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This talk described the fast paced, complex
world of domestic and international beverage commercialization at the Pepsi
Cola company and how Project Administration enhanced the efficiency of
project managers, provided portfolio management and data warehousing for
over 60 projects, satisfied the reporting requirements of upper management
and the communication needs of project teams and their bottler customers.
This talk reviewed the cost justification for management to implement
formal project management discipline, the cost justification for the project
administration function within the project office, and provided a detailed
description of the project administration process implemented at Pepsi
with supporting illustrations of the planning, tracking, reporting, communication,
repository, and backup processes.
John Ellingham: Senior Manager - Commercialization,
Pepsi Cola R&D
John has over 20 years experience in Product
Commercialization and Technical Support for consumer products with Fortune
500 organizations. He is currently in charge of 7 technical professionals
involved in over 50 domestic and international beverage product rollouts,
and is responsible for improvement and training of the New Product Commercialization
and Launch process for Pepsi-Cola North America and Pepsico International.
Previous jobs at Pepsi include Principal Process Engineer and Pilot Plant
Supervisor. Prior to Pepsi John was Principal Development Engineer
for Household Products Process Development at Unilever U.S. and Technical
Service Engineer for Personal Products & Surgical Dressings at Johnson
& Johnson. Inc. John has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a A.A.
in Applied Science
Ed Mahler, PMP - President of Project Administration
Institute & President PMI Westchester
Founder and President of Project Administration
Institute, a consulting firm providing project office and project portfolio
management services and training with focus on planning, tracking, and
reporting control systems (Project Administration) for Fortune 1000 companies
involved in large complex project efforts. Ed has presented at PMI
Seminars/Symposiums, Project World, Boston University Frontiers in Project
Management, IPMA (International Project Management Association) conferences,
and at PMI and other organization chapter meetings. Prior to founding
PAI, he worked 23 years with IBM on customer and internal projects as project
manager, consultant, member, and participant. He is founder and president
of Westchester chapter of PMI since August 2002 and was Vice President
of Programs for New York City PMI chapter from 1994 through 2001 helping
to build that chapter from less than 50 to over 1200 members with 7 years
of monthly programs. Ed lives in Larchmont and sails a Cape Dory
25 on Long Island Sound
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Stacy Miltiades stgarted the meeting.
