Ovidiu Cretu

Contact Information:

Ovidiu@cretugroup.com

Academics, Credentials, Memberships

Ph.D., Mech. Eng. Romania, 01/1982

M. Sc., Mech. Eng. Romania, 06/1971

PE Licenses on Mechanical 1992, and Civil Engineering, 1993, WA, USA

Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) Certification, 2004

Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEI) 2010

Society of Risk Analysis (SRA), 2004;

Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 2004;

Toastmaster International (TI), DTM, 1996;

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1990

Earned the Distinguished Toastmaster; the highest recognition of Toastmasters International, 2001

Public Works Program Advisory Committee of South Puget Sound Community College, 00

Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 11th International Conference on Tribology, ROTRIB’10

Head of the “Machine Design, Tribology and Mechanical Vibrations” Scientific Committee, Iasi, Romania, 08

Experience

Cost Risk Management (assessment, analysis, response, monitoring and control)

Project and Portfolio Risk Analysis

Project and Program Management

Ovidiu, on the strength of his academic acumen, combined with field experience, has created effective down-to-earth risk analysis tools.

Ovidiu has developed a user-friendly integrated cost and schedule quantitative risk analysis within the MS Excel. His development is so popular it is used by companies in the private sector as well as public agencies from across the country.

He is frequently sought out for guidance on project risk analysis and management.

List of publications

• Cretu O., Stewart R., Berends T., Risk Management for Design and Construction, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN-10: 047063538X; ISBN-13: 978-0470635384

• Cretu O., Cretu V., “An integrated Approach to Project Risk Analysis” Society For Risk Analysis Annual Meeting 2010, Risk Analysis in Action, December 5-8, 2010, Salt Lake, Utah (approved Technical Publication)

• Cretu O., Cretu V., Berends T., Stewart R., “Risk Based Estimate – Keep It Simple …” International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 12-18, 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia

• Cretu O., Gable M., Cretu V., “Nuclear Plant Risk Based Estimate” ASME 2010 POWER Conference, July 13-15, 2010, Chicago, IL, ISBN #: 978-0-7918-4935-4

• Cretu O., Berends T., Stewart R., “Reflections about Base Cost Uncertainty” Society For Risk Analysis Annual Meeting 2009, Risk Analysis: The Evolution of a Science, December 6-9, 2009, Baltimore, Maryland

• Cretu O., “Cost and Schedule Estimate—Risk Analysis for Transportation Infrastructures” International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Volume 13: New Developments in Simulation Methods and Software for Engineering Applications; Safety Engineering, Risk Analysis and Reliability Methods; Transportation Systems ISBN: 978-0-7918-4386-4

• Cretu O., “Risk Based Estimate of Transportation Infrastructures” The International PIARC Seminar – Managing Operational Risks on Roads” November 5-7, 2009, Iasi, Romania.

• Cretu O., Berends T., “Risk Based Estimate Self-modelling” 2009 AACE International TRANSACTIONS, Seattle, WA June 28 - July 1, 2009.

• 2009 “Risk Analysis and Contingency Determination using Expected Value” AACE International Recommended practice No. 44R-08—Contributor

• 2009 “Risk Analysis and Contingency Determination using Parametric Estimating” AACE International Recommended practice No. 42R-08—Contributor

• 2009 “Reviewing , Validating, and Documenting the Estimate” AACE International Recommended practice No. 31R-03—Contributor

• Cretu S., Cretu O., Benchea M., “Compressive Residual Stresses Effect on Fatigue Life of Ball Bearings” International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 11-15, 2007 Seattle, Washington, Volume 3: Design and Manufacturing, ISBN: 0-7918-4297-5

• Glovnea, R.P., and Cretu, O., “Double-Cage Continuously Variable Transmission”, Proc. 8th Biennial ASME Conference on Engineering. Systems and Design. Analysis, July 4-7, Turin, 2006, ISBN: 0-7918-3779-3