Karen Tate, PMP, MBA, PMI Fellow - President at The Griffin Tate Group, Inc.

Xavier University
Vanderbilt University
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Seneca High School

25+ years in project management and consulting, and the author of 5 books on project management. Owner and founder of The Griffin Tate Group Inc.
Served on the Global Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute(R) for six years
Received PMI Fellow Award, PMI’s highest and most prestigious honor, for sustained and significant contributions to PMI and the project management profession, 2009
Featured as one of 12 Women Project Managers in PM Network Magazine, 1994
Books and Publications
Project Management Memory Jogger, GOAL/QPC & PMI, 1998, 2010, a PMI best seller
The Advanced Project Management Memory Jogger, GOAL/QPC, 2007
Perfect Phrases for Project Management, McGraw-Hill, 2012
Passing the PMP Exam: How to Take It and Pass It (contributing author), Prentice Hall, 2005
The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Project Management Course, McGraw-Hill, 2005, 2010
Getting Started in Project Management, Wiley and Sons 2001
TRIZ: Systematic Innovation, Goal/QPC 1995
Systematic Innovation, PM Network, 1996
Team Based Risk Assessment, PM Network, 1998
A Step by Step Approach to Risk Assessment, GTG, 2000
Columnist, PM Network Magazine, 1997-2001

Specialties: Project Management, international experience, team work, participative management, faciitation, continuous improvement, construction, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, Six Sigma, training, consulting, keynote speaking, nuclear, course development