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E103 Finding Your Project Management Purpose with Ricardo Sastre Martin

May 24, 2022 by Karen

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E103 Finding Your Project Management Purpose with Ricardo Sastre Martin

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E103 Finding Your Project Management Purpose with Ricardo Sastre Martin

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, PMO Joe chats with Ricardo Sastre Martin who joined us live from Spain. Ricardo is a leader in our industry with over 16 years experience as a Project Manager, PMO Leader and Consultant. He is also holds the #2 ranking in the Thinkers360 Project Management category.

Ricardo and PMO Joe chatted about having a Growth Mindset, with Ricardo sharing, “the pace of change in the world is so dramatic that if you are not learning continuously you are going to be out of the race because things are changing very fast right now so you have to keep learning.” Ricardo works for Microsoft which promotes the growth mindset, “here at Microsoft we have some time allocated in our daily work or weekly work for training because the company really believes in the need and the power of training and continuous learning.”

Ricardo also shares his perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in Project Management, the Project Economy, and having Purpose with his work. He shared, “So always try to have a purpose, because if you don’t have a purpose, you cannot guide where are you going. So you cannot define your goals and you cannot define what are you going to do to achieve those goals. So at the end, you are kind of lost. So we all need to have a purpose mission in our life, not only in our career.”

Ricardo and PMO Joe continue their discussion about people and influences who have helped shape their careers.

Connect with Ricardo:
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardosastre-pmo
Twitter – https://twitter.com/ric_sas

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The PMO Squad is a leading provider of PMO and Project Management services in the US. They assist clients building and improving PMOs, provide Project Management Consulting services, deliver custom Project Management Training and provide Project Management staffing services.
Learn more about The PMO Squad – www.thepmosquad.com

Where do PMO Leaders go for Information, Learning, Networking and Services? The PMO Leader community has “Everything You Need to Become a Great PMO Leader”. One PMO World, One Community!
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Every company has a mission. What’s ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today.

Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn’t diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. When we show up, we achieve more together.

Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of 181,000 passionate employees worldwide.

Ricardo Sastre Martin is a Project Management professional with more than 16 years of professional experience leading projects, programs, portfolios and PMOs in more than 40 countries along 4 continents for multinational companies like Ericsson, Telefonica and Microsoft.

Founder and former leader of the Telefonica CX PMO, awarded as one of the Top 4 PMOs of Europe in the 2021 PMO Global Awards, the largest and most prestigious global award for PMOs, Projects, and PMO professionals.

Included in the list of the Top 50 global thought leaders and influencers in project management by Thinkers360, holding currently the second position in the rank.

Connect with Ricardo on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Joe Pusz started THE PMO SQUAD to bring real world PMO Leadership experience to the consulting space and to advocate for Project Management through his blog PMOJOE.com. The old saying is “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Following this mindset Joe left Corporate America in 2013 to start THE PMO SQUAD and work with fellow Natural Born Project Managers to advance Project Management Best Practices.

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THE PMO SQUAD focuses exclusively on PMO and Project Management consulting. Corporate America is full of Accidental Project Managers running projects who haven’t been trained to be PMs. To help solve this problem THE PMO SQUAD is on the Leading Edge with PMO As a Service. PMO As a Service allows our clients to focus on their respective core competencies while THE PMO SQUAD delivers Project Management expertise. Contact Joe at 678-591-7868. Follow The PMO Squad on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Where do PMO Leaders go for Information, Learning, Networking and Services? The PMO Leader community has “Everything You Need to Become a Great PMO Leader”. One PMO World, One Community! Learn more about The PMO Leader – www.thepmoleader.com

E102 Project Management Research, Key Findings with Louise Worsley

May 11, 2022 by Karen

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E102 Project Management Research, Key Findings with Louise Worsley

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E102 Project Management Research, Key Findings with Louise Worsley

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, PMO Joe chats with Louise Worsley. Louise is a consultant, lecturer and coach in the Project Management industry for over 30 years. She shared several stories and experiences with us including key points from years of research conducted for several organizations.

Louise leads the leadership module on the Masters in Project Management at the University of Cape Town and is the author of several books and publications on portfolio and project management, including Stakeholder-led Project Management: Changing the way we manage projects.

Louise and PMO Joe chatted about Leadership, with Louise sharing, “And for me, the currency of leadership is relationships. So I had to build those relationships in the University so that I could run this relatively complex program and build that coalition of support that we needed in order to do this major change program. And I think I personally had to change. I have to now focus not on doing things, but on creating those connections. And I think that for me was when I started to feel, gosh, this is what it means to be a manager. Here’s what it means to run projects.”

We also learned quite a bit about the research Louise has conducted over the years. What important findings can we learn from research? Is there a method or process that is more successful than another? She shared, “what we also found is that you could have one person using the same method and another person using the same method. One was incredibly successful, one was incredibly unsuccessful. So what was different about the people? What really mattered? So we went and measured their high performing project managers and looked at them. And I think one of the interesting first, the most important behavioral competence came out. And I’ve mentioned this before was integrity.”

Louise and PMO Joe continue their discussion about the various research findings and what to look for with successful project management.

Connect with Louise:
Company Website – www.pi3learning.com
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/picubed/

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Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.

The University of Cape Town is the leading academic institution in Africa. Its Masters in Project Management is run by the Department of Construction and Management.

It attracts students from across all industries and from many of the southern African countries.

At PiCubed we are passionate about project management and about sharing our knowledge and experience with everybody in the “business change” community.

Louise Worsley has been a project management consultant, lecturer, and coach for over thirty years and has worked with clients in a variety of sectors (Government, Finance, Retail, Petrochemical, Defence, Transport) supporting the development of project mnager capability, and advising on the setup of project and portfolio management processes.

Currently, she combines consultancy in project, portfolio and programme management with a visiting lecturer role at the University of Cape Town.

She leads the leadership module on the Masters in Project Management at the University of Cape Town and is the author of several books and publications on portfolio and project management, including Stakeholder-led Project Management: Changing the way we manage projects.

She has been three years as a judge for the global Project Office (PMO) Awards and was, until recently, the chair of the PMO judging committee in South Africa.

Louise has presented across the world at PMI and IAPM conferences and is part of a global mentoring group offering coaching and mentoring services. I am passionate about the development and support of young people in the project profession and completed her Masters Degree in Online and Distance Learning through the Open University in the UK.

Follow PiCubed on LinkedIn.

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Project Management Office Hours is intended to provide Project Management professionals a place to drop in and discuss Success Stories, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned. Project Management Consultant Joy Gumz has shared with us, “Operations keep the lights on, strategy provides the light at the end of the tunnel, but project management is the train engine that moves the organization forward.”

Each of us has a unique story to tell, but collectively we share a message that organizations who embrace Project Management Best Practices perform better than those which don’t. Organizations which align Projects to Strategy perform better. Organizations with Engage Executive Sponsors deliver better results. Organizations which measure Project Management performance outperform those which don’t.

During our Project Management Office Hours, we hear directly from Industry leaders how to make an impact in our profession. How we, collectively, will Advance Project Management Best Practices, One Listener at a time!

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E99 Don’t be a Waiter with Ben Peters

March 24, 2022 by Karen

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E99 Don’t be a Waiter with Ben Peters

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In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Ben Peters and PMO Joe discussed Ben’s journey in the PMO space, Portfolio Management along with Engineering and Project Management in Cape Town!

Ben’s unique experience as professional spans over 18 years within the mining, oil and gas, telecoms, food, health care and the government sectors. With significant experience as a seasoned professional in all aspects of Project Management.

As we learn about his story and path into the PMO space he started not within the Project Management field rather an industrial engineering. “After industrial engineering studies, I found myself in the project management space applying those industrial engineering principles—Always be proactive. I am known within the city of Cape Town as an implementer, as a driver, as a continuous enforcer. I’m striving for change. I like change. I’m not waiting for anything because it’s just changing your mindset and maximizing those skills in the project management field.” Those early career experiences were setting the stage for a successful Project Management career as he learned the importance of mindset, organization, and management.

Ben shared that he enjoys solving problems and helping others. In Cape town he worked on a project to help citizens impacted with Covid-19. “You sometimes take it for granted, but it’s a great contribution that we do in the project management group that we’re touching lives. I think that’s the reason why I keep on working in this space.” As a government agency it is amazing to see the applications in project management take place and have such an impact on so many lives. We often tend to think of just business when it comes to PMO, however it applies to anything as Ben has experienced.

Connect with Ben:

Company Website – www.capetown.gov.za

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-peters-b-eng-hons-pr-eng-pmp-pr-cpm-mba-3a24bb7/

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Cape Town, colloquially named the Mother City, is home to just under 4.5 million and 1.5 million households. The City is an independent sphere of government, which has a broad range of powers and functions in its execution of its constitutional obligations.

It is a growing city, by 2030 we expect 5.12 million people to be residing in Cape Town, where growth is characterized as both formal and informal. Approximately 3.5 million people live in formal residential conditions, while approximately 500 000 people resides informal, vulnerable conditions.

The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring socio-economic crisis has exacerbated conditions, especially for the most vulnerable.

Looking forward, it is projected that there will be a sharp increase in unemployment, increase in business closures, and increasing inequality and hunger.

Considering the contextual specificities of Cape Town, value creation in the public sector is not just about the rate of expenditure but the about benefits created and engendered in projects and programmes for all stakeholders AND residents.

Excellence in project, program and portfolio management it critical to ensure the City of Cape Town is able to continue to deliver on what is needed and what is promised with the intended outcomes, so as to ensure benefit to all residents.

The City of Cape Town’s Corporate Project, Programme Portfolio Management (C3PM) Department in its current form has been a decade in the making, having undergone multiple iterations of structure and ways of operating. It is now a global leader in pioneering benefits in the public sector.

Barend Daniel’s (Ben) Peters’ experience as professional spans over 18 years (15 years’ senior management) within the mining, oil and gas, telecoms, food, health care and the government sectors.

He has significant experience as a professional engineer, project manager, programme manager, portfolio manager and senior manager in construction, information technology and business improvement industries. He has advanced portfolio, programme and project management, general management and leadership capabilities.

Ben has been exposed to multiple project, programme and portfolio management frameworks and lifecycles. He is capable of sharing his knowledge in creative and innovative ways. He is well known for my strengths as an implementer and solution finder / solver to any given problem. I am a confident decision maker.

Ben has achieved the highest status of Gold Winner in the International Project Management Association (IPMA) Achievement Award as Young Project Manager of the Year in 2016. He was also recognised as Employee of the year within the Corporate Services Directorate, City of Cape Town in 2018. With these achievement, he has proved that with his unique approach, he is in the “Top League” and a master of his craft.

The Water Resilience Programme in Cape Town received bronze for Innovate Project of the year where he was the Programme Manager.

As Director of the Corporate Project Management Office, the PMO has received honours of Gold (winner) for the 2020 South African PMO of the year, African PMO of the year 2021 and Top 4 for the Global PMO awards under his leadership.

Ben is an active member at the South African Institute of Industrial Engineering and Project Management Institution, President for the Association for Project Management South Africa and Head of the International Project Management Smarter Cities Special Interest Group.

His senior management experience inspired him to obtain more knowledge within the business and management environment and therefore he completed his MBA (Master in Business Administration) in 2019 at the University of Edinburgh (Herriot Watt Business School).

Ben is a sports fanatic in his private life. He believes in a team culture and loves all sports. He is a keen tri-athlete, MTB rider.

Connect with Ben on LinkedIn.

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E98 Getting (Sh)It Done with Bruno Morgante

March 9, 2022 by Karen

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E98 Getting (Sh)It Done with Bruno Morgante

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E98 Getting (Sh)It Done with Bruno Morgante

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Bruno Morgante and PMO Joe discussed Bruno’s career in the PMO space, PM Training, and the powerful impact of Mentoring.

Bruno’s unique story and path to PMO leadership started not within the Project Management field rather promoting concerts back in his home country of Italy. Those early career experiences were setting the stage for a distinguished Project Management career as he learned the importance of Stakeholder Management, Negotiation, Influence, Budgeting, Planning, and Teamwork.

Bruno shared that he enjoys solving problems, inspiring others, and accomplishing his goals. He is an outcomes driven leader who solves problems and delivers results. Bruno is also deeply invested in mentoring. As a Mentor, he helps young individuals and people in need by providing ‘pro bono’ guidance, support and advice about Leadership, Personal Development, Career Development, PMO, Portfolio, Program and Project Management.

The mutual growth Bruno and the mentees have is a truly enriching experience. It’s a conversation where you get with somebody that has been where you are going. It’s an opportunity for you to be able to listen to what they have done in their career. “That was when I decided that I absolutely wanted to give back to society. So, I decided to carve out a lot of my free time to support people. Then, I started doing much more mentoring, Pro-Bono mentoring online on different platforms, of course, like the mentoring club being the biggest one, which is a nonprofit organization based here in Berlin.” -Bruno

As a #IamRemarkable Certified Facilitator, Bruno is part of a global community of people who are passionate about helping women and underrepresented groups promote themselves in the workplace and beyond.

Connect with Bruno:

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/brunomorgante/

To catch up on previous episodes or see the guest list for upcoming shows visit the Project Management Office Hours website – https://www.thepmosquad.com/podcast

Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.

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Where do PMO Leaders go for Information, Learning, Networking and Services? The PMO Leader community has “Everything You Need to Become a Great PMO Leader”. One PMO World, One Community!

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The Adecco Group is the world’s leading talent advisory and solutions company. They are driven by a powerful purpose – making the future work for everyone. Their services help people fulfil – and exceed – their potential, building employability and connecting people with opportunities. Their solutions enable their clients to optimise their talent needs and organisational models to achieve their goals. While their advocacy and firm commitment to operating responsibly aims to build a better world of work for all.

Every year, their 30,000+ colleagues worldwide enable millions of people to succeed in the world of work, and support more than 100,000 organisations with their human capital needs. The Adecco Group upskill and reskill more than half a million people annually, enhancing employability and accelerating careers. They build and incubate capabilities in areas where persistent skills shortages exist and connect that talent to organisations to power their success.

As a leader in the world of work, they have taken a leadership role in advancing the HR sector. From ensuring responsible and ethical business practices, to advocating for a new social contract that protects all workers, and all forms of work – permanent, temporary or freelance. These are just a few of the ways The Adecco Group is proud to be leading the industry forward.

Across the world, The Adecco Group help businesses optimise their talent and transform their workforces, and build the employability of people. This is making the future work.

You can find Bruno Morgante somewhere in between solving problems, inspiring others, working on himself, dodging negativity and crushing his goals. In everything he does, he believes in challenging the status quo, to improve processes, get better results and set things in order.

He listens carefully, he works with people, he communicates clearly and he believes in the power of positive attitude. He solves problems and deliver results. He leads an amazing team of Project Managers, Portfolio Managers and PMO Specialists focused on delivering projects on target, on time and on costs.

He has over 16 years of experience in large multinational conglomerates, consistently delivering business results, improving processes, building and leading successful teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously.

He is an entrepreneur in his core and the years spent organizing live concerts while in parallel graduating in Engineering, are a vivid picture in his mind and an unforgettable experience that marked Bruno forever. Bruno believes that if you are doing well enough, it is your responsibility to help others.

As a Mentor, he helps young brilliant individuals and people in need, by providing pro bono guidance, support and advices about Leadership, Personal Development, Career Development, PMO, Portfolio, Program and Project Management. The mutual growth Bruno and the mentees have, is a truly enriching experience.

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E96 Finding Passion in Your Work with Louise Gardner

February 9, 2022 by Karen

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E96 Finding Passion in Your Work with Louise Gardner

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E96 Finding Passion in Your Work with Louise Gardner

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Louise Gardner and PMO Joe discussed the PMO space and how to push the start button, entrepreneurship, strategies that have helped resolve organizational resistance to new PMOs and much more.

Passion goes a long way when you’re thinking about starting your own business. Louise shared how starting her own company has made her feel that she has a purpose. “I dance to work every day. I’m having an awesome time and I’ve never quite felt like that. There’s lots of positive things to be said about corporate life, but I’m having more fun than I’ve ever had right now.”

Louise started her PMO career as a Project Controller in the Water industry in the late 90’s. Working with topflight engineering companies on large projects, she developed a passion for supporting project teams and creating transparency around project data. After moving to Sydney, Australia in 2004, Louise continued to work with Utilities across water, power, and transport before establishing Pledge Consulting in 2012.

“PMO is such a people centric Department team. It’s about giving people a level of comfort that you are there to support them on the journey. And these things that they think can’t be done shouldn’t be done. Let’s just deal with them one step at a time. Evolution, not revolution, is one of my favorite things” -Louise

Driven by passion for creating efficiency, quality and an overarching desire to help organizations get more value from their project controls and project delivery teams. Pledge Consulting’s mission is ‘To help organizations deliver value by doing projects better’.

Connect with Louise:

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/pledge-consulting-nsw-pty-ltd

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pledgeconsulting

Twitter https://www.twitter.com/pledgeconsult

To catch up on previous episodes or see the guest list for upcoming shows visit the Project Management Office Hours website – https://lnkd.in/g_zP8gU8

Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.

Learn more about The PMO Squad – www.thepmosquad.com

Where do PMO Leaders go for Information, Learning, Networking and Services? The PMO Leader community has “Everything You Need to Become a Great PMO Leader”. One PMO World, One Community!

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Pledge Consulting are specialists in PMO and project delivery support. We are driven by a passion for creating efficiency, quality and an overarching desire to help organisations get more value from their project controls and project delivery teams. Pledge Consulting’s mission is ‘To help organisations deliver value by doing projects better’.

Our three service areas are Advisory, Delivery and People (which includes bespoke training and professional development)

Louise Gardner started her PMO career as a Project Controller in the Water industry in the late 90’s. Working with top flight engineering companies on large projects, she developed a passion for supporting project teams and creating transparency around project data.

After moving to Sydney, Australia in 2004, Louise continued to work with Utilities across water, power and transport before establishing Pledge Consulting in 2012.

Over the past 10 years Pledge has worked across multiple industries in both public and private sector, including Federal, State and Local government as well as a number of large Australian and global corporations.

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E95 Bridging the Strategy-Execution Gap with Annmarie Curley

January 25, 2022 by Karen

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E95 Bridging the Strategy-Execution Gap with Annmarie Curley

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E95 Bridging the Strategy-Execution Gap with Annmarie Curley

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Annmarie Curley and PMO Joe discussed how a top-down and bottom-up approach is necessary to bridge the strategy-execution gap and establish environments where teams can be successful without burning out.

Annmarie shares how teams spend so much of their time reacting and firefighting that they are unable to devote any time to learning new tools or methods to change how they operate. “It becomes a vicious cycle that are nearly impossible to break out of, and results in team members who are stressed, overworked, and overwhelmed.”- Annmarie Curley

One major contributor Annmarie mentioned is the type of chaotic environment, she calls “duct tape leadership” — the patched-together systems that help teams meet short-term goals, at the cost of long-term stability and sustainability. The antidote to duct tape is intentional leadership– taking time to establish the conditions your team needs to succeed.

Organizations achieve their mission through projects — and the work that project teams accomplish is pivotal to the organization’s success. The project manager’s ability to lead the team and transformation is a critical element. However executive leaders also have a responsibility to set the stage for the team’s success, and to ensure that the work being executed aligns with the strategic priorities.

“Revisiting the Agile Manifesto led me to think about the Project Leader’s Manifesto. The work that a project leader does isn’t easy – they often are working under duress, and it can sometimes feel like pushing a boulder up a mountain. However, I firmly believe that to be effective, project managers have to lead rather than manage which is why I call the role project leader rather than project manager.” “Organizations achieve their mission through projects — and the work that project teams accomplish are pivotal to the organization’s success. Project Leader Manifesto focuses on people over process and placing attention on the power skills. ” -Annmarie

Connect with Annmarie:
Website: https://lnkd.in/enfMJ6XM
LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/gQUHz4W
Twitter: https://lnkd.in/eFYh56Sp

Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.

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Annmarie Curley launched Newgrange IT Consulting, a management consulting business, in 2010 to help businesses accelerate their mission by effectively executing their strategy.

Her vision is that executives and their teams are aligned in real-time as strategy is being planned and executed, that leaders throughout the organization are empowered to develop strong, collaborative teams and establish environments where those teams can succeed, and that leaders and teams have the necessary project management and leadership skills to succeed in their role.

The Newgrange team assists clients by leading and supporting teams through projects to realize strategic objectives while optimizing the ROI from the investment, by galvanizing Project Leaders to elevate their performance leading their teams and projects to improve outcomes and accelerate results and by developing highly collaborative teams, creating environments where they can successfully execute their organization’s mission.

Annmarie Curley has over 20 years’ experience managing global teams and complex projects across financial, healthcare, Higher Education, and IT consulting services sectors. She has a track record of focusing on high-risk areas of a project or program, realigning projects that need rescuing, and delivering improved processes and technical solutions that result in tangible business value.

She is passionate about helping clients develop a culture of delivering the right results for their organization by aligning their strategy with execution and building strong collaborative teams to ensure that the initiative will succeed. She empowers leaders to step into their own leadership potential and establish environments where their teams can be successful through her project leadership and coaching programs.

Originally from Ireland, Annmarie moved to Vermont in 2006 after spending 10 years in New York City. She enjoys all the outdoors activities that Vermont has to offer and can be found on the ski slopes with her family in the winter and hiking and boating on the lake in the summer!

Annmarie has a BSc in Applied Computing from University of Ulster, Ireland. She holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) credential from the Project Management Institute, the SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) credential and Leading Safe Agilist (SA) credential from Scaled Agile.

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E91 Transitioning from the Military to Project Management with Art García, Curtis Brown, Cathy Christian

November 24, 2021 by Karen

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E91 Transitioning from the Military to Project Management with Art García, Curtis Brown, Cathy Christian

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E91 Transitioning from the Military to Project Management with Art García, Curtis Brown, Cathy Christian

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours Art García, Cathy Christian, and Curtis Brown join PMO Joe for an enlightening discussion about veterans, project management, and mentorship.

One of the themes from the show is a helping hand goes a long way. “Communicating, connecting and mentoring; you’re building your network and the person you help today may be the person that helps you tomorrow.”- Art García. Mentorship can be one of the most influential parts to a successful military transition. Creating safe outlets for a new professional can make all the difference for them.

A great mentor supplies positive influence, guidance and the direction that the person wants to take. “It’s about trying to get people to change their aperture. How can I get this person to open their aperture? Kind of think outside of the box. What are the things that you’ve done? And when you see the light bulb goes off.” -Curtis Brown

Art, Cathy and Curtis provide great leadership to veteran service organizations such as VPMMA, NOVA Job Outreach, PMI, and Onward to Opportunity. “You don’t even recognize what you’re doing, how helpful and impactful that is to the folks that you’re helping. Because to you, it’s just a conversation. It’s just a natural thing that you’re doing. Then when they come back and tell you what an impact it was, you’re like, oh! I had no idea.” -Cathy Christian

Learn more about veteran programs and lend a helping hand visit:

VPMMA

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Alamo PMI Chapter

Onward to Opportunity (O2O)

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The PMO Squad awarded: Platinum Medallion by the United States HIRE Vets program! The HIRE Vets Medallion Award recognizes a company or organization’s commitment to veteran hiring, retention, and professional development.

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Art García is a program and project management lead at USAA, leading project teams, managing projects and adding value reducing waste.

He is the Co-founder for NOVA jobs outreach where they gather weekly to coach, mentor and support area professionals, transitioning military and veterans, and brother and sisters in need with professional experience to advance their professional development and careers.

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Founded in 2017 VPMMA was created to connect veterans seeking a career in Project Management with an experienced PM to help mentor and support them in their post military career.

Cathy Christian is an accomplished project management executive and innovative leader with experience overseeing and directing strategic initiatives that solve complex business issues and deliver impactful results.

Deep expertise in thought leadership, strategic planning, process redesign and relationship management. Servant leader known for commitment to inclusion. Excels in team building and training and development. Passion for creating hiring and mentoring programs for women and veterans and engaging in workplace wellness programs.

She retired from Prudential in 2020 so she could devote her time and talent to her passion of giving back and serving others. Christian is involved in a number of non-profit organizations whose focus is serving veterans. Additionally, she is involved in PMI at a local level and is the chapter liaison to national veteran efforts. She also is involved in her local community.

Christian spent 25 years at Prudential and served in a variety of project management positions throughout the company in several different businesses. Throughout her career she managed a number of major enterprise-wide projects and served as a lead of the Enterprise Services and Financial Systems PMO having oversight for many of the high-profile Financial Management projects.

She served as the President and then advisor to VETNET, a business resource group that provides business and personal development opportunities for Prudential employees who are military veterans or who support veteran issues. She was also was very involved with the Veterans Initiatives Office at Prudential. She helped create and launch several key programs including hiring manager training, a mentoring program and workshops on resume writing and interviewing skills.

Previously, Christian was a Captain in the United States Air Force. She flew on the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control (AWACS) aircraft and was responsible for the supervision and instruction of weapons directors onboard the aircraft. She coordinated fighter activity including exercise and real-world contingencies, for Air Combat Command, NORAD, NATO and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In addition, she was responsible for the safety of all assigned fighter and special aircraft. During Desert Storm, Christian coordinated a successful search and rescue effort for three downed Army helicopter aircrew members behind enemy lines.

Christian has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Syracuse University, a Master’s degree in management from Webster University, and a Masters certificate in Project Management from George Washington University. She also has the PMP (Project Management Professional) designation.

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Founded in 1996, KSJ is a privately held professional consulting firm that specializes in providing Information Technology (IT) management, technical support, and consulting services to the Department of Defense, Federal and State Agencies. KSJ is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia and currently has a local office in San Antonio, Texas.

They assist the DOD and Federal organizations with statutory and regulatory acquisition policy compliance for Major Automated Information System (MAIS) programs within the Federal sector under DoDI 5000.02.

Their staff is fully qualified and certified to support all phases of the Business Capability Acquisition Cycle (BCAC). Their services include support for acquisition education and training, providing analytical and technical assistance, and administering strategic and tactical acquisition management support services.

Mr. Curtis JBL Brown is the founder of Perpetual Coaching & Mentoring, a Public Speaking and Career Enhancement Coaching based professional development company. He founded the company after retiring with 20-years of service in the Air Force where he developed and honed his skills working in the following occupational roles: AC-130U Crew Chief, Public Health Technician, Medical Group Executive Officer, and Military Training Instructor.

In his last assignment of his military career he served as a Military Training Instructor Supervisor operating and maintaining a $30 million Air Force facility, while directly responsible for the health/morale/welfare/discipline of over 5000 recruits annually. He performed over 2000 hours of instruction, facilitation, and mentoring to embolden the Air Force’s Enlisted core. Mr. Brown’s excellence has been recognized countless times throughout his military career, garnering multiple Senior Non-Commissioned Officer annual awards for the group and also a Distinguished Graduate award winner for the Air Force’s Non-Commissioned Officer Academy.

Mr. Brown volunteers as the director of Military Affairs for the Alamo PMI chapter giving back to transitioning veterans and spouses. He conducts briefings at Joint Base San Antonio (Ft. Sam Houston /Lackland/Randolph) Syracuse University’s Onward to Opportunity cohorts and provides one on one mentoring sessions. Curtis is currently the lead instructor for PMP, ACP and ITIL certification exam prep courses with 800 plus instruction hours. He also is a Project Manager for KSJ & Associates and in his current role he supports the Defense Health Agency (DHA).

Curtis is passionate about education and professional development. He currently holds 17 of the industry’s most highly recognized certifications to include: PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP, SAFe SPC5, CSM, ITIL 4 and ITIL 4 IDP. His formal education includes a Master’s degree in Health & Wellness, a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Associate degrees in Aviation Maintenance Technology, Public Health Technology and Education & Training Management.

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E90 Citizen Development with Matt and Mario

November 9, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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

Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.

Learn more about, Project Management with a Purpose. The PMO Squad helps you navigate your Project Management Journey.

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Where do PMO Leaders go for Information, Learning, Networking and Services? The PMO Leader community has “Everything You Need to Become a Great PMO Leader”. One PMO World, One Community!

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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.

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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.

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Tiffany Hoeft, Tiff Hoeft Operations Consultant

October 29, 2021 by John Ray

Minneapolis St. Paul Business Radio

Tiffany Hoeft, Tiff Hoeft Operations Consultant

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Tiffany Hoeft, Tiff Hoeft Operations Consultant (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio, Episode 21)

Tiff Hoeft has created a thriving business helping entrepreneurs with systems and support so they can grow by focusing on what they do best. As an entrepreneur herself with four kids, she shares with host John Ray not only her business tips but how to prioritize what’s most important, when to say no, client success stories, and much more. Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio is produced virtually by the Minneapolis St. Paul studio of Business RadioX®.

Tiff Hoeft Operations Consultant

After spending countless hours searching for the best systems, trying to do everything by yourself or attempting to outsource and have it go horribly wrong, you’re probably frustrated and overwhelmed.

You’re ready for professional support and a team in your corner to help you as your business runs in the background. You want help working on the RIGHT things that move the needle forward towards your BIG goals.

Struggling to land on a project management or client management tool? Is your schedule a mess and you need help mapping out your fierce week? Does everything feel like it takes forever? Maybe it’s time to get some outside perspective!

Tiff and her team provide an array of services from project management, client management, finance tracking, automation and templates in addition to a bit of social media, CRM buildout, and coaching.

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Tiffany Hoeft, Owner, Tiff Hoeft Operations Consultant

Tiff is an Operations Consultant, Fractional COO, and mom of four. She’s spent the last 20 plus years working behind the scenes in businesses as a trusted leopard-loving side-kick. Tiff helps high-level creative entrepreneurs identify, strategize, and implement a solid business blueprint so that they can focus on their zone of genius while the business runs in the background.

Questions and Topics Discussed in this Episode

Systems
Time Management
Productivity
What problem do I solve?
What sets me apart?
What do I want them to walk away with?
What’s a consultant compared to a coach?

Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the Minneapolis St. Paul studio of Business RadioX® . You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.