Frank Ryle had an extensive career with Arup International as an engineer, and project manager across the globe, including in the USA, where he was responsible for setting up project management in Arup. He smelled of chocolate from 1995 to 1997 as Construction Manager, and First Production Manager for Cadbury Schweppes new confectionary factory in Russia. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland (FIEI) and a PMP, and currently works as a Project Manager and he has trained over 10,000 students in 22 countries across a wide range of industries, from banking, to IT to pharmaceutical.
He is the Author of 'Keeping Score - Project Management for the Pros' and also featured in a movie by the same name.
He commutes between London, UK, and Princeton, NJ, is married with two children, and is a passionate teacher and single figure golfer. Frank Ryle - UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley
Frank Ryle had an extensive career with Arup International as an engineer, and project manager across the globe, including in the USA, where he was responsible for setting up project management in Arup. He smelled of chocolate from 1995 to 1997 as Construction Manager, and First Production Manager for Cadbury Schweppes new confectionary factory in Russia. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland (FIEI) and a PMP, and currently works as a Project Manager and he has trained over 10,000 students in 22 countries across a wide range of industries, from banking, to IT to pharmaceutical.
He is the Author of 'Keeping Score - Project Management for the Pros' and also featured in a movie by the same name.
He commutes between London, UK, and Princeton, NJ, is married with two children, and is a passionate teacher and single figure golfer. Universal Truths?
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“The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.” “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” ‘The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’ by Douglas Adams, would be over 30 years old today, a phenomenon born in London around the same time that the Project Management Institute (PMI) was created [...]
