Speaker List — Resource Planning Summit

Mike Babneau

Mike Babneau

Mike Babneau is the Associate Director of Portfolio Management in Research & Development projects at Upsher-Smith. He manages a team of 7 project managers working on everything from new product development to lifecycle management. He has spent the better part of his career managing projects under precise deadlines to meet stake holders’ goals, deliver project within scope, resources, maximizing capacity, availability, while reducing pinch points, eliminating capacity constraints and challenges.

2016 SpeakerGuest UserMarch 30, 2016Comment

Michael Parish Dudell, Author, Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business

Michael Parish Dudell, Author, Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business

Michael Parrish Dudell is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and the bestselling author of Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business—the official book from ABC’s hit show Shark Tank on how to successfully launch and grow a company from concept to cash. Recently ranked as one of the top three most popular business authors by Amazon.com...

2016 SpeakerPaul SamarelFebruary 25, 2016 Comment

Dr. Shelley Reciniello, Organizational Consultant, Executive Coach, Author: The Conscious Leader

Dr. Shelley Reciniello, Organizational Consultant, Executive Coach, Author: The Conscious Leader

Dr. Shelley Reciniello has spent her 35 year career determined “to give psychology away,” by demystifying psychological and psychoanalytic principles, and providing people and organizations with thoughtful, practical information and methods to change their lives...

2016 SpeakerPaul SamarelFebruary 25, 2016Comment

Anthony "AB" Bourke, Former F-16 Fighter Pilot, CEO, Mach 2 Consulting

Anthony "AB" Bourke, Former F-16 Fighter Pilot, CEO, Mach 2 Consulting

Major Anthony “AB” Bourke is a highly experienced F-16 fighter pilot who has flown tactical missions in countries all over the world. He has accumulated more than 2,700 hours of flight time in numerous high performance aircraft and was one of the first pilots to fly his F-16 over New York City in the homeland defense efforts on September 11th, 2001...

2016 SpeakerPaul SamarelFebruary 25, 2016Comment

Philip Thomas, President, Kripa Consulting

Philip Thomas, President, Kripa Consulting

Philip Thomas is founder and President of Kripa Consulting, a management consulting company focused on taming the complexity of technology change management with the D3 Project Management Framework. Philip had measurable success in process improvement, management of large and complex programs and projects, organizational development, and technology solution delivery for Bank of America...

2016 SpeakerPaul SamarelFebruary 25, 2016Comment

Jason Boyd, VP, Head of Enterprise Strategic Services, Thrivent Financial

Jason Boyd, VP, Head of Enterprise Strategic Services, Thrivent Financial

Jason Boyd is an accomplished, performance driven Technology Executive with a proven track record of constructing and leading world-class Portfolio and Program Management delivery organizations. Expertise includes: Six Sigma & Waterfall SDLC Methodologies, Execution, Organizational Design and Optimization, Requirements Management, Portfolio Health and Reporting, and much more...

2016 SpeakerGuest UserFebruary 16, 2016 Comment

Laura Stack, Productivity and Performance Expert, Best Selling Author

Laura Stack, Productivity and Performance Expert, Best Selling Author

Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, has consulted with Fortune 500 corporations for nearly 20 years in the field of personal productivity. She helps leaders create high-performance cultures in their teams and organizations and achieve maximum results in minimum time. She is the president of a time management training firm specializing in...

2016 SpeakerPaul SamarelFebruary 5, 2016Comment

Stephen Shapiro, Innovation Evangelist and Business Author

Stephen Shapiro, Innovation Evangelist and Business Author

Stephen Shapiro is one of the foremost authorities on innovation culture, collaboration and open innovation. With over 20 years of innovation experience, he previously established and led a 20,000 person innovation practice at Accenture...

2016 SpeakerPaul SamarelFebruary 5, 2016Comment

Gary R. Heerkens, President, Management Solutions Group, Inc.

Gary R. Heerkens, President, Management Solutions Group, Inc.

Gary R. Heerkens, PMP, CPM, MPM, CPC, CIPM, MMC, CBM, CIPA, PEng, MBA, IAPPM Fellow, AAPM Fellow, is the president of Management Solutions Group, a firm that provides progressive and effective project management training and consulting solutions. Before establishing Management Solutions Group, he managed...

2016 SpeakerPaul SamarelJanuary 19, 2016Comment

Dr. Harold Kerzner, Senior Executive Director, IIL

Dr. Harold Kerzner, Senior Executive Director, IIL

Harold Kerzner is Senior Executive Director for Project Management for the International Institute for Learning (IIL). He has a MS and Ph.D. in Aeronautical...

2014 SpeakerPaul SamarelJanuary 15, 2016Comment

Bill Stewart, President and CEO – Project Management Leadership Group, Inc.

Bill Stewart, President and CEO – Project Management Leadership Group, Inc.

A project, program and portfolio management thought leader, Bill Stewart has over 30 years of leadership experience across a wide range of initiatives...

2016 SpeakerGuest UserDecember 22, 2015Comment

Paul Cantrell, Director, PWC

Paul Cantrell, Director, PWC

Paul has over 15 years experience in product development and IT management helping companies across a variety of high tech industries...

2014 SpeakerPaul SamarelOctober 12, 2015 Comment

Christa Kirby, VP Global Products & Services, IIL

Christa Kirby, VP Global Products & Services, IIL

Vice President of Global Products and Services and a senior trainer at IIL. Christa has done extensive consulting, coaching and training in the leadership space...

2014 SpeakerPaul SamarelOctober 12, 2015Comment

Charles R. Howell, IT Director or Operations, Floyd Medical Center

Charles R. Howell, IT Director or Operations, Floyd Medical Center

Charles Howell joined Floyd Medical Center in 2003 and is currently the IT Director of Operations. Charles’ expertise is in Project Management and most recently with ITIL...

2014 SpeakerPaul SamarelOctober 12, 2015Comment

Nate Bonar, Project Management Systems, B. Braun Medical

Nate Bonar, Project Management Systems, B. Braun Medical

Nate Bonar currently manages Portfolio Management, Resource Management and Product Development Systems at B. Braun Medical in Allentown ,PA...

2014 SpeakerPaul SamarelOctober 12, 2015Comment

Mark Zachman, Portfolio Coordinator, Caterpillar Trimble

Mark Zachman, Portfolio Coordinator, Caterpillar Trimble

Portfolio Coordinator for Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT), where they design the advanced electronic guidance and control products for earthmoving machines...

2016 SpeakerPaul SamarelOctober 12, 2015Comment

Peter Heinrich, President, PDWare

Peter Heinrich, President, PDWare

Peter Heinrich has a long history in technology product development and management. During a 20-year career with Xerox, he managed the group...

2016 SpeakerPaul SamarelOctober 12, 2015Comment

Joseph N. Teti, Co-Star of Dual Survival on Discovery

Joseph N. Teti, Co-Star of Dual Survival on Discovery

Joseph Teti is a veteran of both US military and US government special operations units. He is a former Force Recon Marine, Army Special Forces...

2014 SpeakerPaul SamarelOctober 12, 2015Comment