Mr. Harvey Levine, PMI Fellow, is a well-known project management (PM) author, consultant, and authority on the subjects of Project Portfolio Management (PPM), PM software, technology, earned value, and general PM practices. He has 46 years of PM experience, including 24 years with the General Electric Company. Since 1986, Harvey is Founder/Principal with The Project Knowledge Group, a PM consultancy based in New York and California that specializes in building PM competencies and providing guidance, training and services related to PPM and PM software selection, evaluation & implementation. He is a leading advocate and mentor in the expanding field of Project Portfolio Management. One of the leading consultants to the PM software industry in the USA, he has provided advice and services to many of the leading vendors in this field.  Harvey has also been recognized as a PM software industry watchdog, and a PM software “guru” for his knowledge, understanding, and insights regarding both vendor and user issues.  Mr. Levine is the author of three books: "Project Portfolio Management: A Practical Guide to Selecting Projects, Managing Portfolios, and Maximizing Benefits" (recently published by Jossey-Bass); "Practical Project Management: Tips, Tactics, and Tools" (John Wiley & Sons 2002); and "Project Management using Microcomputers" (Osborne/ McGraw-Hill 1986).  Former editor of the PM Software Forum in PMI’s Project Management Network magazine for 13 years, he has published over 250 articles and whitepapers on PM in the past 15 years. Mr. Levine served as President and Chairman of the Board of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) during 1985-86, received PMI's Distinguished Contribution to Project Management award in 1989, and was elected a Fellow of PMI in 1998.  Harvey can be contacted at halevine@earthlink.net.