Keynote Speakers

David G. Ahern

MR. DAVID G. AHERN

Mr. Ahern is the Director for Portfolio Systems Acquisition in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology). His office provides portfolio management, technical and programmatic evaluation, and functional oversight for DOD strategic and tactical programs in support of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics).

Mr. Ahern was previously Professor of Program Management and Director of the Center for Program Management at the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Fort Belvoir, VA. While at DAU, Mr. Ahern also served as an Executive Course Learning Team Mentor and Instructor at the Defense System Management College School of Program Management.

A native of Connecticut, Mr. Ahern was a career Naval Officer after graduating from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. He is also a graduate of the Navy Postgraduate School, and Defense Systems Management College. Mr. Ahern’s sea duty was as a Naval Aviator in the RA5C Vigilante during multiple deployments to the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and as Executive and Commanding Officer of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron Thirty Three (VAQ-33). Ashore, he was Head, Tactical Command and Control Branch on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations; Project Officer in the Navy Space Project (PM-16); Class 2 Program Manager at the Joint JTIDS Program Office (ESD – TD); Program Manager Navy Tactical Data Link Systems (PMW/PMA 159); and Deputy Program Executive Office Space, Communications and Sensors (PEO-SCS).

Following retirement from the Navy, and prior to his appointment to the DAU faculty, Mr. Ahern held business development, program management, and business unit positions in the development of tactical information systems with General Dynamics Information Systems Company and the Northrop Grumman Electronics System Sector.

Mr. Ahern resides with his wife, the former Linda Terwilliger, in Annandale, VA. They have three grown children and one granddaughter.

Mike Lewis,

Senior Project Manager

Bechtel National, Inc.

During his 31 years as an engineer and construction manager at Bechtel, Mike Lewis has led a broad range of large-scale, complex, innovative Engineering, Procurement, and Construction projects. Currently, he is the Manager of Construction at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant in Washington State, a $12.8 billion US radioactive waste disposal facility that is equivalent in size and complexity to building two nuclear power plants. Previously, he was Bechtel’s Project Director for chemical weapons demilitarization programs at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado and in Anniston, Alabama, where he led teams who completed construction and systemization of 13 site facilities on a fast-track schedule, earning a special commendation from the US Army customer. He led construction of sophisticated research facilities at DOE’s Nevada Test Site, and he managed the installation of hardened, secure weapons storage facilities in eight countries for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Mike also served as the Operations Manager for all of Bechtel’s defense and space projects for a variety of government customers including US Department of State, Boeing, NASA, US Army, US Air Force, US Army Corps of Engineers, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). His commercial experience includes various mining processing facilities, and two Hydroelectric plants where he served as Station Manager. Mike graduated from North Carolina State University in 1976 and has pursued continuous learning at both Texas A&M University and the Executive Education programs at Duke University. He was elected as a Principal Vice President of the Bechtel in 2003.

Quentin W. Fleming

Primavera Systems, Inc.

Presenter Biography:

Quentin W. Fleming

Has been a consultant to Primavera Systems since 1993, advising them in the area of earned value management. He is an independent consultant and instructor at the University of California, Irvine where in 1995 he developed two new courses for UCI, both required components in their project management certificate series: “Earned Value Project Management” and “Project Procurement Management.” These two courses have been offered by the university over 250 times to UCI clients around the world. He is the author of eight published textbooks.

Quentin served on the eight person “core team” which updated and released the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), the 2nd edition, issued in 2000. He is performing that same role on PMBOK 4, to be released in 2008.

Earlier in his professional career he was given a United States Government appointment to serve as the Peace Corps Director for both Iran and Bahrain. He and his family were sent to Tehran, Iran where they lived for two and one-half years before he closed out the Peace Corps mission in 1976.

He has worked with EVM since 1970. His personal website is at http://www.QuentinF.com

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“Using EVM Light (…as a start) On All Projects”

The United States Government and many private companies are starting to require earned value management precisely in accordance with the American National Standards Institute’s ANSI/EIA-748 issued in 1998. What does this mean and require from firms wishing to be responsive to such solicitation requests? Quentin Fleming and Joel Koppelman have written several articles and books on employing a “simple” form of earned value, on all projects as a start to the process. What is “simple” EVM? What is “EVM light”?

Fleming will provide a brief overview of ANSI 748, and then describe what he feels is a scalable (but solid) start on the earned value process, sufficient to start the work to subsequently fully comply with all (32) precise guidelines contained in the ANSI standard. He will suggest that compliance with just 10 guidelines will start the EVM process.

Fleming’s presentation will be followed by a panel discussion lead by Wayne Abba on the specific implementation challenges of EVM by several organizations within the Federal Government and private industry. Both sessions are planned to be interactive with questions and discussion from the audience.

Wayne Abba - Panel Facilitator:

Wayne Abba is a public sector Earned Value Management expert who heads up Abba Consulting—a firm that teams with government entities and the private sector on integrated project management solutions. Recent clients include the US Navy, the Federal Aviation Administration and the US Agency for International Development. He is an expert advisor to a US Government Accountability Office team that is writing a Cost Assessment Guide for use by auditors and all government agencies. He also is a part-time member of the Research Staff at the Center for Naval Analyses, a federally-funded research and development center in Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Abba is one of the world’s most sought after presenters on EVM and related topics, with recent engagements in Australia, India, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

In 1999, following a distinguished career with the United States government, Mr. Abba received the Project Management Institute’s Distinguished Contribution Award for advancing project management in the public and private sectors. He is a corporate member of the National Defense Industrial Association and a contributor to NDIA management guides that were adopted by the US Office of Management and Budget for use by government agencies and their contractors. As president of the PMI College of Performance Management in 2002-2003, Mr. Abba began development of the Practice Standard for Earned Value Management. PMI published the standard in 2005, making this powerful technique for integrating the project management disciplines accessible to project managers worldwide. He is a member of The PMBOK(R) Guide--Fourth Edition Project Team, contributing to chapters 7 (Cost) and 12 (Procurement).





	Keynote Speakers
	David G. Ahern MR. DAVID G. AHERN Mr. Ahern is the Director for Portfolio Systems Acquisition in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology). His office provides portfolio management, technical and programmatic evaluation, and functional oversight for DOD strategic and tactical programs in support of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics). Mr. Ahern was previously Professor of Program Management and Director of the Center for Program Management at the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Fort Belvoir, VA. While at DAU, Mr. Ahern also served as an Executive Course Learning Team Mentor and Instructor at the Defense System Management College School of Program Management. A native of Connecticut, Mr. Ahern was a career Naval Officer after graduating from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. He is also a graduate of the Navy Postgraduate School, and Defense Systems Management College. Mr. Ahern’s sea duty was as a Naval Aviator in the RA5C Vigilante during multiple deployments to the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and as Executive and Commanding Officer of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron Thirty Three (VAQ-33). Ashore, he was Head, Tactical Command and Control Branch on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations; Project Officer in the Navy Space Project (PM-16); Class 2 Program Manager at the Joint JTIDS Program Office (ESD – TD); Program Manager Navy Tactical Data Link Systems (PMW/PMA 159); and Deputy Program Executive Office Space, Communications and Sensors (PEO-SCS). Following retirement from the Navy, and prior to his appointment to the DAU faculty, Mr. Ahern held business development, program management, and business unit positions in the development of tactical information systems with General Dynamics Information Systems Company and the Northrop Grumman Electronics System Sector. Mr. Ahern resides with his wife, the former Linda Terwilliger, in Annandale, VA. They have three grown children and one granddaughter. Mike Lewis, Senior Project Manager Bechtel National, Inc. During his 31 years as an engineer and construction manager at Bechtel, Mike Lewis has led a broad range of large-scale, complex, innovative Engineering, Procurement, and Construction projects. Currently, he is the Manager of Construction at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant in Washington State, a $12.8 billion US radioactive waste disposal facility that is equivalent in size and complexity to building two nuclear power plants. Previously, he was Bechtel’s Project Director for chemical weapons demilitarization programs at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado and in Anniston, Alabama, where he led teams who completed construction and systemization of 13 site facilities on a fast-track schedule, earning a special commendation from the US Army customer. He led construction of sophisticated research facilities at DOE’s Nevada Test Site, and he managed the installation of hardened, secure weapons storage facilities in eight countries for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Mike also served as the Operations Manager for all of Bechtel’s defense and space projects for a variety of government customers including US Department of State, Boeing, NASA, US Army, US Air Force, US Army Corps of Engineers, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). His commercial experience includes various mining processing facilities, and two Hydroelectric plants where he served as Station Manager. Mike graduated from North Carolina State University in 1976 and has pursued continuous learning at both Texas A&M University and the Executive Education programs at Duke University. He was elected as a Principal Vice President of the Bechtel in 2003. Quentin W. Fleming Primavera Systems, Inc. Presenter Biography: Quentin W. Fleming Has been a consultant to Primavera Systems since 1993, advising them in the area of earned value management. He is an independent consultant and instructor at the University of California, Irvine where in 1995 he developed two new courses for UCI, both required components in their project management certificate series: “Earned Value Project Management” and “Project Procurement Management.” These two courses have been offered by the university over 250 times to UCI clients around the world. He is the author of eight published textbooks. Quentin served on the eight person “core team” which updated and released the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), the 2nd edition, issued in 2000. He is performing that same role on PMBOK 4, to be released in 2008. Earlier in his professional career he was given a United States Government appointment to serve as the Peace Corps Director for both Iran and Bahrain. He and his family were sent to Tehran, Iran where they lived for two and one-half years before he closed out the Peace Corps mission in 1976. He has worked with EVM since 1970. His personal website is at http://www.QuentinF.com * * * *“Using EVM Light (…as a start) On All Projects”* The United States Government and many private companies are starting to require earned value management precisely in accordance with the American National Standards Institute’s ANSI/EIA-748 issued in 1998. What does this mean and require from firms wishing to be responsive to such solicitation requests? Quentin Fleming and Joel Koppelman have written several articles and books on employing a “simple” form of earned value, on all projects as a start to the process. What is “simple” EVM? What is “EVM light”? Fleming will provide a brief overview of ANSI 748, and then describe what he feels is a scalable (but solid) start on the earned value process, sufficient to start the work to subsequently fully comply with all (32) precise guidelines contained in the ANSI standard. He will suggest that compliance with just 10 guidelines will start the EVM process. Fleming’s presentation will be followed by a panel discussion lead by Wayne Abba on the specific implementation challenges of EVM by several organizations within the Federal Government and private industry. Both sessions are planned to be interactive with questions and discussion from the audience. Wayne Abba - Panel Facilitator: Wayne Abba is a public sector Earned Value Management expert who heads up Abba Consulting—a firm that teams with government entities and the private sector on integrated project management solutions. Recent clients include the US Navy, the Federal Aviation Administration and the US Agency for International Development. He is an expert advisor to a US Government Accountability Office team that is writing a Cost Assessment Guide for use by auditors and all government agencies. He also is a part-time member of the Research Staff at the Center for Naval Analyses, a federally-funded research and development center in Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Abba is one of the world’s most sought after presenters on EVM and related topics, with recent engagements in Australia, India, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom. In 1999, following a distinguished career with the United States government, Mr. Abba received the Project Management Institute’s Distinguished Contribution Award for advancing project management in the public and private sectors. He is a corporate member of the National Defense Industrial Association and a contributor to NDIA management guides that were adopted by the US Office of Management and Budget for use by government agencies and their contractors. As president of the PMI College of Performance Management in 2002-2003, Mr. Abba began development of the Practice Standard for Earned Value Management. PMI published the standard in 2005, making this powerful technique for integrating the project management disciplines accessible to project managers worldwide. He is a member of The PMBOK(R) Guide--Fourth Edition Project Team, contributing to chapters 7 (Cost) and 12 (Procurement).

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