Dr. Abhay Trivedi

Dr. Trivedi has substantial global experience in analyzing and advising organizations in China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Mexico, Canada and Europe, and North America. For more than 25 years, Dr. Trivedi has been assessing project management needs for complex multi-national businesses, evaluating alternatives, and implementing technology solutions in the automotive, defense, consumer goods, electronics, and alternative energy industries. He is also the author of a very popular book on Project Management.

Dr. Trivedi has helped corporations such as BP, Siemens, Intel, BMW/MG Rover, Solvay, Aozora Bank, Children’s Hospital, Hearst Corporation, Xerox, NRG, and Abbott establish PMO’s and enhance their implementation of Project and Portfolio Management strategies. Dr. Trivedi was responsible for launching Microsoft Project Server for Microsoft Corporation in the Southeast and won accolades and an award for being the most effective presenter. Dr. Trivedi has long helped companies' setup Earned Value Management strategies to better manage their project matrices.

Dr. Trivedi has also held Academic Ranks in Major Universities as a Professor, Chairman, Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs. Some of the Universities he has been affiliated are University of Houston, Emory University, University of South Carolina, Wilberforce University, North Carolina A&T and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Other highlights include: Coordinating a major outsourcing of systems and component parts in India and China for a Fortune 100 Client; Led a large scale Supply Chain and Logistics project of a new automobile for a major U.K automotive company; Provided a major Tier 1 supplier with a complete methodology for entry into the Automotive OEM ABS market; Provided a major Oil & Gas Exploration company with a framework for improving Business Profitability; Directed a large Center for Electronics Manufacturing for the U.S. Army's CECOM unit.

Dr. Trivedi is a well-known and respected trainer for Six Sigma, Project Management and other professional certifications. Dr. Trivedi has been recognized as a NASA Research Fellow and an Oak Ridge National Labs Fellow. He is PMP certified by PMI; RMP certified by PMI; PMI-ACP Agile Certified by PMI, Six Sigma Black Belt certified and holds a Professional Logistics/Supply Chain Certification from The Logistics Institute at Georgia Institute of Technology.