John Bowen

John Bowen is president of Management Envision LLC, a research and consulting company focused on innovative presentation of complex issues in process, portfolio, project and program management. He provides management consulting services to IT organizations in global expansion and manages projects in the US, Latin America and Europe. Mr. Bowen is also acting Director of Global Partnerships for Computer Aid, Inc., responsible for expanding CAI’s international business presence. In this role, he has led CAI’s international growth in Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Before founding Management Envision, Mr. Bowen served for ten years as CIO of PPL Global, the international division of PPL Corporation. In that role, he was responsible for IT management and operations in Latin America and lived for several years in Argentina and Chile. Mr. Bowen has more than 35 years of IT management experience including executive leadership, technology management, IT integration, IT due diligence, strategic planning and large scale system implementation. He has managed multi-national projects involving teams in more than 20 countries. He authored an acclaimed project management methodology and established project management offices (PMOs) in multiple companies in the US and Latin America. Mr. Bowen is a magna cum laude graduate of DePauw University with degrees in mathematics, computer science and symbolic logic. He has taught international business, information engineering and project management for MBA programs at eight universities and is currently visiting instructor of project management and international business at Lehigh University’s Iacocca Institute. Mr. Bowen has taught project leadership to more than 500 professionals from nearly 100 countries at the Iacocca Institute´s Global Village program. “John Bowen's enthusiasm and knowledge about conducting business around the world including being able to live and work successfully in a variety of cultures offers us an insight into international business that is unique providing us with a wealth of valuable information,” said Russell Sarder, CEO of NetCom Learning and creator of Sarder TV. Mr. Bowen’s industry knowledge spans power generation, energy distribution, telecommunications, higher education, software development and health care.