About the Author

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Gerald J. Leonard is currently the CEO of Principles of Execution, a certified MBE dba Turnberry Premiere, and is a strategic project portfolio management and IT governance firm based in the metro Washington, DC, area. Gerald attended Central State University in Ohio, where he received a bachelor's in music and later earned a master's in music from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. During the last 20+ years, Gerald has worked as an IT project management consultant and earned his PfMP, PMP, MCSE, and a certification in conversational intelligence (C-IQ) coaching. He has acquired certifications in project management and business intelligence from the University of California, Berkeley; theory of constraints portfolio management from the Goldratt Institute, executive leadership from Cornell University; and The Wharton School: Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program. To learn more, visit www.geraldjleonard.com