Tom KENDRICK

Tom Kendrick is currently Program Director for the project management curriculum at UC Berkeley Extension, and lives in the Bay area near San Francisco, California. He was awarded the 2010 Project Management Institute (PMI) David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award in October 2010 for "Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project."Tom has regularly taught classes and and given presentations on program, project, and risk management for conferences, associations, and universities. Tom spent 20 years with Hewlett Packard in its Project Management Initiative and in a variety of other project management roles. He has nearly 40 years of worldwide PM experience, including work for Visa, DuPont, General Electric, and as an independent consultant.Tom has a BSEE from Princeton University, an MSEE from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a certified PMP and serves as a volunteer officer for both the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter and the Risk Management SIG.