Dhanu Kothari is an enthusiastic and a passionate motivational speaker with
extensive breadth and depth of Project Management experience backed by 30
years of service in IT with HP, DEC, Honeywell, Nortel, Scotiabank, Univac
and the Norwegian Computing Center. His speeches, presentations and
workshops are consistently rated as "Excellent" and "Outstanding". Dhanu was
recently named as a "PM Ambassador" by PMForum (www.pmforum.org) for
his contribution to Project Management and availability as a speaker for PM
events worldwide.
He is president of D2i Consulting, a firm specializing in delivery and consulting
including methodology, process, governance, audits, coaching and training.
Dhanu holds a B.Sc. in Mech. Eng. from Pune, and a Post-Graduate Diploma
in Production Eng. from the Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Dhanu is a past President of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Southern
Ontario Chapter, Canada, and the Rotary Club of Newmarket. Dhanu has also
authored two books on Project Management titled, "Rainbows & Ratholes: Best
Practices for Managing Successful Projects" and "From Ratholes to Rainbows:
Managing Project Recovery".
Presentations and Workshops Delivered
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Failure is Not an Option: Managing Project Recovery |
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Getting Work Done: The Human Side of Project Management |
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Show'N Tell: The Professional Project Manager's Toolkit |
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Rainbows & Ratholes: Learning from Best Practices |
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Learning from the Lessons Learned: The STEALTH Technique
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It won't Happen if You Can't Communicate |
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Managing & Motivating Successful Teams |
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Project Management – The Consultative Approach |
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PMBOK & BABOK: An Integrated View of Project Mgt. & Bus. Analysis |
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Make It Visible – The Toyota Way for Project Management |
Client Organizations (Webinars, Speeches, Papers and Publications) |
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NASA Project Management Chalenge Conference Feb.2009 |
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PMI-ISSIG and PMI-IT&T SIG - Delivered 1 hour Webinars |
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PMI-SOC Chapter (workshop, 200+ attendees, Project Recovery) |
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ICE/CIPS Technology Conference (workshop, Team Building) |
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PMI Chapters – Dinner Speaker at Lakeshore, Durham, CTT, SWO,
Peterborough, CIPS-ITSIG |
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Presentation for IEEE and ASQC Chapters, ProjectWorld Toronto |
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Guest Editor – CIPS Special Issue on Project Management |
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PMI Symposiums – Papers at Long Beach, San Diego, Pittsburgh
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Industry conferences – Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto |
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Published articles - PMI-ISSIG Review, Project Times, Automation and
Control, Office Automation
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