Alan is the International Program Director for the Project Management Curriculum for Priority Management Systems Inc.

With 18 years of experience in adult education through public speaking and facilitation, Alan brings an extensive understanding and application of management skills with emphasis on Project Management.

Prior to assuming this most recent role with Priority Management, Alan has been Senior Coach and CEO of Atlantica Learning Corporation (1983-1998).

Team and Leadership Facilitation Experience includes:

Canadian Navy: Joint account relationship management in numerous training and consulting assignments including:

• Team Decision Making for FMF Cape Scott formation
• Project Planning for MARCOM transfer to Ottawa
• Strategic Planning and Re-engineering of N6, DND

G7 Conference - Halifax 1995:

• Facilitated Project Execution Plan for the conference Entertainment Committee - budget $150K

Statistics Canada - Ottawa 2001:

• Facilitation and coordination of project plan for 2006 national census - budget $500M

Explorer Pipeline - Tulsa, OK 2001:

• Facilitation and coordination of project plan for major pipeline expansion, including new control software -budget - $125M

Philips Consumer Electronics - Knoxville TN 2002:

• Facilitation of project plan for major product development and launch, coordinating between international venues - budget  $12M

Education & Development include:

• Project Management Professional certification – Project Management Inst. 99
• Bachelor of Arts – York University 85
• Diploma in International Business and Marketing – St. Mary’s University 87
• Certificate in Instructional Facilitation - Friesen Kaye and Associates
• Process Mapping – Ben Graham Group
• Project Scheduler 7 – Scitor Corp.
• MS Project 98 - ATS
• Project Management Processes
• Decision Making Processes
• Team Building & Team Decisions
• Change Management Program
• Process Skills Analysis Program
• Professional Selling Skills Program

Selected Achievements:

• Communications Officer aboard HMCS Huron, the Command ship for standing Naval Force Atlantic
• Regional Developer - Priority Management
• Chairman, Canadian Chamber of Commerce Annual Conference Task Force
• Executive of the Year, Halifax Board of Trade
• Director and Vice President Halifax Board of Trade
• Abritrator, Better Business Bureau of Nova Scotia
• Certified Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute
• Corporate Citizen of the Year, Priority Management