I have experience in cost engineering, estimating and cost forecasting both in industry and government providing a unique perspective. I have presented courses in hardware estimating, software estimating, life cycle cost, Cost Estimating Relationships, Information Technology, risk analysis and supplier assessment in the UK, Italy, USA, Sweden, Australia, Taiwan and Germany. I have also conducted consulting assignments in cost estimating in UK, Italy, France, Australia and the Netherlands. I have been estimating since 1984 and parametric cost estimating since 1987.I have presented papers to the European meeting of Space System Cost Analysis Group (SSCAG); the PRICE Symposium also at the International Society for Parametric Analysts (ISPA) Conferences. I won Best Applications Track Paper for the 2003 ISPA conference and was awarded Best Hardware Track Paper in 2006.I have had articles published in the “Project” magazine of the Association for Project Management, “The Cost Engineer” the journal of the Association of Cost Engineers and the “Defence Management Journal” (DMJ) the management journal for the United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Defence (MOD).I am co-author of the Routledge publication “Cost Engineering Health Check: How good are those numbers?” (ISBN: 978-1-4724-8407-9) which was published in 2017.I am the editor and major contributor of the Gower publication “Systems Cost Engineering” (ISBN: 978-0-566-08861-2) which was published in July 2009. I was the first European to become an International Society of Parametric Analysts (ISPA) Certified Parametric Practitioner (CPP) in 2003 and be awarded the Frank Freiman award in 2009.
Listed skills include Cost Benefit, Analysis, Earned Value Management, Program Management, and 35 others.