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Colin Cropley

First Name: 
Colin
Last Name: 
Cropley

Specialist in Integrated Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis, Schedule Risk Analysis and Monte Carlo simulation of projects.

User of Primavera planning for over 25 years and Pertmaster/Primavera Risk Analysis software for more than 12 years.

Chemical Engineer by training. Formerly Project Manager in resource, oil & gas and energy sectors with experience in technology development and I&CT sectors.

Colin Cropley has over thirty five years’ experience of project management, project controls and risk management.  He has experience in project and risk management software development, training and lecturing, in sectors including oil & gas, minerals processing, IT, power, & defence.  He has conducted risk management processes, schedule and cost risk analyses and training for companies including BHP Billiton, BP Australia, Leighton Contractors, Oman LNG, Origin Energy, Santos, Tenix Defence, Thiess and Woodside Petroleum.
Colin is a Chemical Engineering Graduate of The University of Melbourne and was Chairman of the Victorian Primavera Users Group from 1997 to 2009.

He has been guest lecturing in project management at universities since 1991 and has delivered presentations at many project management related conferences, including PMI’s PMOz, PMICoS (Calgary 2010), AACEI’s Annual Meeting (New Orleans 2014) and the International Cost Engineering Council’s World Congress (Milan 2014).  He is a member of PMI (Melbourne Chapter), AACEI, Australian Cost Engineering Society, Australian Risk Engineering Society, Society of Petroleum Engineers and Australian Pipelines & Gas Association.

Certified PRINCE2 Practitioner (2000) and PMP (2001)

Current Position: Managing Director, Risk Integration Management Pty Ltd based in Melbourne Australia.

Professional Since: 
Jan-1972 (52.7 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Mar 2008 (16.5 yrs experience, WARNING: 36.2 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
46

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