Mr. Gopal K Kapur

Gopal K. Kapur, founder and president of the Center for Project Management www.center4pm.com, consults, writes and educates in the public and private sector as a noted authority on project management. Mr. Kapur has been developing innovative strategies for providing management solutions to organizations of all sizes and disciplines, which not only help meet the challenges of today’s business landscape, but address the changes imperative to organizational longevity. Many Fortune 500 companies have adopted Kapur’s highly successful ProjectProcessArchitecture which provides a practical strategy for managing portfolios, programs, and projects to success. He has lectured at Harvard University, Commonwealth Club, the National Press Club, University of California (Berkeley, Riverside, and Davis), and The Brookings Institution. His third book, “Project Management for Information, Technology, Business, and Certification,” was published by Prentice Hall. He authored two computer-programming textbooks (IBM 360 Assembler Language Programming, John Wiley & Sons, Programming in Standard COBOL, SRA, Inc.). His research is utilized by Gartner Group, CIO magazine, CIO Insight, and Computerworld. He has recorded several segments of Gartner Group’s Talking Technology including the highly popular Seven Deadly Sins of Project Management. Mr. Kapur graduated summa cum laude with a diploma in Civil Engineering from Thapar University, India. He was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award for his contributions to education by the President of India. Mr. Kapur is a member of the Harvard Policy Group, Rotary Club, and served as a trustee for the Charles Babbage Foundation. He and his wife Darlene created Light1Candle, a program that supports the operation of a girls’ orphanage and education scholarships for bright deserving children in Punjab, India. His hobby is cooking, which he uses to raise funds for various charities. He and his wife are the creators of an innovative green living program www.familygreensurvival.com. He can be reached at [email protected].