Keith Farndale, MBA, PEng, was founder and president of Procept Associates Ltd., a premier provider of training and consulting in project management with clients across Canada and with international affiliates. His own clients included engineering-intense organizations Amec, Vale, and OPG Nuclear. Prior to his current roles, he spent a 20-year career in the management of industrial construction projects. Keith is a past president of a chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and recipient of an Outstanding Contribution award. He designed and presented the first course in Canada aligned with PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge. Keith has been a member of the Project Management Forum of the Conference Board of Canada, the Ontario Construction Users Council, and the advisory board for the ProjectWorld Canada conference. He is a past director and competency assessor and is currently the Appeals Committee Chair for the Project Management Association of Canada. He has been designated as an Earned Value Professional by the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, as a Certified Training Professional by the Canadian Society for Training and Development, as a Project Management Professional by PMI, and is a Professional Engineer.
