Bob Prieto on Constructing You - Giga Projects, Strategic Program Management, Challenging Convention

Episode 212 of the Constructing You podcast, hosted by Elinor Moshe, titled "Bob Prieto on Constructing You - Giga Projects, Strategic Program Management, Challenging Convention" was published on May 30, 2022 and runs 46 minutes.

May 30, 2022 ·46m · Constructing You

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Episode Description

Bob Prieto is currently Chairman & CEO of Strategic Program Management LLC focused on improving capital efficiency in large capital construction programs and strengthening engineering and construction organizations. Previously Bob was a senior vice president of Fluor focused on the development and delivery of large, complex projects worldwide.

He is author of "Strategic Program Management" and eight other books, over 850 papers and presentations and 4 issued patents. Bob's industry involvement includes ASCE Industry Leaders Council (ILC), National Academy of Construction (NAC) and Fellow of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA). He serves on a wide range of industry advisory panels including the the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Advisory Board, OECD Trust in Business Initiative - Blue Dot Network Executive Consultation Group and World Economic Forum Global Strategic Infrastructure Initiative Steering Committee and Global Advisory Council.

Bob served as one of three U.S. presidential appointees to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC); co-chaired the infrastructure task force in New York after 9/11; and Chairman at Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), one of the world's leading engineering companies.

He serves on New York University School of Engineering Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Advisory Board and New York University Abu Dhabi Engineering Academic Advisory Council and previously served as a trustee of Polytechnic University.

He was appointed as an honorary global advisor for the PM World Journal and Library. Bob currently serves on the Mott MacDonald Shareholders Committee as an independent member and Saudi based Dar al Riyadh Group as a non-executive director.

What you'll discover in this deeply fascinating episode:

The key to managing project complexity
The ultimate skills project professionals require to succeed in such complexity
How to develop unique and innovative insights in the industry
The greatest threats and opportunities for leaders today
The three ways in which conventional project theory fails in practice

And so much more.

Books by Robert Prieto

Strategic Program Management; published by the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA); ISBN 978-0-9815612-1-9; July 24, 2008
Topics in Strategic Program Management; ISBN 978-0-557-52887-5; July 2010
The GIGA Factor; Program Management in the Engineering & Construction Industry; CMAA; ISBN 978-1-938014-99-4; 2011
Application of Life Cycle Analysis in the Capital Assets Industry; Construction Management Association of America (CMAA); June 2013; ISBN 978-1-938014-06-2 (eBook); ISBN 978-1-938014-07-9 (Print)
Capital Efficiency: Pull All the Levers; Construction Management Association of America (CMAA); August 2014; 978-1-938014-08-6 (eBook); ISBN 978-1-938014-09-3 (Print)
Resilience: Managing the Risk of Natural Disaster; ISBN 978-1-329-19541-7; 2015
Resilience: An Engineering & Construction Perspective; ISBN 978-1-329-19542-4; 2015
Theory of Management of Large Complex Projects; Construction Management Association of America (2015); ISBN 580-0-111776-07-9

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