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E112 The Inside Scoop on Citizen Development from Amtrak, PMI and TrackVia

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E112 The Inside Scoop on Citizen Development from Amtrak, PMI and TrackVia

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, PMO Joe welcomed Dali Ninkovic from PMI, Matt Hubbard from TrackVia and Michael McCullough from Amtrak. The topic of discussion for this episode is Citizen Development, what is it and why should you care as a project professional.

Dalibor (Dali) Ninkovic is responsible for PMI Citizen Developer global B2C and Community business. Over the years, Dali has worked in the low-code and no-code industry through a variety of both, technical as well as commercial roles before joining PMI and firmly believes in democratization of software development. He is a strong supporter of citizen development movement with its hyper-agile approach to digital transformation.

Matt Hubbard is a pioneer on a mission to usher in a new era of productivity through citizen development. Matt caught the citizen developer bug in 2011 after he built his first no-code app on TrackVia in 2011. The app took him 8 hours to create but saved him 200 hours of manual labor per year. Today, Matt is Head of Operational Excellence at TrackVia where he teaches individuals how to become citizen developers and organizations how to scale that capability in a safe and effective way.

Michael McCullough is a Citizen Development Implementation Strategist who over the past 8 years has supported large project management offices by developing tools and processes which enable projects to be run more efficiently. His passion for innovation and problem solving has led him to embrace and become a global thought leader for Citizen Development. Seeing the unlimited potential in Citizen Development he has worked with Business Leaders, Project Managers, and other Citizen Developers to develop and implement CitDev best practices.

In our discussion we explored what is Citizen Development and why is it important for PMI. We learned about the benefits Amtrak has reaped utilizing the low code, no code Citizen Development platform. Dali, Matt, and Michael share their experiences with onboarding CD within organizations and challenges to overcome. If you’re looking to understand Citizen Development and why it matters to you as a project professional then this is the episode you need to hear.

Connect with Dali:
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalibor-ninkovic/

Connect with Matt:
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/💙-matt-hubbard-💛-91b34b98/

Connect with Michael:
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcculloughmd/

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PMI is the world’s leading project management organization with almost 700,000 Global Members and over 300 Local Chapters Internationally.

Dalibor (Dali) Ninkovic is responsible for PMI Citizen Developer global B2C and Community business.

Over the years, Dali has worked in the low-code and no-code industry through a variety of both, technical as well as commercial roles before joining PMI and firmly believes in democratization of software development.

He is a strong supporter of citizen development movement with its hyper-agile approach to digital transformation.

Dali’s aim is to help PMI’s global community realise the benefits of citizen development in a governed and risk-averse way through the application of PMI’s Citizen Developer education, standards, frameworks and best practices.

TrackVia was founded to make it easier for the doers in any department within any organization to drive innovation and agility. They’re all about finding new and more efficient ways to serve those who’d rather build than buy the solution to the unique business workflow challenges they face.

They believe that anyone driven to innovate beyond the status quo is already a citizen developer at heart. By giving citizen developers the tools they need to thrive, they’re working to democratize innovation and unlock the potential in more people.

Matt Hubbard is a pioneer on a mission to usher in a new era of productivity through citizen development. Matt caught the citizen developer bug after he built his first no-code app on TrackVia in 2011.

The app took him 8 hours to create but saved him 200 hours of manual labor per year. Given that success, Matt proceeded to build more apps and teach others to do the same. He later co-founded a consultancy firm that specialized in business process improvement and low-code/no-code technology.

Today, Matt is Head of Operational Excellence at TrackVia where he teaches individuals how to become citizen developers and organizations how to scale that capability in a safe and effective way.

As the nation’s largest intercity passenger rail service, Amtrak has connected people and communities across America for half a century.

Amtrak doesn’t just move riders from point A to point B; it serves as a catalyst for moving our economy forward, creating jobs, protecting our environment, and connecting people, cities, and our nation to a brighter future.

Keeping our future on track will require a national investment – and a renewed commitment – to innovation, infrastructure, and ensuring access to dependable, modern rail. An investment in our rail infrastructure is an investment in America.

Michael McCullough is a Citizen Development Implementation Strategist who over the past 8 years has supported large project management offices by developing tools and processes which enable projects to be run more efficiently.

His passion for innovation and problem solving has led him to embrace and become a global thought leader for Citizen Development. Seeing the unlimited potential in Citizen Development he has worked with Business Leaders, Project Managers, and other Citizen Developers to develop and implement CitDev best practices.

Widely recognized as a leader in the Citizen Development Community he was asked to review a new PMI publication, the Citizen Development Handbook for Creators and Change Makers for content. Additionally, he served as a subject matter expert for the Citizen Development Business Architect and Practioner certifications.

Michael’s highlighted contributions include being featured in two Microsoft articles for using LCNC in support of Project Management. He was a top 5 finisher for the Hamdan bin Mohammed Innovation in Project Management competition.

Michael was invited to serve as a judge for the LCNC PMI Make Reality Challenge. Lastly, he was honored by receiving the First Amtrak CEO Circle award for using developing Low Code applications to help Amtrak respond to the COVID19 pandemic.

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E90 Citizen Development with Matt and Mario

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E90 Citizen Development with Matt and Mario

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours Matt Hubbard and Mario H Trentim join Joe Pusz – PMO Joe to have an in-depth discussion about the Citizen Developer program.

Matt Hubbard works to bring citizen development programs to organizations using his 20+ years of operational excellence experience. The core of Matt’s success is his belief that process, technology, and people must be optimized together to achieve a lasting result.

“Generically, citizen development is when you empower business people who are not trained coders to solve business problems through the use of low-code/no-code tools, which are tools that basically assemble apps, instead of coding apps. You are dragging and dropping existing elements to assemble the app.” -Matt Hubbard

Mario Trentim is currently Citizen Developer at PMI.org, founder at TRENTIM.com, and Board Member at PMOGA.world. Mario is and Engineer with +15 years of experience managing global projects and implementing Project Management Offices in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

“The development for project managers, is not just to build the finance applications or sales applications, it’s also expanding our boundaries outside technical projects to events, to human resource projects, finance projects, marketing projects, and more. When we think about citizen development, an agilest, business analyst, project manager, PMO manager, will be ten times more effective.” -Mario Trentim

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Project Management Institute (PMI) is the World’s Leading Project Management Organization.

Through global advocacy, collaboration, education and research, we work to prepare more than three million professionals around the world for the Project Economy: the coming economy in which work, and individuals, are organized around projects.

Mario Trentim is currently Citizen Developer at PMI.org, founder at TRENTIM.com, and Board Member at PMOGA.world.

Mario is and Engineer with +15 years of experience managing global projects and implementing Project Management Offices in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

Recipient of the 2014 PMIEF Harold Kerzner, 2017-2022 Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Regional Director.

Connect with Mario on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and LinkedIn.

TrackVia offers the fastest app-building platform for anyone looking for a better way to work. TrackVia gives business people and IT experts the ability to easily build and integrate apps to track, manage, and automate processes in days, not weeks.

People from Volcafe, Honeywell, and Rad Power Bikes have made lasting and substantial improvements to their business using TrackVia’s bullet-proof cloud-based technology — and they love getting the industry’s best customer experience every step of the way.

As the Head of Operational Excellence at TrackVia, Matt Hubbard works to bring citizen development programs to organizations using his 20+ years of operational excellence experience.

Prior to joining TrackVia, Matt co-founded his own consulting firm specializing in business process management and low-code technology.

The core of Matt’s success is his belief that process, technology, and people must be optimized together to achieve a lasting result.

Connect with Matt on LinkedIn and follow TrackVia on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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