LehnertCS, LLC (Lehnert Computer Services) was founded in 1987 by Ellen Lehnert, PMP, MCT and is based in the western suburbs of Chicago. At its inception, LehnertCS, LLC was active in software development for large and small mainframe computers. In 1996, Ms. Lehnert, a licensed teacher, changed direction for the group and has specialized in MS Office Project® and MS Office Project Server training, consulting and implementations. Customer industries have included technology, manufacturing, banking, construction, education, government and marketing.

LehnertCS, LLC has trained hundreds of individuals in Microsoft Office Project® and Microsoft Office Project Server. We perform training for our own clients, various colleges, multiple training companies and consulting organizations nationwide.

Ms. Lehnert is ...

  • Certified Professional Project Manager (PMP)
  • Microsoft MCT – Microsoft Certified Trainer in MS Project 2007 & MS Project Server 2007
  • Microsoft MCITP – Microsoft Certified IT Professional
  • Microsoft Partner and Vendor – specializing in training and course development
  • Microsoft Project Users Group (MPUG) Chicago Chapter Board 4 years /member 9 years
  • Author of monthly column for the MPUG ezine - "Ask the Teacher/Expert" – 5 years
  • MPUG Community Leadership award for authorship of Tip, Trick and Help articles
  • Contributor to Dynamic Scheduling using MS Project 2002 & 2003
  • MSP Certified Blue Belt in MS Project 2000, 2002, 2003
  • Certified MS Office Specialist (MOS) in MS Project® 2000 & 2002
  • Frequent meeting speaker – Project Summit and MPUG chapter meetings

Partial Customer Portfolio includes:

  • Georgia-Pacific
  • ABN Amro
  • ABB. Inc.
  • Whiting Corporation
  • Allstate Insurance
  • BAE Systems
  • Green Bay Packaging
  • The Homac Companies
  • PointBridge
  • Laidlaw Educational Services
  • Wm. Wrigley
  • Emerson Network Power
  • Hewitt & Associates
  • Zoot Industries
  • American Institute of Clinical Pathology
  • Loudoun County, VA
  • State of Montana
  • International Truck & Engine
  • FTD.com
  • Indiana Farm Bureau
  • Guthy-Renker
  • Temple-Inland
  • Tellabs
  • Motorole
  • Monsanto
  • L-3 Communications
  • Teksystems
  • McDonalds
  • Global Knowledge
  • Northern Trust Bank
  • State of Wisconsin
  • Tweddle Litho
  • International Paper
  • Harris Bank
  • Chicago Police Department
  • United States Postal Service
  • American Medical Association
  • Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel
  • Bankers Life and Casualty
  • Abbott Labs

Professional Affiliations:

Microsoft Project User Group
Microsoft Project User Group Microsoft Project User Group - Ms. Lehnert has held a board member position with the Chicago chapter of MPUG for 4 years. She has held communications officer, president (2 years) and is currently the past-president for the Chicago chapter. She is also a frequent meeting presenter
 
Project Management Institute
LehnertCS, LLC is an active participant in the Project Management Institute (PMI Professional Development Units (PDU's) are available through our training courses. Our consultants are certified Project Management Professionals (PMP).
 
Microsoft Corporation
LehnertCS, LLC is a Microsoft Partner specializing in training the full suite of Microsoft Office Products. We have extensive experience developing processes which result in solutions configuring and deploying Microsoft Project Server and using Microsoft Project Professional.
What they said.
"Ellen is very knowledgeable and willing to answer questions."

Why you need project management.
"If you fail to plan you are planning to fail."

Ask the teacher.

2010.02
What is going on this week?

2010.01
Using Notes for reports and lesson learned

2009.11
Managing a schedule with Drop-dead deadlines

2009.09
Start after a date and end before a date - Applying 2 constraints on 1 task

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Microsoft Technical Specialist - MS Project/MS Project Server



Microsoft Certified IT Professional

Project Management Professional