About the Author:

Simon Moore is the product planner for Microsoft’s Enterprise Project Management solution and has engaged with project and portfolio executives from Brazil to Japan to define the most effective strategies for completing projects on time, on budget, and within scope. He has worked on new product development for Anheuser-Busch, financial portfolio analysis at Putnam Investments, and regulation and compliance at the Bank of England. He has also served as a strategic consultant to firms in the technology, retail, and financial industries. He has written for the UK’s Guardian newspaper and is a member of the Project Management Institute. He has a B.A. (Hons) from Oxford University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. He also studied at Chulalongkorn University in Asia and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Simon was born in the UK and currently lives in Seattle, WA, USA.