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Aaron J. Shenhar

Ph. D. PMI Fellow, PMP, CEO of Technological Leadership Institute, SPL Win Group, Professor of Technology Innovation and Project Management. He served as Professor at Tel-Aviv University, University of Minnesota, at Stevens Institute of Technology and Rutgers University.

Aaron Shenhar Dr. is also an experienced manager and executive. He served in the Israeli Navy, before joining the defense industry, where he has been involved in managing projects, innovation, R&D, and high technology businesses for almost 20 years. Working for Rafael, Advanced Defense Systems, he participated in all phases of engineering and management, from project manager up through the highest executive posts. As executive, was Corporate Vice President, Human Resources, and later, President of the Electronic Systems Division. With six books and over 150 publications, which were cited more than 4,000 times and published in leading journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Sloan Management Review, Research Policy, or IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, his writings have influenced project and technology management research and education around the world. His publications are highly regarded and used in the curriculum of corporate and university programs in project and technology management.

EDUCATION

 * Ph.D. Stanford University, Electrical Engineering,


 * Major Field: Information Theory, Minor Field: Statistics


 * M.Sc. Stanford University, Engineering Economic Systems


 * M.Sc. Stanford University, Statistics


 * M.Sc. Technion, Israel, Electrical Engineering


 * B.Sc. Technion, Israel, Electrical Engineering

FIELDS OF RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND CONSULTING

 * Management of Technology and Innovation


 * Strategic Project Management


 * System Engineering


 * Technological Leadership

AWARDS, HONORS, and IMPACT

 * Nominated as Fellow, PMI, Project Management Institute, 2012.
 * Citations: Over 3200. Five Most Cited works were cited 974 times (318, 285, 275, 178, 166).
 * The book Reinventing Project Management: The Diamond Approach to Successful Growth and Innovation, published by Harvard Business School Press was ranked among the Top Five Best Business Books of the year.
 * The book Reinventing Project Management: The Diamond Approach to Successful Growth and Innovation, published by Harvard Business School Press was ranked among the Top Five Best Business Books of the year.
 * The book Reinventing Project Management: The Diamond Approach to Successful Growth and Innovation, published by Harvard Business School Press was ranked among the Top Five Best Business Books of the year.


 * Nominated as Fellow, NASA’s Center for Project/Program Management Research, 2004.
 * First Recipient of PMI’s Research Achievement Award, 2003.
 * Nominated to NASA’s Science Council on Project and Program Management, 2003.
 * "Top Ten Most Downloaded Articles” in 2003 in the Business Category of Science Direct: “An empirical analysis of the relationship between project planning and project success,” (with D. Dvir and T. Raz), Int. J. of Project Mgt, 21, 2, 2003.
 * Jess H. Davis Research Award, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2000.
 * Henry Morton Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2000
 * Received the Engineering Manager of the Year Award, IEEE, Engineering Management Society, 2000.
 * Ranked Best Teacher, Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management, Executive Master of Technology Management Program, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1999, 2004.
 * Citation of Excellence with the Highest Quality Rating by ANBAR Electronic Intelligence Assessment Board: “Understanding the Defense Conversion Dilemma,” (with Z. Hougui, D. Dvir, A. Tishler, and Y. Sharan), Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 59, 3, 1998.
 * Excellence in Publication Award for: “From Theory to Practice: Toward a Typology of Project Management Styles.” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, February 1998.

Books
1.	Aaron Shenhar and Dov Dvir, Reinventing Project Management: The Diamond Approach to Successful Growth and Innovation. Harvard Business School Press, August 2007, (288p).The book was selected among the top five best business books of the year and is the first and only project management book published by Harvard Press.

2.	Aaron J. Shenhar, Dov Dvir, Dragan Milosevic, and Hans Thamhain, Linking Project Management with Business Strategy, Project Management Institute, 2007, (239p).

3.	Richard Reilly, Zvi Aronson, Peter Dominick, Michael Ryan, Ann Mooney, and Aaron J. Shenhar, The Human Side of Project Leadership, Project Management Institute, 2007, (215p).

4.	Aaron Shenhar and Amos Yarkoni (editors) The Culture of Management in Israel, Tcherikover, 1994, (in Hebrew, 411p).

5.	Aaron Shenhar and Dov Dvir, R&D Defense Management in Israel, Institute of Business Research, Tel-Aviv University and Ministry of Defense Israel, 1993, (in Hebrew, 230p).

6.	Aaron Shenhar, The Economy of Israel in the Grip of Industrial Relations, Ramot, 1991, (in Hebrew, 191p).

Scientific and Professional Affiliations

 * Served as Member of Editorial Boards
 * Technological Forecasting and Social Change
 * Journal of Engineering and Technology Management (JET-M)
 * Journal of Systems Engineering,
 * IEEE Transaction on Engineering Management

Professional Societies

 * Member of:
 * AOM
 * IEEE
 * INCOSE
 * INFORMS
 * PMI
 * IAMOT

Academy of Management
Organizer and speaker in special PDW on Project Management, 2005, 2008

IEEE Engineering Management Society
Transactions Editor-in-Chief Search Committee 2003.

International Association of Management of Technology, IAMOT
Discussion Group Leader: “The State of the Discipline, 1997 - 1998 Track Leader on Project Management, IAMOT 2000, 2002

International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE
Leader of the Academic Forum, 1994 - 1995.