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Speaker
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Topic
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Keynote Speakers
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| Yvonne Bornstein |
Kidnapped in Russia, Rescued
and Moving On! – A True Story |
| Irene Dec |
Managing the Global Playground |
| Joan Knutson |
Project Management: Following
the Sun |
| Track Speakers |
| Abel,
LaWanda / Flach, Jerry |
Take our daughters and sons
to work, What you can do! |
| Crowe,
Andy |
Alpha PMs:What the top 2% know
that everyone else does not |
| DeRose,
Garry |
Overcoming the pitfalls in
global innovation projects |
| Ferrao,
Peter |
Project Management - In China
they do it with regulations |
| Kennedy,
Tom |
Death by PowerPoint - Rethinking
Presentations |
| Longman,
Andrew |
Managing Global Projects: Lessons
from the Firing Line |
| Seshadri,
Venkita |
The race to the South Pole:
Lessons learned |
| Will,
Henry |
Crisis Project Management of
near shore projects |
| Worthington,
John |
Team of Rivals: Program Management
in ITIL® Implementation |
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Yvonne Bornstein |
Topic: Kidnapped in Russia,
Rescued and Moving On! – A True Story
Abstract:
It took Yvonne Bornstein, author of 'Eleven
Days of Hell, My True Story of Kidnapping, Terror, Torture and Historic
FBI and KGB Rescue' (Authorhouse, Feb, 2005 - ISBN: 1418494070) 12 years
to get past the emotional and physical trauma of her kidnapping, torture,
rape, and rescue to finally tell her story. In 1992 Bornstein,
a wife, mother of two, and businesswoman, found herself caught up in the
political disintegration of the Soviet Union. Working in a newly
capitalist Moscow on a commodities trading business proposition, Yvonne
and her then husband, both Australian citizens, were kidnapped, tortured,
and held for $1.6 million ransom by Chechen rebels subsequently linked
to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network. The ransom demand made to
Yvonne's New Jersey family. With three countries involved, a rescue attempt
seemed impossible, particularly since the FBI and KGB had never worked
together and had been Cold War enemies. Yvonne's kidnapping and rescue
12 days later, was an historical first joint operation between the FBI
and KGB. Three key people made it happen. A young Russian lawyer
living in Philadelphia and his behind-the-scenes exchange of information
to Russian authorities was the key link between the FBI and Russian police,
leading to the rescue. He has since represented both the Russian government
and private corporations in international business affairs, as well as
Western companies doing business in Russia. He is also an expert in global
terrorism. An ex-KGB Colonel was somewhat of a glory-seeker who stopped
at nothing to track down the kidnappers - he was rewarded with promotions
to the highest levels of the Russian government. When Yvonne was kidnapped,
an FBI Agent working in the Newark, New Jersey office was the first FBI
agent to meet with the New Jersey family after they reported the kidnapping
and ransom demand to the FBI. The FBI chronicled the event in a press release
following the rescue making front-page headlines in the US and international
media. Yvonne will address her journey of courage, and lessons learned
for others doing business and managing projects in unfamiliar circumstances.
Bio:
Bornstein was born in Perth, Western Australia
where she spent the first 20 of her life. She married in1976.
They divorced four years later. A subsequent engagement ended several months
before her wedding when her fianc? was murdered during a robbery that took
place in the driveway while Yvonne looked on from inside the home they
shared. After almost 7 years, she met the charismatic young widower,
Daniel Weinstock with whom she fell in love and soon married. She
became a successful businesswoman jointly operating the couples lucrative
international barter trade business. The expansion of the business took
them to Russia. It is this part of Yvonne’s life that is the basis of her
book. Sadly, the postscript of the kidnapping was the break-up of
Yvonne’s marriage to Daniel Weinstock, they became two people isolated
in their own fear. Today, Yvonne Bornstein lives in California with her
current husband Sam Bornstein. They have been married for 6 years.
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Irene Dec |
Topic: Managing the Global
Playground
Abstract:
Managing the Global 'playground': rules,
project structures, how to succeed, why you will fail and how to manage
risks. Global projects are complex, costly and challenging to manage.
Dec will discuss the challenges of implementing and succeeding on
global business initiatives. The world has 'shrunk', information moves
quickly and project teams must collaborate and communicate. Based on her
experiences in managing global projects, Dec will discuss the Project Management
Office (PMO) and how to implement a PMO on a 'global stage'. She
will include how the culture, language, time zone, geography raise the
risks for businesses to implement and execute on global projects.
This session will include a discussion on how to obtain both the local,
regional and global business requirements for multinational firms. .
How do global firms address and build solutions when the requirements include
multinational regulatory and privacy mandates. A discussion
on project management and execution capabilities in each of these regions
will be discussed.. She will explore with you how the global economic forces
create country, regional and global impacts with focus on European union,
Asia and Central and South America.
Bio:
Irene Dec, vice president and head of
International Operating Management for Prudential's International Division.
Dec is presently leading Prudential's International Common People Reporting
Platform Project. The purpose of this initiative is to identify and
implement a platform that will perform consolidated and timely human resource
reporting across Prudential Financial’s International businesses.
Prior to assuming her current position, Dec was a vice president in the
Operations ? Systems Department and head of Prudential's Year 2000 Program
Office, responsible for managing Year 2000 compliance efforts throughout
all business groups, corporate functions, systems, infrastructure and relationships
with clients and business partners. Dec has been with the Prudential
for 24 years. She joined Prudential in 1981 as a programmer with
Prudential HealthCare Group, where she primarily focused on application
development and was involved in the strategic development of mission critical
systems. She also was responsible for an internal consulting organization
that supported application development tools, consulted on development
processes, database and client server practices and provided technical
education to multiple business groups and corporate functions. Before
joining Prudential, Dec taught mathematics at Montclair State University
and at Jonathan Dayton Regional High School in Springfield, NJ. Dec has
a BS degree and an MS degree in mathematics from Montclair State University.
She continues to do visiting lectures at Montclair State University’s Computer
Science Department. Dec has received numerous awards. She was
awarded the Eric Jenett Excellence Award in 2001 by the Project Management
Institute. In 2000, she was listed among Computerworld's Premier
100 IT Leaders and by Best's Review as one of the 'People to Watch In 2000
in the Insurance Industry'.” She was profiled by Women in Technology
International for its 1999 Women in Science and Technology event and was
named one of the '25 IT People to Watch' by Computer World in 1998; one
of 26 'Intriguing Women of New Jersey Business' by Business News; and was
among the first honorees inducted into the Year 2000 Hall of Fame.
Dec has made presentations at more than 60 conferences, seminars, and government
hearings and has consulted with other major U.S. companies and government
agencies. She has been quoted in business, consumer and technology
publications including the Star Ledger, Investment News, Beyond Computing,
CIO, ComputerWorld, InformationWeek, PC Week, the on-line I-Village newsletter
and the Year/2000 Journal. She also has discussed issues related
to the Year 2000 business problem on ABC’s World News Tonight, CNN, and
News 12 New Jersey. Dec is a member of the World Future Society,
Project Management Institute, National Association for Female Executives
(NAFE), Montclair State University Foundation Board and Montclair State
University's College of Mathematics and Science Council.
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Joan Knutson |
Topic: Project Management:
Following the Sun
Abstract:
Time and technology have moved us into
a Global Economy. Products must be developed and brought to market
faster, manufacturing must be accomplished cheaper, and customer service
must be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Those objectives
are undoable in the United States. No matter how many hours employees
worked, they could not meet the time nor the cost imperatives mandated.
Therefore, to accommodate all those drivers, business must 'follow the
sun' thus creating a Global Economy. Business has always been reliant
on projects; projects that design, create and maintain the various end-deliverables.
A Global Economy can’t exist without the discipline of project management.
As the economy has become global, the need to follow the sun has had a
dramatic impact on the disciple of project management.
Bio:
As a writer, lecturer and consultant,
Joan Knutson, PMP, has earned a reputation as a project management thought-leader.
Joan's experience includes; founding and managing for more than 25 years,
Project Mentors, a successful, multi-million dollar project management
training and consulting firm. She has spoken to thousands of people worldwide
through her interactive seminars, keynote presentations, and on-line learning
programs. She recently has been appointed by the University of San
Francisco as Lead Adjunct Instructor and Developer for their Masters of
Science in Project Management program. Joan is a long-time and active
member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and wrote The Executive's
Notebook column in PM Network for over a decade. She is also a published
author of several highly regarded books on project management; including
her top-selling, 'Succeeding in Project-Driven Organizations', published
by John Wiley ? Sons.
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Abel, LaWanda ? Flach, Jerry |
Topic: Take our daughters
and sons to work, What you can do!
Abstract:
This session will raise your awareness
on Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day by highlighting its benefits
and outlining a plan to implement this event at your workplace. We
will brainstorm designing activities that benefit children through applied
learning. Learn your role in leading children on the path toward
a rewarding career and most especially a career in Project Management!
Bio:
LaWanda Abel - Program Manager, Take Our
Daughters And Sons To Work® - Ms. Foundation for Women
With several years experience in community
outreach and public relations, LaWanda Abel brings a strong background
in organizing and planning programs that benefit girls and boys ages 8
to 18 to the Ms. Foundation for Women. As Program Manager she is
responsible for building a program that helps girls and boys reach their
full potential. Prior to joining the Ms. Foundation, Ms. Abel was
the Community Outreach Manager at Kaplan, Inc., where she mobilized employees
to volunteer their time in a variety of corporate outreach initiatives.
Ms. Abel holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Iona
College.
Jerry Flach is a PMP certified IT Professional
committed to realizing business objectives through the implementation of
value generating information technology solutions. Tenured in financial
services, Jerry is currently Director, Fixed Income Systems in Lord Abbett’s
IT group. Lord Abbett is a partner owned investment management firm
with over 100B under management. Prior to Lord Abbett, Jerry was
a VP with SSB Citi Global Asset Management’s Technology team. Jerry
has an MBA in management from William Paterson University and is a member
of their Business Advisory Board. Jerry is a member of the Financial
Women’s Association and works to extend their Financial Literacy program
in New Jersey. She also serves on the Open Space Committee in Passaic
County where she and her family reside.
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Crowe, Andy |
Topic: Alpha PMs:What the
top 2% know that everyone else does not
Abstract:
This presentation, focuses on the world's
top project managers (the Alpha Group), who they are, their differences
from other project managers, how they approach projects, relationships,
communication, and leadership. The talk is interwoven with discussion of
how all project managers can develop the characteristics and success of
the Alpha group.
Bio:
Andy Crowe is CEO of Velociteach. As the
author of 'The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try', and the upcoming
'Alpha Project Managers', he is a much sought-after speaker. He recently
served on PMIs team for the revision to the PMBOK Guide and the OPM3 creation
and was appointed to serve on Microsoft's DNA and .NET Advisory Committees
as one of 21 individuals worldwide. Crowe is a PMP and a Six Sigma
Black Belt with a B.A. in Business Management from Kennesaw State University.
Fluent in both English and Spanish, he is a prolific instructor and writer.
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DeRose, Garry |
Topic: Overcoming the pitfalls
in
global innovation projects
Abstract:
This is the story of a growing company
that encountered challenges in extending its project management system
to new R?D centers worldwide. Problems included differing languages and
work practices and even touchier differences in attitudes about supervision
and team interactions. Audience will interact by diagnosing the difficulties
and prescribing solutions.
Bio:
Garry J. DeRose, CEO and Director of the
Corning Center For Learning, has guided the non-profit organization to
substantial growth since 1981. He has conducted presentations and discussions
on learning strategy and organizational change for Quest Diagnostics, World
Kitchen, Berlex Laboratories and United Nations Development Programme among
many others. He is a published author and has presented on
outsourcing and learning strategy at IQPC, ASTD and ISPI conferences. He
holds a BA from Montclair (NJ) State College, an MBA from Syracuse University,
and an MA and PhD from University of Wisconsin as well as a certificate
in Project Management.
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Ferrao, Peter |
Topic: Project Management
- In China they do it with regulations
Abstract:
With the near absence of the law of negligence
and disdain for risk management, a prescriptive regulation might well be
a good substitute for the inexhaustible supply of human resources, furthering
a greater reliance on process-oriented project management.
On the other hand, the regulations tend
to retain and entrench the central planning feature of projects.
Whether better transparency is induced into project management remains
to be seen.
Bio:
Peter Ferrao is a Chartered Civil Engineer
with experience in infrastructure projects in the Middle and Far East.
He has worked with Bechtel in the Kuwait Oil Fields restoration projects
following the Gulf War. In Hong Kong he has worked on the Airport Core
Projects ranging from Immersed Tube Tunnels, Escalators and Passenger Terminal
Building Structure. For six years Peter has worked on Rail in Hong
Kong and on the Taiwan Shinkansen (Bullet Train). He is also a Fellow
of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Project Management Professionals
and a Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. Peter
holds Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Arts in Arbitration ? Dispute
Resolution and Master of Laws in Chinese ? Comparative Law Degrees.
He is the founder and president of Project Management Services with responsibility
for consultancy, management and client relations. He works with power companies
in their operations in China and with Oil ? Gas companies in Southeast
Asia. Peter has developed and conducted project management seminars
in the Asia Pacific. His corporate clientele include CAT, Datacraft, Global
Knowledge, Huawei and Techtronic among others. He has taught Chinese
Contract Law and Chinese Company Law for the Professional Diploma in Legal
Studies at the Hong Kong Management Association. Peter was a member
of the City University’s team at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial
Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria. He has published short papers
in the Journal of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and was the Associate
Editor of a Project Management Handbook on Software Outsourcing in China.
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Kennedy, Tom |
Topic: Death by PowerPoint
- Rethinking Presentations
Abstract:
Business leaders agree that effective
communication is the key to personal (and team) success. This interactive
presentation/discussion will cause you to re-think your communication strategies,
including:
- Presentation preparation, practice and
delivery
- Advance presentation and media 'tools'
(stories, quote, visual aids, etc.)
- How to become the presentation coach
of your team
Bio:
Tom Kennedy is an Associated Press award-winning
broadcaster and teacher of strategic communications. Tom has more than
20 years of on-air media experience and over 13 years strategic-communications
consulting experience with officers and senior executives of international
companies including IBM, Roche, MIT, Bank of America, Bosch, and others.
He specializes in helping his clients successfully develop and deliver
focused, effective, and memorable messages, internally and externally,
including effective use of the Web, print, and broadcast media. Tom
received the prestigious Toastmasters communicator of the year award for
2004, given 'For outstanding leadership in the television ? radio broadcasting
industry and the business of worldwide communications', joining a group
of recipients like Ben Zander and David Brudnoy. Prior to forming
The Kennedy Group, in 1992, Tom has top-rated on-air TV and radio experience,
as well as program-management experience, in five major markets across
the US - Boston, San Francisco, Detroit, Cincinnati, and Jacksonville.
He thoroughly understands regional communications strategies within the
Untied States and has a broad knowledge of worldwide strategic communications,
crisis management, and cross-cultural protocols. He delivers regular
guest lectures at the Harvard School of Public Health. Tom is a board member
of the Society of Professional Consultants and a member and regular speaker
for the Institute of Management Consultants and spent several years as
an adjunct professor on the faculty of the Communications Studies Department
at Emerson College, with campuses in Boston, Brussels, and Los Angeles.
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Longman, Andrew |
Topic: Managing Global Projects:
Lessons from the Firing Line
Abstract:
In today's far-flung, multinational enterprises,
global project teams are no longer the exception, but the norm. Whether
it's installing a worldwide ERP system; launching a new product in Europe
and the Americas; or building new plants in China, Korea, and Mexico, managing
projects across time zones, geographical boundaries, and cultures presents
a unique challenge to organization leaders and project managers alike.
How do you assign responsibilities? Monitor results? Set-up reliable problem-solving
and communications processes? What steps need to be taken to ensure seamless
implementation and, when necessary, make mid-course corrections from thousands
of miles away? In this session, Andrew Longman, co-author of The Rational
Project Manager: A Thinking Team's Guide to Getting Work Done, introduces
proven methods for dealing with these and other challenges facing organizations
whose projects span the globe. Mr. Longman will illustrate
his points with real-life examples, including a short video documentary
of an international project that has achieved stellar results.
Bio:
Andrew Longman is a partner in Kepner-Tregoe,
Inc. He is also vice president, marketing, responsible for the worldwide
promotion of the company's brand and consultants. Mr. Longman
helped design and implement eThink, Kepner-Tregoe's critical-thinking support
software, and its project management software, Project Logic. Clients for
whom he has successfully guided projects include American Honda, DRS, Kimberly-Clark,
Lockheed-Martin, Daimler-Chrysler, Procter ? Gamble, and TRW. Mr.
Longman is certified by the Project Management Institute as a Project Management
Professional (PMP). He is the co-author of The Rational Project Manager:
A Thinking Team's Guide to Getting Work Done, published in 2005 by
John Wiley ? Sons.
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Seshadri, Venkita |
Topic: The race to the South
Pole: Lessons learned
Abstract:
This talk illustrates the criticality
of Project Management factors including Organizational culture, Leadership,
Project Planning and Risk Management that are needed for successful completion
of Global Projects through the example of the race to South Pole in 1911.
Amundsen beat Scott to the Pole through superior planning and execution.
Even worse, Scott and his team perished on the return journey from taking
far too many risks. The lessons learned from this saga can benefit any
Project Manager leading complex and risky endeavors.
Bio:
Venkita Seshadri PhD, PMP has extensive
experience in telecommunications network project management. In his
early career, at AT?T Bell Laboratories, he managed several performance
measurement projects for AT?Ts domestic and international network.
Later in International Operations, he worked on cycle time improvement
/defect reduction and new technology introduction projects.
He then joined the Network Planning organization and managed several network
capacity build projects with a number of foreign Telecom correspondents.
He is currently involved with the business case analysis and program management
of network development projects. Venkita is an active member of the
NJ Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMINJ).
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Will, Henry |
Topic: Crisis Project Management
of near shore projects
Abstract:
This presentation will walk through case
histories of actual near-shore rapid software development projects. Topics
explored will include considerations of Off-shore vs. Near-shore projects,
critical issues encountered and solutions provided as well as lessons learned.
Bio:
Henry C. Will, IV, PMP is a Senior Project
Manager at Palisades Technology Partners (ptpusa.com) in Englewood Cliffs,
NJ. He manages software development projects that provide SOA / Web-service
based solutions for Mortgage companies. In the past Mr. Will
has worked in IT Solutions Consulting for fortune 500 companies and is
named on patents granted for work he did on a Blood Chemistry Analyzer.
In the past, he has managed software development on such varied projects
as Y2K for AT?T, the F/A 18 Fighter / Attack plane, the A/V-8B Vertical
Take-off and Landing jump jet and video games. He is a graduate of NJIT.
Mr. Will is also active volunteering as a trustee for the Ocean Grove Camp
Meeting Association.
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Worthington, John |
Topic: Team of Rivals: Program
Management in ITIL® Implementation
Abstract:
Abraham Lincoln brought his rivals into
his cabinet and skillfully marshaled their talents to win the civil war.
This presentation provides a brief overview of the IT Infrastructure Library,
highlights the benefits of implementing IT Service Management, and discusses
the importance of effective program/project management for successful implementation
of ITIL.
Bio:
John Worthington has over 25 years in
IT, having been involved with the service delivery management space from
the supplier side, as a customer, and as a consultant. John holds
a Manager's Certificate in IT Service Management and provides both Foundation
and Practitioner Certification instruction. His career includes
executive positions at Unisys, AT?T, Loral and CIBER. In addition,
John has experience with several emerging software start-ups in the service
management space. John is an instructor for ITSM Academy and an independent
consultant doing business as MyServiceMonitor, LLC.
Updated: 06Sep08 |
