Debbie O’Bray named Global Advisor by Project Management media entity PMForum

PMForum global advisory team expands with addition of former PMI Chair Debbie O’Bray in Canada

Dallas, Texas, USA—October 22, 2007 — PMForum, Inc. announced today that Debbie O’Bray, former chair of the board of directors of the Project Management Institute, has been named a global advisor to the company. Global advisors provide advice and guidance to the company’s editorial team on ways to better serve the world of professional project management. PMForum operates www.pmforum.org, one of the world’s most popular project management websites, and produces the popular monthly PM World Today eJournal.

According to PMForum Managing Editor David Pells, “Debbie O’Bray is one of the most widely respected project management professional leaders in North America. She has had a tremendously positive influence on both PMI and the PM professional world, especially related to promoting project management professional careers for women worldwide and in the development of professional ethics. We are very honored to have her join our global advisory team.”

Debbie O’Bray, CIM (Hons), is currently with Investors Group Financial Services Inc, where she is responsible for the project management practice across an enterprise IS organization, which spans five companies in both Canada and Europe. She is also the Secretary of the PMI Educational Foundation Board of Directors. Debbie has twenty one years in the telecommunication industry followed by seven years in project management consulting. During her consulting career, Debbie worked extensively in China, Mexico, and Europe with organizations in a variety of industries including banking and finance, new product development, mining, aerospace, and environmental engineering to improve their performance through better project management.

Debbie O’Bray is a founder of the PMI Manitoba Chapter and served on the chapter’s Board of Directors for five years, including three years as Chapter President. In 1992 she joined the PMI Standards Committee, serving as a core team member during the development of the 1996 edition of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Debbie was recognized with a PMI Presidential Citation in 1995. Debbie served on the PMI Board of Directors for a total of six years in positions of increasing responsibility. Prior to assuming the role of Board Chair in 2003, she held the positions of Secretary-Treasurer, Executive Committee Member, Vice Chair, and Chair of the Strategic Planning and Program Alignment Committee. Debbie was Chair of the PMI Ethics Standards Review and Ethics Standards Development Committees where she led the development of a new ethics code for the Institute. The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, which applies to approximately 300,000 professionals worldwide, came into effect on January 1, 2007. Debbie is a Canadian citizen and resides in Winnipeg.

Other global advisors for PMForum include Russ Archibald in Mexico (PMI Fellow; PMI member #6); Martin Barnes, PhD, in the UK (APM Fellow, former chair of APM and IPMA, current President of APM); Gilles Caupin in France (IPMA Fellow, former Chair of IPMA & the French PM Association AFITEP); Paul Dinsmore in Brazil (PMI Fellow, author, consultant); Morten Fangel in Denmark (former chair & Fellow of IPMA, founder of Danish PM Association); Adesh Jain in India (current Chair & Fellow of IPMA, President of PMA in New Delhi); Eric Jenett in the USA (Founder, Fellow & former Chair of PMI); Brian Kooyman in Australia (Fellow & Past President of AIPM); Harvey Levine in the USA (Fellow & Past Chair of PMI); Louis Mercken in Belgium (former Chair of PMI); Peter Morris, PhD, in the UK (APM Fellow, former Chair of APM and IPMA);Marcio Prieto in Brazil (Founder of PMI Brazil & PMI Sao Paulo); Alan Stretton in Australia (AIPM Fellow, former Rhodes Scholar); Hiroshi Tanaka in Japan (Former chair of JPMF, Founder & President of PMAJ); Professor Vladimir Voropajev in Russia (Founder & Fellow, Russian Project Management Association SOVNET); Max Wideman in Canada (PMI Fellow; former PMI Chair); and Rebecca Winston in the USA (PMI Fellow; former PMI Chair). Additional information about PMForum’s Global Advisors can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#3.

PMForum, Inc.
editor@pmforum.org

PMForum, Inc. administers and operates www.pmforum.org, the world’s first project management website and one of the world’s 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.

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