John Riopel has been managing projects since before computers became the mainstay of managing schedule information. As a Berklee College of Music musician, he began managing projects by handling scheduling and delivery of gigs. He graduated to managing projects for a major defense contractor on the Extra Low Frequency (ELF) program for GTE Government Systems, working on microelectronics circuit boards for the ELF radio's delivery. He was program manager for the Wire and Cable Services (WACS) program delivering fiber optics network infrastructure for Cape Canaveral and the Supreme Court among others. He is now a project management consultant and owner of PM Providers, a Microsoft Silver Partner and Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP). He presents and records courses on project management, Microsoft Project, and Project Online/Project Server for LinkedIn Learning and speaks at PMI Global and Chapter meetings, and many other project management events. John holds a Project Management Professional (PMP)(R) certification, and Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certifications from Microsoft in Enterprise Project and Portfolio Management. He was awarded Community Leader for the Microsoft Project User Group. He provides coaching, training, and project management services for government and commercial customers.
