John Riopel

John Riopel has over 30 years of experience as a Program/Project Manager in government service and commercial industries implementing and managing internal, civil, commercial, and government projects. John has provided Program/Project management expertise to the US Navy, Army, Federal/Civil, banking, telecommunications, retailing, entertainment industry and other commercial clients. He uses Project Management Institute's disciplined approach to Program/Project Management and has led virtual teams along with onsite resources. He is an excellent communicator with the ability to apply concepts and ideas in order to influence executive decision-makers. John also conducts training courses on project management theory and does extensive consulting in the application of project management tools and techniques. John is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI). Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in Enterprise Project Management Technologies, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Microsoft Project Users Group (MPUG) Boston Chapter. John is the founder of PM Providers in January 2006 which is a consulting practice that focuses on Driving Results with Project Management Solutions. I am also an author for LinkedIn Learning training on Microsoft Project, Project Server, Project Online and Power BI, along with several project management series courses. Specialties: Program Management, Project Management, Portfolio Management, Project Scheduling, Resource Allocation Planning, Enterprise Project Management Technologies, Microsoft Project Online, Microsoft Project Server, Power BI, Power Automate and Power Apps