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Professional Biography 
John Langlois led the team that planned and delivered one of the most successful programs in the history of notebook computing - ThinkPad® T-series. His projects received numerous Editor Choice product awards while garnering the highest levels of customer satisfaction. John also earned IBM’s most prestigious corporate award for outstanding project performance.
John specializes in recovering troubled projects. John possesses a unique ability to see patterns of dysfunctional behavior in organizations. John's book, Project Wreck, details the common causes for troubled projects and shows you how to avoid them.
Credentials
- Twenty years of diverse management, marketing, financial and procurement experience with a Fortune 100 Corporation. Plus, two years experience as President of a startup, service oriented company.
- Subject Matter Expert on the IBM Project Management Center of Excellence
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM)
- Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM)
- IBM Academy of Technology - Cost Estimating Best Practices Contributor
Education
- Masters Certificate in Project Management, George Washington University
- Masters of Science in Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
- Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Awards
- Numerous industry awards for his program of immensely popular notebook computers.
- Recognized by IBM® Corporate Excellence Award as one of top 25 Project Managers in the company.
- United Way 2nd Century Initiative Award for creating the most accurate charitable projection business model in the country.
- Division award for authoring new technology assessment report for the company CEO.
- Division award for deploying a LAN-based budgeting system that ties expense planning and reporting to projects.
- Numerous Brand awards for consistently delivering hardware, software and solution project objectives for scope, time and cost.
- Corporate Quality Award for designing and implementing the first worldwide pricing business case model certified to run on a personal computer; reduced business case cycle time by 60%
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