ED MAHLER is President of the Project Administration Institute, Inc. [PAI], a consulting firm providing high visibility project scheduling services to the corporate world since 1992. Prior to founding PAI, Ed was an IBM systems engineer supporting international customer accounts and project manager on internal IBM projects. Ed founded the PMI Westchester Chapter, was President from 2002 to 2008, and was VP of Programs for the New York City PMI chapter from 1994 to 2000.