Yuri Raydugin

Dr. Yuri Raydugin is Principal Consultant of Risk Services & Solution Inc., a Canadian consulting company. Yuri worked for Saudi Aramco, Royal Dutch Shell, TransCanada Pipelines, and SNC-Lavalin, managing risks of several megaprojects. He has been involved in risk management of projects with combined budget of about $150B. Depending on project context, Yuri applies a variety of risk management methods and tools, both deterministic (scoring) and probabilistic (Monte Carlo), to make the risk management process most effective and efficient. Full engagement of project teams is a cornerstone of his approach.

Yuri has an engineering degree in nuclear physics from Urals Polytechnics Institute, Russia, a PhD in physics and mathematics from Russia's Academy of Sciences, and an MBA in business strategy from Henley Management College in England. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) and Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE).

Yuri is the author of several articles on project risk management as well as on various aspects of physics. He is the author of ‘Project Risk Management’ (2013) and the editor of ‘The Handbook of Research on Leveraging Risk and Uncertainties for Effective Project Management’ (2016). Yuri is an associate editor of International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management (IJRCM) and a distinguished reviewer of publications for International Journal of Project Management (IJPM). Born and raised in Ekaterinburg, Russia, Yuri lives and works in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.