Ruth Fairley, Sr. Director of Global PMO, ON Semiconductor

How to Balance Resource Capacity vs Demand

How To Balance Resource Capacity vs Demand

Presentation Summary

Does your company struggle to balance your available resources with the demand of projects and support required? How do you handle unplanned demand (like an acquisition or merger)? How do you keep it simple enough to gain buy-in for time tracking, while still realizing the value? What KPIs can be used to measure planned vs actual resources used? These questions and more will be discussed in this session.

BIO

Ruth is the Senior Director of the Global PMO at ON Semiconductor.  She has 21 years of Engineering, IT, and Business Operations experience.  12 years of leadership of global PMO reporting to C-Level executive.  Ruth runs the portfolio budget and resource capacity vs. demand planning for global IT organization of 700+ people.  She leads the global department of 20+ PMO staff and oversees the project delivery of 50 concurrent projects with annual budget of $23M.  Previously, Ruth held similar PMO global leadership positions at Motorola and at Emerson Electric.  In her spare time, Ruth enjoys spending time with her husband and 3 bichon dogs, and she enjoys traveling to India on community outreach projects.