Project Management Conference

Nader started working with projects about 24 years ago: first, as a project planner in construction projects, and then he moved to large process-plant projects and in parallel, was also involved in IT projects and startups. Nader gradually moved from project planning into the wider project management domain by helping project managers and companies improve their project, program, and portfolio management systems.

Nowadays, Nader is spending most of his time contributing to standards (P3. express, NUPP, PRINCE2®, PRINCE2 Agile®, and the PMBOK® Guide). He is one of the key contributors to P3. express as well as the 7th edition of the PMBOK® Guide.

Frank is a project management author, speaker, and adviser, with more than 16 years of experience in project management. He has trained hundreds of project managers in various methodologies.

Frank’s mission is to change the way the world learns and practices project management. He does this through practical PM training with P3. express, sharing training material, sample projects, and highlighting the more important PM techniques.

Mike is an agile consultant, author and PMI authorized trainer with over 30 years of experience. Mike was involved in the creation of the agile method DSDM and has been using agile methods including FDD, Scrum, and XP ever since. He co-founded the Project Management Institute (PMI) Agile Community of Practice and helped to create PMI-ACP® certification. He is a co-author of the “Software Extension to the PMBOK Guide”, the Chair of the author group for the “Agile Practice Guide” and a co-lead on the PMBOK, 7th Edition. Mike contributed to the creation of PMBOK, versions 3–7.

Mike is a faculty member of the University of Calgary, where he teaches the “M.Sc. Software Engineering” program. He is also a frequent contributor to project management and agile publications including Cutter Consortium, Agile Journal, and ProjectManagement.com.

Scott Ambler is the Consulting Methodologist with Ambysoft Inc., leading the evolution of Agile Data and Agile Modeling methods. Scott is the (co)-creator of PMI’s Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit and has helped organizations around the world to improve their way of working (WoW). Scott is an international keynote speaker and the (co-)author of over 20 books, including Choose Your WoW!, Refactoring Databases, Agile Modeling, Agile Database Techniques, and The Object Primer, 3rd Edition.

Sanjiv Augustine is the Founder and CEO of LitheSpeed, LLC and the Agile Leadership Academy. Sanjiv is an entrepreneur, industry-leading Agile and Lean expert, author, speaker, management consultant, and trainer. With 30 years in the industry, Sanjiv has served as a trusted advisor to executives and management at leading firms, including Capital One, The Capital Group, CNBC, Comcast, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, General Dynamics, HCA Healthcare, Huntington Bank, The Motley Fool, National Geographic, Nationwide Insurance, Royal Bank of Canada, Samsung, and Walmart. Sanjiv is the host of the Agile Caravanserai podcast and the author of the books From PMO to VMO: Managing for Value Delivery, Managing Agile Projects, Scaling Agile: A Lean JumpStart, as well as several publications, including Transitioning to Agile Project Management, The Lean-Agile PMO: Using Lean Thinking to Accelerate Agile Project Delivery, and Transformational Leadership for Business Agility.

Lee Lambert, PMP, is a project management industry thought-leader with nearly 45 years of experience. He is known for his thought leadership in the establishment of education and practitioner measurement standards. Since embarking on his project management journey in 1966, he has implemented multiple enterprise project management processes and educated more than 40,000 professionals in 22 countries. Mr. Lambert was instrumental in the creation of PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential. He is also a past president of the PMI Central Ohio Chapter, and served on the PM Network® and Project Management Journal® editorial review board for more than a decade. He has authored two books and more than 30 professional articles and white papers about project management. He is also a PMI subject matter expert for the Earned Value Management System Practice Guide and the Project Estimating Practice Guide, which is in development. Educated in engineering design, Mr. Lambert holds a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University. He is the creator of the “Stealth Learning” concept, which combines uncanny technical knowledge with unique material content and refreshingly entertaining delivery.

Milan is a visiting professor at the Politecnico in Torino where he is involved on the Executive Master’s Programme in Project Management for Business Performance and Innovation. He was a PMI Board member and currently he is PMI GAC Onsite Visitor. Additionally, he is performing as a CEO at the Center for Project Management – CPM. Throughout the CPM he has trained numerous project managers in various project frameworks and methodologies.

Project Manager and Scrum Master with 9 years of experience in the IT services industry. Curious by nature, and always looking for new ways to foster better collaboration between business and development teams. Over the years, I’ve learned how to build great teams and support individual and group development through the creation of a psychologically safe work environment that fosters great collaboration and enables great results.