To assure the success of these projects, Mike Strevell has joined the Laboratory to lead the Project Management (PM) Division. The division's 150 staffers employ skills ranging from project estimating and scheduling to senior project managers who have led projects with budgets of more than $100 million
Strevell, a certified Project Management Professional and a registered Professional Engineer, came to Los Alamos from Motorola Semiconductor Products in Austin, Texas, where he was the director of their Program Management Office. Prior to that he was a professor of electrical engineering and project management at the U.S. Air Force Academy and is a graduate of the Academy. He has a master's and a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas. He also holds a master's degree in industrial engineering and management. During his Air Force career he served as a B-52 pilot and was certified by the Department of Defense at the highest level of project management.
"I'm excited about the opportunities for the division," said Strevell. "It is our mission to expand the role of project management from their successes in construction management, to improve the execution of the major science and technology projects at the lab."
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Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.