Your Masterclass Instructor – Harvey A. Levine

Harvey A. Levine is in his 45th year of service to the project management profession, providing applications, system design, & consulting services in project planning and control, mostly with the General Electric Company. From 1962 to 1986, he was instrumental in bringing computerized project management capabilities to over a half dozen divisions of that company, in several countries, including the development of project control methodologies, system specifications, systems selection, systems implementation, user training and management of the project control function. Applications include: Power Generation, Architect/Engineer, Aerospace, Information Systems, Design/Construct, Co-Generation, Telecommunications, Advanced Energy Systems, Nuclear, & Transportation. In 1986, Mr. Levine founded The Project Knowledge Group, a consulting firm specializing in making PM work.

Mr. Levine has been Adjunct Professor of Project Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and at Boston University, and has been advisor to The George Washington University advanced program in project management. Mr. Levine is the author of three books. The most recent one is "Project Portfolio Management: A Practical Guide to Selecting Projects, Managing Portfolios, and Maximizing Benefits". These were preceded by: "Practical Project Management – Tips, Tactics and Tools" and "Project Management using Microcomputers". A Chinese translation of the second one was published in 2004. A frequent contributor to the literature on project management, he has published over 240 articles and whitepapers in the past 20 years, both in print and on websites.

Mr. Levine served on the Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute, as President and Chairman of the Board. PMI is a worldwide professional society of over 200,000 members. Mr. Levine was the recipient of PMI's 1989 Distinguished Contribution to Project Management award, and more recently was elected a Fellow of PMI. In addition, his standing in the project management community has been recognized via his association with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Boston Univ., The George Washington Univ., AMA, ASCE, A/E/C Systems, IBM, and several leading technical publishers. He was just appointed Global Advisor to PM Forum and was selected for their PM Ambassador speaker’s program.

Clients

Among the hundreds of consulting clients, Levine has worked with IBM, Xerox, Ford Motors, Fidelity Financial, AXA Financial, New York Life, Molex, Marriott International, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Microsoft, Oracle, Apple, Symantec, AT&T, Bell Labs, Lucent, Entergy, AMR (American Airlines), Swiss Air, John Deere, Bose, Hoffman-LaRoche, Beringer-Ingelheim, Beringer-Mannheim, Henry Ford Health Care, Arnold Air Force Base, Toys-RUs, KB Toys, Purolator, Sadi-Sadelmi (Italy), Promon International (Brazil), Métier (UK), General Electric (US and Belgium), State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).