If you have ever been faced with starting a project controls organization from scratch then you will be able to relate to the challenges that Lynda Gauthier, Financial Operations Manager and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) Project Controls Manager, has overcome to create a marquee Project Management Controls System.
Lynda is a finance and project management professional with 20 years of experience with science and engineering development projects. She holds a Master’s Degree in Accountancy from Western Michigan University, is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Currently, Lynda manages cost, scope, schedule and risk for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB, pronounced F-RIB) project. The $730M FRIB project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) and operated by Michigan State University (MSU). Lynda is a member of the National Laboratories Project Controls community and frequently represents FRIB and MSU while reviewing other large DOE-SC funded science projects.
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