Alfonso Bucero

Madrid, Spain

Alfonso Bucero, PhD, PMP, PMI-RMP, PfMP, PMI Fellow, is the founder and Managing Partner of BUCERO PM Consulting. He managed IIL Spain for almost two years, and he was a Senior Project Manager at Hewlett-Packard Spain (Madrid Office) during thirteen years.

Alfonso is a PMI member, and a member of ALI (Asociación de Licenciados, Ingenieros y Doctores en Informática). Alfonso was the founder, Sponsor and President of PMI Barcelona, Spain Chapter until April 2005, and he is an IPMA Assessor. He was a member of the CoPAT (Congress Project Action Team) of PMI EMEA 2005 Congress in Edinburgh, 2006 PMI EMEA Congress in Madrid, and PMI EMEA Congress in Budapest. He was graduated in the “Leadership Institute Master Class 2007” on October 2007 in Atlanta (PMI Global Congress). He was the second President of PMI Madrid Spain Chapter. He was a PMI Component Mentor for Region 8 South during three years, and a PMIEF Engagement Committee Member. He received the PMI Distinguished Contribution Award on October 9^th, 2010. He also received the PMI Fellow Award on October 22^nd, 2011 and the PMI Eric Jenett Excellence Award on October 28^th 2017.

Alfonso has a Computer Science Engineering degree by “Universidad Politécnica (Madrid)”, a Master Science in Project Management by Zaragoza University (Industrial Engineering School), and now he is finishing his PhD. in “Project Management” at the ISM University in Lithuania. He has 35 years of practical experience and twenty-nine of them in project management worldwide. He has managed and consulted projects in different countries along Europe.

Since 1994, he is a frequent speaker at International PM Congresses and Symposiums. Alfonso has delivered PM training and consulting services in Spain, Mexico, UK, Belgium, Germany, France, Denmark, Costa Rica, Brazil, USA, and Singapore. As Project Management believer, he defends that Passion, Persistence and Patience are keys for project success.

He authored the book “Dirección de Proyectos, una nueva vision” published by “LITO GRAPO Editors) in IIL Mexico on June 2003. And he is a contributor of Chapter 7 of the book “Creating the Project Office”. Published on February 2003 by Jossey-Bass Editors (San Francisco/California), authored by Robert J. Graham., Paul Dinsmore and Randall L. Englund.

Alfonso co-authored with Randall L. Englund the book “Project Sponsorship” published by Josse- Bass Editors by May 2006. He has authored the book “Today is a Good Day” – Attitudes for achieving project success, published by Multimedia Publishing in Canada on last February 2010. He has also contributed to some professional magazines in Russia (SOVNET), India (ICFAI), Argentina and Spain. Alfonso co-authored with Randall L. Englund the book “The Complete Project Manager” and “The Complete Project Manager Toolkit” that was published by Management Concepts last March 2012. Alfonso got published the book: “The Influential Project Manager” on the first quarter of 2014 by CRC Editors in the US. On 2015 wrote a new edition of the Project Sponsorship book co-authored with Randall L. Englund. On April 2017 he got published the book “TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER” through Motivational Press Editors.

Alfonso has published several articles at national and international PM magazines. He is a Contributing editor of PM Network (Crossing Borders), published by the “Project Management Institute”. Alfonso is an International Correspondent and Contributing Editor for the PM World Journal in Madrid, Spain. Mr. Bucero can be contacted at alfonso.bucero@abucero.com.

Profile updated 16 January 2019

Books

Passion, Persistence and Patience (2018)

Tomorrow will be better (2017)

The Influential Project Manager published by CRC Editors on 2014

Dirección de proyectos – Una Nueva Visión (Díaz de Santos Editor) 2002 and 2013

!Hoy es un buen día! – Diaz de Santos 2013

The Complete Project Manager (Co-authored with Randall L. Englund) 2012

The Complete Project Manager Toolkit (Co-authored with Randall L. Englund) 2012

Today is a Good Day! – Multi Media Publications 2010

Project Sponsorship (co-authored with Randall L. Englund), 2006

Alfonso Bucero

Madrid, Spain

Books

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