November 7, 2020 Professional Development Day 3 PDU event + NEW Speed Mentoring Program Session

DON'T MISS OUR SPECIAL VIRTUAL PROGRAM ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7:

2020 Virtual Professional Development Day with NEW Speed Mentoring Program!

REGISTER HERE TODAY TO SECURE YOUR SPOT!

Our Professional Development Day is your opportunity to hear from top speakers while earning a PDU from each area of the Talent Triangle!

($15 for members/$30 for non-members)

• 10:30 - 11:00 - Registration and Chapter Update
• 11:00 - 12:00 - Managers Bridge to Agility (1 Technical PDU)
• 12:00 - 1:00 - Speed Mentoring Session (1 Strategic PDU)
• 1:00 - 2:00 - Leading an International Program to Success During a Pandemic (1 Leadership PDU)

For our brand-new speed mentoring session, our speaker line-up will serve as your Mentors to answer your rapid-fire questions via chat or phone about your project management challenges. Bhanu, Sergio and Diana will have 10 minutes each to answer as many questions as you can throw at them! 

Some suggested questions:

• What competencies are important for project managers to possess during a crisis?
• What new communication strategies are best used when managing remote teams?
• How do you motivate and uplift teams during a pandemic?

Join us for a fun, energetic, high-value learning session!

Our PDD Presenters

Bhanu Viswanadha TOGAF, CDAP: Manager's Bridge to Agility

Synopsis:The presentation focusses on the journey of a Project Manager / Manager in a traditional waterfall work environment to the Agile way of executing projects.

Takeaways:

1. Understand basics of Agile
2. Understand Agile Mindset
3. Understand ‘what changes’

Bhanu Viswanadha, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, SASM, SA, POPM, SDP, CDA, CDAP, TOGAF, KMP1, is currently working as an IT Architect at NetApp. His previous positions include Program Manager at a major retail and healthcare company and Technical Leader at APL Ltd. While he was the PMO manager at Safeway Inc., he implemented a process for recruiting, mentoring, and motivating the Safeway project management community. Mr. Viswanadha’s other projects include delivering a training program for project manager coaching/mentoring in both waterfall and Agile methodologies. He has also been an Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University, Cogswell University of Silicon Valley, and he is a Past President at PMI Silicon Valley. Bhanu is also a PMI-approved ATP Instructor. Bhanu has his Masters in Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, and his Master of Technology in Mathematical Modeling and Simulation from University of Pune, India.

 

Diana Sofía Balboa Coronado and Sergio Vásquez Kaufmann: Leading an International Program to Success During a Pandemic.

Synopsis:  The Academy of English for Project Management program had been planned over many months with all of the details worked out for a successful go-live when the pandemic struck Peru. Our speakers will discuss how they adapted to the current global crisis and succeeded in creating an incredible program that barely resembled the original plan with minimal disruption. Participants will learn techniques for leading teams through change and keeping team members motivated through uncertainty.

Speaker Bios:

Sergio Vásquez Kaufmann, PMP, PSM I, CSPO, DevOps Master, ITIL – Sergio has his Master in Project Management with an emphasis on IT engineering. Bilingual with fluency in Spanish and English, Sergio serves as the manager of the PMI Lima Peru Chapter Academy for English program bringing together over a hundred Chapter members with English coaches from around the globe. With more than 20 years of experience in development and implementation of banking applications, Sergio also has experience in retail and telecommunications industries. In addition, Sergio has extensive experience leading international projects and IT teams having worked in Peru, Chile, Germany, and Ecuador.

Diana Sofía Balboa Coronado, MBA, PMP – Diana has her MBA and is certified as PMP, CRM, and CSM with more than 10 years of experience in strategic planning and management of multidisciplinary projects across different industries. She is the founding Partner of BIVRA, a company that develops educational games with learning objectives linked mainly to the business environment, and has developed the board game: "EarnValue®: The Art of Managing Projects" as well as the card game: "BreakingDown® Divide and Conquer."

Sofia is also a researcher on the improvement of learning through Game Thinking and Storytelling and the designer of several Serious Games focused on learning project management. She also serves Professor at the Faculty of Engineering at the San Ignacio de Loyola University and Speaker at International Congresses of Project Management in Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru. In addition, Diana is currently the Vice President of Education for the PMI Lima Peru Chapter.

 FLASH!

Sign-up before November 1st and be automatically entered in our drawing sponsored by IIL. The winner will receive Project Leadership Skills ($350 value) or Agile Practices for all Projects ($550 value) on demand classes. But you must be signed up before November 1st to be entered in the drawing.