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Gopal K. Kapur

Gopal K. Kapur, founder and president of the Center for Project Management ® consults, writes and educates in both the public and private sector, as a noted authority on project management.

Since 1975, Mr. Kapur has been developing innovative strategies for providing management solutions to companies of all sizes and disciplines, which not only help meet the challenges of today's evolving business landscape, but address the changes imperative to corporate longevity.

Through consultation at every level of an organization, Mr. Kapur empowers individuals to achieve optimum performance. His unique rapport with all echelons of corporate players, from the CEO to the end user, has armed Mr. Kapur with the insight necessary to provide practical solutions to a wide variety of project management problems. Many Fortune 500 companies have adopted Kapur's highly successful Project Process Architecture™ (PPA). PPA provides a practical strategy for managing projects to success.

Mr. Kapur speaks frequently at national and international conferences. His speeches and keynote addresses have won him prestigious awards, both in the United States and abroad. In 1992 he was honored as "Best Speaker" at Project Management Institute's international conferences held in San Diego and again in Vancouver in 1993. He was rated the "Best Speaker" at the Technology Leadership Conferences sponsored by The Brookings Institution in Washington, DC in 1997 and 1998.

A renowned author, Gopal Kapur has written two computer-programming textbooks and his articles and features have appeared in management and technology publications worldwide. His white papers and research are utilized by leading consulting bodies such as the Gartner Group and The Corporate Executive Board. He has been interviewed for five segments of Gartner Group's audio magazine - Talking Technology including the highly popular topic: 7 Deadly Sins of Project Management.

Mr. Kapur graduated summa cum laude from the Thapar Institute of Engineering, India. He was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award in 1983 for his contributions to education by the President of India. He has lectured at the University of California (Berkeley), The Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In August of 1999, Mr. Kapur was appointed as a Fellow of the Gartner Institute.

Mr. Kapur's Speaking Engagements

June 16, 2003	PDS 03'	Keynote	San Antonio, TX
June 4-5, 2003	ProjectWorld	PLC Chairman	Boston, MA
May 21, 2003	GovWorks	Keynote	Washington, D.C.
May 16, 2003	PMI SFBAC	Keynote	San Francisco, CA
December 10, 2002	ProjectWorld	Keynote	Santa Clara, CA
November 21, 2002	VeriSign	Keynote	Washington, D.C.
November 19, 2002	Comdex	Keynote	Las Vegas, NV
November 11, 2002	ProjectWorld	Keynote	Chicago, IL
July 30, 2002	PDS West	Keynote	Orlando, FL
May 22, 2002	WelcomeWorld	Keynote	New Orleans
May 13, 2002	ProjectoWorld	Keynote	Boston, MA
April 29, 2002	PDS West	Keynote	FL
January 24, 2002	Federal Leadership Conference	Keynote	Washington, DC
August 27, 2001	PDS West	Keynote	Newport Beach, CA
May 16, 2001	Sans Institute	Keynote	Baltimore, MD
May 14, 2001	FCJS Conference	Speech	Raleigh, NC
April 26, 2001	Private Sector Council	Speech	Washington, DC
March 19-20, 2001	PM of IT Functions in Government	Event Chairman/Speech	Washington, DC
March 13, 2001	JFMIP Conference	Keynote	Washington, DC
December 5, 2000	ProjectWorld Conference	Keynote	Anaheim, CA
November 29, 2000	GTLI Conference	Speech	Washington, DC
October 18, 2000	SANS Institute	Keynote	California
June 5, 2000	GTC Conference	Speech	Colorado
May 18, 2000	PMI® Symposium	Speech	California
May 9, 2000	Harvard University	Speech	Massachusetts
May 3, 2000	US Treasury Department	Speech	Washington, DC
May 2, 2000	SAS	Keynote	Washington, DC
April 27, 2000	BMC Software	Keynote	Orlando, FL
March 21, 2000	Commonwealth Club of S.F.	Speech	California
December 1999	The Brookings Institution	Speech	Washington, DC
December 7, 1999	ProjectWorld Conference	Keynote	San Jose, CA
October 10, 1999	Gartner Group Symposium	Speech	Orlando, FL
July 13, 1999	Excellence in Government	Keynote	Washington, DC
March 27, 1999	PMI® Conference	Speech	Detroit, MI
March 16, 1999	Transarc Conference	Speech	New Orleans, LA
December 10, 1998	ProjectWorld Conference	Executive Panel	Santa Clara, CA
December 1, 1998	The Brookings Institution	Speech	Washington, DC
November 4, 1998	BMC Software	Keynote	Sacramento, CA
October 5, 1998	IAC	Executive Panel	Not available
September 23, 1998	The Brookings Institution	Executive Briefing	Washington, DC
September 17, 1998	The Federal Judicial Center	Keynote	Washington, DC
June 15 - 17, 1998	Project Leadership Conference	Speech	San Francisco, CA
May 11, 1998	PRISM Conference	Speech	New Orleans, LA
May 7, 1998	Gartner Group ITEP	Speech	Toronto, Canada
May 4, 1998	Frontiers in Project Management Conference	Keynote	Boston, MA
March 16, 1998	Gartner Group ITEP	Speech	California
March 2, 1998	Gartner Group ITEP	Speech	Florida
January 8, 1998	City of LA Governor's Conference	Keynote	Los Angeles, CA