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Barbee Davis, MA, PhR, PMP (omaha, nebraska, U.S.)
Barbee Davis, MA, PHR, PMP, writes a semi-monthly column for the
Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Community Post, which reaches
over 400,000 project managers around the world. She is an international
reviewer for training organizations wishing to be accepted or renewed into
the Registered Education Program (R.E.P.) for PMI.
With a background that includes owning a computer software training
company for desktop and technical application instruction and certifica-
tion, it makes sense that Barbee is a Black Belt in Microsoft Project. In fact,
she previously coauthored How To Learn Microsoft Project in 24 Hours.
Barbee has managed projects for companies all over the United States,
trained hundreds of project managers for certification, taught extensively
at the university level, and is sought after as a guest speaker. You may have
met her at the desk on the No Fluff Just Stuff tour in the United States or
Canada.Monte Davis, MCSE (omaha, nebraska, U.S.)
Monte Davis has been involved with Windows server administration,
information technology project management, server backup and recovery,
email administration, new server rollouts, LAN/WAN administration, and
second-level support since he joined MSI in March 2006. Monte’s technical
capabilities include all versions of Windows server administration, Cisco
IOS, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange 2003, and TCP/IP.
Monte was previously employed with Retalix, formerly Integrated Distrib-
uted Systems, for five years as a network administration manager and site
administrator. He worked for ExecuTrain as an enterprise network admin-
istrator for five years in server administration, LAN/WAN administration,
and email administration. He also taught Microsoft Official Curriculum
courses.
Monte has a bachelor’s degree from Northwest Missouri State University
and is a member of a VMware user group.
His certifications include Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer—Microsoft
Windows Server 2003; Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator—Microsoft
Windows Server 2003; Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Microsoft—Win-
dows 2000; Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Microsoft—Windows NT
4.0; and Microsoft Certified Professional MCP 2.0—Certified Professional.