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Professional Biography

Joseph A. Lukas, PMP®, PE, CCE

Joe Lukas, Vice President of PMCentersUSA, has over 30 years' experience in project management encompassing project portfolio management and international project management. His projects have spanned numerous industries, including manufacturing, product development, information technology, and construction.

Among his varied strengths, Joe has demonstrated expertise in earned value analysis and risk management. He has published over 25 articles on various project management topics, and is regularly invited to be a guest speaker for companies and organizations seeking to improve performance and meet strategic objectives through effective project management.

Joe is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and has been a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) since 1985. While living in Rochester, NY, Joe was very active with the PMI Chapter, serving in various positions, including two terms as chapter president. His efforts in growing the Rochester Chapter were recognized in 2001, when Joe was honored with an award for his outstanding contributions to the chapter.

Early in his career, Joe received his Professional Engineer license following his graduation from Syracuse University, where he earned a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering. He went on to become a Certified Cost Engineer (CCE) for the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE), and has served on the Genesee Valley Section Board in various positions including section president.

Joe leads the experienced and skilled 35-member Instructor team for PMCentersUSA. Joe still serves as an Instructor and provides PM Mentoring, Executive Coaching, and Consulting Services, as well as developing both public and customized, private training programs for companies and organizations nationwide in the areas of Business Analysis and Project Management.

Joe Lukas Receives the Jan Korevaar Outstanding Paper Award

Joe Lukas, Vice-President of PMCentersUSA, was chosen by the attendees at the 6th World Congress on Cost Engineering, Project Management and Quantity Surveying, and AACE International 52nd Annual meeting to receive the Jan Korevaar Outstanding Paper Award. The award is presented at each World Congress to the author of the paper which receives the highest attendee evaluations of all papers presented at the Congress. Joe's paper on "Earned Value Analysis - Why it Doesn't Work", covered the common errors encountered in implementing earned value on projects and recommended corrective actions. This paper can be downloaded by clicking on our Knowledge Center menu tab and by then selecting white papers.  Joe received the award at the 2009 AACE Annual Meeting in Seattle. At this conference, Joe also presented his talk on the "Top Ten Scheduling Mistakes and How to Prevent Them".