Professor Kevin W Reilly - 2023 Emerging Agile Trends

Presentation Abstract

As we look ahead to the near future, there are several trends that are emerging in both Agile Project Management and Agile Product Development. By making businesses aware of these trends and ensuring that they understand not only the trend but also its impact, they will be well-prepared to tackle problems that arise in the Agile Space well into the future.

In this presentation, Kevin will share some of the top Agile trends that are currently emerging, including:
• Agile Supported by Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Language (ML)
• Agile Coaching
• Agile Organizational Agility
• Agile DevOps
• Agile Remote Work

So come join Kevin and other Southern California agilists, project management, and business professionals, and learn how to prepare to use the newest tools and processes to help ensure Agile project and company success.

We’ll see you there!

Speaker Bio

Professor Kevin Reilly is an Independent Contractor and Primary Instructor for the 'Project Management Certification Coach,' offering PMI Exam Prep training and coaching. He has 12+ years of experience teaching CAPM, PMP, PMI-ACP exam prep courses, and General Waterfall & Agile courses (non-certification). He has taught and coached over one thousand students to pass these exams. Kevin has also successfully delivered many Software Development and I.T. projects and has 15+ years’ experience as a Waterfall Project Manager and Agile Scrum Master.

Kevin is a firm believer in volunteerism as a way of paying it forward, improving his skills, and transferring knowledge to others. Kevin is currently the Speakers Bureau Director and Annual Conference Speaker Captain for the PMI San Diego Chapter, a PMP Exam Prep Instructor for the PMI-OC chapter, and a keynote & special event speaker for several PMI chapters across the U.S. and around the globe.

Kevin's Favorite Quote: "Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value." - Albert Einstein

PMICIE conducts New Membership Orientation Sessions designed to welcome you and give you the opportunity to understand what our Chapter is all about and the benefits of membership

This session is for all new and existing members.

We will also have a random drawing from all of the attendees for a $25 Amazon e.card.

Be sure to register to save your seat.

If you have questions or comments  contact the Chapter, by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Solomon David Bobrow - Remote Work in a HealthCare IT PMO

Presentation Abstract

Will be discussing CHOC (Children's Health of Orange County) Information Services Department PMO remote work challenges and successes from the start of the COVID pandemic to today. Will also be discussing the tools CHOC used to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of their work.

Learning Objectives:

1. Obtain fundamental knowledge of remote work
2. How to implement remote work in your organization
3. How to mitigate remote work challenges in your organization
4. How to measure remote work success in your organization

Speaker Bio

David Bobrow is a senior Project Manager for CHOC (Children’s Health of Orange County).
David has led the execution of non-strategic and strategic initiatives as part of the PMO at CHOC’s Information Services Department. He has successfully led numerous project implementations in the areas of Revenue Cycle, Clinical Applications, Systems Integration, Information Security, and Infrastructure at CHOC for the last 11 years.

Before he became a project manager, David had 23 years of experience working in IT for healthcare organizations such as CHOC, Perot Systems, St. Joseph Health System (now known as Providence), and Loma Linda University Medical Center.

David holds a Computer Science degree from UC Riverside. He is a PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) as well as CSM (Certified Scrum Master).

Previously David has spoken at PMI-OC events on topics such as Phase Gates in Healthcare and Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable in Project Management.

David won the 2022 President's Recognition Award for CHOC for bringing the latest industry knowledge and practices to the PMO team as well as helping to make them part of the project management process at CHOC.

Anthony Cayman - Developing a 30, 60, and 90 day plan prior to starting the new job

Presentation Abstract

Developing a 30, 60, and 90 day plan prior to starting the new job is considered an important step in your career path. Answering this question in an interview can give the potential employer a better idea on the steps you will take to get up-to-speed quickly and what you feel your high-level priorities are. In this presentation, Anthony will share valuable information on how to effectively create a plan and help you understand the importance of updating the plan on a regular basis once you are hired. 

Speaker Bio

Anthony Caymen is Vice President - Director of Permanent Placement Services for Robert Half. He specializes in placing software/web developers, system/network/network security engineers, database administrator/data developers, project managers and IT Managers within Orange County, Greater Los Angeles, and the Inland Empire. Robert Half specializes in the placement of contract to full-time and permanent placement opportunities within Fortune 500 companies, small start-ups to mid-sized companies in various industries.

 Anup Deshpande - Creating a Value Delivery Office (VDO) for Extreme Business Agility

Presentation Abstract

Does your organization strive to achieve laser focus on planning the right set of projects and delivering at a predictable pace? Do you want to learn from the successes (and failures) of Extreme Agile Implementation at a Corporate to attain a sustainable business model? Then hope isn’t a plan! It takes more than a year to get into a regular rhythm, with about 1,000 people interacting with the model. If you want to learn directly from the people who’ve made it work, this session is for you.

Expected Takeaways -
- How to set up the Org to bring in Extreme Business Agility
- Pointers to transform PMO into Value Delivery Office
- Knowledge of Org Level Value Realization Metrics

Speaker Bio

Anup Deshpande has been instrumental in Agile Transformation at the enterprise level and has over 25 years of program management, business operations, and security experience in the Software Industry. He has served at the PMI San Francisco Bay Area Chapter as a President, a Chief Governance Officer (CGO), and a Board Member. Anup served as the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter president in 2012 as well. He has been on the Agile Advisory Board and taught as an Adjunct Faculty at UC Berkeley Extension for various Agile and Project Management curricula.

He currently works at a Fortune 100 Healthcare organization as a Sr. Director of Program Management, Business Operations, and Security and has tremendous energy to drive audacious goals for the company. Before this, he worked at various companies, including Yahoo, Visa, and Broadcom, where he spearheaded multiple cross-organizational plans to successful completion.

He has bootstrapped two software product startups successfully. Anup focuses on building Trackegy, one of his young startups, where they prepare the students for the exams and take their confidence off the roof, making them successful in taking on further career advancements. The product also helps lead generation and evaluation for businesses.

Connect with him on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/anupdeshpande