William Stewart PhD, PMP

William Stewart is a Project Management Institute (PMI) certified Project Management Professional (PMP) who has managed projects for more than a quarter century, from just a few thousand dollars to $55M, in the domains of system integration, software, business process, construction, real estate, research, and others.  He has delivered more than 330 live onsite PM courses to more than 3,300 people.  He has worked for aerospace, government, academia, and founded a software startup.  He has deep experience with project management, risk management, negotiating, systems integration, and software engineering.  He is author of the book Deeply Practical Project Management.Bill is currently an Ottawa based management consultant helping clients work better and get more done.  Previously, he founded and ran the cloud company Cirrus Computing for ten years.  Before that, he spent 14 years in aerospace where he served as company System Engineering Manager and Software Manager for a functional organization of more than 50 people, Project Manager for system integration projects up to $55M, and in a range of senior roles on other projects up to $3B.  His first real job was with the Canadian Public Service, to establish and manage a computing center supporting 4,500 personnel, where he developed and deployed software to manage enterprise-wide scheduling, resource management, personnel management, and payroll, and developed and taught two programming courses accredited by Seneca College.Bill received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of New Brunswick in 1992 for discovery of an algorithm that build geodesic domes in multiple dimensions in optimum space and time, which to his knowledge has never been used for anything practical ;-)  While at UNB, he also taught eleven undergraduate courses.  His professional training includes Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Project Management, Risk Management, Negotiating, and System Engineering.  He has taught courses in Program Management, Project Management, Risk Management, Cost and Schedule Control, and Negotiating.Bill is author of the first web published book "The Living Internet" with contributions from many creators of the Internet.  He wrote the original "The Fun Standard", a collection of best practices for having organizational fun.  He maintains the FreeOpenSourceSoftware wiki.  His paper on public financing of political parties was credited in the Canadian House of Commons when the federal party financing bill passed in 2003.  He lives in Ottawa, Canada, with his wife and two children.