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Kevin Aguanno
Kevin Aguanno specializes in managing
complex software development
projects. He has been managing consulting, integration, and software
development projects in various industries since 1990. He is certified
by Project Management Institute (PMI) and is a member of both PMI and
the Association for Project Management (APM) in the United Kingdom. Mr.
Aguanno has written several books, and his articles appear regularly in
various professional journals. He speaks internationally on project
management-related issues.
He is the author of:
and Editor of:
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Scott Ambler
Scott Ambler actively works with clients
around the world on
software process improvement projects. He has worked in the IT industry
since the mid-1980s and with object technologies since the 1990s. He
has written several books on object-oriented software development,
software process, Agile Modeling, Agile Database Techniques, the
Enterprise Unified Process, and on ohter topics. He is the thought
leader behind the Agile Modeling methodology and Agile Data movements,
and is a Senior Contributing Editor to Software Development magazine.
He is the author of:
and a contributor to:
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Bas De Baar
Bas de Baar works as a Project Manager
within the publishing industry. Since 2001 he is the editor of SoftwareProjects.org,
a popular website dedicated to Software Project Management. He holds a
masters degree in Business Informatics and lives currently with his
wife in the coastal town of Zandvoort, The Netherlands.
He is the author of:
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Bill Bates
Bill Bates is the Principal of P3M
Governance Inc. He has more than
thirty-one years experience in applying project management processes
across various types of projects in industry and government
environments. In addition to authoring and designing several project
management methodologies and software systems, he is a retired officer
of the United States Marine Corps. He holds his B.S. from the
University of Maryland and M.A. in the Technology of Management from
the American University.
He is the author of:
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Paul Bergman
Paul
Bergman is a Principal and Senior Consultant with Procept Associates Ltd.
and has over eighteen years' experience in all aspects of formal
project management. As a trainer and consultant, Paul Bergman takes a
hands-on approach, integrating the "theories" of project management
with real-world applications. His courses are deliberately interactive
and encourage participants to challenge the theory in order to make
project management applicable to their own environment. All of his
courses and seminars use terminology and process consistent with the
framework of knowledge of the Project Management Institute. He holds an
engineering degree from the University of Toronto, and he has been
designated by PMI as a Project Management Professional (PMP) since
1992. Paul has written papers and spoken on the topic of project
management at conferences for organizations including the American
Society for Quality Control, the Project Management Institute and
Project World symposia. In addition to providing in-house training and
consulting services to leading organizations, Paul Bergman's project
management seminars are offered across Canada through such leading
universities as University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, St.
Mary's University, and University of Victoria.
He is the author of:
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Michelle Casto
Michelle L. Casto is Principal of Get Smart!
Training and
Brightlight Coaching. She has fifteen years of experience in the human
development field, working extensively with organizations and
individuals to empower them to become more aware, purposeful,
effective, and creative. Her areas of expertise include the MBTI
personality instrument, communication skills, leadership development,
coaching, creativity, career development theory and stress management.
Currently she is completing a Ph.D. in Coaching from the International
University of Panama and serving as the Membership Chair for the
International Association of Coaching. Michelle is the author of a
dozen books and workbooks on personal empowerment, including the
renowned Get Smart! series. She lives and works on North Padre Island,
Texas.
She is the author of:
- Get Your Career on the Fast Track (book)
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Dennis Cohen
Dennis Cohen is a Senior Consultant with the
Strategic Management
Group (SMG), leading its Project Leadership Practice. He is also the
founder and President of Optimal Performance Network, an SMG global
partner. He works with clients to improve business performance by
aligning and optimizing their strategic execution process to convert
strategy into action. This includes strategy formulation,
implementation through project, program and project portfolio
management, and leadership coaching. He is a published author and
speaker at project management conferences. Dr. Cohen holds a BA and MA
from The University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from The Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania, and an MA and Ph.D. from The
University of Wisconsin.
He is the author of:
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Catherine Daw
Catherine Daw, MBA, PMP, is President and
Co-Founder of SPM Group
Ltd. With over twenty-five years of experience, Catherine is a pioneer
who consistently delivers results within a foundation of integrity,
open communication and with a strong understanding of the linkage
between strategy and initiatives. Her areas of expertise include:
Project Management, Strategic Planning, Organizational and Operational
Review, Implementation Planning and Execution. Catherine holds a BSc
from Queen’s; an MBA from York and is a Project Management Professional
(PMP). As a renowned expert, Catherine has delivered papers and
workshops at a variety of conferences and is a regular contributor to a
number of different publications. Most recently Catherine was
named to the 7th annual PROFIT W100 ranking of Canada’s Top Women
Entrepreneurs!
She is the author of:
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Brian
Furlong
Brian
is a seasoned, senior executive with 30 years experience in
manufacturing and finance. Working domestically and internationally for
major companies such as Emerson, Westinghouse, Invensys and National
Westminster Bank, Brian has in-depth knowledge of manufacturing and
administrative processes. He has directed projects to start up plants
inEngland, Ireland, Thailand and Mexico and has completed acquisitions
in England, China and India. He is a passionate advocate of Lean
Enterprise, having successfully completed implementation in numerous
facilities in the United States, Mexico, Europe and Asia. Brian has
been recognized for strong organization-building and leadership skills
and for his ability to achieve continuous improvement through high
levels of personal involvement. He is highly motivated, energetic and
focused on ensuring that organizations achieve maximum profitability
though effective management ofthe value-stream.
He is the co-author of:
- The Elusive Lean Enteprise (2nd Edition)
(hardcover and paperback)
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Peter R. Garber
Peter R. Garber has worked as a Human
Resource Professional for over
twenty-five years and has written over 40 books and articles on a
variety of business life topics including his highly-acclaimed books Turbulent Change: Every Working
Person's Survival Guide and 10 Natural Forces for Business
Success.
He is the author of:
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Keith
Gilpatrick
Keith
has over thirty years of diversified international and domestic
business experience encompassing auditing, consulting, operations
management, ISO9000, Lean Enterprise/Manufacturing, and Six Sigma.
Throughout his professional career Keith has kept himself on the
forefront ofthe latest management and business operations practices
through hands-on involvement, self-study programs and educational
programs offered by various educational institutions such as the John
F. Kennedy School of Government. Keith facilitated the implementation
of Lean Enterprise at several Invensys plants, a British based
Multi-national Corporation. Keith was responsible for the development
of Lean Enterprise education materials for self-study as well as group
presentations. Keith was involved in Lean Enterprisefor several years
both domestically and internationally. During his last two years with
Invensys Keith served as Director of Lean Operations for the
international subsidiaries of the Metering Division which had
manufacturing operations in Germany (2), England, France, Spain,
Slovakia, India, Morocco, Belgium, Thailand, and China.
He
is the co-author of:
- The Elusive Lean Enteprise (2nd Edition)
(hardcover and paperback)
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Rodger Nevill Harding
Rodger Harding draws on extensive legal,
diplomatic, training and
business experience accumulated internationally over two decades to
provide workable business strategies. His principle fields of expertise
are Strategic Communication, Corporate Intelligence Awareness,
Leadership, Career Transition, and Conflict Management/Mediation. The
business and people solutions he provides to large and small
organizations had their origin in the unique experience provided by
service as Head of Training in the South African Department of Foreign
Affairs. Rodger spearheaded the training of ministers and government
officials in preparation for the introduction of the New South Africa
to the world. Experience in North America, Europe and Africa has
enhanced his business, political and social savvy and guarantees
relevant and original content.
He is the author of:
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Stanley E.
Hibbs
Dr.
Hibbs has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Florida State
University, a Master’s Degree in Psychology from the University of
South Florida, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Georgia State
University. He has been licensed as a psychologist in Georgia
since 1978. He is listed on the National Register of Health
Service Providers in Psychology. He is a Member of the
American
Psychological Association and a Fellow in the Georgia Psychological
Association. He has served on the faculty of Kennesaw
College,
Mercer University, and Ogelthorpe University. Dr. Hibbs was the
Coordinator of Child & Adolescent Services for the Cobb-Douglas
Mental Health Center. He was also Psychologist and Clinical
Supervisor for Adolescent Services at Clayton Mental Health
Center. He was the Psychologist for the Adolescent Care Unit,
an
inpatient drug and alcohol treatment program. For five years, he worked
at AlphaCare, a well-respected Christian counseling service in the
Atlanta area. In that capacity, he appeared regularly on the
daily radio program Marriage
and Family Today.
Dr. Hibbs is a graduate of the MentorCoach program, a training program
that helps seasoned therapists retool their practices for work in the
arena of personal and executive coaching. His love of public speaking
has been demonstrated by his earning his CTM certificate from
Toastmasters International.
He is the author of:
- Consider it Done: Ten
Prescriptions for Finishing What You Start (2nd Edition)
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Michael J. Hughes, Canada's
Networking Guru
Michael Hughes is president of Michael J. Hughes
Consulting & Training Inc,
a business development and management training company. He has spent
over 33 years in the business world, including the last eleven years as
a successful author, entrepreneur, business coach, trainer and
professional speaker. Michael has taken his company from an idea to a
six-figure consulting practice using networking as his sole marketing
vehicle. He has been the subject of articles in the Globe and Mail, the
Report on Business Magazine, CBC TV and Radio, CFRA Radio and the
Ottawa Citizen. His client list includes names like Canadian Tire, Bell
Mobility and the Conference Board of Canada.
He is the author of:
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David Hulett
David Hulett consults and trains in project
risk management and
scheduling through his firm, Hulett & Associates, LLC of Los
Angeles. His clients have included companies in many industries:
construction, petroleum, pharmaceutical development and plant
construction, transportation, large science, and aerospace and defense.
He has consulted for several US Government agencies including Defense
and Energy department agencies, the General Services Administration and
the Government Accountability Office. Dr. Hulett focuses on qualitative
and quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis and on project
scheduling. The associates of Hulett & Associates, LLC are
mature
consultants with strong skills and experience and commitment to project
management professionalism. Dr. Hulett was project manager, supported
by an international committee of experts organized by the Project
Management Institute (PMI) Risk Management SIG, for the revision of the
Risk Management chapter, of the PMBOK® Guide that was published in 2000
and served on the Core Committee to revise the PMBOK® Guide, 3PrdP
Edition. He currently serves as Director of Technology Development of
the PMI RiskSIG. He is also the Director for Schedule Risk of the
College of Scheduling and serves on the Core Committee for the PMI
Practice Standard for Scheduling. He has presented papers on cost and
schedule risk analysis to many professional societies including PMI (in
North America and at European Project Management conferences as well as
at local PMI chapters), INCOSE and AACE. He often presents at the
conference of the Integrated Performance Measurement conference of the
PMI CPM. He has presented papers on project risk analysis at the
Primavera Users Conference, Palisade User Conference, C/S Solutions
sInsight User Group and the Risk Management SIG conferences. He has
published papers in the Project Management Journal and UPM Network on
project risk analysis. Dr. Hulett has held strategic planning positions
at TOSCO, an oil company, and at TRW in aerospace and defense. In the
Federal government, Dr. Hulett managed offices in the Federal Energy
Agency, Department of Energy and the Office of Management and Budget.
He was an economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. He was
an Instructor in the Economics Department at Harvard University. His
Ph.D. in Economics is from Stanford and B.A. in the Special Program for
Public and International Affairs (Woodrow Wilson School) is from
Princeton.
He is the author of:
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Mark Kozak-Holland
Mark Kozak-Holland is a Senior Consultant
and certified in the the
consultant profession. Since 1985, Mark has been working with
international organizations in formulating projects and initiatives for
developing and integrating solutions that leverage emerging
technologies. He is the author of Churchill’s Adaptive Enterprise:
Lessons for Business Today, which takes lessons learned from
Churchill’s turnaround of a very dire situation during WWII and and
applying those lessons to modern business situations.
He is the author of:
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Mark Miller
Mark Miller has over thirty years’
experience negotiating in various
supply chain positions with CNH Corporation, (formally Case Tractor
Corporation). He is certified by the ISM (Institute of Supply
Management) and APICS (American Production and Inventory Control
Society). Mark has written over thirty articles on various supply chain
and general business topics. He is currently an Associate Professor at
Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
He is the author of:
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Louis Molnar
Louis Molnar is the co-founder of The
Information Architecture
Group, which specializes in business systems requirements analysis and
design best practices. He provides senior consulting services to
companies across North America and has assisted hundreds of
organizations to design and implement Requirements Management
methodologies. Louis Molnar is a fully certified Requirements
Architect, with over 30 years experience in Applications Development,
Business Analysis and Requirements Management. Louis is a founding
member of the International Institute of Business Analysis.
He is the author of:
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Richard Morreale
Richard Morreale is the founder of
Inspiration Systems Limited and
Inspiration Systems Group. He has been called the ‘Red Adare’ of the
project management world. (In case you don't know, Red Adare was the
larger-than-life fire fighter that people called when they had a major
oilfield fire.) Richard is the larger-than-life Project Manager they
call when they have a major problem with big projects. His experience
ranges from the dizzy heights of putting a man on the moon as part of
the Apollo Programme, to working as part of the management team that
computerized the British Income Tax System, to leading the delivery of
two major systems for the 43 police forces in England and Wales. He has
directed major programmes of work for some of the largest companies in
the world. Richard is a member of the International Federation of
Professional Speakers and the United Kingdom's Professional Speakers
Association. He is a highly motivated, enthusiastic, energetic and
dynamic speaker who makes full use of stories from his own personal
experiences and humorous anecdotes to reinforce his message.
He is the author of:
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David Paradi
David Paradi has a solid understanding of
project management through
his experience as a facilitator and project leader. He has developed
and facilitated project management seminars in many industries. He uses
a structured approach that is customized to help each client. His
clients include Bank of Montreal, Research in Motion, Apotex, and the
Ontario Public Service.
He is the author of:
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John Rakos
John Rakos, MSc, PMP, President of John J.
Rakos & Associates
Consultants Ltd., has been in the project management training and
consulting business for over thirty years. He has managed many software
projects for Government and private industry. He also teaches project
management at the University of Ottawa (MBA level). Mr. Rakos has
published two books, the first entitled “Software Project Management
for Small to Medium Sized Projects” (Prentice-Hall, 1990) and the
second entitled 'The Practical Guide to Project Management
Documentation” (Wiley, 2004).
He is the author of:
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Bruce Robertson
Bruce Robertson is a Senior Project Manager
for a leading human
therapeutics company in the biotechnology industry. Bruce has over 10
years experience in various aspects of information technology. He has
co-presented twice at project world on various topics including
consultative project management and core competencies development. In
his capacity as a an in-house manager and previously as a consultant
he's led numerous projects in the areas of customer relationship
management (CRM), sales and service application development,
infrastructure and project management office (PMO) foundations. His
exposure bridges multiple industries including non-profit, federal
government, banking, insurance, consumers goods, and most recently
health care. Bruce is certified as a Project Management Professional
(PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is a member of the
Southern Ontario Chapter of PMI.
He is the co-author of:
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Lou Russell
Lou Russell is a dynamic, entertaining
speaker and is considered to
be a topic expert in the fields of training and performance, project
management and leadership. Lou is a unique presenter. Her humor and
positive outlook come through in every presentation she makes. Whether
it is giving a keynote address for hundreds or facilitating a workshop
for small groups, Lou’s insights spark a creative chord that is
memorable. No one forgets Lou. No one leaves one of her presentations
without new ideas.
Lou Russell is CEO of Russell Martin
& Associates,
a consulting and training company focusing on improving planning,
process and performance. She is a consultant to companies, schools and
colleges as well as a popular author and keynote speaker.
She is the author of:
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Frank P. Saladis
Frank P. Saladis, PMP, President of Project
Imaginers Inc. is a
Consultant and Instructor within the project management profession and
has over 30 years experience in the telecom and project management
training environment. He is a senior consultant and trainer for the
International Institute For Learning Inc. and has held the position of
National Project Manager for AT&T Solutions Information
Technology
Services and was a member of Cisco Systems Professional Services
Project Management Advocacy organization. He is a Project Management
Professional and has been a featured presenter at the Project
Management Institute Annual Symposiums, Project World, and PMI World
Congress. He is president of the PMI New York City Chapter and a
Past-President of the PMI Assembly of Chapter Presidents. Mr. Saladis
is a Co-Publisher of ALLPM newsletter and a contributor to the ALLPM
project management website. He has a monthly e-column entitled “
Positive Leadership in Project Management. He has written numerous
project management related articles and was an author of the
AT&T
Corporate ITS Project Management Guidelines. He is a member of the
International Executive Guild and the NRCC Business Advisory Council.
He has also held the position of Vice President of Education for the
Global Communications Technology Specific Interest Group of PMI and
holds a Masters Certificate in Commercial Project Management from the
George Washington University.
He is the author of:
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Yogi Schulz
Yogi Schulz is President of Corvelle
Management Consultants. Mr.
Schulz has over 25 years of Information Systems experience of which
over 20 have been spent as a consultant. Prior to founding Corvelle, he
worked as a senior consultant with DMR Group Inc. He holds a B. Comm.
from The University of Calgary, is a member of CIPS and holds its ISP
designation. For a list of the presentations that Yogi Schulz has
delivered to excellent reviews to various audiences, Click visit http://www.corvelle.com/about-us/yogi_presentations.html
He is the author of:
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Amy Schwab
Amy Schwab is a master facilitator,
consultant, and teacher. Amy has
over twenty years of experience as a project manager and consultant.
Her project experience ranges from leading the design and
implementation of software systems, core business process
reengineering, and strategic marketing initiative projects within a
Fortune 200 company to facilitating the training, envisioning and
planning of scientific research projects with computational physicists
at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She is the president of True North pgs Inc.,
a strategic consultancy dedicated to improving innovation,
effectiveness, and satisfaction in high demand organizations.
She is the author of:
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Ida Shessel
Ida Shessel, B.Sc., M.Ed., is the president
of Let Us Facilitate.
She has more than 20 years of experience as a facilitator in the
business and academic sectors. Ida facilitates meetings and training
programs that are results-driven, focused, and productive. More than
6,000 participants have benefited from the techniques that she uses in
her meetings and workshops. Ida specializes in training programs in
running focused, productive meetings.
She is the author of:
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Mike Watson
In a career spanning over 30 years, Mike
Watson has been a
consultant, project manager and award-winning trainer. He sees project
management as a critical business tool for every type and size of
organization, but has always sought to find ways to reduce the
bureaucracy associated with many approaches. He is currently leading
the development of a software tool that will make delegation safer and
more effective.
He is the author of:
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Casey Worthington
Casey Worthington, PMP is a Senior Project
Manager working as a
consultant in the IT industry. He has worked in IT for the past
seventeen years in various technical, management and project management
capacities, and is certified by Six Sigma, ITIL and PMI. He has
developed and presented original material at Project World symposiums
on following topics: Managing Projects as a Consultant, Project
Management Core Competencies, and Scaling Project Management Processes
for Small Business. The Digital Library for the Canadian National
Institute for the Blind is one of Mr. Worthington’s career highlights.
Working for sponsor Microsoft Canada, this library has many business
and technology firsts, transforming the delivery of services for blind
and visually impaired users. Bill Gates presented this project to the
Canadian national media in August 2002, as a part of Microsoft Canada’s
ICAN community program. Mr. Worthington is now working on a program to
build and populate a 60,000 sq. ft. data centre for a large Canadian
financial institution.
He is the co-author of:
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