As senior project manager at the CIA, he led the maturing of their project management practices agency-wide, training thousands of Project Managers. Michael's numerous white papers have been published and presented at PMI Global Congress. The presentation focuses on the changes available to the project manager to improve the organizational environment in which their project resides. Getting anyone to adapt to change is difficult, but trying to get your executives to do so is another matter. See how Michael managed to get CIA executives to act for project success!
As Zozer Inc. President, he is helping organizations raise their level of project management performance. Michael’s papers and presentations at PMI national, international, and regional conferences have been popular and well received. Michael, who has been a project manager for over thirty years, is also an experienced line manager, author, lecturer, trainer, and consultant. He holds a master’s degree in project management, a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, and is certified as a PMP®.
Michael will teach us that project success increasingly depends on actions taken by the executive - Project managers who understand this are looking to learn how to influence these actions. The author draws upon his years of experience to give the audience his assessment of what it takes to succeed at project management in today’s environment. This presentation was well received at the PMI Global Congresses in Toronto, Bangkok, and Madrid and was featured in the PM Network Magazine as well as the PMI Executive Magazine.
Find out how project managers can extend their sphere of influence and make changes outside of their project boundaries and upward into the organization. Also learn how PMs can use sources of power to influence executive actions and increase their odds of success.