Latest Speakers - 2023
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Jerry Manas is an internationally best-selling author and consultant. His latest book, The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook (McGraw-Hill) addresses the perennial challenge of maximizing organizational "people" resources.
Debbie Rudolph is the Sr Director of Project Management Office for Engineering focusing on both new product introduction and value add engineering. Tektronix operates in the test and measurement space and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
Frank P. Saladis, PMP, is a Consultant and Instructor / Facilitator within the project management profession. He is a senior trainer and consultant for the International Institute for Learning and has conducted numerous project management training seminars domestically and internationally.
Bio: Suzanne Lucas spent 10 years in corporate HR where she hired, fired, managed the numbers, and double-checked with the lawyers. She left the corporate world to advise people and companies on how to have the best Human Resources departments possible…
Philip Mathew is the Director of ON Semiconductor’s Information Technology Project Management Office based in Phoenix, Arizona where he is responsible for Portfolio Management, Resource Management…
Dan Coughlin helps business executives increase their effectiveness and significance in the areas of management, leadership, and teamwork. As an executive coach, keynote speaker, seminar leader, and strategic guide, Dan works with both individuals and groups to help them achieve excellence.
Dan Wille is the Chief Product Officer at Life Fitness, the global leader in commercial fitness equipment. Dan has extensive knowledge of the health and fitness industry and over 29 years of experience at Life Fitness…
An avid fan of the power of new tools and technologies to streamline business process, Michael brings award-winning experience to the table training teams and managing projects for corporate communications.
Learn how to define and communicate your personal leadership brand, develop executive presence, and articulate the unique value you bring to your organization. This seminar will help you understand how your stakeholders (internal and external) perceive you to help build greater confidence, leadership capability, and long-term personal and organizational success.
Award-winning Executive with expert level knowledge in Project & Agile Management practices, high-performing team management, using complex Business Technology systems, with 35+ years of success, leading business change for Fortune 100 companies in Financial Services…
For years I juggled. I entertained and spread laughter. Through live performances ,managing events, and creating video and theatre projects, I challenged perspectives, lifted people up, and brought people together. I worked as hard as I could until I realized my profession as a juggler was the perfect symbol for what I was doing with my life as a whole.
Ryan is an experienced medical device engineer and program manager with 12+ years of success overseeing research, development, production transfer, and launch of FDA Class I, II, and III products. Ryan has developed and launched over sixteen different medical devices throughout his career, and…
Ganesh Paranthaman is the Senior Director of Portfolio and Program Management for Pacific Biosciences (PacBio). Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, PacBio is the leader in high accuracy genetic sequencing. At PacBio, Ganesh is responsible for the planning and execution of the product portfolio strategy…
Baruch Gabo has been with the company since his graduation from Columbia University, with a double major in computer science and mathematics. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional and has taught Microsoft .Net Framework certification classes at DCIC Business Institute, while completing his undergraduate studies. While at...
Phil is a product and sales veteran of the application software market, having spent over 32 years helping clients address project, portfolio, and resource planning needs.
Past Speakers - 2021
Andy Buckley served as a Financial Advisor at a major bank for 12 years, part of group managing over 400m in personal assets. This provided perfect background material for his fictional role as, David Wallace, CFO of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, playing opposite Steve Carrell on NBC’s hit comedy The Office.
Javed Khan is the Global Manager of the Agile Program Management Office (APMO) for new product innovation and continuation engineering at Rockwell Automation.
Nathan Drabek is a biotechnology executive with extensive experience establishing and continuously improving project, program, portfolio and product lifecycle management business processes.
Frank P. Saladis, PMP, is a Consultant and Instructor / Facilitator within the project management profession. He is a senior trainer and consultant for the International Institute for Learning and has conducted numerous project management training seminars domestically and internationally.
David Noblett is the R&D PMO Leader at PerkinElmer in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. He leads the R&D PMO staff for several business segments managing a diverse portfolio of product development projects for instruments, software, and reagents, including both medical devices and analytical products.
Paul Formiller, PMP, is a Senior Project Manager responsible for leading cross functional teams for new product introductions. Tektronix operates in the test and measurement space and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
Mustafa Poonawala, Ph.D., is Vice President, Program Management Office at BD. He has over 25 years of experience in R&D and Program Management bringing complex medical devices and software solutions to market.
Cary Blaes is a senior consultant at PDWare. A seasoned veteran at implementing PPM and ERP solutions as well as advising clients on PMO best practices, Cary has a wealth of practical and useful insights to share.
Charles Howell is the founder and owner of OpsTempo Software. This a second career for Charles after retiring from a career in healthcare information technology.
Tom Brink is the Director of the PMO Center for Excellence at BD, a Fortune 500 American multinational medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems, and reagents.
As one of the nation’s most acclaimed pediatricians and financial experts, Dr. Randi B. Nelson (aka DrRandiBMD) is also a nationally recognized author, speaker, and consultant. In addition, she is a sought-after media expert regarding children’s and young adults’ health issues.
Brent Hathaway is the Ted and Doris Lee Professor of Business in the Lee Business School. Brent joined UNLV as Dean of the Lee Business School in 2013 and previously served as dean at the University of Wyoming College of Business.
Phil is a product and sales veteran of the application software market, having spent over 32 years helping clients address project, portfolio, and resource planning needs.
Michael Nir, President Sapir Consulting US, is an executive agile Lean DevOps expert; known for his passion, creativity and innovation; His Masters in Engineering and, training in…
Daniel leads the center of excellence for resource management at Autodesk. He has more than 15 years of experience as resource, delivery and project manager and leads a team of resource…
Teams are one of the essential building blocks of contemporary organizations. Organizations are looking to teams to make some of their toughest decisions or to develop some of their most daring ideas…
HuffPost calls Greg Schwem “Your boss’ favorite comedian.” That’s because Greg has spent more than 20 years making the business community laugh at itself, in good times and bad…
Funnier than a business speaker; more informative than a comedian, Todd Hunt speaks to organizations that want to add fun to their events and send members back to work smiling – with tips to improve communication…
Baruch Gabo has been with the company since his graduation from Columbia University, with a double major in computer science and mathematics. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional and has taught Microsoft .Net Framework certification classes at DCIC Business Institute, while completing his undergraduate studies. While at...
Peter Heinrich has a long history in technology product development and management. He co-founded PDWare with Paul Samarel in 2001 to provide high-value, low-overhead resource planning software to support operational decisions and improve resource and project portfolio productivity. During his 20-year career with Xerox, he managed the group that developed the...
Past Speakers - 2016
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A project, program and portfolio management thought leader, Bill Stewart has over 30 years of leadership experience across a wide range of initiatives...
Paul has over 15 years experience in product development and IT management helping companies across a variety of high tech industries...
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...
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...
Nate Bonar currently manages Portfolio Management, Resource Management and Product Development Systems at B. Braun Medical in Allentown ,PA...
Portfolio Coordinator for Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT), where they design the advanced electronic guidance and control products for earthmoving machines...
Peter Heinrich has a long history in technology product development and management. During a 20-year career with Xerox, he managed the group...
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...
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Whitey was born November 9, 1931 in New Athens, Illinois. As a boy, he loved the game of baseball and would cross the Mississippi to catch a Cardinal game at Sportsman's Park at every opportunity. Little did he ever imagine that his illustrious career would bring him back so close to his home…