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2012-02-15 Project Management during Japan 2011 Disaster Relief (C166-P122150)

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Category: Luncheon Meeting
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Headshot of Matt TurpinWednesday, February 15, 2012 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
The Plaza Club (Location, Map, Dress)

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Programs: "Project Management during Disaster Relief"  PDU Info: Session #C166-P122150. PMPs earn 1 PDU in Category 3.

Matt Turpin, PMP - Crisis Response Planner

 

Synopsis:
The recent disaster in Japan prompted a massive international disaster relief project. The nuclear accident complicated relief efforts and demanded progressive elaborate during the project. Learn some of the lessons gleaned from that experience and how they can be applied to project management during a crisis.

Speaker Bio:
Matt Turpin serves as a Project Manager for crisis and disaster response at the United States Pacific Command, the headquarters responsible for US military operations in the Asia-Pacific region. As an Army Lieutenant Colonel and PMP, Matt combines Project Management methodologies with the military decision making process to lead multi-disciplinary teams in initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing disaster relief projects.

When natural disasters strike in the Asia-Pacific, Matt works with partners from the wider US Government and the International Humanitarian Community to develop options for how the United States military could provide disaster relief. If senior military leaders and the Secretary of Defense approve the use of military forces, Matt leads a team in the development of a plan and manages the execution.

Matt is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and received a Masters Degree in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Matt has served in a variety of military assignments in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.