E68 Cornelius Fichtner Shares His Journey as a Leader in the Project Management Community
Listening to this session as we chat with Cornelius Fichtner and learn about his career and lessons learned on his project management leadership journey. We hear how he started The Project Management podcast (www.project-management-podcast.com) back in 2005 and why it might not be a good idea for you to start your own podcast.
Cornelius also explains how he had to learn the language of Project Management and how that can be a challenge for non-English speaking PMs preparing to take the PMP exam.
Cornelius also shared how volunteering within a PMI chapter helped springboard him towards starting his PM training company. Listen to hear the story how he started OSP International and how he is adjusting to the new rules PMI has set for PMP training.
Cornelius also shares the Project Business Foundation (www.project-business.org) which is an emerging topic in the industry. The Project Business Foundation is a nonprofit association and is the professional home association for individuals and organizations dealing with project business as clients, contractors, or as experts.
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Cornelius Fichtner has been working as a Project Manager in his native Switzerland, in Germany and in the USA since 1990 and received his Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential in April 2004.
He has led projects for a management consulting company, a national retailer, an internet startup company, and for one of the oldest financial service providers in the USA.
His passions are Agile, project management methodologies and PMOs.
Cornelius is the 2007 Chair of the Project Management Institute (PMI)® Orange County Chapter, and the host of The Project Management Podcast.
He currently lives in Tucson, Arizona, USA with his wife and their four computers.
Connect with Cornelius on Twitter and follow the Project Management Podcast on LinkedIn and Facebook.
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