97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know

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Fabio Teixeira de Melo, PMP (Coatzacoalcos, veracruz,
Mexico)
Fabio Pereira Teixeira de Melo, PMP, is a planning manager working for
Construtora Norberto Odebrecht, the construction arm of the Brazilian
multinational Odebrecht Group, with headquarters in Salvador–BA, Bra-
zil, and offices in 15 countries. His experience spans 15 years in construc-
tion, including EPC projects in energy, oil, gas, and petrochemical areas. A
Leadership Institute Graduate from the 2004 class and founder and former
president of PMI Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Chapter, Fabio participated in
the elaboration of the Construction Extension to the PMBOK® Guide and
the Practice Standard for Scheduling®, and served a five-year term as Latin
America chair for the DPC SIG.
luis E. Torres, PMP (San Rafael, Alajuela, Costa Rica)
Luis E. Torres is a PMP® certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
He holds a master’s degree in project management (Universitat Ramon Llull,
Barcelona, Spain), MBAs in banking and finance (University of Costa Rica)
and international business (University of Costa Rica – National University,
San Diego, California), and a Licentiate in Mechanical Engineering (Uni-
versity of Costa Rica). Luis has over 15 years of combined experience in the
fields of strategic planning and budgeting, project management and finan-
cial analysis for multinational companies, administration of international
procurement contracts, and project engineering.
harry Tucker (Matawan, new jersey, U.S.)
Harry Tucker (http://www.harrytucker.com) is consumed by excellence
in leadership incubation, collaboration, and personal empowerment. He
believes that current social, political, and ecological conditions warrant
a sense of urgency to incubate these leadership attributes in others. To
that point, he and his associates work with recognized leaders in personal
empowerment and leadership development to incubate skills and knowl-
edge in others while igniting their passion to make effective contributions
to the world.
Harry currently serves as a leadership incubator and strategy advisor to
Fortune 100 companies and has served Wall Street clients for almost 20
years. Previously, Harry worked as an award-winning senior enterprise