2022

Winner

• Dubai Municipality Project Management Office

  Dubai Municipality's remit covers 14 core competencies from building regulations and permits to parks and recreation, to environment, health, safety, and sewerage management services, where 60% of government funds for the city's infrastructure and construction projects are allocated to the mega projects managed by the municipality.

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Finalists

• Johnson & Johnson Financial Solutions & Technology (FS&T) Project Management Office

  As part of its US$1 billion Transformation Program, J&J set up a dedicated Finance, Solutions & Technology PMO to reimagine the role of Finance across its global operations (NA, EMEA, LATAM and ASPAC).

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• Ontario Power Generation Enterprise Project Management Office

  Ontario Power Generation's sole shareholder is the Provincial Government of Ontario. Being a rate regulated operator demands high levels of transparency to demonstrate that rate payers' funds are prudently invested.

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• CDL Rapid Screening Consortium by Creative Destruction Lab

  The CDL Rapid Screening Consortium (RSC), led by Creative Destruction Lab, is a privately led, not-for-profit initiative formed in August 2020 with the goal of establishing a robust rapid screening system and operational implementation strategy to be delivered as a public good to Canada and then the world.

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Winner

• Medical Oxygen Plant (MOP)

  by Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL)

  The COVID-19 pandemic hit India in a never seen before manner which challenged the medical fraternity beyond limits. The medical infrastructure had to be augmented to bridge the demand and supply gap within days.

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Finalists

• GDID Jubilee - COVID-19 300 ICU Hospital Beds

  by That Interesting Company

  The 300-bed permanent COVID-19 facility at the Jubilee Hospital site is one of the most rapidly constructed hospitals of its kind built to date in South Africa.

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• Multiplan Advocacy Platform

  by UST

  Employee Assistance Advocacy is a US-based health and wellness company. The organizational strategy is to attract people to their various programs and tools such as health risk assessment tools, thereby motivating them to stay healthy, compliant with their treatments and reduce overall healthcare costs.

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Winner

• Dubai Metro – Redline Extension (Route 2020)

  by RTA (Roads and Transport Authority)

  The Dubai Metro project also known as the Route 2020, features seven metro stations consisting of one interchange station, three elevated stations, two underground stations and a signature Iconic Station at the Expo Site as well as the supply of 50 trainsets.

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Finalists

• Sanmen AP1000 Phase I Project by Shanghai Nuclear Engineering and Research Institute

  The world’s first-of-a-kind (FOAK) Gen III AP1000 nuclear power plant, Sanmen nuclear power project, is a role model for China-US energy cooperation and represents the accomplishment of the phased goal of the “introduction, digestion, absorption and re-innovation” strategy for China’s Generation III nuclear power technology.

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• King Faisal Specialist Hospital Mega Project- AL Madinah

  Located in the Al-Madinah region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the King Faisal Specialist Hospital is a 300-bed hospital, seven floor architectural masterpiece covering an area of 198,500 sq km that can serve 50,000 patients a year and provides specialized and affordable medical care in areas like Oncology, Ophthalmology and Obstetric services.

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Winners

• Tu Dang Khoa, PMP, PMI-ACP, DASM, DASSM

  Tu Dang Khoa was born and grew up in Vietnam, one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing economies. As the market changes every day, Khoa focuses on optimization and continuous improvement in everything, developing himself to become a software solution consultant as well as a professional project management trainer. Currently, Khoa is a senior project manager at FPT Software and a PMI-Authorized Training Partner Instructor for PMP, PMI-ACP, DASM, and DASSM at Atoha Institute. He loves to leverage other people's enthusiasm and talents in project management and learn from their stories. Together with a leadership group, he grew the largest PM community in Vietnam to over 20,000 members and continues to deliver a series of exciting project management workshops.

• Syed Ahsan Mustaqeem PE, PMP

  Syed Ahsan Mustaqeem has vast experience leading successful projects in the energy, manufacturing and aerospace sectors. A Mechanical Engineer by profession, he holds postgraduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration. Syed plays a multi-faceted role for the advancement of Project Management and is employed at Pakistan Petroleum Limited, one of the largest E&P companies in Pakistan with many critical projects on the portfolio. He was awarded Youngest Project Manager of Pakistan award in 2018 by PMI Karachi Pakistan Chapter for successful project delivery. A seasoned researcher and academician, his research on Project Success and Project Management Maturity in Pakistan paves the way for the country to venture into Project economy. He has been volunteering with PMI in different roles since 2016 and has reviewed the exposure drafts of various standards. He is the first and only Pakistani who has been honored on the PMI Future 50 Rising Leaders list.

• Innocentia Mahlangu Pr.Eng, PMP, MSc Eng, AgilePM, FSAICE

  Innocentia Mahlangu is an award-winning and internationally recognized Professional Project Manager & Senior Civil Engineer. Innocentia is experienced in railway infrastructure projects, having held positions such as design engineer and resident engineer as well as roles in project and construction management. In her current role at Hatch, she is a specialist project manager and project delivery sponsor, overseeing projects in the mining, metals, and infrastructure sectors. Innocentia is the current chair of the South Africa Institution of Civil Engineering's Diversity & Inclusivity panel as well as a board member. Additionally, she is the founder of a non-profit organization for women in engineering, SHEngineers. Innocentia has received several awards including PMI Future 50 Young Global Project Leader. She is also a TEDx Speaker and the author of Unleash Your Unique Advantage, targeted at advancing women.

• Taras Fedoruk PMP, PSM II, KCP, SPS

  Taras Fedoruk is a project and program management professional, trainer, coach, and mentor from Ukraine. He is experienced in various IT fields, including FinTech, marketing analytics, internal business process automation, and healthcare. Taras' goal is to create and maintain an environment for teams to become better versions of themselves every day. Taras has worked on several implementation and greenfield product launch projects since 2013. Additionally, he has trained over 700 people in project management and agile ways of working disciplines, consulted companies, and mentored individuals. Taras is an active volunteer in the PMI Ukraine Chapter and is certified in PMP, PSM II, KCP, SPS, and several other industry-recognized providers.

• Captain Samuel M. Clark, USAF, MBA

  Samuel Michael Clark was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up in Astoria, Oregon. He attended the University of Portland from 2008-2013 and earned a BS in Civil Engineering and a commission into the United States Air Force (as a second lieutenant, civil engineer and officer). Samuel earned a Masters in Business Administration from Liberty University in 2017 and was promoted to the rank of Captain. Samuel then earned a Masters in Engineering Management (as well as a graduate certificate in Autonomous Systems) from the Air Force Institute of Technology (Dayton, Ohio) in 2018. Samuel has been stationed in Delaware, Ohio, North Dakota, Germany, and deployed to Kuwait, Qatar, Niger, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Winners

• Shivani Gupta, MBA, PMP, CSM, SAFe Agilist, DASM, LSSBB

  Shivani is a highly credentialed project management professional, qualified doctor in the Indian medical system, author, speaker, and prolific contributor to various publications including PMI's standards, and various scientific journals and blogs. A business savvy management expert, she is a member of the Forbes Business Council and has been published on Forbes.com. Exuding a contagious zeal for the profession and boundless energy to selflessly give back to the community, Shivani has offered consistent contributions to the project management profession, industry leaders, practitioners, peers, and youth. With a drive to continuously innovate, bring to light new ideas and harness the power of the team, Shivani demonstrates a deftness with big picture thinking, enabling people to translate vision into reality.

• Imre Szlay MSc, PMP

  Imre Szlay MSc, PMP earned an MSC of mathematics and Informatics from the University of Szeged, Hungary in 1979 and a PMP from Project Management Institute in 2004. Married with three sons, Imre is a project trainer, coach, and consultant specializing in organizational projects, culture, environments, and office development. Imre has held leadership positions at multiple international companies — including Digital-Compaq-HP and Vodafone — where he gained broad experience and specialization in ICT and organization development projects of different sizes and levels of complexity in the international environment. With experience leading software development, system integration, services businesses and project management offices, Imre is currently the CEO of John von Neumann Computer Society and has been the president of his local PMI chapter for many years.

Winner

• Ricardo Viana Vargas, PhD, PMP

  Ricardo Viana Vargas, PhD, PMP is an experienced leader in global operations, project management, business transformation and crisis management. Founder and managing director of Macrosolutions, a consulting firm with international operations in energy, infrastructure, IT, oil and finance, he managed more than $20 billion in international projects in the past 25 years. Former chairman of Project Management Institute (PMI), Ricardo created and led the Brightline Initiative from 2016 to 2020 and was the director of project management and infrastructure at the United Nations, leading more than 1,000 projects in humanitarian and development projects. He wrote 16 books in the field, has delivered 250 keynote addresses in 40 countries, and hosts the "5 Minutes Podcast," which has reached 12 million views. Ricardo holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, a master's in Industrial Engineering, and an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering.

Winner

• The Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook

  by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

Winner

• Research Team of Professors Nathalie Drouin, Ralf Müller and Shankar Sankaran

  The PMI Academics department is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 PMI Research Achievement Award are the Research Team of Professors Nathalie Drouin, Ralf Müller and Shankar Sankaran. For over a decade, these three scholars have mobilized the project management community to advance research in three crucial fields: organizational project management, leadership in projects and governance. With an impressive body of publications, they have had a profound and enduring impact, both theoretically and in practice. The award was presented to the team at the EURAM event in Winterthur Switzerland on June 16th. Congratulations and PMI thanks them for their contribution to the project management profession.

Winner

• Dr. Scott W. Kramer

  Auburn University

Winner

• Dr. Johan Ninan

  Delft University of Technology