Leadership

Dr. Gui is recognized as one of our nation’s foremost planning and scheduling subject matter experts. His broad professional experience includes executive and senior roles as investor’s developer, program manager, construction manager, and EPC contractor planner/scheduler.

Dr. Gui has continually pioneered innovations in project management throughout his career at PMA. He has written widely on the use of CPM in construction contracts and schedule, delay, and acceleration analysis. His recent work with the Graphical Path Method (GPM®) is revolutionizing planning and scheduling at a level not seen since the advent of critical path methods.

As founder and CEO of PMA, Dr. Gui has led PMA for over 50 years. His diversified project portfolio includes power generation, petrochemical, oil and gas, water, wastewater and CSO, transportation projects, real estate development, resorts and hotels, and corporate headquarters, with a cumulative value of over $85 billion.

As the primary author of the Core Traits of a Reliable Schedule, Dr. Gui endeavors to codify the essential elements of a reliable schedule into a comprehensive protocol. The Core Traits of a Reliable Schedule contemplates CPM and GPM schedules, and further highlights that a comprehensive, credible, well-constructed, and controlled (seen as the four corners of a reliable schedule) schedule captures the notion of a great schedule. This work is a must-read/must-have for professionals aspiring to great schedules.

Dr. Gui is a project management inventor (patents pending), most notably of the Graphical Path Method (GPM®), a new millennium alternative to the critical path method (CPM). He has written numerous papers and recently authored and published the Guide to the Forensic Scheduling Body of Knowledge. Dr. Gui has been admitted as an expert in construction management, project management, standard of care, contracting, cost/schedule analysis, and forensic scheduling in federal and state courts, before AAA and ICC panels, and administrative boards.

Gary has extensive experience in construction, project, and program management on projects nationwide in value of up to $14 billion. He is an expert in claims and changes analysis, large complex claims and change resolution, complex negotiations, and dispute resolution. Gary’s experience also includes managing contractors and subcontractors, cost and schedule control, contract and subcontract administration, contract drafting, project procedures, claims avoidance programs, field engineering and inspection, monitoring project progress, project audits, and project closeout. His market knowledge includes the transportation, heavy industrial, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, power, infrastructure, water/wastewater, architectural, and environmental sectors.
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Don currently serves as Chief Operations Officer for PMA Consultants. He is also the Executive Director of PMA’s National Claims Practice, mentoring and directing PMA business units on disputed changes/claims avoidance and analysis and expert witness services. Don brings extensive experience in program, project, and construction management, with large contractors and as a PM/CM consultant. Don has worked in diverse markets, including water/wastewater, manufacturing and process, infrastructure, oil and gas and energy, transportation/transit (air and rail), and environmental projects.

Tim is a collaborative and innovative executive with a talent for productizing and monetizing technological innovation. Tim leads PMA’s initiatives in information technology, product development, and intellectual property and leads the company’s internal project management and change management education efforts. Tim has extensive experience in program and project management; P&L analysis; executive leadership, analysis, business processes, and business development; and software development and implementation.

As Chief Administrative Officer, Kirsten oversees the offices of Human Resources, Marketing, Accounting, Administration, and Talent Acquisition. She also manages all facility aspects of PMA regional offices, including market research, designing and planning office space, coordinating contract negotiations, and managing the construction of office build-outs. A LEED-accredited professional, Kirsten is passionate about green building technology and bringing talented people to solve construction challenges.

Elie serves as PMA’s chief financial analyst and is a proactive executive with significant private industry experience. He provides overall strategic financial and systems support as a senior management team member, and he oversees PMA financial planning and analysis, contract administration, budgeting, and business expansion planning.

Eric brings extensive project management and consulting experience in cost controls, schedule management, risk management, and claims analysis to his role as Executive Director. He has led numerous teams during all phases of pharmaceutical, healthcare, commercial, institutional, and transportation projects. He is highly skilled in providing schedule review and oversight, contract administration, cost controls, change order negotiations, monthly reporting, invoice review and verification, and document controls. Eric has performed many schedule delay analyses and evaluations of claims for time entitlement, including detailed analysis of technical merit and strategies for negotiations and presentations at mediation hearings.

John leads the PMA New England division office with a passion for project management. He has extensive experience in complex project and contract management for major transportation, airport, water/wastewater, power, healthcare, pharmaceutical, K-12 and higher education, architectural, and infrastructure projects with a cumulative value of more than $25 billion. He is an expert in project controls, change orders, claims management, claims analysis and expert testimony, document control, and project management systems on public and private sector projects, including design-build projects. John has educated owners, designers, and builders in all aspects of project management; lectured at local universities; and published articles on project management, mega projects, and control of power plant outages.

The leader of PMA’s Pacific business unit, Bruce is a nationally recognized licensed civil engineer with extensive experience on complex medium, large, and mega engineering and construction projects. His distinguished career spans public service, general contracting, and consulting nationally and internationally, and he remains actively involved in managing mega construction programs. His award-winning experience includes design-build, integrated project delivery, CM/GC, and CM at-risk delivery methods; dispute resolution; complex change order negotiations; claims analysis; schedule management; technology solutions; and management consulting on public capital improvement programs. He is a frequent lecturer on improving project delivery and has consulted with numerous public agencies to implement industry best practices.

Bob has over two decades of experience in the waste/wastewater, architectural institutional, infrastructure, power, and environmental markets. He is an effective program manager who utilizes a variety of project delivery approaches, including traditional design-bid-build; design-build; and at-risk program management. He has extensive experience in program, project, and contract management for projects with a cumulative value of more than $8 billion. Bob’s public and private sector experience focuses on project controls and cost management, change order analysis and management, and claims administration. He has also facilitated many strategic planning workshops and value engineering sessions for PMA clients.

Chris currently oversees PMA owner’s project management teams on several renovations and new construction educational and government facilities projects. Chris has experience in project management, scheduling, and cost management on large-scale environmental, infrastructure, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical construction projects in excess of $13 billion. He has extensive experience in CPM scheduling, claims and change order analysis, and construction cost/schedule engineering. He has also provided cost and schedule management lectures and classes to numerous clients.

Rich leads PMA’s New York and New Jersey offices with extensive experience in the construction industry. He has expertise in all aspects of construction with emphasis on estimating, scheduling, and contract administration. Rich has provided construction management advice to a variety of public and private sector clients, and he has served as the deputy director of claims and changes on what has been called the largest, most complex highway construction effort in the United States. His experience covers power plants, cogeneration plants, transportation, hazardous waste, and architectural projects. Rich has authored papers on construction management and has lectured at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston.

Steve’s experience in project and construction management in public and private sectors spans more than 30 years. He has successfully managed dozens of Massachusetts public sector projects ranging from $1 million to $442 million. Steve has significant experience working alongside clients as an owner’s project manager, owner’s representative, and construction manager. He is highly skilled in change order and claims management, analysis and resolution on design and construction contracts, cost and schedule control, value engineering, contract document development, bidding document and procedure review, and training field and professional staff. Prior to PMA, Steve managed 50 percent of the city of Boston’s $500 million capital improvement program as a senior project manager.

Kam is a nationally recognized program manager who brings extensive experience in mega transit and rail capital projects to his key role at PMA. He has overseen and directed all aspects of these projects, including the project management plan, scope, cost, schedule, risk, and readiness reviews. He has built and led multiple teams in responding to transit and rail client needs nationwide, as well as to their key funding partner Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Kam has served as an expert forensic witness and created a seminar titled, “Construction Project Management Standards of Care,” accredited by the California Bar Association for continuing legal education. Kam is the lead author of the FTA’s Construction Project Management Handbook, as well as of several presentations and papers published in industry journals for design-build delivery and for mega capital program oversight. 

As Executive Director in PMA’s northeast region office, Dennis has successfully managed project control programs valued at $3 billion, encompassing more than 200 projects. Dennis’s career has afforded him a remarkable opportunity to function as a PMO team member and PMO lead on some of the most important Massachusetts infrastructure programs the Commonwealth has ever undertaken, including impressive contributions to the MassDOT Accelerated Bridge Program, and most recently to Massport’s Net Zero Program. He has public and private sector experience in design, program management, and project management. Dennis excels in project scheduling and planning, contract management, schedule and cost controls, project management services, and time entitlement/claims analysis services. His industry knowledge includes environmental, residential, academic, bio-pharmaceutical, and highway/bridge.

Ed has extensive experience providing owner’s project manager and owner’s representative services. He provides claims analysis, project audits, and contract administration on public projects valued from several million to billions of dollars. His expertise includes analyzing and negotiating complex changes and claims, advising on contract management issues, and performing cost/benefit analyses to justify project decisions and funding. His industry knowledge includes residential, academic, pharmaceutical, office/retail, highway and bridge, and transit. In addition to his experience at PMA, he served five years as a lieutenant with the U.S. Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps, administering contracts valued at more than $40 million.

Dina is an Executive Director in the PMA western region. She is a results-oriented individual with extensive experience in profit and loss operations; strategic planning and leadership; program, project, and construction management (PM/CM); performance reviews and assessment; and the implementation of industry best practices and standards in PM/CM and in project controls and tools. She has successfully delivered design and construction projects on time and within budget while managing several stakeholders with varying interests and focus. Dina has in-depth knowledge of program-wide controls implementation, project management systems, and dashboards for public and private clients. She is also successful in managing profit and loss divisions and providing leadership and vision for her teams.

Dina’s key attributes include leading high-performing teams under tough deadlines to meet multiple stakeholder expectations. She is a turnaround expert who ensures stakeholder satisfaction through constant communication and relationship building and by implementing project cost and schedule controls to produce consistent, quality results. She has worked with public agencies to assess and evaluate CIP execution for the past 15 years. She provided project controls and PM/CM performance reviews for clients such as the Port of Long Beach, the Port of Los Angeles, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, LA Metro, and Massport. She also regularly presents at CMAA and AACEI National Conferences on project management, project controls, and PMIS best practices. Her project experience includes ports/harbors, airports, transportation, water/wastewater, and infrastructure capital programs.

Mike has extensive experience in program and project management, quality management, engineering, and program and project controls. He has worked domestically and internationally in infrastructure, aerospace, forestry, food and beverage, mining and minerals, oil and gas, and sustainable energy. Mike has managed responsibilities that include strategic planning, engineering, construction, regulatory permitting and compliance, resource planning and management, quality audits and reviews, closeout, and other related administrative oversight functions.