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E29 Celebrating Women in Project Management with Elise Stevens Lynda Stanton and Kornelia Homewood

May 6, 2019 by Karen

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E29 Celebrating Women in Project Management with Elise Stevens Lynda Stanton and Kornelia Homewood

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E29 Celebrating Women in Project Management with Elise Stevens Lynda Stanton and Kornelia Homewood

What an opportunity to bring together Elise Stevens, who started the #celebratingwomeninprojectmanagement movement with Lynda Stanton and Kornelia Homewood who were featured in the initiative this year. We love each episode and all our guests, but this one was special. It was a raw and emotional, an open discussion about something which has been left unattended for too long.

In our evolving world today, it is vitally important to discuss topics which may have been off-limits just a few years ago. Listen to Elise share why she started the initiative and also how it has taken off in just a couple of years time.

Unlike any of our previous shows, we didn’t discuss PM skills, trends, or techniques. This episode hit at the heart of the most valuable resources in our profession, our people. It was moving to hear Kornelia share her personal story and how she draws strength from Elise and other women within our industry. Listen to Lynda discuss the importance of having female Executive Leaders in her career.

The magic in this show was the connection with Lynda and Kornelia to Elise. How a leader from Australia has touched so many lives here in the US and across the globe. How the realities of being a woman in a male dominated industry are now being discussed in the workplace.

Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders and also subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Stitcher, Spreaker or your favorite podcast platform! Our next show will be May 16th 1:00pm PST with Julia Steel and Renee Campisi.

Elise Stevens holds workshops for women in project management roles to reinforce within themselves their true value to their team, company and industry. Programs include Improving the Diversity of Your Project Management Team, Exceptional Women in Project Management, and Return to Work Program for Professional Women.

Elise provides a channel for women’s voices to be heard, supported and embraced with my Podcasts: Fix My Project Chaos and Age Defying Careers.

Elise works with women who have extensive knowledge, skills and passion for their career, but unfortunately the high pressure and status quo within the workplace has left them feeling emotionally exhausted; they have lost confidence in their own hard-earned skills and are considering leaving their roles. It’s time for women to dream big in the industry, and to know that they can achieve their career goals!

Proud creator of this wonderful event, Celebrating Women in Project Management creating a community of amazing women together from all over the globe!

Connect with Elise on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

WebPT, Inc. develops electronic medical record and practice management solutions for physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists in the United States. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Phoenix.

Lynda Stanton has over 10 years industry and consulting experience in driving business transformations by using her skills as a business analyst and project manager. She has lived in the Phoenix, AZ area for over 12 years beginning her career at the University of Phoenix then consulting for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Currently, Lynda works for Phoenix-based software company, WebPT, as the leader of the Project Management Office (PMO). In this role she works directly with senior leadership to bring visibility to larger initiatives as well as managing various cross-departmental projects.

Lynda volunteers with several organizations including the Phoenix Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI). She also has a passion for animals and is a volunteer, volunteer mentor and chair of the advocacy committee for the Arizona Animal Welfare League. She and her husband live in Scottsdale with 3 dogs and cat.

Connect with Lynda on LinkedIn.

Kolme Group is a project management consultancy providing top-tier Project and Portfolio Management services for medium to large enterprises. Our consultants have built and run PMO’s, managed programs and portfolios in the tens of millions, and have delivered the biggest and most complex projects imaginable for their clients. Based in Phoenix, AZ USA, with offices in Seattle, WA and Amsterdam, NL, their team of experts can support you locally, nationally, and globally.

Kornelia Homewood is a Project Management Technical Consultant with a passion for supporting clients from discovery through the implementation of their Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) initiatives. She is often described as a well-rounded professional who brings a breadth of knowledge from her experience coaching PMs, building PMOs, and managing projects in technology, finance, higher education, and creative arts.

Kornelia is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Professional Scrum Master I, and graduated with distinction from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide with a Masters of Science in Project Management.

Kornelia lives in Mesa, Arizona with her husband and their spunky pets. She is an avid fiber artist and uses her PM skills to always keep her crafting Work-in-Progress (WIPs) under control.

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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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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.

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.

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OYS Owner Cerila Gailliard Geeked Out Media Founder Megan Good RFP Success Company CEO Lisa Rehurek and Job Exit Strategist Renee Lamb

April 10, 2019 by Karen

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OYS Owner Cerila Gailliard Geeked Out Media Founder Megan Good RFP Success Company CEO Lisa Rehurek and Job Exit Strategist Renee Lamb

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Orchestrating Your Success (OYS) helps businesses advance their ambitious project goals through project management to maximize business resources and increase project profitability.

Cerila Gailliard is the owner of Orchestrating Your Success (OYS) LLC. Cerila Gailliard holds a Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification from the Project Management Institute, and Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) through Scrum Alliance as well as Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems (University of Phoenix).

Cerila resides in Tempe, AZ. In her free time, she volunteers as a Project Coordinator, City of Phoenix and IRS, for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistant Program. She is a Member Ambassador for the Phoenix Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and a Venture Mentor for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program at Arizona State University.

Connect with Cerila on LinkedIn and follow OYS on Facebook and Twitter.

Geeked Out Media is a website design agency, specializing in helping companies rebrand and take their businesses to the next level. Geeked Out Media owners have built websites that reach page 1 of Google in highly competitive markets against companies with much bigger marketing budgets. They know that with the proper website setup, keyword research, pre-planning, and an ongoing content marketing plan, your website can do the same.

Geeked Out Media is focused on helping you turn your website into an asset that works for you instead of a time and money pit. If you’re ready to get serious about your online presence, they’re ready to take you to the next level!

Megan Good is the founder of Geeked Out Media. She has been building websites and doing graphic design for over 16 years. She worked for a number of years in the Real Estate Development arena – helping with projects from Freeman Farms to Merchant Square in the Chandler & Queen Creek Area.

For over 10 years she worked for a local multi-million dollar event company as their online marketing manager, helping them to reach page 1 of Google. Her passion has always been to help companies grow and her hard work ethics and drive for what she does helps her own company stand out in the industry.

Connect with Megan on LinkedIn and follow Geeked Out Media on Facebook and Instagram.

The RFP Success™ Company helps businesses win more business through RFPs (requests for proposal). Our motto is — Do Better, Win More. Through consulting, training, and support services, The RFP Success™ Company team has helped organizations win over $25 million in business in 2018 alone.

The fearless (and ridiculously fun) founder & CEO of The RFP Success™ Company, Lisa Rehurek, is a seven-time author, national speaker/trainer, and business builder.

Lisa Rehurek shines with her down-to-earth, “get it done” personality. Obsessed with strategies and simplicity, Lisa transforms the most overwhelming tasks into simple, attainable steps that you will be eager to implement in your own business.

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Renee M Lamb, LLC provides high quality training and coaching to professionals and new entrepreneurs who want to start and grow their online business so they can exit their jobs. Their vision is to disrupt and forever change the employee to employer relationship by economically empowering men & women globally through creating successful business owners.

Their mission is: Move Every Client Toward Their Wildest Dream, Help Take The Labels Off Their Mind And Have Them Step Boldly Into Their Entrepreneurial Greatness!!

Renee Lamb has over 15+ years of experience in the corporate world. She has had management roles in HR, international healthcare and project management. But the role she loves the most is Job Exit Strategist for her own company, Renee M. Lamb, LLC.

Renee is not only passionate for (well maybe obsessed) being an advocate for helping professionals to gain freedom and wealth via entrepreneurship. She believes her role is to give them wings so they can soar to greater heights on their entrepreneurship journey. She does this by her coaching programs and courses.

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E22 Slalom Consultant Derick Brownell with People and Projects Podcast Host Andy Kaufman

January 7, 2019 by Karen

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E22 Slalom Consultant Derick Brownell with People and Projects Podcast Host Andy Kaufman

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In this first episode of Season 2 of Project Management Office Hours Joe Pusz, PMO Joe, and his guests Andy Kaufman from the People and Projects Podcast and Derick Brownell from Slalom Consulting take a deep dive into what is required to be a successful Project Manager and PMO Leader.

Andy shares his unique story starting out as a software developer and the journey to become a leader in the Project Management industry as a gifted speaker, author, podcaster and thought- leader. He reflects on 2018 providing a retrospective of events within the PM space as well as giving a glimpse of the what we might see in 2019 and beyond.

Derick provided us an interesting perspective on Project Management and Coaching. It is a fantastic discussion about coaching techniques and trends in the US Soccer Program and how Derick is able to leverage these as a Consultant with Slalom Consulting. Andy, Derick and Joe shared experiences and challenges with this discussion and how we can utilize athletics, coaching, and personal experiences to advance our Project Management careers.

Listen in to the full episode to hear the details from both of these industry leaders. We covered so much on Project Management Leadership and Coaching in this hour and we wish we had more time to continue the discussion.

Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders discussing a wide range of current topics and events! Our next show will be January 17th.

Slalom – A different kind of consulting company. The year was 2001. Wikipedia launched. Apple released the iPod. The Agile Manifesto began a new era for software development. And the meeting of Brad Jackson, our CEO, and John Tobin led to something new for the consulting industry. Slalom got its start by attracting the brightest lights in consulting to the promise of no unwanted travel. Instead of a grueling, up-or-out career, we gave people the opportunity to love both their work and their lives. We believe that what was good for their people would be great for our clients. And we were right. Today, Slalom is a $1B company with over 5,500 employees, and is regularly recognized as a best place to work. Our clients include more than half the Fortune 100 and a third of the Fortune 500— along with startups, non-profits, and innovative organizations of all kinds.

As a consultant for Slalom, Derick Brownell is responsible for leading projects which meet our clients where they are with close collaboration with the goal of enabling the latest technologies and business practices. Prior to joining Slalom, Derick held senior adviser, practice director, and program director roles focused on delivering innovative solutions aligned with the transformative objectives of his clients journeys.

Connect with Derick on LinkedIn, and follow Slalom on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

The People and Projects Podcast provides interviews and insights to help people lead and deliver. Since 2009, the podcast focuses on the intersection between leadership and project management.

Andy Kaufman is a recognized expert on leadership and project management, helping organizations around the world improve their ability to lead and deliver. Andy works with leaders at the United Nations and other global clients to improve their ability to deliver on their initiatives. Before becoming an internationally sought-after speaker, Andy started as a software developer and was promoted into management for all the wrong reasons! He is the author of three books and host of the acclaimed People and Projects Podcast, which provides free PDUs through interviews and insights for his global listeners.

Connect with Andy on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram, and follow People and Projects on Facebook.

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E21 Mark Price Perry from BOT International and Donovan Hardenbrook from Littelfuse

December 28, 2018 by Karen

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E21 Mark Price Perry from BOT International and Donovan Hardenbrook from Littelfuse

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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.

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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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E20 Naomi Caietti from Naomi Caietti Consulting and Raoul Encinas from PhosLabs

December 10, 2018 by Karen

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In this special episode of Project Management Office Hours Joe Pusz, PMO Joe, and his guests Naomi Caietti and Raoul Encinas discuss Leadership and how to be a better Project Manager by improving your Leadership skills.

Naomi shares the details of her new book, Transform Your Project Leadership! She discusses the 10 key leadership competencies – Brainstorming, Coaching and Mentoring, Conflict Management, Emotional Intelligence, Influencing, Interpersonal Skills, Listening, Negotiating, Problem Solving, and Team Building. We dig into these competencies and how they are beneficial to you, the Project Manager, to grow and advance your career. We also hear from Naomi some of her experiences as a consultant to capture her thoughts on the benefits of improving your leadership skills.

Raoul steps us through his experiences as an Executive Coach and utilizing Leadership exercises/techniques to assist clients on their Leadership Journey. Knowing we are not all at the same spot in our career, Raoul shares different starting points for improving leadership for a new Project Manager or a more season PM professional as well as for a PMO leader. A key for both Raoul and Naomi is to recognize that becoming a Project Management leader goes beyond just improving your technical skills. We must dedicate time to improving soft skills and leadership skills to advance our careers.

Listen in to the full episode to hear the details from both of these industry leaders. We covered so much on Leadership in this hour and I wish we had more time to dig even deeper. You can learn more about Raoul and PhosLabs by visiting https://www.phoslabs.com. To learn more about Naomi and her book visit https://www.naomicaietti.com.

Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders discussing a wide range of current topics and events! Our next show will be December 20th with Mark Price Perry and Don Hardenbrook.

The PhosLabs team of experts designs and delivers coach-facilitated workshops, events, and learning journeys that enable people to better respond to the dynamic needs of the business. PhosLabs’ clients are able to access the unique organizational wisdom that is trapped deep within their people and teams.

As the founder of PhosLabs, Raoul Encinas serves clients who crave fresh thinking, new ways of leading, and more meaningful work. As a credentialed executive coach, Raoul helps people distinguish themselves through their leadership craft. He leads a team that designs and delivers coach-facilitated learning experiences that transform the way teams work.

Raoul is the co-author and designer of a leadership development program for project managers that’s been used by Avnet, Comerica Bank, Charles Schwab, Insight, and several other corporations.

Over the past 10 years, more than 1,000 professionals have benefitted from his coaching and learning sessions. He has a BS-Business Management-IT from Western Governors University and is a certified coach through the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara.

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Naomi Caietti Consulting (NCC) is a boutique consulting company that provides niche services to small, medium and large organizations in the area of project, program and portfolio management, performance metrics, and strategic planning. NCC assist organizations to realize business value through delivery of excellence in enterprise-wide projects, leadership, management.

Naomi Caietti is an award-winning business woman, widely respected global virtual thought leader in the project management community for over 25 years. She was an honoree in the 2018 Woman Kind book by Ferguson & Fox about the 2017 #CelebratingWomen Project. In 2014, Naomi founded her consulting company to meet virtual on demand business needs as a speaker, author and consultant. Naomi has been featured in national and international media/publications including the Project Management Institute, ProjectManagement.com, Workfront.com, Employee Engagement Network, Professional Woman Network, IT Metrics and Productivity Institute and ProjectManager.com. Find out more about her new book “Transform Your Project Leadership” at www.naomicaietti.com. Naomi’s passionately committed to making project leaders successful, to inspire women to lead, and be a voice for project leaders around the globe.

Connect with Naomi on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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E19 Dr Harold Kerzner from the International Institute for Learning and Belinda Goodrich from PM Learning Solutions

November 20, 2018 by Karen

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In this special episode of Project Management Office Hours Joe Pusz, PMO Joe, has a thought provoking discussion with Project Management Industry leaders Dr. Harold Kerzner from the International Institute for Learning and Belinda Goodrich from PM Learning Solutions.

Much of our hour-long conversation was focused on the future of project management and learning from our collective experiences. Dr. Kerzner and Belinda both highlighted how Project Managers and the role they perform are evolving. We no longer focus our metrics on just the Triple Constraint. We utilize Frameworks rather than Methodology. We have re-defined project success. Our training techniques and tools are changing to meet these new expectations. We discuss differences in project management in the US compared to abroad and challenges with teaching project management at higher educational institutions.

Belinda speaks in detail about the A.C.I.D. Approach; Agility, Change, Innovation, and Disruption. Using this Approach, project managers are more prepared and skilled to lead organizations through growth by running programs and projects critical to overall organizational success. She also shares how Project Management Training has become more behavioral and less technical which provides project managers with essential tools to become successful. Belinda also shares her own story as a young woman starting in a male dominated field, how that has changed and the role that has played in her life with her daughters.

Innovation and Project Management are two terms not often associated. As a leader in our field, Dr. Kerzner is examining innovation in project management through understanding our past as well as understanding the future needs of our organizations and customers. He shares stories of working at the beginning of modern project management and the impetus and limitations of Earned Value, also his personal experiences with his daughter as a project manager facing challenges leading international projects. We hear how measuring success on projects has changed from on time, on budget to now over hundreds of available metrics. He shares how and why project success is now defined as “did you create business value.”

Listen in to the full episode to hear the details from both of these industry leaders. We covered much in our hour and I wish we had more time to dig even deeper.

Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders discussing a wide range of current topics and events! Our next show will be December 6th with Naomi Caietti and Raoul Encinas.

IIL is a global leader in training, consulting, coaching and customized course development, and is proud to be the educational provider of choice for many top global companies. IIL’s core competencies include Project, Program and Portfolio Management, Business Analysis, Microsoft® Project and Project Server, Lean Six Sigma, PRINCE2®, ITIL®, Agile, Leadership and Interpersonal Skills, Corporate Consciousness and Sustainability.

Harold Kerzner is Senior Executive Director for Project Management for the International Institute for Learning (IIL). He has an MS and Ph.D. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Utah State University. He is a prior Air Force Officer and spent several years at Morton-Thiokol in project management. He taught engineering at the University of Illinois and business administration at Utah State University, and for 38 years taught project management at Baldwin-Wallace University. He has published or presented numerous engineering and business papers and has published more than 50 college textbooks on project management, including later editions. His five latest books are (1) Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling; (2) Project Management Metrics, KPIs and Dashboards, (3) Project Management Case Studies, (4) Project Management Best Practices: Achieving Global Excellence, and (5) PM 2.0: The Future of Project Management

He travels around the world each year conducting project management lectures in Japan, China, Russia, Brazil, Singapore, South Africa, Germany, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Venezuela, Columbia, United Arab Emirates, France, Italy, England and Switzerland.

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Established in 2008, PM Learning Solutions, LLC is a Phoenix-based project and change management training and consulting firm with a global reach. As a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.), PM Learning Solutions offers training programs on the PMI family of credentials, change management, emotional intelligence, and multiple project management topics. The leadership team of PM Learning Solutions offers consultation to organizations across multiple industries on driving business growth through project and change management agility and innovation.

Globally recognized as a project management expert, Belinda Goodrich is the President of PM Learning Solutions, a training and consulting firm focused on delivering world-class project management and exam preparation programs. Belinda serves as a consultant to a number of Fortune 500 companies with a focus on agility, change, innovation, and disruption in order to drive business growth. After over 20 years of corporate project management and executive leadership experience, Belinda “retired” to serve the project management community. The first woman in the world to achieve five of the PMI credentials, Belinda now holds the following: PMP®, CAPM®, PMI-SP®, PMI-ACP®, PMI- RMP®, PgMP®. In addition, Belinda is a Certified Scrum Master.

The author of multiple books and courseware on project management and PMI exam topics, Belinda is an in-demand facilitator, speaker, and consultant. As an instructor, Belinda has helped thousands of project managers achieve their project management credentials. Her passion is creating a connection between theoretical project management concepts and real-world business needs through energetic and engaging sessions. In September 2018, Belinda was honored with a Quilly Award in Hollywood for her contribution to the best-selling, co-authored book The Will to Win with famed leadership experts Jim Cathcart and Brian Tracy. Belinda is also the author of Kick Ass Project Manager and co- author of You@Work. In addition, her soon-to-be-released book SHIFT: Business Growth through Exceptional Project Management is already garnering positive attention from industry leaders. Belinda holds a MS of Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

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E17 Thor Thomsen and Jim Watkinson from THORFeed and Jeanne Barry from RGP

October 22, 2018 by Karen

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In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Joe Pusz, PMO Joe has a great discussion with special guests Thor Thomsen and Jim Watkinson from THORFeed and Jeanne Barry from RGP.

We don’t often think about Project Management within the Farming industry. However, in this episode we get insights from Thor and Jim about the benefits, challenges, and growth opportunities farmers are experiencing through use of project management principles. Jeanne shares her experiences within traditional project management and compares those to the stories shared by Thor and Jim.

Requirements gathering, planning, monitoring and execution are discussed, but when working with farmers who haven’t been exposed to project management principles unique challenges are identified. This is a fantastic episode to understand the wide reach and benefits project management provides to business across all industries.

Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders discussing a wide range of current topics and events! Our next show will be November 1st.

THOR Feed’s purpose is to simplify and transform. We help organizations improve operations and reduce costs. Our current focus market is farming and we have established the THOR Feed solution as the leading farm inventory solution provider starting with farm feed inventory. Cattle and dairy farms single largest expense is feed. This expense is approximately 50% of operating cost. Unfortunately, feed loss (called ‘feed shrink’) occurs from feed planting to storage to feeding The University of Wisconsin, Kansas and other leading universities show an average 18%. Lowering shrink a few percentage points can reduce costs on improving farm profitability. THOR Feed provides the farmer with the following key operating metrics using smart devices on Windows, iOS and Android platforms:

Accurate inventory for all feed.
Near real time inventory status.
Precise feed utilization rates
Projected depletion dates for each feed and feed class.
Dynamic reporting

The THOR Feed solution provides benefits to farms in the following areas:

Reduced ‘backup’ feed is purchased, due to improved feed accuracy
Wise purchase based upon true need(s).
Improved negotiating power (lower costs) due to a longer lead times on future depletion dates
Less time to gather and report information (improved people productivity) with smart devices
Lower interest rates on feed loans from lending institutions due to detailed monthly reports
Reduced feed shrink due to improved planning with THOR Feed team regarding harvest, storage and herd feeding processes

Thor Thomsen grew up on a farm in Wisconsin, served in the United States Marine Corps’ special operations unit, married and entered the family entrepreneurial occupation.

Thor’s first business, Risk Management Planning, LLC, involved responding to hazardous chemical accidents around the globe using a unique subscription and consulting model. The service grew predominantly from companies and involved emergency management, first responders, schools, hospitals and even major sporting venues. Risk Management Planning expanded into another product line and simplified emergency response between first responders and various venues.

Stepping away from the family and businesses, Thor worked for Versar Inc. and eventually Thomsen Security. Services included security and safety in the water and food industry. The major program was establishing and building the United States DoD Food defense program which entailed securing the food supply chain from Field-to- Fork® around the globe. Thor conducted over 2,729 risk and vulnerability assessments, hundreds of reports and consulted with military and civilian food supply chain entities.

Thor established ThroughPoint Solutions which developed an assessment and reporting tool for the United Stated DoD and has been most recently adapted as a farm inventory solution, utilized by over 13 farms with over 32,000 head of cattle and in excess over $80 million dollars in feed inventory.

Jim Watkinson is a widely-traveled IT and project management mentor with experience in large (IBM, Unisys, Ports America) and several start-up tech companies, as well as non-tech companies seeking tech improvement. A key strength is introducing new IT functionality to industries (such as: ATMs to banks, Point-of-Sale to retail, satellite networking to energy companies, remote office communication to insurance, scheduling systems in supply chain & logistics.)

Much of Jim’s work involved process improvement in the above-mentioned industries. As a PMP and ACP, Jim enjoys thoroughly evaluating an ongoing organization, then (if needed) developing and presenting a plan to improve operations. Once, given the approval, Jim would lead the desired changes in a project management capacity.

Jim’s main purpose is to help individuals and organizations reach their top level of potential. As a team player, working along-side teams, Jim will coach, critique, appraise and recommend. Once a team finds a pace and rhythm toward reaching their potential, he moves on to the next adventure needing IT technology.

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RGP (NASDAQ: RECN), Resources Global Professionals is a multinational professional services firm that helps business leaders execute internal initiatives. Partnering with business leaders, RGP drives internal change across all parts of a global enterprise – accounting, finance, risk management and internal audit, corporate advisory, strategic communications and restructuring, information management, human capital, supply chain management, healthcare solutions, and legal and regulatory services.

Jeanne Barry is a seasoned Project Manager with 20+ years experience in the IT field with PMP, CSM, and MBA credentials. She has worked mainly on multi-million dollar infrastructure and information security projects and programs with a smattering of Development/SCRUM PM projects under her belt. She’s also worked as a Business Analyst and QA Test Lead, giving her a well rounded background in the IT field.

Before joining RGP (a former division of Deloitte and Touche) in 2017 as an IT Project Management consultant, she worked in the banking industry for 18 years, mainly on Information Security projects. She’s currently one of the PM’s managing projects in a PCI Program for a large client in Scottsdale who is in the process of obtaining their much coveted PCI AOC (Payment Card Industry Attestation of Compliance). Her PMO background is vast; fortuitously helping with the creation of PMOs in highly successful organizations, namely KeyBank and Data Management, Inc.

In her spare time, Jeanne is a semi-professional singer (she used to perform in a popular pop/rock covers band in town called Superhero), as well as a volunteer at Feed My Starving Children in Mesa (one of her most favorite charitable organizations). She loves to travel locally – especially to San Diego and Sedona). She attends holistic events around town and enjoys working on her new house she just purchased in May. As a Reiki Master, she also offers energy work clearings and healings to balance and harmonize herself and those around her.

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E14 Dimitri Ponomareff Co-Founder Kanban Zone

September 14, 2018 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

E14 Dimitri Ponomareff Co-Founder Kanban Zone

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E14 Dimitri Ponomareff Co-Founder Kanban Zone

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Joe Pusz, PMO Joe has a great discussion with special guest Dimitri Ponomareff, Co-Founder & Agile Coach with KanbanZone.com. We also had scheduled Laura Barnard, Founder & CEO with PMO Strategies but due to technical challenges we weren’t able to have Laura join us. Laura was going to discuss her leadership experience assisting organization with Value driven PMOs. Laura is also organizing the PMO IMPACT Summit which starts on September 10th with over 40 presentations from top industry experts sharing their knowledge and experience with Project Management Offices, PMOs. PMO Joe is presenting on September 12th, his topic is Improve Project Management Results by Repairing your Plumbing!

Dimitri provides an energetic detailed overview of the Agile world and specifically Kanban. He provides technical insights but also speaks at a level which doesn’t require you to be an Agile expert to follow along. He utilizes real life examples to help paint a picture of what is a Kanban board, how to use a Kanban board, different types of Kanban boards and the differences between Kanban and Scrum. In addition, Dimitri shares with us some experiences from Coaching engagements and how his organization sets expectations upfront on how to gets lasting benefits from their engagements. This was a fantastic episode to learn about Agile, Kanban, Scrum and Coaching from an expert in the field, Dimitri Ponomareff.

Joe also shared with his audience that he is running the 2018 Marine Corps Marathon and is fundraising for charity Team Red, White, and Blue which enriches the lives of Veterans by connecting them to their community through physical and social activity. Joe is leading the nation in fundraising for this marathon and would to get your support. To assist our Veterans and support Team Red, White and Blue please visit Joe’s fundraising page today and make a donation!

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Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders discussing a wide range of current topics and events! Our next show will be September 19th.

KanbanZone.com is a visual process management solution that leverages every aspect of the Kanban methodology. It promotes prioritization, focus and clarity by helping individuals, teams and entire organizations improve the way they collaborate in real-time.

Torak.com provides coaching and training services for Agile, Scrum, Kanban and DevOps. We focus on building happy effective teams and transforming organizations to flow work more efficiently to achieve greater results.

Dimitri Ponomareff is a passionate coach, facilitator and public speaker. He has the ability to relate to people from all walks of life and at every level within an organization. He can motivate and energize individuals, teams or entire organizations. Dimitri is consistently recognized as an effective and successful change agent who is able to mobilize people on a path of continuous improvement. Dimitri is a certified coach and “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” facilitator and uses his vast experience to build highly- focused, productive and happy teams. Dimitri has coached for such organizations as American Express, Charles Schwab, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Choice Hotels, Best Western, JDA Software, LifeLock, First Solar, and Infusionsoft.

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Cathy Reinking with Your It Factor and Oliver Yarbrough with BOBCAT Academy

September 4, 2018 by Mike

North Fulton Business Radio

Cathy Reinking with Your It Factor and Oliver Yarbrough with BOBCAT Academy

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Cathy Reinking/Your It Factor

Cathy Reinking is the owner of Your It Factor and she believes you are the leading role in your business, so why not make it easier for clients to want to connect with you? Her experience as a Hollywood casting director, honed over two decades working with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars (including Jason Bateman, Steve Carell, Tessa Thompson, Tony Hale, Jon Hamm, Kelsey Grammer, Will Ferrell, James Earl Jones, David Alan Grier, Ann Down, Jenna Fischer, Jim Belushi, Marsha Mason, Jean Smart, Michael Keaton, and hundreds more) can help business owners and their teams be more charismatic, authentic, and natural in everything they do. No more boring, stiff, or dispassionate presentations, networking opportunities, and videos. Cathy offers the following services: Marketing Videos (with Trenton Carson of TC Videos), Live Presentation Coaching, Charisma Coaching Workshops, Team Building, and Organic Marketing Messages (that don’t sound scripted).

“Don’t fear the unblinking eye of the camera. You will leave the studio a stronger person.” Brendan Burke, Managing Director with Capstone Headwaters

Oliver Yarbrough/BOBCAT Academy

BOBCAT Academy is a leading provider of Project Management, Leadership, Team Building, PMP® Exam Prep, and CAPM® Certification training courses for project managers and teams. BOBCAT offers simplified, easy-to-follow, step-by-step methods to develop your hard and soft skills.

Their training programs cater to corporate and government project managers and teams by providing confidence-building and motivating instruction that aids them in their overall success. BOBCAT Academy has successfully delivered training classes to thousands of professionals, government agencies, corporations, as well as universities across North America.