Project Management
Name: Associate Professor Indra Gunawan
Email: indra.gunawan@adelaide.edu.au


Teaching Staff:

Term 2 Online
Name: Professor Vernon Ireland
BE, BA, MEngSc, PhD, FIEAust, EngExec

Short Bio:
From 1991-1996 Vernon was Corporate Development Director of Fletcher Challenge Construction, responsible for people and
business systems improvement in the USA, NZ, Australia, the Pacific and Asian businesses. He then became CEO of the Australian Graduate School of Engineering Innovation, an advanced engineering centre.

 Prior to this he was Dean of the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at the University of Technology, Sydney. He was also Chair of the Building Services Corporation of NSW from 1987 to 1990 reporting to both Labor and Coalition Ministers. While an academic he completed his PhD in project management. After graduation he practised as a structural engineer for seven years.

Vernon initiated and completed the proposal to Congress and Council of Engineers Australia to establish CELM and was Deputy
Chair of the National Board for five years.

He was also President of the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia in 2004.

Vernon Ireland is currently Director of Project Management and Industry Programs for the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation
and Innovation Centre of The University of Adelaide. He is based in Sydney.

Vernon has received three medals:
·        The Silver Magnolia Medal awarded by the Shanghai Government for contributions to Chinese overseas relations;
·        The Rotary International Gold Medal for contribution to vocational Education;
·        Engineers Australia’s Medal for contribution to engineering.

Vernon has conducted four sets of international benchmarking studies, comparing Australia’s project management performance with that of the USA, the UK, Canada, Germany, Sweden and New Zealand for two Royal Commissions.

He has recently edited a volume of the Australian Journal of Civil Engineering on the business, leadership and management of
civil engineering.

He has been named by the Shanghai Government as one of the world 100 experts on Infrastructure.

Email: vernon.ireland@adelaide.edu.au

Phone: +61 411 153 861

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