pm-prepare is a product of Time-to-Profit, Inc. 

Time-to-Profit was founded by Edward J. (Ed) Fern as, "The Fern Group" in 1994 to provide information technology consulting and project management services.  Because we are based in Orange County, California most of our clients are involved in developing new products and services and our activities were initially focused on business process improvements and on bringing new offerings to the market.  We discovered, however, that producing profitable new processes, products,  and services requires careful planning and execution during the development stage AND during the marketing/implementation stages that follow.   Our new name, Time-to-Profit, reflects the full life cycle methodology we now offer to our clients.

Edward J. (Ed) Fern, MS, PMP

Mr. Fern is President of Time-to-Profit, Inc, a Project Management training firm offering services in the United States and Russia.  He has held director level positions with Sprint, Control Data Corporation, TRW, and Infonet Services Corporation. He earned an MS in Technology Management from Pepperdine University in 1992 and his Project Management Professional designation in 1998.  Ed is a member of ten  chapters of the Project Management Institute and has served as Vice President of Professional Development in Orange County.  He is Sponsor of the new California Inland Empire chapter.  Ed served as Director of Education for the American Society for the Advancement of Project Management.  Ed has also served as a director of the Southern California chapter of the Product Development and Management Association.  He has lectured in nine countries on four continents. He is the author of Time-to-Profit Project Management: A Primer for Project Managers in Commercial Product Development and co-author of Six Steps to the Future: How Mass Customization Is Changing Our World published in English, Russian and Romanian.  In addition to his teaching, Ed is currently working on a third book about employment in the era of mass customization.