Partnering Facilitator


Dennis Eriksen is ATI Systems Principal Facilitator

Facilitating Skills Derived from a Successful Project Manager's Background and Orientation

	A Partnering Facilitator Who Has "Walked the Talk" of Managing Winning Projects.
	Expert Among Partnering Facilitators in Defense Industry and Manufacturing Programs.
	Partnering Workshops That Address Each Project's Specific Opportunities, Issues and Risks.

Background

Independent Management Consultant - 18 years

	Guiding Organizations and Projects Through Periods of Transition.
	Facilitating Partnering Activities for Construction, Service, Defense, and Manufacturing Projects.
	Projects with a Total Value Exceeding $3 Billion.

Vice President & General Manager Litton Industries, Data Command Systems Division - 3 years

Managing all North American and European Activities for a $1.62 Billion Turn-key Air Defense Program for Saudi Arabia.

VP of Engineering for Two Litton Industries Divisions - 2 years

Blending the Cultures of a U.S. and an International Division.

Director of Systems Engineering - 5 years

Design Responsibility for the Division's Primary Market.

Senior Line and Project Manager - 10 years

	Projects of Over 1 Million Engineering Man-Hours.
	Teams with award winning and profit leading results.

Professional Engineer - 40 years

Electrician and Electrical Estimator - 6 years

Education

	Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, University of California Berkeley
	Master of Science Degree in Engineering, University of California Los Angeles

Professional/Civic Activities

Academic Honors

	Inducted into Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society.
	Inducted into Eta Kappa Nu, National Electrical Engineering Honor Society.

Registered Professional Engineer.

	Trainer Conducting Seminars on Partnering Techniques.
	Member of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation Aerospace Task Force - 1990 & 1991.
	Member of AGC, CMAA, CSA, CSPE, NDIA, PMI, SAME, Life Senior Member of the IEEE, and Life Member NSPE.

Professional Publications on Partnering

	Partnering: A New Panacea?, Los Angeles Business Journal, September 14, 1992
	Boosting Partnering's Benefits, The Society of American Military Engineers, The Military Engineer Magazine, October/November 1997
	Boosting Partnering's Benefits, The Professional Housing Management Association, Defense Communities Magazine, March/April 1998
	Partnering Offers to Improve the Very Culture of Aerospace and Defense Project Management, The Project Management Institute, Proceeding of the 29th Annual Project Management Institute 1998 Seminars and Symposium, October 1998.
	Project Partnering: A Project Manager's Guide, Prepared for Presentation to the Los Angeles Chapter of the Project Management Institute, September 1999.
	Partnering – Are Cooperative Relations Improving the System?, American Institute of Architects Construction Management and Design/Build Profession Interest Area, Project Delivery Report Number 6, October 1999.
	Partnering: Government and Contractors Teaming for Success, Contract Service Association of America, LINKAGE Magazine, Winter 2001.
	Partnering . . . A "Win / Win" Situation, The Associated General Contractors of California Tri-Counties District Newsletter, Year End 2001.
	Partnering: A Tool for Building Trust on Troubled Projects. The Troubled Projects Special Interest Group of the Project Management Institute established a Web Journal to encourage the writing of peer reviewed papers to aid their members' work with troubled projects. It was an honor when they asked that this paper be prepared as their inaugural issue in 2005.
	Partnering - Is it time to put it on the shelf? The Construction Management Association of America Northern California Chapter, Fall 2007 Newsletter.

Keynote Speeches

	Motivational Speaker for Agencies, Companies, and Associations.
	Introducing Partnering Methods and Results.
	Drawing on "Hands-On" Successes from Hundreds of Teams and Projects.

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