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David Hulett provides consulting and training services in project risk management and scheduling through his firm Hulett & Associates, LLC. His clients have included companies in aerospace and defense, oil and gas, construction, pharmaceutical, transportation, communications, IT and large science. He has consulted for several US Government agencies including Defense agencies and Department of Energy national laboratories, NASA, GAO, DHS and GSA. Dr. Hulett focuses on quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis and on project scheduling. Clients of Hulett & Associates, LLC are in the US, Canada, he Far East, Europe, South America and the Middle East.

Dr. Hulett was project manager for the revision of the Risk Management chapter of the PMBOK® Guide that was published in 2000 and again for the 3rd Edition. He was on the Core Committee for the PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling and was the Deputy Project Manager of the PMI Practice Standard for Risk Management.

He has authored or co-authored four Recommended Practices on risk analysis and decision analysis topics for AACE International. He has authored or co-authored ten articles featured in Cost Engineering, the AACE professional journal. He was admitted as a Fellow to AACE International in 2015 and received the Dunfield award for project management training as well. In 2024 he was awarded AACE International’s Total Cost Management Excellence award.

Dr. Hulett has published two books entitled Practical Schedule Risk Analysis (2009, Gower), and Integrated Cost – Schedule Risk Analysis (2011, Gower).

Dr. Hulett has held strategic planning positions at TOSCO and TRW. Dr. Hulett managed offices in the Federal Energy Agency, Department of Energy and the Office of Management and Budget. He was an Instructor in the Economics Department at Harvard University. His Ph.D. is from Stanford and B.A is from Princeton.

With over 25 years of expertise in planning and scheduling for significant infrastructure and construction projects, Santosh Bhat is an AACE Certified Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) now operating as independent consultant, supporting contractors, consultants, and client agencies with project planning, scheduling and related services, with a special focus on Schedule Risk Analysis.

Based in Sydney, Australia, as well as representing Safran Risk in the Asia/Pacific region, Santosh is also the Co-Founder/CEO of Turbo-Chart, and is passionate about improving the role of planning and scheduling throughout industry.

Albert Brier is a seasoned project controls professional with over 15 years of proven experience delivering challenging projects to diverse clients across the globe. He has supported a wide variety of projects in multiple sectors, including oil & gas, mining, and commercial construction. Albert has provided a diverse array of services to owners and contractors, including project management, project controls, process development and implementation, training and education, estimate production and validation, requests for proposal and proposal technical reviews, risk management, and operational support. He has also earned the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute. Albert is a member of our senior leadership team, and is an experienced communicator at all levels.

About Dokainish & Company

Dokainish & Company is a standout in capital project services. It has delivered billion-dollar projects months ahead-of-schedule, built award-winning PMOs, and helped clients generate hundreds of millions in revenue potential. It reduces cost and complexity for mega-projects to accelerate companies’ revenue generation. It provides world-class project controls and system implementation services. The company implements controls and systems to optimize the interplay between people, process, technology, and data. It is ISO 9001:2015 certified and a certified minority-owned business enterprise with offices in New York, Abu Dhabi, Toronto, and Calgary. Learn more at www.dokainish.com and follow them on LinkedIn: @Dokainish&Company