2017 was indeed a very busy year for PPI. We are delighted to announce that a total of sixty-four courses were held globally, with a strong participation rate from Europe and North America. Who would have thought that we would also leave our mark, for the very first time, in Sudan! Robert Halligan was invited by Zeta Automation Systems CO. LTD., to conduct our popular Systems Engineering 5-day course, which was a huge success. This is a company progressive in the industrial controls field. At the same time, twenty-six ASEP/CSEP preparation courses were delivered by our subsidiary company, CTI.

In addition, PPI and CTI exhibited at twelve systems engineering related conferences.

We are immensely proud to say that during that same year, three distinguished names were added to our ever-growing list of highly regarded presenters we warmly welcomed Suja Joseph-Malherbe, Paul Davies and Hanno Retief.

Suja’s successes in 2017 were numerous. Not only is she the current INCOSE South Africa’s president and an active contributor to our monthly newsletter SyEN, but she also attained the CSEP certification and went on to present a number of our CTI’s courses with glowing results and all of this in just the one year! She is an experienced individual, quickly earning our respect and admiration. She is quite the achiever making a sound and firm impact! She holds a Master’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.

Paul, who is based in the United Kingdom, is a systems engineer with many decades of experience across the defense, aerospace, nuclear and rail industries. He is a past president of the INCOSE UK Chapter and has presented a number of CTI courses since he joined our team in July 2017. The feedback from delegates who have been attending Paul’s courses have been exceptionally good!

Another up-and-coming presenter is Hanno Retief, also based in South Africa, and whose knowledge and skills in the field of software development are well-known. Hanno is currently conducting PPI’s Software Engineering courses which are quickly gaining popularity.

Just as 2017 brought about some very exciting and fulfilling achievements we just know that 2018 will bring about more memorable moments and accomplishments. Stay tuned!