Project Management Institute Announces 2011 Award Recipients

Carey Learnard
Project Management Institute
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carey.learnard@pmi.org

Megan Maguire Kelly
Project Management Institute
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megan.kelly@pmi.org

Recipients honored at PMI^® Global Congress 2011—North America

NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA., 24 October 2011—Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading project management member association, honored the recipients of its 2011 awards on Saturday, 22 October 2011 at the PMI Awards Ceremony the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center.  The Awards Ceremony is part of the PMI^® Global Congress 2011—North America.

“The PMI awards program honors those individuals, groups and organizations that demonstrate an ongoing commitment to project management excellence and the future of our profession,” said Mark A. Langley, president and chief executive officer of PMI. “This year’s winners represent project management at its finest. PMI is honored to recognize them for their achievements and we thank them for their continued contribution to project management.”

PMI Professional Awards

Since 1974, the PMI Professional Awards Program has recognized those who achieve the highest standards of performance in the field of project management. This year’s PMI Professional Awards recipients are:

• PMI Project of the Year Award
• Prairie Waters Project, Aurora, CO, USA
  
• PMI Fellow Awards
• Alfonso Bucero, MSc, PMP
• Philip R. Diab, MBA, PMP
  
• PMI Community Advancement Through Project Management Award
• PMI Buffalo New York Chapter - for the Project Management for Non-Profits (PM4NP) Initiative
  
• PMI Research Achievement Award
• Christoph H. Loch, PhD
  
• Project Management Journal ^® Paper of the Year Award
• “Mastering Complexity and Changes in Projects, Economy, and Society via Project
  Management Second Order”. (December 2010)
  Dipl.-Ing. Manfred Saynisch
  
• PMI David I. Cleland Project Management Excellence Award
• Green Project Management, Authors: Richard Maltzman, PMP  and David Shirley, PMP
  
• PMI Continuing Professional Education Product of the Year Award
  (Corporate/Government/Association Category)
• IBM Project Management Agile Learning Suite
  
• PMI Continuing Professional Education Product of the Year Award (Individual/Business Product Category)
• Project R.E.A.L. (Real Experience: Applied Learning)
  
• PMI Continuing Professional Education Provider of the Year Award (Corporate/Government/Association Provider Category)
• Aricent Group
  
• PMI Continuing Professional Education Provider of the Year Award (Individual/Business)
• Alpha Consultoria
  
• PMI Distinguished Contribution Award
• Lee F. Cheshire, PMP
• Jose Conrado Morlan Medina, PMP, PgMP
• Americo Pinto, MBA, PMP

PMI Community Awards

The PMI Community Awards recognize PMI Chapters and Communities of Practice that have demonstrated unparalleled dedication and contributions to the project management profession. This year’s PMI Community Awards recipients are:

Eric W. Perlstein, PMI-RMP, PMP, PMI Baltimore Chapter, Maryland, USA

• PMI Buffalo Chapter, New York, USA
• PMI Pearl City Chapter, Hyderabad, India
• PMI Fort Worth Chapter, Texas, USA
• PMI Houston Chapter, Texas, USA

• PMI Mexico Chapter
• PMI Mumbai Chapter                         
• PMI New York City Chapter, New York, USA

• PMI Consulting Community of Practice         

• PMI New York City Chapter
• PMI Consulting Community of Practice

• PMI France SUD Chapter

• PMI Great Lakes Chapter, Michigan, USA

• PMI Fort Worth Chapter, Texas, USA                                      
• PMI Washington, DC Chapter, USA
• PMI Information Systems Community of Practice

• PMI Baltimore Chapter, Maryland, USA
• PMI Consulting Community of Practice         

• PMI Houston Chapter, Texas, USA
• PMI LEAD Community of Practice

• PMI Baltimore Chapter, Maryland, USA

• PMI New York City Chapter, New York, USA
• PMI Information Systems Community of Practice

• Margaret Charles, PMI’s Canada Technology Triangle Chapter
• Bruno Laude, PMP, PMI France SUD Chapter

• Sunanda Gundavajhala, PMP, PMI Pearl City Chapter
• Amithanand D'Silva, PMP, PMI Mumbai Chapter

PMI Educational Foundation Awards Program

The PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF) awards recognize projects, individuals, and works that achieve the highest standards of performance in project management for educational and social good.  This year’s PMI Educational Foundation awards recipients are:

• James R. Snyder International Student Paper of the Year Award
• “Handle for a Handleless Portfolio: Adaptation of BCG Chart to Infrastructure Project Portfolio Management” Recipient: Erovie-oghene U. Afieroho, AVS, PMP
• The Donald S. Barrie Award (originally created by the former PMI Design-Procurement-Construction SIG)
  • Adam M. Shankland for his paper Aspects of Historical Buildings Conforming to LEED
• The Kerzner Award (sponsored by the International Institute for Learning)
  • Chuck Millhollan, CBAP, PMP, PgMP, for his contribution to the development and implementation of a Project Management Office at Churchill Downs

About Project Management Institute (PMI)
PMI is the world’s largest project management member association, representing more than 600,000 practitioners in more than 185 countries. As a global thought leader and knowledge resource, PMI advances the profession through its global standards and credentials, collaborative chapters and virtual communities and academic research. When organizations invest in project management, supported by PMI, executives have confidence that their important initiatives will deliver expected results, greater business value and competitive advantage. Visit us at www.PMI.org, www.facebook.com/PMInstitute, and on Twitter @PMInstitute.