Daniel L Williams first began working with Primavera in 2001 as part of an integration project with JD Edwards World. Since then, he has helped numerous clients integrate Primavera with many other systems, including PeopleSoft, Timberline, and Oracle EBS. His work revolves around helping people make best use of Primavera and other software investments. Sometimes this involves heavy integration; sometimes it involves customization and automation of business processes. Sometimes it simply involves listening to people talk through their business goals and helping them come up with workable solutions. Daniel's background includes a Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech, many years of programming in C, C++, and C#, and for the past decade leading numerous software development projects oriented around Primavera. Dr. Williams is the author of Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8: Project and Portfolio Management, Packt Publishing.
Deepak Vohra is a consultant and a principal member of the NuBean.com software company. Deepak is a Sun Certified Java Programmer and Web Component Developer, and has worked in the fields of XML, Java programming, and J2EE for over five years. Deepak is the co-author of the book Pro XML Development with Java Technology, Apress and was the technical reviewer for the book WebLogic: The Definitive Guide, O'Reilly Media. Deepak was also the technical reviewer for the book Ruby Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Course Technology PTR, and the technical editor for the book Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action, Manning Publications. Deepak is also the author of the books JDBC 4.0 and Oracle JDeveloper for J2EE Development, Packt Publishing, Processing XML documents with Oracle JDeveloper 11g, Packt Publishing, and EJB 3.0 Database Persistence with Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, Packt Publishing.
Bryan Gardner has more than 15 years of experience in various areas of construction administration, project control, and project management. Prior to joining Critical Business Analysis in 2004, he had managed many projects in the commercial and educational segments of construction. During that time, Bryan gained significant insight into enterprise management systems and information technology for construction. In addition to his years of hands-on experience with Primavera products, in the last eight years, Bryan has consulted for many large and medium size firms for Contract Manager and P6, including clients in the oil and gas, engineering and construction, aviation, manufacturing, and public works sectors.
Bryan is a certified Trainer and Implementation Consultant for Primavera Contract Management and P6. Bryan is proficient in the use of the Oracle BI Publisher and Sybase InfoMaker report writers in conjunction with Primavera products and trains others to be as well.
Bryan has presented on Contract Management topics at the Primavera User Conference in 2007 and 2008 as well as the Collaborate conferences in 2011 and 2012.
Most recently Bryan has been working with the Project Controls group of a major Canadian oil company, working their business functions and specialized reporting requirements into the Primavera application set. Bryan works each day to support the successful implementation and long term use of Contract and Project Management systems, utilizing his real world and consulting experience to provide a sensible and functional solution.