I hold a PhD in engineering, and have been working on projects for the last 8.5 years. I decided to finally pursue my PMP certification to compliment my PRINCE 2 Practitioner certificate. I wanted to move into much larger, complex projects and realized PMP was the way to get the right kind of attention. My current employer recognizes this effort and it has been paying off handsomely for me thus far.

My Name Is Ayman Shawaly working at Salma Structural Engineering (SSE) SSE  Company, a consulting company in management and supervision of Construction projects. I am working as an Electrical projects Manger in SSE projects in KSA.

I am Prashant Shah, 15 years of telecom, health care, Legal, and finance experienced person.

PM PrepCast videos and  all the test questions, along with you tube free video questions and answers are my recommendations. I would say generally speaking depending on your strength you need about 1000 hours of study in this, about 3-4 months 40 hours a week, study 2 months and q and a 2 months.  Write down cheat sheet every time you take exam then study your mistakes from the exam.  You need to also practice what are you going to do when you go for an actual exam for first 15 minutes?  Practice on that.

I am originally from Milan, Italy where I obtained a M. Sc. in Political Sciences and International Economics. After 4 years working for governmental agencies in commercial and financial roles, I moved to Denmark where I have been living ever since.

Since 2009 I embraced a career within Renewables and particularly Wind Energy, first as a Senior Advisor in a consulting company specialized in wind power and afterwards continuing my professional journey with DONG Energy, Danish utility and market leader within offshore wind.

I am mechanical engineer with an energy construction company in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. I've been working as an engineer since 2007, and have been practicing Project Management in the trenches since 2011.
I took the PMP mainly because I needed an internationally recognized Project Management certification to validate the skill and experience I've gained on the field.

My name is Mohammed Thasveer, I am a Civil Engineer by Profession with a masters in business administration. 16 years of experience in the construction industry. In November 2015 I passed the PMP which I value much and hope to go further ahead in the Project Management field.

I work as an Engineering Program Manager at Lockheed Martin Transportation and Security Solutions based in Maryland, USA. I have worked in the Aviations domain for over 17 years.

While the PMBOK is the source of the exam, I found taking alternate prep classes to be very useful to fill in gaps. My company offered internal classes to supplement the PMBOK, but there are many available courses however that students can sign up for.

My name is Derek Walsh and I reside in Washington DC. I am an enlisted member in the United States Coast Guard and I am 28 years old. My main job is to deal with USCG's Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives. A majority of my project management experience is a direct result from new requirements to USCG ordnance programs that I was in charge of implementing. I recently acquired my PMP and soon I will be starting my CSM course. I exit the military in July 2016 and look forward to using my skills in the private sector.

I am an IT professional and work for Cognizant Technologies and am designated as Manager-Projects. I am currently engaged in Banking and Financial sector for more than 10 years. I have completed multiple project deliveries while in India and now in the USA and have led team sizes up to 20 people and have been instrumental in handling multi-location project set-up and bring them to BAU modes with my primary role as technology project manager and lead.

I am Angela Moll, I work in the technology industry and have been a PM for over 6 years. My work experience has had me working with projects that range from $2 million to $200 million.

The 1st thing I would suggest students read is the PMBOK Glossary, so you become familiar with the terms before reading the PMBOK Guide.  Then I would suggest reading the PMBOK and then move forward to the PM PrepCast – I was able to review the podcasts when it was convenient for me. It’s critical to have a plan and I would suggest giving at least 2 to 3 months of dedicated study time.

I currently live and work in Charlotte, NC.

PMP certification had been a goal of mine long ago but I never seemed to have the time to properly pursue it. After hearing a interview about leadership and PMPs I started to get serious. First I thought “I'll just read the PMBOK, this what the test all about right?” I felt overwhelmed and frustrated.

I heard an interview on the PM Podcast, with Dan Ryan and I signed up right away.

I currently live in Melbourne, Australia, and this is where I have been for the past 15 years.

I work as IT Project Specialist with a fantastic team of people across multiple initiatives. I absolutely enjoy daily interaction with onshore and offshore project teams, and greatly value our long-term working relationship based on mutual respect for each other, trust to deliver and understanding of each others’ similarities and differences.

I currently live in Edinburgh, Scotland and after 20 years in the legal sector found my career took an unexpected change in 2008 moving from the private sector to the public sector.   

I am currently employed as a Project Officer with NHS Lothian within the Capital Planning & Projects Department.  My first project was assisting a Senior Project Manager with a new Community Hospital. 

I am originally from Denver, CO, I moved to Los Angeles in 2000 after finishing my BA in International Affairs/Japanese from the University of Colorado at Boulder. I did Sales & Marketing (including running lots of projects/events!) for 6 years at a 3D Animation software company.

I have been working as a Project Manager in different capacities for most of my life (starting with planning the Senior Prom in Highschool!) but I wanted to formalize my knowledge and receive the PMP Certification that goes along with it.

I am the Director of TransAtlantic Client Relations for one of the original 10 software companies in the world, Cincom Systems, Inc.  Project involvement for me has included customer-focused projects such as implementation, business analysis, and systems migration.  Additionally, I have been involved in internal business initiatives surrounding of practice development and program feasibility studies.  I work in Cincom’s world headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.