Driessnack, John
Professor John D. Driessnack, PfPM (USAF LT COL ret) specializes in solving wicked problems by combining his industrial engineering and institutional economics education along with his 35 plus years of project/program/portfolio leadership and management.
John has a deep understanding of Performance Management, including Earned Value Management, having utilized it to rebaseline the Global Broadcast System (GBS) ACAT 1D program as the Air Force Program Manager. He also developed the only billion dollars plus earned value system within the FAA to manage the Surveillance Broadcast System (SBS). He has numerous other experiences with Performance Management.
John is currently the Executive Vice President of the College of Performance Management (CPM), since Jan 2020. Selected at President for Jan 2022-24. John was selected and volunteered to be on the core committee for the new ANSI Standard for EVM, ANSI/PMI-19-006-2019. He is currenlty on a committee reviewing the next update to the ANSI Standard for Program Management, ANSI/PMI-08-002-2017. He has worked on NDIA Integrated Program Management Division working groups for over 20 years and was instrumental is development of the integration of EVM and Risk Management within the NDIA Application Guide.
Professor Driessnack has Adjunct Professorial Lecture appointment at the American University School for Public Administration as well as the American University Key Executive Leadership Program since 2007. He teaches a master level introductory class to Project Management. He also has an appointment as Lecturer at the University of Maryland, Clark School of Engineering, within the Project Management Center of Excellence since 2020. He teaches the introductory class for Project Management for engineers. John also has taught at the Defense Acquisition University for over 20 years and is currently a intermittent Professor focused on Leadership, Project, Program and Portfolio Management, Earned Value and Financial Management.
ENCE 320 Fall 2020 to Fall 2021