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Lisa A. Grant, MBA, PMP®

Lisa A. Grant is a Professional Project Manager. Not because she achieved the PMP® designation from the Project Management Institute in 1996, but because she has committed her career to the advancement of the project management discipline through consulting, training, coaching and volunteering. She has influenced and improved project management processes in various industries and functional areas such as Knowledge Management, Healthcare, e-Learning, State and Federal Government, Automotive, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Payroll, Textile, and Beverage verticals.

Her consulting value proposition stems from 20+ years of Information Technology experience including full life-cycle application development (SDLC), software implementations, e-learning product launches, Program Management Office creation, Business Process Mapping, and process improvement business consulting.

Her tactical training experience includes e-learning, instructor-led programs and involvement in communities of practice. She is also a fervent blogger and podcaster of Project Management topics and war stories. Personal improvement is Lisa’s passion and she regularly coaches new project managers, and is an official mentor for Toastmasters Club 8708.

She has serviced PMI in various volunteer roles such as a participant on Global PMP® exam writing committees, as the Program Manager for the Certification and Education Committee of the Atlanta Chapter, and is currently the President of the Atlanta Chapter. Additionally, she performed the role of Secretary for Toastmasters Club 8708 in 2005, was Program Director for the Atlanta Microsoft Project Association in 2006.

She has an MBA with a concentration in Management from Georgia State University, is a Project Management Professional, Advanced Communicator - Bronze, and Competent Leader. She achieved the MS Office Project Blue Belt certification in 2006, spoke on “Lessons Learned” at the 2005 PMI Southeast Symposium, was awarded a Most Valuable Player award for her exemplary service to the Atlanta Chapter of PMI, and is listed in the Who’s Who Registry.

Laurie Bacopoulos, PMP®

As president and founder of Cobblestone Consulting, Inc., Laurie Bacopoulos understands strategic objectives and implements solid business solutions, driven by state of the art technology. Over the last several years, Laurie has generated a successful track record working with small, mid-sized, and large companies alike.

With a Bachelor degree in Economics and French, coupled with a Masters in Information Systems Management and Project Management, she is bi-lingual in the languages of both business and technology. Laurie's ability to match cutting edge technology solutions with business goals, in effect creates a unique foundation to achieving results. Among the companies who have benefited from Laurie's brand of consulting are Genuine Parts Company, NAPA, SunTrust, Alventive, Norrell Corporation, and UPS.

Her portfolio of technology-centric consulting experience includes implementing enterprise-wide Intranets and Portfolio Management systems to transform organizations toward new processes and improved information system management for businesses.

Cobblestone Consulting, Inc. is a Microsoft Partner and helps organizations leverage SharePoint to gain visibility, insight and improve internal management and communications.

Kim Freedman, PMP®

Kim Freedman has over 20 years of experience managing people, projects, and business operations - primarily within IT companies such as EDS, Sapient and ACS. In addition to the PMP® designation, Kim has a professional certification in Human Resources and has worked as an HR Director and corporate trainer. She earned an undergraduate degree in Nursing from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA degree with a concentration in Management and Organization Develoment from Georgia State University. She also received professional coach training through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). Kim is the owner of Catalyst Leadership Coaching, which uses customized training programs and one-on-one coaching to help businesses develop leaders who deliver outstanding results. Kim also offers personal coaching to professionals who want to achieve their life and career goals in the quickest time possible. For more information on these services please visit Catalyst Leadership Coaching.

Mr. Gurbaxani has 20+ years of experience as a technology project manager and consultant. He has worked for the past 10 years as a program manager and consultant in the customer service / technical support areas. He has worked with a number of Fortune 500 companies in a wide variety of industries to help them implement state-of-the-art contact center technologies and improve operational efficiencies. His most recent experiences have been with customers in the digital broadband (telecom/cable), hospitality, and professional services industries.

His specialty is helping these managers measure their organization’s baseline performance, use those measures to suggest tactical and strategic improvement initiatives, implement new technologies and processes aimed at realizing operational improvement, and establish as well as achieve targeted improvement metrics. During the past eight years working for leading customer service software vendors, he has successfully delivered multiple implementations making extensive use of offshore development resources (primarily in India). He has written numerous articles in the technology area, most recently “Measuring Global Project Performance and Value” for the Atlanta PMI Professional Development Day meeting (August, 2006).

Mr. Gurbaxani has a MS in Management from the MIT Sloan School and a MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. He has been a certified PMP® since 2001. He is also a member of Atlanta Telecom Professionals (ATM), MIT Enterprise Forum, and CRM Association of Atlanta.

As a Service Delivery Manager for Keane Inc., an international IT consulting company, Mike developed a strong background in all phases of project management, from presales support, to proposal development, to implementation, and beyond. Mike also brings 15 years of active duty Air Force experience to the classroom. Over the past 2 years Mike has developed an extremely successful track record in preparing experienced Project Manager for the PMP certification exam.

Mike earned a Bachelors in Computer Science from the University of South Florida and a Masters in Computers & Information Science from Troy State University. He lives in Marietta, GA with his wife and two teenage boys.

After his military career, Eric joined Byers Engineering Company in 1998 as a Business Process Manager and was responsible for promoting project management principles and standards throughout the company. As a Director for operations and planning, his responsibilities included oversight of program management throughout the data services and software development organizations. He developed a quality control process based on the American National Standards for Sampling Attributes and was responsible for the overall Quality Assurance Compliance Audit Program.

Eric currently works as a Six Sigma Black Belt and Deployment Leader for ZC Sterling. He collaborates with product line executives to identify potential areas for improvement and leads project teams thru the Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) methodology. He also provides Six Sigma Green Belt training, coaching and mentoring throughout the organization.

As a private consultant, Eric works with local companies to develop project management and process improvement capabilities. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Shorter College’s School of Business.

Eric has an advanced degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Penn State. He has his Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI). He also received his Six Sigma Black Belt training and certification from Georgia Tech College of Management and is an American Society for Quality Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB).

Kathleen King , PMP®, CPM

Kathleen King is the owner of SpiritForce, LLC. SpiritForce, LLC, offers a broad range of Project Management topics, with emphasis on the “Soft Skills” of leadership skills, team building and organizational development as well PMP Exam Prep courses and boot camps. Kathleen held the position of Director of the Project Management Office, which she founded, at a $700M multi-national corporation for a number of years. She was personally responsible for many corporate-wide projects such as acquisitions, corporate websites, Sarbanes Oxley compliance, Global Y2K readiness and many others. Through these experiences, she has honed her skills of people management to assist teams to work better together, help organizations realize the full benefit of the deliverables that are produced and leverage employee growth. As a licensed neutral in the state of Georgia, Kathleen is a professional mediator for all types of cases.

Peggy Joyner, MBA, PMP®

Peggy Joyner has completed a 34 year career with the State of Georgia and begun a second career consulting on Project, Program and Portfolio Management Offices and organizational IT Governance. During her last 5 years with the Sate, she was Director of the Office of Program Management for the Georgia Technology Authority with the responsibility of providing oversight and program management of all Georgia technology projects exceeding $1 million. During this time, she spearheaded the development of activities to implement IT Governance for the State along with activities to increase project management competencies for all State of Georgia project managers. Currently, Peggy is on assignment at the Centers for Disease Control and is leading a project team defining and implementing refinements to their IT governance including the development of a project management framework.

Peggy holds an MBA from Georgia State University and a BBA in Computer Information Systems from Clayton College and State University. She obtained her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in October 2001 and has been an active member of the Project Management Institute since 2000. Peggy has her own consulting company focusing on program and project management services and training.

Mr. Magee’s education includes an MBA from Georgia State University, a BS in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University and Graduate level courses in Computer Science from the University of Kentucky. He was awarded One Divisional Team Sales designation, three IBM “Top Gun”Achievement awards and one IBM Innovation award. In July 2000 he spoke at the Manugustics User’s Conference on “Supply Chain Planning and eBusiness Solutions.”

Additionally, Mr. Magee is a Six Sigma Green Belt, PMP® by PMI, Production & Inventory Mgmt by APICS (CPIM), Manufacturing Technologist by SME, Information Technology Specialist by IBM. He is also the Director of Programs for Microsoft Project User’s Group, a member of the Project Mgmt Institute (PMI) and APICS, has been listed in the “Who’s Who”National Registry, and serves on the Council of Logistics Mgmt.

Diane D. Miller is a Principal at Satori Consulting, Inc. where she plays an integral part in the development of this innovative business. In this role, Diane is responsible for planning major projects, managing client relationships and establishing project standards for Satori. Diane also actively consults on process improvement engagements and works closely with clients to effectively manage organizational change.

Diane is a career project management professional with more than 17 years experience working with companies to define and achieve business objectives. Prior to joining Satori, Diane led the Information Technology PMO for Coca-Cola Enterprises. In this role, she was instrumental in shaping the project management practices used to execute multi-million dollar projects and in managing the overall project portfolio. Earlier in her career, Diane held several consultancy positions with companies like Rare Medium, Cambridge Technology Partners and EDS. Her strong project management skills coupled with a solid foundation of business experience and an IT background have enabled Diane to successfully introduce and execute innovative business solutions to a variety of clients which include: The Ritz Carlton, BellSouth, Comcast, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Temple University and Mars Inc.

Throughout her career, Diane has helped colleagues improve their project management skills and increase their overall project delivery effectiveness through a combination of training and coaching. She also taught aspiring student project managers the science and fine art of Project Management at The Art Institute of Atlanta. Diane now continues this passion for teaching by working with EPM Solutions to deliver training to project managers ready to take their project management skills to a higher level.

Diane is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) that has earned a Masters Certificate in Project Management from Regis University and a Bachelors of Science in Management Information Systems from Syracuse University.

Although a native New Yorker at heart, Diane now lives with her family in Atlanta, GA.

Daniel J. O’Dea, PMP®

PMP® Exam Prep Instructor

Dan O’Dea is a management consulting executive. He has held key management positions at Cap Gemini, MCI, and AT&T. He has been a Partner at three Big Six firms: Price Waterhouse, KPMG Peat Marwick, and Delloitte & Touche.

He has extensive Program and Project Management experience. Clients include: AT&T, BellCore, BellSouth, Bell Labs, Cingular Wireless, Citicorp, and Center for Disease Control, (CDC), GE Rail, Manufacturers Hanover (CIT), MCI, Nippon Telephone (NTT), OKI Telecom, Sallie Mae.

He has taught PMP® Exam Preparation at The Keller Graduate School as well as in the commercial sector.

Education:

Upsala College, BA, Political Science
Fairleigh Dickinson University, MS, Computer Science

Faculty Member:

Montclair State University: Computer Science
University of Phoenix (MBA): Faculty, Project Management

Keller Graduate School of Management (MBA): Program Management, Project Management, Project Procurement and Risk Management, Project Systems Management, Project Finance and Cost Management, PMP® Exam Preparation.

Manny Rodriguez, PMP® , C.P.M

Manny's focus is the transformation of business needs into successful ventures through the use of proven project management tools and techniques. He is an experienced instructor, consultant and advisor (http://www.encordia-intl.com), having done work in the US, Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Australia, Canada and Puerto Rico. His experience expands 20 plus years in the interralated disciplines of telecommunications engineering, project management, procurement, organizational design and development, process engineering, quality management and project team facilitation. He has held numerous management positions including Senior Director of Operations with responsibilities ranging from multi-disciplilne, multi-million dollar projects utilizing internal and external resources. Manny's accomplishments include:

•Teaching over 4,000 students, maintaining an overall satisfactory rating greater than 90 percent

•Negotiating, formulating and managing contracts with extraordinary requirements, capital budget purchases and system enhancements

Manny has a BS in Management from Barry University and a Master's Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University. He is a Project Management Professional (PMP® ) and a Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M).

Chuck Spencer

Chuck Spencer is a seasoned veteran with an ITIL Service Manager’s Certification in ITIL Version 2 and has completed the V3 Bridge to qualify him for Expert Certification. (Certification pending validation of credits through EXIN) Chuck has extensive IT process improvement and project management experience and has worked for companies such as ATT, EDS, MCI Systemhouse, Diamond Technologies, Cambridge, ACS and FNIS. Chuck is a member of ITSMF.

Robin Tracy, PMP® , CBAP

Robin Tracy is the President of Advanced Solutions Consulting, Inc. currently on assignment at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, GA managing multiple projects for the National Center for HIV, STD, TB, Prevention Informatics Office. She is also working with the CCID Informatics Workgroup in establishing roles and responsibilities for the newly organizing CCID Informatics Office.

Robin is one of 200 Certified Business Analysis Professionals (CBAP) and is uniquely qualified to discuss the struggles between the Project Manager and Business Analyst on a project team.

Robin has many years of project and program management experience in private as well as the public sector. Her education includes a BBA from Georgia State University as well as numerous certifications. Robin achieved her Project Management Professional (PMP® ) designation in 2004 and is actively involved in the Project Management Institute serving as Program Director for Education in 2006 and currently on the bylaws committee for the Atlanta Chapter.