Serhiy Kovela

Dr Serhiy Kovela is a scholar, educator, and practitioner with over 20 years of experience in project management and business IT, consulting and delivering training programmes for clients and executive audiences internationally, and teaching students across various institutions in the UK, US and Europe. He is Associate Professor in Project Management at Northeastern University, based in London, UK.

Serhiy has a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, PhD in Computer Science, and an MBA. He also has a broad range of professional qualifications in project management and is an Accredited AgilePM Trainer, Accredited Business Resilience Fundamentals Trainer and Facilitation Practitioner. As a practitioner, Serhiy has worked in the private sector and state-sponsored organizations providing training and management advisory services focused on increasing organizational efficiency with better management of projects, programmes, and information technology.

Having lived through the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the newly independent Ukraine while pivoting from international touring as a dancer to academic and industry pursuits, Serhiy has experienced many aspects of what we presently call the VUCA world. He developed a profound appreciation of the importance of one's ability to adapt at pace, both at the individual, community and national level giving rise to his keen interest in organizational resilience.

In addition to his academic position Serhiy is the Chief Value Officer of Resilience Professionals, where he is responsible for assessing portfolio value and ensuring Business Resilience services deliver added sustained client value.

"I love to travel and discover new things. My world is centred around my family, the starry heavens above and the moral law within me :-)"

E-mail: Serhiy.Kovela@ResilienceProfessionals.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/serhiykovela/