John Handel

John Handel, MBA, PMP is a certified PMP and former AT&T Bell Laboratories Project Manager, where he had a key role in high-visibility national and international projects, including Carrier Interconnect (1985), ISDN (1987) and Japan’s first digital wireless application (1992–94). John was awarded a U.S. patent in 1994 for his work on the International Credit Card Validation project. From 1995 to 2000, he served as a certified project manager for AT&T’s Subscriber Line Carrier Business Unit.

After retiring in 2001, John helped launch the PMI-Chicagoland Mentoring Program and served as Director of Mentoring (2002–2006). He’s taught project management courses to both students and professionals since 2003, including at St. Xavier University, Global Knowledge (2006–2020) and Elmhurst University, where he joined as adjunct faculty in Fall 2023.

John is married to Linda, and together they have a blended family of six children and four grandchildren.