Cynthia Snyder Dionisio is a professional project management consultant, instructor and author. She has written twelve books on project management. She provides consulting and training services for government and private industry. Her consulting focuses on project management maturity, project management curriculum development, and positioning project management as a core competency for organizations.
Ms. Dionisio has experience in training for the corporate, public sector and academic environment. Clients have included the Veteran's Affairs, Hewlett Packard, Medtronic, the Central Intelligence Agency, and Southern California Edison. In an academic environment she has taught in person and on line for Oregon State University, Villanova, University of California, Irvine and University of Washington.
Ms. Dionisio is an active volunteer with the Project Management Institute. She was the Chair for the PMBOK® Guide — Sixth Edition. Prior to that she participated on PMI's Standards Member Advisory Group. In 2009 she was awarded the Distinguished Contribution Award for her contributions to the profession. She was the Project Manager for the PMBOK® Guide — Fourth Edition and was Chair of the Chapter Leadership Development and Excellence Committee for 2003-2005. She was President of the PMI-Orange County Chapter for 2001 and 2002 and elected as a Fellow of the chapter in 2007. In 2002 she received the award for Outstanding Chapter President of the Year. In 2009 she was awarded PMI's Distinguished Contribution Award and in 2018 she was presented with the PMI Fellow Award.
She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and earned her Masters in Business Administration from Pepperdine University and her B.A. (Writing) from UC San Diego.