Being a Senior Project/Program Manager and Consultant requires much more than a basic understanding of PM best practices. It requires insights into the limited availability of time, money and resources, and how quickly projects and programs can adapt to changing business priorities. The recommendations below offer different perspectives on Allen Chapel as a person and as a professional:
 
One of the great privileges of my career has been the opportunity to work with professionals who are truly at the top of their game. Allen Chapel is the ultimate professional, the consultant’s consultant. Working across a wide range of industries, Allen has been instrumental in architecting and executing many corporate transformations that aligned people, technology, and strategic direction that successfully drove a culture of efficiency and value-based change.

           --  Seamus Conlan, former Principal Consultant at Pcubed

In 2004, Microsoft asked Allen to author and present an innovative breakout session on “projectizing” Professional Service Organizations at Microsoft Convergence. Since PMI is vendor-neutral, my choice to partner with Allen as a co-host was well researched to ensure the quality of content for conference attendees. This marked one of the first-ever collaborations between PMI and Microsoft, and I attribute this achievement to Allen serving as a respected industry expert.

           --  Laurie Cooke, former PMI Director of Professional Programs

While at Microsoft Business Solutions, I worked with Allen to build a library of white papers and webcasts designed to outline key business strategy considerations that project-oriented service organizations should undertake. These efforts said nothing about Microsoft products or solutions, instead it was an outpouring of the immense project/program strategy and management experience that Allen brings to the table. Feedback regarding the depth and value of Allen’s work was tremendous with many citing it as “game changing” for their firm.

           --  Ken Clements, former Industry Marketing Manager at Microsoft MBS

Allen is a top-notch strategic enterprise portfolio management consultant, with a wealth of real-world experience in designing and implementing portfolio management solutions. I would also consider Allen a superior change management specialist as he fully understands the cultural and organizational challenges to successfully deploying these types of solutions.

           --  Biron Crusenberry, former VP Southwest Region, Pcubed