Robert Pellerin is Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montreal. He holds degrees in engineering management (B.Eng.) and industrial engineering (Ph.D.). He has practiced for more than 12 years in project management and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems implementation in the aerospace and defense industry. His current research interests include project management and enterprise system implementation and integration. He is the current chairman of the Jarislowsky/SNC-Lavalin Research Chair in the management of international projects and he is a member of the CIRRELT and IVADO research groups.