E21 Mark Price Perry from BOT International and Donovan Hardenbrook from Littelfuse
In our final 2018 episode of Project Management Office Hours Joe Pusz, PMO Joe, and his guests Mark Price Perry and Don Hardenbrook discuss the Business Driven PMO and viewing Project Management and PMOs through a business lens.
Mark shares his story of finding Project Management after starting his career within Sales and Marketing. His perspective led to the birth of the Business Driven PMO mindset. Hear Mark share some of his experiences working with organizations across the globe to improve their PMO and Project Management practices using his Business Driven PMO mindset.
Don shares his insights on Project Management as a PMP certified PM but as a leader over multiple business functions interacting and working in collaboration with PMOs. As Don explains, we are all working on projects and there is importance to understanding how PMOs and project management work but we need to understand the business reasons and challenges we face when working on projects.
Listen in to the full episode to hear the details from both of these industry leaders. You can learn more about Mark and BOT International by visiting www.botinternational.com. To connect and learn more about Don visit www.linkedin.com/in/donovanhardenbrook/.
Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders discussing a wide range of current topics and events! We kick off 2019 on January 3rd with Andy Kaufman and Derick Brownell.
Littelfuse Inc. products are vital components in applications that use electrical energy, from consumer electronics to vehicles and industrial facilities. Their history of innovation and technical expertise enable them to provide objective, comprehensive, and personalized customer solutions. 
Littelfuse offers the industry’s broadest and deepest portfolio of circuit protection products, with growing platforms in power control and sensing.
With more than 50 sales, manufacturing, and engineering facilities worldwide and a global network of distribution channels, Littelfuse is the preferred brand of leading manufacturers everywhere.
Donovan Ray Hardenbrook is the Director of Global Quality Management Systems at Littelfuse Incorporated. He is responsible for advocating and driving a “Zero Defect. Zero Excuses” quality culture and quality management systems across Littelfuse in the areas of new product development and manufacturing operations. Donovan is also responsible for standardizing quality systems and implementing product lifecycle management (PLM).
Prior to joining Littelfuse, Donovan founded Leap Innovation Consulting in 2007 and held previous management and engineering positions at Intel Corporation, Health Production Declaration Collaborative, Salt River Project and Orbital Sciences.
Donovan is a certified Project Management Professional, Certified Management System Practitioner, and New Product Development Professional. He is a longstanding member of IEEE and served as the Vice President of Association Management for PDMA.
Donovan earned his Executive MBA from the University of Arizona as well as master’s and bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University.
Connect with Don on Twitter and Facebook.
BOT International is a boutique management consulting rm that specializes in PMO setup and management. BOT International provides a suite of facilitation-based services designed to help leadership teams establish and unanimously agree upon the purpose and value of their PMO and then develop business plans that specifically achieve the purpose and value of the PMO. 
Mark Price Perry is a pioneer and advocate of the business driven PMO. Often characterized as a “boat-rocker” and outspoken critic, Mark challenges the traditional approach to PMO setup and management that has been advocated and practiced within the industry and that has led to PMO failures and loss of executive support. Mark offers an alternative approach to PMO setup and management, an approach driven by specific needs of the business as determined by the leadership team, not industry standards or the latest PMO models, buzzwords and hype.
Mark is the author of the Business Driven PMO three book series, published by J. Ross Publishing.
Connect with Mark on LinkedIn.
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