(openPR) - Brian Kooyman, Fellow and former national president of the Australian Institute of Project Management, has joined the PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau recently announced by PMForum, Inc.

Dallas, Texas – June 30, 2007 — PMForum, Inc. announced today that Brian Kooyman, past national president of the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), has joined the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau recently created by the company. Brian is one of the most recognized project management leaders in Australia and worldwide, and has been a featured speaker at many project management events and meetings in recent years. PMForum announced the formation of the PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau on June 26, 2007.

According to PMForum president David L. Pells, “Brian Kooyman is a very experienced executive and one of the most respected project management authorities in the Asia Pacific region. With over 35 years’ experience. Brian has been directly involved in several famous Australian projects, including The Sydney 2000 Olympics, The Sydney Harbour Casino (NSW) and The Darling Harbour Redevelopment, among others. His participation as a PM Ambassador™ should gain the attention of professional leaders and organizations around the world.”

Brian Kooyman, B. Arch, R.A.I.A., F.A.I.P.M., M.A.I.C.D., M.P.D, is Managing Director, and CEO of The Tracey, Brunstrom & Hammond Group, based in Sydney, Australia. Brian is also Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Business at Curtin University in Western Australia, Adjunct Professor of Project Management at the University of Technology Sydney in New South Wales, and Honorary Associate in the Graduate School of Government at the University of Sydney. Brian is the past National President of AIPM and was Chairman of the Global Council of the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

A Fellow of AIPM (F.A.I.P.M.), Brian was the NSW Chapter President during 1989 – 1991, National Vice President & Chair of the Professional Affairs Committee during 1992 & 1993, National President for 1994 & 1995, Immediate National Past President for 1996 & 1997, Inaugural Chair of both the NSW Chapter and the National Project Management Awards for Excellence in Australian Project Management in 2000, and Panel judge on the 2003 NSW Project Management Award for Excellence. Most recently Brian served as the chair of the organizing committee for the ProMAC 2006 International Project Management Conference, concluded in Sydney on 29 September 2006. A member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) for many years, Brian was Chair of PMI’s Global Council, was Chair of PMI’s Nominating Committee for 2001 and 2002, and is currently Chair of PMI’s Ethics Review Committee.

Brian is an Associate of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (R.A.I.A.); a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (A.I.C.D.); a Master Project Director (MPD), workplace assessment to National Level 6 AQF, Competency Assessment against the Australian National Project Management Competency Standards. He is a Founding Director of the Project Management Recognition Council of Australia, 1998 to 2000. He was awarded an International Fellowship in 2002 from the Centre of Excellence for Project Management in India, the only Australian awarded such a Fellowship, and awarded the Inaugural Distinguished Contribution to Project Management by the Australian Council of PMI Chapters in 2003. Brian Kooyman has a Bachelors Degree in Architecture from the University of New South Wales (1972), and was named Managing Director of TBH in 1995.

Tracey, Brunstrom & Hammond is one of the largest independent and privately owned project and strategic management companies in Australia, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Perth. The organization specializes in strategic and project management services for the Construction, IT and Telecommunications industries.

On 26 June 2007, PMForum announced the formation of the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau as a new global service for project management leaders and meeting planners worldwide. The program offers and promotes leading project management authorities, experts and professional leaders who are available to speak at conferences, meetings and seminars worldwide. PM AmbassadorsTM include globally-recognized project management professional experts; authors of PM textbooks; former presidents and chairs of PM professional societies; experienced project managers and PM professionals; and retired executives of project and program-oriented organizations. PM AmbassadorsTM are available to speak at project management conferences, meetings, seminars and workshops, and at corporate events. Interested meeting organizers and planners can contact ambassadors@pmforum.com for more information. Background information about individual speakers, availability and potential presentation topics can be found at www.pmforum.org/ambassadors/ambassadors.htm.

PMForum, Inc. administers and operates www.pmforum.org, the world’s first project management website and one of the world’s best known and leading sources of project management news and information. PMForum also publishes the monthly online PM World Today e-Journal, where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading project management authorities and experts from around the world can be found. Free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net .

SOURCE: PMForum, Inc.
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