, and strategy development. Robert has designed and implemented hundreds of PMOs and during this
time evolved the PMO-specific methodology that formed the basis of AIPMO’s PMO strategic lifecycle framework. Robert has published books, book chapters, and research papers. He is a peer reviewer for three project management journals and is in the process of co-authoring AIPMO’s Body of Knowledge (BoK), which comprises several books.

DBA(c), PM² and PMO Consultant, Coach, Author of “The Lean Project Manager”

Laurent Kummer is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in leading projects and project teams. Consultant and entrepreneur, he is also involved in academic research on Project management methodologies. He is one of the key contributors to PM², the official project management methodology of the European Institutions, which has been released to the public in 2016. As a teacher, he has been sharing his passion for project management through countless classes, lectures, and seminars over the last ten years and keeps current by leading several projects at the highest level of the European Commission.

He has developed a deep expertise in EU-funded development and research projects. Laurent used to represent the Belgian project management community at the International Standard Organization and has participated at the making of the ISO 21500 standard family on project management. Before this, he spent over a decade leading quality and IT infrastructure programs for General Electric in France, Eastern Europe, and Middle East. During his time in various sectors (banking, aviation, energy, oil & gas), Laurent earned a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification and since then has been a pioneer and active promoter of Lean project management, and, in 2017, he authored his best seller “The Lean Project Manager". Laurent holds an engineering degree in Computer Science from the French National School of Electronics and several project management (PMP, PM²) and Agile certifications (Scrum, PM² Agile).

MPM, BEng, IPMO-E

Matt Swan, MPM, BEng, IPMO-E, is Head of Projects at the Children’s Cancer Institute (CCI), developing Australia’s national precision medicine capability and first comprehensive cancer centre, focused on children’s cancer. He is an associate lecturer in undergraduate and graduate programs in project management at the University of Sydney.

He is co-authoring AIPMO’s book on PMO competencies, and has contributed to competency frameworks for the Global Alliance for the Project Professions (GAPPS) and the International Centre for Complex Project Management (ICCPM).

Matt has advised the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) as an industry advisory group and observational board member, co-founded Future Project Leaders, and judged the project management achievement awards.

He has 17 years of experience in designing and delivering, major and megaprojects, in research infrastructure, business transformation, construction, and mineral processing. He has worked as a consultant and trainer, developing the capability of organisations and thousands of project management professionals across banking, construction, defence, for-purpose, government, infrastructure, and logistics sectors.

MBA, CEO of the Life and Career Design Consulting GmbH and owner of ChangeStrategy Consulting

Dr. Günther Singer, MBA, is Professor and specializes in human resources, change management, online education, and the accreditation of institutions in higher education. He is CEO of the Life and Career Design Consulting GmbH and owner of ChangeStrategy Consulting. He designs and implements corporate change processes, conducts audits, and supports organizations as a coach and management developer. As a professor, he focuses on graduate and post-graduate courses at Universities and Business Schools. As Executive Coach, he supports decision-makers.

In his career, he has held various positions: CEO, Academic Director, Dean, Senior Researcher, Sales Manager, and Regional Director Europe for a US Accreditation Organization. Dr. Singer worked on various projects as a consultant, typically involving concept of the project, implementation, training, and/or coaching of key-performers in the following industries and sectors: Air Navigation Industry: process consulting for top-management – company strategy development and implementation; Automotive Industry – retail group: change consulting due to the restructuring of sector due to new European Union regulations; Bank: post-merger change management consulting, training of coaches; Electric Power Industry: process coaching due to re-structuring; High-Tech Company: change management due to the introduction of process management/implementation of skill management and development; Industrial Production Plant of a multinational corporation: implementation of lean management, team development; Media Industry: implementation of performance management; Public Administration: training of managers as coaches; United Nations: Human Resources Development and Consulting Services.

Adjunct Professor at SBS Swiss Business School

Dr. Martina Huemann is Adjunct Professor at Swiss Business School and  Professor at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, where she heads the Project Management Group in the Department Strategy and Innovation. She is also the Academic Director of the Professional MBA Program: Project Management. She has published widely in the fields of Project Management and Human Resource Management. For her research on Human Resource Management in Project-oriented Organizations, she received the 2015 IPMA Research Award.

She has 20 years of experience in research, teaching, and consulting. She has strong links in the research and practice communities, and a broad international network. Between 2006 and 2013, she served on the Research Management Board of the International Project Management Association. Between 2009 and 2019, she was a member of the Academic Member Advisory Group at the Project Management Institute. As an academic advisor of NETLIPSE, she contributes her knowledge on managing large infrastructure projects in Europe. She is a board member of Projekt Management, Austria. Since 2018, Martina has been serving as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Project Management, the prime academic journal in the Project Management field. In 2020, she established the new open-access journal Project Leadership and Society  (Elsevier).

Ph.D. (Lond), HonFAPM, FBCS, CITP, FCMI, FRSA, SMIEEE, SFHEA, MINCOSE

Dr. Darren Dalcher is Professor in Strategic Project Management at Lancaster University Management School and Director of the National Centre for Project Management. He has built a reputation as leader and innovator in the area of practice-based education and reflection in project management and has designed, developed, and launched the UK’s first professional doctorate in project management.

He has written over 250 refereed papers and book chapters and published over 30 books. His work has been translated into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Chinese. He is Editor-in-Chief of Wiley’s Journal of Software: Evolution and Process and Editor of two established book series focused on managing projects and change initiatives, published by Routledge.
 
Professor Dalcher is an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management and a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society. He is part of PMI Academic Insight Team, the International Advisory Council of PM World Today, the CMI Academic Council, the British Computer Society Fellows Advisory Group, and the APM Group Ethics and Standards Governance Board. He is the Academic Advisor and co-editor of the recently released 7th edition of the APM Body of Knowledge.

Legal Advisor

Dr. jur. HSG Lara M. Pair, JD, LL.M., is an international legal specialist and former adjunct professor at Emory University Law School, UniMAIL Geneva, and the HSG MBA program, where she focused on international business transactions and alternative dispute resolution.

 
She has published widely in the legal field in topics as diverse as arbitration, labor law, international business transactions, EU law, and debt collection. She is admitted to the Bars of Georgia, USA (since 2002), Frankfurt am Main, Germany (since 2008), and Zürich, Switzerland (since 2011). She holds a CAS in litigation and dispute resolution from Switzerland, an advanced degree in trusts, foundations, and company law from Liechtenstein, and a CAS in university didactics from Switzerland. She has also won several teaching awards.
 
Since 2018, she is the managing partner of Pairfact Legal AG in Switzerland, where she focuses on her international clients. She serves as a member of the board for companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

MSc, PMP, PMI-RMP, PfMP, PMI Fellow

Alfonso Bucero managed IIL Spain for almost two years, and he was a Senior Project Manager at Hewlett-Packard Spain (Madrid) for 13 years. Alfonso is a PMI member, and a member of ALI (Asociación de Licenciados, Ingenieros y Doctores en Informática). He was the founder, sponsor, and President of PMI Barcelona, Spain Chapter, until April 2005. He is an IPMA Assessor. He was a member of the CoPAT (Congress Project Action Team) of PMI EMEA 2005 Congress in Edinburgh, 2006 PMI EMEA Congress in Madrid, and PMI EMEA Congress in Budapest. He graduated in the “Leadership Institute Master Class 2007” in October 2007 in Atlanta (PMI Global Congress). He was the second President of PMI Madrid Spain Chapter.

He was a PMI Component Mentor for Region 8 South during three years, and a PMIEF Engagement Committee Member. He received the PMI Distinguished Contribution Award in October 2010. He also received the PMI Fellow Award in October 2011 and the PMI Eric Jenett Excellence Award in October 2017. Since 1994, he is a frequent speaker at the International PM Congresses and Symposiums. He has delivered project management training and consulting services in Spain, Mexico, UK, Belgium, Germany, France, Denmark, Costa Rica, Brazil, USA, and Singapore. As a project management believer, he believes that passion, persistence, and patience are keys for project success. He authored the book Dirección de Proyectos, una nueva vision, published by LITO GRAPO Editors in IIL Mexico in June 2003. He is a contributor to Chapter 7 of the book Creating the Project Office, published in February 2003 by Jossey-Bass Editors (San Francisco/California), authored by Robert J. Graham, Paul Dinsmore, and Randall L. Englund. Alfonso co-authored with Randall L. Englund the book Project Sponsorship, published by Josse- Bass Editors in May 2006. He has also authored the book Today is a Good Day – Attitudes for Achieving Project Success, published by Multimedia Publishing in Canada in February 2010.

Strategic Change Advisor & Facilitator

Marcus is an experienced Project and Program Manager with a long track record in delivering transformational projects and programs at an international level, with expertise in large scale and complex IT and business transformation programs in the Financial Services sector. With over two decades of experience in technology-driven projects and working with diverse teams across the globe, Marcus is well-versed in bringing people together to drive effective change in organizations.

SCRUM Master; PMP; ITIL v2 – Foundation; and PRINCE 2 – Foundation

Christian Mueller-Gorman is a goal-focused and solution-oriented professional with extensive experience in managing and scaling mid-sized enterprises specialized in developing business strategies, driving transformation, and implementing procedural changes to enhance organizational effectiveness.

He has worked for various organizations, including Iskander Business Partner GmbH (Munich), T-Mobile International (London),  AI Academy Sri Lanka, and  STI GmbH (Munich & Zurich). His latest consulting projects are with the following: Telefónica Germany (O2), E.on Deutschland, Allianz Group, Daimler/Mercedes, and Schwarz Group (Lidl & Kaufland).

He has worked extensively in formulating & executing company strategy; developing new business models for leveraging new revenue streams or carve outs; and mentoring Startups in e-commerce, health, and consulting sector from early stage to Series A funding.

Some of his certifications include: Certified SCRUM Master; Project Management Professional (by PMI); ITIL v2 – Foundation; and PRINCE 2 – Foundation.

Christian is fluent in English and German. 

BEng, BEng Hons, BBA, MBA, MSc

Arthur Goetsch gained his experience in project and programme management over the last 25 years in various industries. Arthur started his career as an aeronautical engineer in the defence industry, managing projects for the design and development of high-tech defence equipment.

 Arthur then joined an international management consulting business where he continued managing consulting projects and formed part of the project management competency. Arthur then started implementing programme management office capabilities for multi-national corporations in various industries covering oil and gas, financial services, fast moving consumer goods and transport.

 Arthur is currently working with Dr. Robert Joslin to develop a maturity model to assess PMO maturity and determine the areas of development required to evolve a PMO to operate at a higher level of maturity.